Danger of a Single Story In her inspirational speech on the TED television series‚ Chimamanda Adichie argues that single stories of specific races or regions often create misconceptions of their true natures. Adichie‚ born and raised in colonial Nigeria‚ uses previous life experiences to support her claims regarding false stereotypes‚ most evidently during her childhood and her first visit to the USA. Living under a colonial environment‚ Adichie was constantly being exposed to foreign ways of life;
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Adaptations of Greek Tragedies” African Literature Today. Vol. 11. 1980. 179 – 189. 4. Begho‚ F. O. “The Dance in Contemporary Nigeria Theatre – A Critical Appraisal” Nigerian Journal of the Humanities. Vol 2 September‚ 1978. 31 – 36. 5. Etherton‚ Michael. The Development of African Drama. London: Hutchinson University Library‚ 1982. 7. Gbilekaa‚ Saint. Radical Theatre in Nigeria. Ibadan: Caltop Publications (Nig) Ltd‚ 1997. 8. Illah‚ Egwugwu. “Rotimi and the Development of Culturalist Assertion: The
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devices while giving the speech. Throughout‚ she tells flashbacks of life experiences that support the meaning of the speech as a whole and are supported with analogies for better understanding. Adichie speaks about her experiences growing up in Nigeria and juxtaposes that with life in America. While watching the video‚ Adichie combines the perfect amount of ethos with pathos that has her audience attentive. Also not forgetting logos as she presents herself as the more
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The Interesting Narrative of Equiano features a man who experienced several shifts in identity on his journey to freedom‚ as opposed to someone who worked to construct a specific identity. At the beginning of the narrative‚ Equiano presented the reader with his rendering of Africa—a portrayal of Africa often not in agreement with the Eurocentric view that several non-African native people share. He wiped away a misconstrued guise of primitive and inferior beliefs‚ describing the mannerisms of their
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6.1. Why Almajirci? Invisible Facts The question why Almajirci with respect to Traditional Almajiri Education System is very necessary giving its present state. Although Almajiri system was built upon the philosophy of acquiring‚ teaching and spreading Islamic education‚ Islamic religion and productive citizenry. Today‚ it has lost those glories and wander viciously along undetermined route. Abdulkadir‚ (2003) argued that‚ the woes of the Traditional Almajiri System were inflicted by the British
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KAGORO LOCATION: Kagoro is located on longitude 8o E and latitude 9o 60I N. It is bounded to the north by the Moro’ a‚ to the north east by the Takad and to the south by the Kaninkon and Fantsuwam‚ both in Jema’a Local Government‚ to the east by the imposing and magnificent Kagoro Hills which are an extension of the Jos Plateau‚ and to the west by the Bajju. Kagoro embraces an area of about 176km2 and supports a population of 200 ‚000 persons.
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university in the 1960’s she became involved in the anti-apartheid movement and spent eight weeks in prison. She has written about South Africa in “journey to jo’burg” and “no turning back”. For the other side of truth‚ she describes the situation in Nigeria when Ken saro-wiwa was executed for writing about corruption in the government. The other side of truth is an historical fiction novel set on a true story. This novel is told in third person and is mainly focused on the thoughts and
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Political Roles of the Igbo Tribe In the southeastern portion of Nigeria lies one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa‚ the Igbo. They have a patriarchal society which directly influences their system of government. In addition to this‚ the tribe is very tight-knit. They often come together as a village to discuss pressing issues‚ which can be seen in the book Things Fall Apart. However‚ the way in which they form opinions and make decisions is in direct relation to specific members of the tribe
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apart. Also‚ the setting‚ the plot‚ themes‚ and the purpose of writing this story. This story was told by an undisclosed person. Most of the actual story’s setting is placed in a village named Umuofia. It consisted of Igbo people‚ and was in lower Nigeria. There were three main characters in this story excerpt. Here are their names and some information on what they were known for. Okonkwo was known as a fighter. While fighting‚ he threw a man called the cat‚ who had supposedly never touched the ground
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Afrobeat music by Fela Anikulapo Kuti is characterised by his distinct personality. A SHORT BACKGROUND ON FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born on October 15‚1938 to the family of Reverend Israel Ransome Kuti at Abeokuta in Ogun State‚ Nigeria. At an early age‚ he was already exposed to music by playing the piano even from the written score. He was a well educated musician and an activist. He studied music at the Trinity College of Music London. Upon his return from abroad‚ he was exposed
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