I played a game where I was supposed to match African countries with the map and my best time in the game is 125 seconds.
Contemporary Nigeria
- In 1993, Nigerians vote in Presidential elections to end Military rule.
- Women often perform on the streets of Nigeria as a way to show resistance towards the little freedom they get.
- In January 2013, a Nigerian law was enacted it illegal for people of the same sex to be in an intimate relationship or to have anything to do with gay organizations.
- The President of Nigeria is Goodluck Jonathan who signed the bill stating gays as illegal.
- Nigeria won the Africans Cup for the third time in 2013.
Citation
Grace Benton,"The visibility of contemporary women artists in Nigeria" AFRICA IS A COUNTRY, 04/03/2013
<http://africasacountry.com/the-visibility-of-contemporary-women-artists-in-africa/>
'KOLA,"Nigeria's Gay Problems" AFRICA IS A COUNTRY, 01/15/2014<http://africasacountry.com/nigerias-gay-problems/>
Chinua Achebe
- Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian author who wrote the book "Things Fall Apart".
- It was inspired by his own family who were part of the Ibo nation of the southeastern Nigeria.
- The people were victims of the racism of the British colonial administrators.
- He died at the age of 82 by a brief illness.
- He had been in a wheelchair since 1990 since he was paralyzed waist down because of a car accident.
Citation
Jonathan kandell, "Chinua Achebe, African Literary Titan, Dies at 82" The New York Times, 03/22/13
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/africa/chinua-achebe-nigerian-writer-dies-at-82.html?_r=0>
Fela Kuti
- Fela Kuti is also known as the African musical genius who was in the rise in the early 1970. - - He gave a big gift to the world which was the Afro beat.
- Around the time when Fela first came to a rise, Africa had gained Independence.
- Fela loved nudity and was mostly shirtless.
- His obsession was to get back the dignity Africa had lost.
Citation
Carlos Moore, " Fela" Fela
<http://www.fela.net/bio/>
Wole Soyinka
- Wole Soyinka is one of contemporary Nigeria's greatest writers.
- He was born in Western Nigeria in 1934 and raised in a colonial, English-speaking environment.
- He received a Nobel prize for Literature in 1986 and was the first Nigerian to receive it.
- He wrote his first important play "A Dance of the Forests" in the late 1950s.
- He went into a voluntary exile.
Citation
William McPheron, "Wole Soyinka" Stanford presidential lectures in the Humanities and Arts
<http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/soyinka/>
Thesis and Evidence of the essay "Nigeria's Promise, Africa's Hope" written by Chinua Achebe
Thesis: Achebe states that even though Nigeria has overcome it's dark history filled with political instability, racial and ethnic strife, it seems as if the country is deteriorating even more than before.
Evidence: Achebe's thesis can be supported by the following evidences:
1) Africans have forgotten the traditional way of ruling and moving with the world without enough preparation.
2) People were completely blinded by the thought of gaining independence that they completely forgot where they were headed. In the end, they seemed a bit lost with their new found independence.
3) The fact that it is illegal in Nigeria to publish governmental data and statistics and how much money the government has spent.
Contemporary Nigeria
- In 1993, Nigerians vote in Presidential elections to end Military rule.
- Women often perform on the streets of Nigeria as a way to show resistance towards the little freedom they get.
- In January 2013, a Nigerian law was enacted it illegal for people of the same sex to be in an intimate relationship or to have anything to do with gay organizations.
- The President of Nigeria is Goodluck Jonathan who signed the bill stating gays as illegal.
- Nigeria won the Africans Cup for the third time in 2013.
Citation
Grace Benton,"The visibility of contemporary women artists in Nigeria" AFRICA IS A COUNTRY, 04/03/2013
<http://africasacountry.com/the-visibility-of-contemporary-women-artists-in-africa/>
'KOLA,"Nigeria's Gay Problems" AFRICA IS A COUNTRY, 01/15/2014<http://africasacountry.com/nigerias-gay-problems/>
Chinua Achebe
- Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian author who wrote the book "Things Fall Apart".
- It was inspired by his own family who were part of the Ibo nation of the southeastern Nigeria.
- The people were victims of the racism of the British colonial administrators.
- He died at the age of 82 by a brief illness.
- He had been in a wheelchair since 1990 since he was paralyzed waist down because of a car accident.
Citation
Jonathan kandell, "Chinua Achebe, African Literary Titan, Dies at 82" The New York Times, 03/22/13
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/africa/chinua-achebe-nigerian-writer-dies-at-82.html?_r=0>
Fela Kuti
- Fela Kuti is also known as the African musical genius who was in the rise in the early 1970. - - He gave a big gift to the world which was the Afro beat.
- Around the time when Fela first came to a rise, Africa had gained Independence.
- Fela loved nudity and was mostly shirtless.
- His obsession was to get back the dignity Africa had lost.
Citation
Carlos Moore, " Fela" Fela
<http://www.fela.net/bio/>
Wole Soyinka
- Wole Soyinka is one of contemporary Nigeria's greatest writers.
- He was born in Western Nigeria in 1934 and raised in a colonial, English-speaking environment.
- He received a Nobel prize for Literature in 1986 and was the first Nigerian to receive it.
- He wrote his first important play "A Dance of the Forests" in the late 1950s.
- He went into a voluntary exile.
Citation
William McPheron, "Wole Soyinka" Stanford presidential lectures in the Humanities and Arts
<http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/soyinka/>
Thesis and Evidence of the essay "Nigeria's Promise, Africa's Hope" written by Chinua Achebe
Thesis: Achebe states that even though Nigeria has overcome it's dark history filled with political instability, racial and ethnic strife, it seems as if the country is deteriorating even more than before.
Evidence: Achebe's thesis can be supported by the following evidences:
1) Africans have forgotten the traditional way of ruling and moving with the world without enough preparation.
2) People were completely blinded by the thought of gaining independence that they completely forgot where they were headed. In the end, they seemed a bit lost with their new found independence.
3) The fact that it is illegal in Nigeria to publish governmental data and statistics and how much money the government has spent.