Plot summary The story starts off in eastern Nigeria after the civil war has ended. The protagonist‚ Jonathan Iwegbu‚ was able to keep his bicycle‚ which he turns into a taxi to make money. In two weeks he makes 150 pounds. Jonathan then travels to Enugu to search for his home‚ and to his surprise it is still standing when other structures around it are demolished. The house needs some repairs‚ so Jonathan finds some supplies around and hires a carpenter. He then moves his family back in. The entire
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OGINNI Babalola O1‚ AFOLABI Gbadegesin2 and ERIGBE Patience3 Department of Economics and Business Administration‚ Redeemer’s University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria. 2. Department of Economics and Business Administration‚ Redeemer’s University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria. 3. Department of Business Administration & Marketing‚ Babcock University‚ Ilishan‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria. 1. ABSTRACT: The study was designed to investigate the place of job stress in labour turnover of the banking sector in the business environment
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As I write this‚ thousands of miles from my homeland of Nigeria‚ I think on the path that led me to Public Health. I often wonder when people talk of healthcare disparities‚ if they can ever truly grasp what it means‚ what crushing poverty entails‚ and even what an underdeveloped nation looks like. I was born and raised in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria‚ a place where most people are suffering from one disease or another‚ conditions that are either unknown in the US‚ or are highly preventable
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country of Nigeria. There had been a civil war in the late 1960’s that had had a devastating effect on the country. When the civil war had begun‚ the country’s armed forces were totally unprepared and untrained‚ so for the first couple years of the war‚ the country was in turmoil. It wasn’t until the government was able to reconcile their forces and produce a considerable army that the unrest was brought to a halt. Civil Peace takes place right after the war‚ when the citizens of Nigeria begin their
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Duala;`abanto’ in Gusii;`andu’ in Kikuyu;`abantu’ in Zulu‚Runyakitara and Ganda;`vanhu’ in Shona and `vandu’ in some Luhya dialects. Current scholarly understanding places the ancestral proto-bantu homeland near the southwestern modern boundary of Nigeria and Cameroon‚ around 4000 years ago (2000 BC)‚and regards the Bantu languages as a branch of the Niger-Congo family. Knowledge of iron had made its way into West Africa by the fifth century BC‚ long after the region had mastered agriculture. With
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framework of learning by participation is no longer available to a greater percentage of them. Since the youths are said to be the leaders of tomorrow‚ this implies that the future is culturally bleak for them. Colonialism The colonization of Nigeria by Britain saw the forceful imposition of British/European values upon Nigerians. The political culture‚ the religion culture‚ the economic system‚ the traditional modes of education and socialization‚ etc. were first denied‚ then condemned as “primitive”
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colonisers arrived in African tribal communities‚ they often brought Christianity and forced the Africans to convert‚ destroying traditional religion. European colonisers also banned certain traditional practices. In the case of the Yoruba people in Nigeria‚ the practices of polygamy and burying the dead within the home were banned. These practices were important to the Yoruba society and colonisation has negatively impacted the richness of Yoruba culture. It is arguable that a society should be left
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References: Aina‚ L. O. (1987). Newspapers as a tool in educational research in Nigeria. INSPEL 21 (3): 163-167. Cheney‚ D.‚ Knapp‚ J.‚ Alan.‚ R.‚ & Czapla‚ P. (2006). Convergence in the library ’s news room: Enhancing news collections and services in academic libraries. College & Research Libraries 67 (5): 395-417. Ola‚ C.O.‚ & Ojo‚ R.J. (2006). Creating electronic access to newspaper information in Nigeria: The information aid network (IFAnet) experience. Educational Research and Reviews 1
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INTRODUCTION The last two decades have witnessed secret cult violence in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Universities‚ polytechnics‚ colleges of education and other tertiary institutions have experienced unwarranted intimidation executed by members of secret cults. These institutions include university of Ibadan‚ Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ogun State University‚ University of Jos‚ University of Nigeria‚ Nsukka‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ University of Benin‚ University of Calabar‚ Delta State University
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The problem with using this fictional novel as a historical source is because the author Chinua Achebe used events that occurred in his life to write his novel. Albert Chinualumogu Achebe was born on November 16‚ 1930‚ in Ogidi‚ a large village in Nigeria. Despite the fact that he was the child of a Protestant missionary and received an education in English at an early age‚ his childhood was greatly impacted by the inhabitants of Ogidi. These people influenced Chinua to live a multicultural life through
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