Muchiri‚ 2011). Factors such as pre-colonial leadership‚ cultural values and Ubuntu play an integral role in defining leadership in Africa (Arkpoyomare et al‚ 2013‚ Nwagbara‚ 2012‚ Muchiri‚ 2011). Arkpoyomare et al (2013) noted that the pre-colonial Igbo society practiced a decentralised system of leadership‚ which led to the objectives of teamwork‚ recognition and reward as part of motivation‚ ensuring equity‚ fairness and above all the progress of all‚ the motto being “Unity in strength.” Research
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girl learns to accept that her family it more accepting of her food choices. “‘Why are you not eating food?’ she asked in Igbo. I said I did not eat swallow. She smiled and said to my mother‚’Oh‚ you know she is not like us local people. She is foreign.’” This quote provides proves that her family accepts she is not like them. If her family accepts who she is as an authentical Igbo‚ Nigerian‚ African girl‚ then she is able to accept herself as
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University of Massachusetts Boston ScholarWorks at UMass Boston Africana Studies Faculty Publication Series Africana Studies 1-1-2011 ‘The Mystic Drum’: Critical Commentary on Gabriel Okara’s Love Lyrics Chukwuma Azuonye University of Massachusetts Boston‚ chukwuma.azuonye@umb.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.umb.edu/africana_faculty_pubs Part of the African Languages and Societies Commons‚ Comparative Literature Commons‚ and the English Language and
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cases of corruption. The purpose of the inquiries was to expose wrong -doing and to punish the culprits. Today‚ we hear much of the rampant corruption at the local government level. As early as 1955‚ just seventeen months after the inception of Igbo-Etiti District Council in May 1954‚ the
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awakening‚ he established a philosophy of reality had a great impact on his teaching based on the Upanishads. In this paper‚ there will be the explanation of how Buddhism has been called a nontheistic religion. There will be a description of the cosmology and methods taught by Gautama Buddha based on the definition of the religion. There will be also the definition of theism as well as theism is expressed in different forms of Buddhism that developed in centuries after Gautama Buddha. Moreover‚ there
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Overview This unit will examine the many different religions in the Caribbean‚ as well as Rastafarianism‚ which most rastafarians view as a way of life. Christianity‚ Afro-Caribbean religions such as Shango and Orisha‚ Hinduism and Islam will all be examined within the context of the Caribbean region. Their impact on the culture and history of the region as well as how they affect the lives of Caribbean people will form the bases of the discussion. Structure This unit is divided into four sessions:
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Monkey sometimes confuses Western readers because it’s so different in form and substance from the major western epics or mythical and religious stories‚ such as those of the Homeric poems or the Bible. They’re tragic. Monkey‚ by contrast‚ is comic. Western tales have mostly noble human characters‚ usually princes. By contrast‚ Monkey has few human characters. Moreover the main human character‚ the monk Hsuan Tsang (also called Tripitika)‚ is the very opposite of a prince. He’s a saint who has
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The Christian beliefs were very different from the Igbo beliefs and Nwoye was attracted to that. The Igbo gods convinced the people to believe that ogbanjes and twins were a source of evil. The Christians believed that ogbanjes and twins are just children and should be treated as children. In the Christian religion their God declared
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Trevor Mrs. Sleek 10th Lit/Comp. 17 November 2013 Chinua Achebe has been called the founding father of African literature for his sensitive and accurate portrayal of his native African tribe‚ the Igbo‚ in his landmark novel‚ Things Fall Apart (Bacon handout). Published in 1959‚ this novel has become a cherished classic that explores the controversial topic of European colonization and presents in “sad irony” the decline and destruction of the native tribe (Coeyman handout). Maintaining a neutral
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dependent upon the traditional standards by which society judges him. This system of evaluating the self inspires many of the clan’s outcasts to embrace Christianity. Long scorned‚ these outcasts find in the Christian value system a refuge from the Igbo cultural values that place them below everyone else. In their new community‚ these converts enjoy a more elevated status. The villagers in general are caught between resisting and embracing change and they face the dilemma of trying to determine
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