...Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe gives one a taste of transformation of the Nigerian tribes as a ramification of British colonization. While some individuals were appreciating the change and anticipating the beginning of the new life, others were using all their zeal to turn the time back, even if for a moment. Despite the favorable breakthrough in the development and the imperialism, British colonization in Nigeria has neglected certain significant values of pre-colonial Nigerians. In particular, this paper will focus on the effects of the British colonization on the role of women, and how at the heart of British colonization in Nigeria it was diminished. Although many feminists do not support this proposal, throughout the novel we see...
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...COMMUNICATION LEVEL: 400LEVEL LECTURER: MORAH NGOZI(MRS) ------------------------------------------------- PROGRAMMING CONTENT OF NIGERIAN BROADCAST MEDIA TOWARDS AN INDIGENIZING PARADIGM ------------------------------------------------- MADONNA UNIVERSITY NIGERIA REG NO MC/10/221 –MC/10/230 ABSTRACT This research analyses the content of programmes of the Nigerian broadcast media and how the National broadcast media has shifted the paradigm of broadcast progammes from the hands or control of the western world to indigenous and home made programme contensts, thereby promoting cultural and traditional values by creating local contents on programming for broadcast thus eliminating media imperialism the man focus was television. The research method is content analysis and the use of quantitative and qualitative methods and unobstructive observation in determining data and information to aid the study. Three televisions stations were analysed namely, Silverbird Television STV (private) Nigerian Television Authority NTA (government) and African Independent Television AIT (private). The results show that the Nigeria broadcast media have grown to be not in alienate cultural values instead destroy media imperialism by advancements in programming content which highly indigenous. The study was able to differenciate between the...
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...Ugwu Saving Mr. Ugwu is a novel written by Lin Anderson in 2012. The novel tells us about Mr. Ugwu’s life, his job and his family. The story takes place in the African country, Nigeria. The novel presents us to concerns such as individual rights between ethnicities, and contains themes such as imperialism, racial division and human rights. Mr. Ugwu is from Lagos and is from the igbo race, which is one of the more occurring tribes in Nigeria. Mr. Ugwu and his family have been through some hectic changes recently, because of Mr. Ugwu’s job. They have been forced to move into the bush against their will. He keeps telling himself that “The company has been good to him” He does that to remind himself that although the changes, he has to be thankful that he has a job, that he has an income and the fact that him and his family can live an exclusive life not many from his tribe can. Mr. Ugwu seems to be a man who always has worked hard for his money, but it also seems that he is a man who is privileged in many ways. Mr. Ugwu has a gardener that takes care of his wife’s flowers, and a houseboy that does several tasks in the house such as cooking him breakfast. “The kitchen boy has made him hot sweet tea and sliced bread” …”His master’s breakfast” – This quote says a lot about how the social structure is in Nigeria, there is a clear hierarchy which makes it irrelevant whether you are a Hausa, or an Igbo. However his wife still tries to remind him several times in an attempt to convince him...
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...Book review By Johnson, Nsikak Emmanuel 11/SS/PA/1095 Department of Political Science and Public Administration Faculty of Social Sciences University of Uyo, Uyo. Submitted To Dr Uko Uwak Lecturer in change Pol 314; Politics of Development and Underdevelopment Department of political science and public administration Faculty of Social Sciences University of Uyo, Uyo. July, 2014. BOOK REVIEW Title: Development and underdevelopment: Politics of the north-south divide Author: O. O. Okereke/ A. E. Ekpe Place of Publication: Enugu-Nigeria Publishers: John Jacobs Classic Publishers Ltd. Year of publication: 2002 Numbers of Chapters: Nine Chapters Price of the book: Not Stated Numbers of pages: XV + 198 = 213 ISBN: 978-050-276-9 Reviewer: Johnson, Nsikak Emmanuel INTRODUCTION - PURPOSE OF THE BOOK Development and underdevelopment: The politics of the north-south divide is written specifically to keep the students and the general public abreast of the causes and reasons for Africa, Asia and Latin America Perpetual underdevelopment despite the enormous human and materials resources God deposited in the continent. According to the author of the book, development and underdevelopment: Politics of the north-south divide was written with the intention to familiarize the readers with exciting and challenging subject of political economy of development and underdevelopment. It endeavour to expose the students to various strands of perspectives that are inherent...
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...process that barriers are broken down and interaction occurs between individuals of different races, nationalities and cultural back grounds. It is a movement towards an integrated global economy characterized by the free exchange of goods and capital. In popular discourse, Globalization is often related to the Internet revolution, free-market economies and the predominantly western political, economic and cultural lifestyle. This movement is supported by a large range of modern technologies. It is because of globalization that society believes that wealth and higher standards of living will strike developing nations. The above statement was supported by authors of the book, the effect of globalization on African countries: an over view of Nigeria. The two authors (C. R. Eze and J Nkwede) firmly believe that globalization is a strong enforcer of development and poverty reduction in Africa. Plenty agree with Eze and Nkwede as they have deemed the process as a positive one, but from a negative perspective, globalization also results in the development of negative situations that lead to changes in societal lifestyles. A major example of the situations mentioned above is that, globalization is growing at a rate that is beyond people’s control. This means that during the process of globalization confusion is most likely to develop in which in most cases...
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...Chupical Shollah Manuel Globalization as a theory, concept and ideology has roots from modernization theories. It has been advanced by industrialized nations and thereupon imposed on the developing nations. This concept is paradoxical where in one hand it is liberating and on the other it is constraining. In this paper, globalization is defined as a set of institutional and ideological relations which brings nations into a global village, fusion of cultures, and advancement of geopolitics, internationalization, increased borderless society and global market economy (Robertson, 1992; Ritzer, 2004; Wallerstein, 1974/2000; Zetlin, 2001). This essay chronicles a heated debate between supporters of globalization and those who are skeptical about it as suggested by the question that globalization benefits small nations while in sharp contrast these small developing nations find it as beneficial to developed nations. A plethora of case studies will be drawn across the globe in assessing these two contrasting views and in the conclusion a judgement will be passed based on the evidence substantiated throughout the entire essay. The assertion that “while promoters of globalization proclaim that this model is the tide that will lift all boats, while citizens movements find that it is instead lifting only yachts” means that globalization is viewed, conceived and interpreted differently by the rich and the poor countries are very sceptical. Globalization is not different from other theories...
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...France and Russia Britain and France and Belgium Japan and Britain Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Russia got involved to defend Serbia. Germany seeing Russia mobilizing, declared war on Russia. France was then drawn in against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany attacked France through Belgium pulling Britain into war. Then Japan entered the war. Later, Italy and the United States would enter on the side of the allies. Ads Download Free Mobile Apps mobogenie.com Download Mobile Apps, Games, Themes For Free From Mobogenie. Download ! Best Job Interview Plan careerconfidential.com/30_60_90 Don't Go WithOut a Interview Plan So You Get The Offer! Read More. Used car for sale Nigeria www.carxus.com Thousands of cars for sale by local Nigeria sellers and car dealers 2. Imperialism Imperialism is when a country increases their power and wealth by bringing additional territories under their control. Before World War 1, Africa and parts of Asia were points of contention amongst the European countries. This was especially true because of the raw materials these areas could provide. The increasing competition and desire for greater empires led to an increase in confrontation that helped push...
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...1 THE ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN ENHANCING CUSTOMERS’ SATI STATION (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN AIRWAYS ENUGU ) 2 THE IMPACT OF NEWS COMMENTARIES ON RADIO LISTENERS (A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL RADIO CORPORATION OF NIGERIA ENUGU) 3 HAZARDS OF JOURNALISM PROFESSION UNDER MILITARY REGIME (FROM 1993 – 1998) 4 MASS MEDIA COVERAGE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS. A CONTENT ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE GUARDIAN, DAILY CHAMPION, PUNCH AND DAILY STAR NEWSPAPERS. 5 THE ROLE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN ACHIEVING COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY IN NIGERIA 6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHANGING ROLE OF MASS MEDIA IN NIGERIA A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA 7 THE ROLE OF THE BROADCASTING MEDIA IN UPLIFTING THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF ENUGU STATE. (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU METROPOLIS ) 8 A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON “THE IMPORTANCE OF PIDGIN ENGLISH IN BROADCASTING” (A CASE STUDY OF THE ESBS ENUGU 9 THE IMPACT OF TESTIMONIAL USE ON ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS (A CASE STUDY OF KANU NWANKWO IN PEAR MILK ADVERTISMENT) 10 AN A****SMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ON YOUTHS. (A CASE STUDY OF CAMPUS CIRCUIT ON MINAJ BROADCAST INTERNATIONAL) 11 THE ROLE OF RADIO IN DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA) 12 THE ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN ENHANCING CUSTOMERS SATISFACTION IN A GOVERNMENT PERASTATTALS 13 THE ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN ENHANCING CUSTOMERS SATISFACTION IN A GOVERNMENT PERASTATTALS 14 THE ROLE OF...
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...From 1850-1914 imperialism cast a shadow of racism, forced labor, and conflict across the globe. Some will argue that the addition of new technologies, better education, and improved sanitation made this time a positive one. Overall, imperialism could be viewed as having both a positive and negative impression on the world. Nevertheless, after analyzing all the information, it is clear that the negatives strongly outweigh the positives. Imperialism itself is defined as, the act of a strong nation controlling a weaker nation (SFA 115). There were two main methods that imperialists used to manage their colonies. The first was used mainly by France and other European nations and was called direct control. They believed that natives simply could...
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...Africa’s dependency is exacerbated in the post-colonial era. Colonialism is not implemented achieved to bolster good faith with a new trade partner, but to serve the colonizer’s geopolitical or economic interest. (Gordon) When conversations begin concerning Africa and Africans, it seems that the continent and its people are treated as one monolithic block instead of collection of nations with vast diversity. This would be tantamount to grouping China and India together, because the two nations are part of Asia. Another misconception is that ‘African tribes’ and Africa lacked civility until it was colonized. In fact, these blanket statements are unfounded generalization. According to Erhagbe, one of the over looked facts concerning Nigeria is the country’s tremendous degree of communication with other groups during the pre colonial era. He reflects on the political impact...
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...Lin Anderson in 2012. Lin Anderson is a crime novelist and screenwriter and is of Scottish origins. The novel takes place in the African country, Nigeria, and is about Mr. Ugwu and his life. Mr. Ugwu is a workingman, who lives with his family. Because of his job, he is been forced to move from their nice neighborhood and surroundings in Lagos into the wilderness in the African bushes. His wife does not like living in the bushes and Mr. Ugwu quickly realizes that it is not fair to bring his family out into this uncivilized way of living, but Mr. Ugwu keeps reminding himself that his company has been very good to him, so he does not feel like he is in the position to argue and he therefore stays with his family in the bushes. Mr. Ugwu seems like a man who is always conscientious towards his job, and one day, he gets the task to hand out the paychecks to the rest of the black employers. Since the white men does not think that the black workers did their job well enough, they give them a much smaller amount of money than usual, which results in the employers being very unsatisfied and upset with Mr. Ugwu. They end up going to Mr. Ugwu’s house to protest, because it was him, who handed out the envelopes. At last, the protest stops and Mr. Ugwu and his family moves back to Lagos. Mr. Ugwu was born in Lagos and is an Igbo (a tripe in Nigeria). He is the main character in the story and has a wife and very gifted children, who has a great future ahead of them. He seems like a man, who...
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...1. C.K. Prahalad and Kenneth Lieberthal (2003) The End of Corporate Imperialism [Internet] Available from: http://hbr.org/2003/08/the-end-of-corporate-imperialism/ar/1 [Accessed 13th April 2013] 2. Huanqiu.com (2013) 苹果在多国遭受处罚 “企业帝国主义”心态遭批 (Apple is punished in many countries “Corporate Imperialism” is criticized ) [Internet] Available from: http://finance.huanqiu.com/industry/2013-04/3784134.html [Accessed 13th April 2013] 3. Lei Yi (2012) “Double Standard” or Common Sense? [Internet] Available from: http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/1126/236584.shtml [Accessed 13th April 2013] 4. The Economic Observer (2012) Nike Fined 4.87 Million Yuan for Double Standards [Internet] Available from: http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/1025/235094.shtml [Accessed 13th April 2013] 5. Klag. E (2013) Pfizer’s Illegal Testing on Nigerian Children Scandal (1996) [Internet] Available from: http://businessethicscases.blogspot.fr/2013/02/nigeria-pfizer-scandal-1996.html [Accessed 13th April 2013] 6. Humphries. M (2012) Apple increases product warranty to 2 years across Europe [Internet] Available from: http://www.geek.com/apple/apple-increases-product-warranty-to-2-years-across-europe-1479847/ [Accessed 13th April 2013] 7. Haslam. K (2012) EU law forces Apple to highlight two-year warranty [Internet] Available from: http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/?newsid=3348755 [Accessed 13th April 2013] 8. People’s Daily (2000) Toshiba No-compensation...
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...A country takes over another country, tricking the citizens, taking their resources, land, and even people. Things Fall Apart and White Man’s Burden are strong examples of this. Imperialism. The Africans are taken over by the Europeans. Things Fall Apart is a book written from an African’s perspective, this African is Chinua Achebe who was actually from Nigeria. White Man’s Burden is a poem written from a European’s point of view. Rudyard Kipling wrote White Man’s Burden, he was a European. The authors of each of these texts clearly convey their opinions on imperialism. In White Man’s Burden, Kipling shows that imperialism is something to be proud of, a community is establishing their power. However, in Things Fall Apart, Achebe demonstrates that imperialism is not all glorious, it is humiliating to the imperialized country....
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...Cultural Imperialism in Africa European imperialism had a strong influence over African culture in many ways. Essentially all of Africa fell victim to the very influential and dominant European nations. The process of imperialism on these economically and militarily weak countries of Africa was obviously simple for the Europeans. In most of Africa, there were no countries, only clans and tribes, which made the imperialization much easier as well. These imperialist nations, such as Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany, showed African nations many new ideals and tools that spread like a cultural virus. One very well-known story of this part of history is a book written by Chinua Achebe, titled Things Fall Apart. The book tells a fantastic story of a tribe in Nigeria which becomes a victim of the European imperialists. Achebe does a remarkable job of giving the reader the vivid change from the African tribe before and after the Europeans arrived. Things Fall Apart centers around a Nigerian tribe leader named Okonkwo. Known for his strength, courage, and most of all, pride, Okonkwo is looked up to by most the people in his tribe. Okonkwo doesn’t handle the European invasion as well as others due to his large sense of pride, which ultimately leads to his downfall and death. Christian missionaries were one of the main forms of imperialization used by Europeans. The two missionaries in Things Fall Apart were Mr. Brown and Mr. Smith. It is common in African communities...
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...the core beliefs of Animism? 7. How have Animist beliefs affected sub-Saharan Africa? 8. What events, figures, and processes impacted Africa from imperialism through independence? 9. What issues currently affect Africa? 10. What internal conflicts have shaped the development of Africa? 11. What factors influence Africa’s position in the global community? Textbook Pages: * Nationalism in Africa: pgs 828-830 * Independence in Africa: pgs 986-995 Lesson: Day One: 1. Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt---You are to choose ONE political cartoon from the following six to examine and respond to. Reflection Questions: a) What is the cartoonist’s point about imperialism? How do you know this? b) Provide a minimum of THREE different examples or reasons from your imperialism notes that support the cartoonist’s point. Caption: “Thus colonize the English” 2. Pair-Share: Turn to your partner and share your political cartoon analysis. Make notes next to the different cartoons. Then with your partner, answer this Type Two Prompt---What is the message on imperialism that all the political cartoonists are arguing? Based upon all that we have learned, do you agree or disagree with them? Why? 3. Groups: We are going to jigsaw the following primary source excerpts on imperialism. You will be assigned one to read and fill in the part of the Four Square Perspectives Organizer. You will then...
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