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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 uppsatser innehållade ordet Igbo.

  1. 1. Cultural Clash and Gender Roles : Exploring the Quest for Equality in Jane Eyre and Things Fall Apart

    Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Författare :Anne M Johansson; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Gender; cultural clash; equality; religion; colonialism; Genus; kulturkrock; jämställdhet; religion; kolonialism;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to analyze the intersectionality between themes of cultural clash and gender roles within the novels Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, accentuating their common quest for equality. This essay offers a historical and cultural analysis, divulging the gender norms prevalent in Victorian England and pre-colonial Nigeria, serving as a backstage to the characters’ adaptations and struggles. LÄS MER

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

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

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

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

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

    Magister-uppsats, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

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

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  5. 4. THE ROLE OF INFORMAL URBAN MARKET STRUCTURES IN FACILITATING WOMEN'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP

    Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Författare :Igbo Peter Okwudiri; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Nairobi; informal market; informality; market structures; women entrepreneurship;

    Sammanfattning : Nairobi, one of Africa's fastest developing urban centers, is home to many business organizations contributing to Kenya's economic and social development. A country is rapidly experiencing an economic shift; Kenya heavily relies on the informal economic sector, with small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) being the most significant sector contributing to economic development. LÄS MER

  7. 5. A Marxist Reading Of Things Fall Apart In The Esl Classrom : Exploring Colonial Socio-economic Exploitation in the Nigerian Context

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Författare :Arthur E. Nkalubo; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Things Fall Apart; Capitalism; colonialism; community; critical literacy; CLP; and ESL; land expropriation; Marxism; Primitive accumulation; socio-economic; social class;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to explore how a critical reading of the novel Things Fall Apart (1958) can provide valuable perspective for educators and students when examining socio-economic issues in  a colonial context in the ESL classroom. The main issues being analysed are how the novel reveals and explores socio-economic forms of exploitation under colonialism, and how a critical reading of the novel can be used in teaching to inform and persuade learners about social injustices. LÄS MER