sophisticated weapons and ideals‚ and would forcibly subjugate the indigenous people. However‚ in the instance of the English colonization of Nigeria’s town Ake‚ the English colonists implemented colonization through cultural imperialism. The English began implementing their process of cultural imperialism through converting the people of Ake into their religion‚ Christianity. The English‚ like most colonizing countries‚ understood that influencing the Nigerian people would come much easier once
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In a comparative essay you are asked to compare how two countries have approached or been impacted by a similar phenomenon. Each paragraph should reflect a similarity or difference in a 2:1 ratio. In a CCOT essay‚ be mindful to set up the prior events so as to properly explain the changes and continuities that have occurred. What is most important is to make a link between your analysis‚ the historical evidence‚ and the answer to the prompt. I will also attach an AP rubric. It is to your benefit
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Wole Soyinka was born on 13 July 1934 at Abeokuta‚ near Ibadan in western Nigeria. After preparatory university studies in 1954 at Government College in Ibadan‚ he continued at the University of Leeds‚ where‚ later‚ in 1973‚ he took his doctorate. During the six years spent in England‚ he was a dramaturgist at the Royal Court Theatre in London 1958-1959. In 1960‚ he was awarded a Rockefeller bursary and returned to Nigeria to study African drama. At the same time‚ he taught drama and literature at
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TUAZON‚ John Derel M. Childhood Years in Calamba Jose Rizal had many beautiful memories of childhood in his native town. He grew up in a happy house‚ ruled by good parents‚ bubbling with joy and sanctified by God’s blessing. Rizal is industrious‚ hospitable and friendly folks impressed him during childhood years. And the happiest period of Rizal’s life was spent in this lake shore of Laguna de Bay. Earliest Childhood Memories The first memory of Rizal‚ in his infancy‚ was
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The Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka The Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka (born 1935) was one of the few African writers to denounce the slogan of Negritude as a tool of autocracy. He also was the first black African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wole Soyinka was born July 13‚ 1934 in Abeokuta a village on the banks of the River Ogun in the western area of Nigeria. His mother was a Christian convert so devout that he nicknamed her "Wild Christian" and he father was the scholarly
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Wole Soyinka demonstrates the differences between two individuals‚ the speaker and the landlady of the apartment which he is trying to rent. Humanity has the awareness to recognize these differences and Soyinka uses the racism of the landlady to show her ignorance of the situation. We realize the differences between male and female‚ old and young‚ black and white‚ but never focus too strongly on them to cause conflict. The central conflict of this story is between the caller‚ the protagonist‚ and
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“Season” – Wole Soyinka The poem “Season” written by Wole Soyinka makes use of various poetic devices and techniques. The poem is set in the time spent waiting between autumn and winter and is seen through the eyes of a corn garnerer. In the poem‚ Soyinka depicts the feeling of the corn garnerer and the fields he occupies. Primarily‚ this feeling is achieved in marvellous effect thanks to the excellent portrayal of the mood and the superb use of poetic devices such as assonance‚ imagery and rhythm
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Telephone conversation by Wole Soyinka is about‚ as the title suggests‚ a conversation over the telephone between two people – a West African man and a British landlady. The former was looking for a place to live in London. He felt that the ‘price seemed reasonable’ and the ‘location indifferent’ in the sense that it was impartial. The landlady claimed that she ‘lived off premises’ possibly indicating that it was a source of income for her. The poem is in free verse and appears like a conversation
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The poem entitled ’’Abiku’’ is a foreign word that suggest a spiritual child‚who is coming and going from the world(reincarnating).From the title the title we get to know that ’Abi’ means to be born and ’Ku’ means to die‚this butresses that we are all born to die and it also shows the inevitability of death. In the first stanza we hear a(that of Abiku)boasting that no one can stop him from coming and going from the world.From the tone of d Abiku‚we get to know that he is addressing his suppose parent
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All people have a specific period in their lives that is very important to them. Personally I consider the childhood the most important one. This period ha a strong impact on the entire life of each of us. This impact can be positive or negative. It depends relatively on the childhood. Firstly‚ the childhood is the period of receiving. The child at this age has only thing to do that is receiving. The children receive the love and tenderness of their parents. This love will help them to become good
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