teachings‚ composing and translations in Eastern Nigeria. By 1930‚ this pioneer native African in Church music had set to work on the first Catholic Igbo Hymn Book‚ translating into the vernacular from foreign hymns whose tunes included English‚ La¬tin‚ French and German‚ arranging them in poetic and stanza forms and fixing unto the translated Igbo texts foreign tunes. By this method such hymns as the following came to be: IFE Nke Kpakpando adapted from Ave Maris Stella; Bianu Ndi Kwelunu adapted
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In Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua shows us what it is like in Igbo culture in Nigeria. In the culture of the Umuofia women and men each have different roles in the village such as the type of work they do ‚how they are supposed to behave and what place they have in the society. It is up for the people higher on the society to decide the rules and to enforce the law‚ such as village elders or men with titles. In this story Chinua narrates Okonkwo a hyper-masculine man living with perpetual anger and his
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THE FUNCTIONS OF A COSMOLOGICAL CENTER: KNOSSOS IN PALATIAL CRETE What accounts for the apparent cultural dominance of Knossos in Crete and its influence elsewhere in the Aegean‚ even among people who are not Minoan? The influence’of this one site on its neighbors‚ particularly in the New Palace period‚ is a well-documented phenomenon of Minoan civilization which appears repeatedly in the material record of Aegean archaeology. It takes many forms which may however be grouped into three general
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The Beginning of Time In his blog titled “Huck‚ Jim‚ and Cosmology‚” Joe Bauman effectively disarms his reader by using characters in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to introduce one of the liveliest areas in the discourse between science and religion - the paradoxical debate regarding how the universe came into existence. Bauman achieves this by employing an informative but neutral tone‚ detached diction‚ and common ground to place his reader on the level of an objective scholar
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Arranged Marriage is a form of Marriage when your parents‚ families‚ and communities pick who your significant other is. (NICATD‚ Crystalrlombardo) There can be many pros and cons to arranged marriages. The Igbo tribes seem to be very traditional‚ and it feels to be rather an odd thing to see in America‚ but very normal in other parts of the world such as Nigeria. There is very little‚ to no choice to whom one may marry. Many people are concerned that there families will end up choosing the wrong
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THE COSMOLOGY OF THE AKANS OF GHANA The Akan believe that the universe was created by a Supreme Being‚ whom they refer to variously as Oboadea (Creator)‚ Nyame (God)‚ Odomankoma (Infinite‚ Inventor)‚ Ananse Kokuroko (The Great Spider; The Great Designer)‚ etc. The Akan religious thought is essentially theocentric and theistic‚ with the Supreme Being‚ God at the center of it all. From this perspective‚ the Akan use their cultural symbols to portray their beliefs about God‚ their attitudes
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of the Greeks‚ Indians‚ Igbo people‚ and the Chinese. Overtime‚ these healing practices have become well respected. Healing traditions are an important part of the community we live in‚ and have been implemented into many parts of our society (Bokur). Various healing practices also offer insight on cultures and provide a reason to a person’s ideals. A stance
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POLYGAMY IN IGBO CULTURE In the whole world‚ there are five continents. Africa is the world’s second largest continent‚ with 80 percent of its area in the tropics. Africa is usually portrayed as a dark continent historically and physically isolated from the rest of the world but it is not. Nigeria is one of the most important country in Africa. It is located in western Africa‚ bordering the gulf of Guinea between Benin and
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In Nigerian societies‚ gender roles were distinctive because of the traditional framework. In the fictional book‚ Half of a Yellow Sun‚ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie outlines the lives of two Igbo natives during the 1960s and 70s. Olanna and Kainene are sisters with opposite personality traits. When women in the Igbo society were financially secure‚ they lived through gender inequality somewhat differently. They had the potential to battle through various struggles by playing multiple roles. When given
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What are the characteristics and dynamics of a three-story universe? In Greek mythology the universe is split into three parts; heaven‚ earth‚ and the underworld. Greek mythographers constructed a picture of how this three-story universe would presumably looks like; one giant basketball. The top level (heaven)‚ above the sun and moon‚ is where the Olympian gods and goddess reside. This top level resembles a dome that covers the earth like a blanket that gently layers on top of it. Right below
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