Download or read book Ejituru written by Nwanganga Shields and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-11 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen-year old Ejiturus dream of completing a medical degree in her own country of Nigeria and becoming a doctor is shattered when her father arranges a marriage between her and an older man named Ignatius who had emigrated to the US some years ago and who she only met for a few hours. Ejiturus father hopes the marriage will bring him wealth and Ignatius father believed the marriage is socially advantageous since it would align him with a socially prominent family in the community. Ignatiuss deception threatens to unravel this carefully crafted union. Ejiturus journey reveals the cost of loyalty to culture and family and the strength of human spirit across two continents.
Download or read book The Reading of the Will written by Nwanganga Shields and published by Black Rose Writing. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funerals are usually the time when family members come together to bury their departed loved one. In Nigeria, the death of Nkechi the family matriarch, forces members of her family to reassess their relationship with her and each other. Of the siblings present, only Ejituru was given birth by her. Six were children borne for her by a girl (Onyeka) who she married and gave her husband to produce children for her given her difficulties with pregnancy which meant that she could not give her husband a son to carry his line. This funeral was the first time these children were together as adults. Despite being the object of her siblings’ acrimony, Ejituru hoped to ensure family unity despite the absence of Nkechi. Did she succeed?
Download or read book The Land of My Birth written by Abraham Nnadi and published by Partridge Africa. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mboha as a people desired change to escape the drudgery that characterised their village lifestyle. The Land of My Birth followed how Ozurumba and his family pursued their dream of modernity. Acquiring basic education and migrating to the cities gave them the opportunity to channel and hasten civilisation to their rural community. New technologies made available to the rural folks were readily assimilated. Each experience reaffirmed their growing belief that science and technology held a better promise. In the face of worsening unemployment, a growing number of city dwellers did whatever they could to survive or devised the quickest means of amassing wealth. Moneymaking by all means and at all cost became an obsession for those who wanted whatever was in vogue cars, houses, chieftaincy titles, etc. The ever recurrent conflicts in different parts of the country remained a difficult challenge. It led to a civil war in which millions of lives and properties were lost. Memory of the hunger that tortured their people and the gruesome kwashiorkor it afflicted on them continued to traumatise them. Unfortunately, the killings that led to the war continued, making them wonder if the end to their misery was still far from sight.
Download or read book Shaping Tradition written by David Uru Iyam and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the Agwagune community in southeastern Nigeria as a case study, David Uru Iyam asserts that women are not stereotypically submissive, oppressed, or passive. Though women are often misrepresented in studies that fail to ask about their agency, Iyam highlights the overlooked contributions of women that uphold and change entire social systems.
Download or read book Broken Lives and Other Stories written by Anthonia C. Kalu and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her startling collection of short stories, Broken Lives and Other Stories, Anthonia C. Kalu creates a series of memorable characters who struggle to hold displaced but dynamic communities together in a country that is at war with itself. Broken Lives and Other Stories presents a portrait of the ordinary women, children, and men whose lives have been battered by war in their homeland. Written in response to the Nigerian Civil War, known on the Igbo side as Ogu Biafra--the Biafran War--this collection focuses on the everyday conditions of the local people and how their personal situations became entangled in national crises. The stories capture a diversity of issues, from the implications of self-rule and the presence of soldiers among civilians, to masquerades, air raids, and rape. Through her riveting narratives, Kalu draws the reader into the depths of some of Africa's most troubling issues, such as the concern for safety during the frequent outbreaks of hostilities, which can range from civil unrest to armed combat. How do young people, women, and the elderly cope during those crises? Are the struggles for national political power greater than the everyday struggle for decent living by the person on the street? While conveying the vitality and joy of Africa's women and youth, Broken Lives and Other Stories also examines the impact of the brain drain caused by wars and instability within the continent itself. Both the war against women and women's constant war to survive in contemporary Africa are brought into sharp focus throughout these stories. For readers interested in the last thirty-five years of unrest across Africa, this collection is essential reading.
Download or read book Fathers Daughters written by Ato Quayson and published by Ayebia Clarke Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a first in combining essays from women about their African fathers and vice versa and will not only provide a significant set of insights into the relationship between fathers and daughters but also explore gaps in the perception of African Fatherhood. The book opens a window on this often, vexing relationship and draws on African experiences that reflect the complexities and nuances of a relationship that is at once universal as it is local. Contributors include prominent African scholars, writers and critics such as Abiola Irele, Simon Gikandi, Harry Garuba, Helon Habila, Leila Aboulela, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Abena Busia et al.
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Download or read book The Broken Hoe written by David Uru Iyam and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1995-06-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of the Biase, a small ethnic group living in Nigeria's Cross River State, David Uru Iyam attempts to resolve a long-standing controversy among development theorists: must Third World peoples adopt Western attitudes, practices, and technologies to improve their standard of living or are indigenous beliefs, technologies, and strategies better suited to local conditions? The Biase today face social and economic pressures that seriously strain their ability to cope with the realities of modern Nigeria. Iyam, an anthropologist and a Biase, examines the relationship between culture and development as played out in projects in local communities. Western technologies and beliefs alone cannot ensure economic growth and modernization, Iyam shows, and should not necessarily be imposed on poor rural groups who may not be prepared to incorporate them; neither, however, is it possible to recover indigenous coping strategies given the complexities of the postcolonial world. A successful development strategy, Iyam argues, needs to strengthen local managerial capacity, and he offers suggestions as to how this can be done in a range of cultural and social settings.
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Download or read book The Concubine written by Elechi Amadi and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amadi’s masterpiece of African literature captures village life and practices not yet touched by the white man. The novel’s beautiful, hardworking protagonist, Ihouma, is admired by all in her village. Yet those who express their love for her meet with mysterious tragedy, leaving her devastated. This enticing odyssey, where exemplary attributes go unrewarded and the boundaries between myth and reality are muted, outwits readers with unexpected twists that make them want to keep turning the page.
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