Essays about: "Igbo culture"

Found 3 essays containing the words Igbo culture.

1. 1. Cultural Clash and Colonial Consequences: A Comprehensive Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Foosey Abdulgadir; [2023]
   Keywords : European missionaries; Christianity; Postcolonialism; Igbo culture; Cultural clash; Christian missionaries; ancestral spirits; British colonialists;

   Abstract : This paper explores Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart (1958) within the context of postcolonial theory, focusing on the clash between traditional Igbo culture and the forces of European imperialism. Achebe's work serves as a response to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899) and challenges the stereotypical portrayal of Africans. READ MORE

3. 2. Kambili’s Journey to Dignity, and Self-empowerment : A Womanist Approach to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Nicky Nahida Lindecrantz; [2022]
   Keywords : change; Christianity; dignity; identity; Igbo tradition; interaction; liberal- and radical feminism; mimicry; Nigeria; patriarchal violence; postcolonialism; self-empowerment; womanism;

   Abstract : Using womanist theory as a theoretical framework, this study has analyzed identity formation and self-empowerment. Adichie is considered a feminist writer, but her ideals and ideas are very different from Western ideals and aim to survive and challenge patriarchal culture. READ MORE

4. 3. Things Fall Apart: An Analysis of Pre and Post-Colonial Igbo Society

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Lame Maatla Kenalemang; [2013]
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   Abstract : Chinua Achebe (1930- 2013) published his first novel Things Fall Apart (TFA) in 1958. Achebe wrote TFA in response to European novels that depicted Africans as savages who needed to be enlightened by the Europeans. READ MORE