Nigeria

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ones: Hausa-Fulani (29%) Yoruba (21%). Igbo (18%) Ijaw (10%) Kanuri (4%) ? Religions: 50% Muslim 40 45% Christian 5 ? Over 500 languages 10% traditional Religions environmental problems: ~Nigeria is one of the African countries producing most solid waste: plastic pollution worsens the climate change (CO2 and Methane) -> the vehicles and disposal vans -> the incineration of waste ~ water pollution due to plastic ~ bad waste management/ disposal ~environmental degradation ~ air pollution: solution: to reduce and recycle the waste in Nigeria Plogging: jogging with collecting waste deforestation: in Nigeria its man-made while hunting * * * *cause: incineration of solid waste health risks: eye sight & hard to breath contamination of flora & fauna * * Resources and attractions: large manufacturing great variety and diversity ito ethnicities, religions, cultures blooming film industry ("Nollywood") Lagos being one of the most populated & touristy places in Nigeria * Problems: colonial problems -> stolen history = searching for identity Bad health care system • infrastructural decay Socially active woman who stand up for diversity * oil possession (exploitation) no justice > police brutality (extorting) • few government interventions ● criminality and drug dealing is normal: Boko Haram (advocates violently the introduction of Sharia law and the ban of western education) • life expectancy is 53 y/o • poverty (more than 67%): missing supplies and facilities exploitation -> luxurious hotels -> free time activities festivals, soccer, fashion shows, music street festivals Nigeria has no infrastructure to refine its own oil international companies sell it abroad & Nigeria has to import refined oil back which costs billions of dollar Shell has about 40% of Nigerian oil * experiences with GB Crisis of identity esp. children Cover the cultural damage Colonization made. * term to Post-colonial-literature -shows effects of colonialism Football in Nigeria: * brought by the British Empire Corruption Lissues of identity * football is a unifying sport: forget tribes and indifferences in religion teenagers get the feeling of achievement -> more optimism and hope English literature Segregration -literature from Commonwealth (GB) political social concerns economic deals with the issue of being caught between two cultures Nigerian identity: *famous Nigerian poet claims that Nigerian identity: is subnational, not supranational it doesn't offer any socio-economic benefits to its citizens Nigerian Dream: * a great and powerful nation without exploitation & dependence being important for the global economy * constant development and progress sustainable environment using everybody's full capacity -> together means stronger * PIRPLE HIBISCUS: Aunty Ifeoma * Eugene's sister; Kambili's & Java's aunt * modern day feminist * Believes a woman should have an education first before getting married ==> independence -> Ifeoma's opinion about men: simply use women for their personal gain * for her: marriage not for financial reasons/security but out of love * character: impressive, confident, Intelligent, educated, ambitious, western, freethinking, independent and fearless Eugene: *father of Jaja & Kambili * devout catholic; an abusive nature: beats his family when they sin + he is strict to his kids # the opposite of his sister ifeoma Kambili * main character: obedient, academic; lives under the strict rule of papa Fascinated by her aunt -> role model Kambili's mother: * does not fight his abusive husband but rather supports him (unwillingly) * dependent on Papa: claims that a husband crowns a woman's life => different view on women and their dependence than ifeoma Jaja: Kambili's older brother: at first obedient, later defiant & resisting * Beasts of no Nation: O Is about two child soldiers, Agu & Strika (he is muted) *They lost their parents (they were killed) *A militant group forces them to be soldiers *The kids are traumatized *They have dreams but doubt that they will come true -> they feel trapped / hopeless / without perspective *They live under the worst conditions, can get killed anytime *They are not allowed to be kids -> no childhood BUT: they both have each other (a little family) => they are each other's shadow protecting them from the glaring sun Shows how bad the situation is for some kids in Nigeria O Oil on Water: Helon Habila o Set in the Niger Delta O The topic is the crude oil production in Nigeria o Two reporters search for a kidnapped women and uncover the truth about the oil industry: * It is causing pollution of the nature * Many people lose their homes to the industry: get "bad offers", are intimidated or blackmailed) * Militants often control the production or are harming the people in it or around it, they are attacking the places where the companies are (kind of like war) * Money and power rule the industry, human rights are neglected *The industry does not care about the damage it is making Oil and water will never blend in together Life in Paradise: Helon Habila * at first: Village in harmony, a happy and well-functioning community + they are supportive of each other and offer mutual help *then: first signs of oil industry in neighbouring villages Community splits into two groups (for/against oil industry) * oil industry's offer: buy the whole village and with the money they could relocate elsewhere and live a rich life * * but: village's chief declines the offer -> result in much inconsistency among them * Only him & some elders: only advocates of tradition and are able to anticipate the downsides of the oil industry's offer * in the end: increase of in harmony in the community majority wants money -> chief fears that villagers might one day sell their land Economic Nigeria as a colony from GB: Advantages • Learned new things & methods Political Technology Social Educational & medical · ADDITIONAL . New government system New judicial system with a bit of democracy Industrial & agricultural boom Many cures for medical problems More religious opportunities Cultural exchange between Nigeria & GB Development in medicine & construction of new institution & school Disadvantages · Destruction ▪ Deprivation & plundering Slave trade & sell . Dependence on GB No power over own government Replacement of Nigeria's old instruments & tools . Cruelty . Mistrust towards each other Abolishment of traditional education & medicine Is Nigeria a country to flee from? Pro/ Yes Military kidnap innocent people Lösegeld Hope of a better and stable life without They desire ransom-> leads to increase poverty leaving everything behind Gap between rich and poor Feeling lonely in new country People fight the government (corrupt and with Lack of language skills violent) Lack of social security system Entwicklungsland Developing country (low standard of living) Environmental damage caused by the oil industry Port Harcourt/ Niger Delta (Oil city and Oil river) Con/No Chance to stay in new land is low/ Chance of being rejected is high Due to the pullotion, they have no way to grow food No hope, no future no, way out -> new chance Immigrants can not find a job easily (discrimination) Dangerous journey (do not know if they survive) Menschenhandel Often involves human trafficking Danger of fleeing Getting deported crude contamination pollution oppression eviction Suppression disposal (of waste) deposit rural (area) tribe stroke advocate inconsistent scarce favoring (=) opposing temptation attraction of wealth. to deceive allusion (illusion) fall of humankind. tactically birth desting eternity intractability difficulty pattern on the lines of this equivalent involve /contain primitiv Verseuchong (→ water). Verschmutzung Unterdrückung Vertreibung Unterdrückung Beseitigung/Ablagerung Anzahlung / Hinterlegung ländlich Volksslamm Schlaganfall Fürsprecher unstimmig knapp fürworten ablehnen Versuchung tauschen Anspielung / Hinweis (- Adam & Gra: auf der Erde) taktisch Geburtsschicksal Ewigkeit Unlösbarkeit Schwierigkeit Muster in diesem Sinne gleichwertig / aquivalent. beinhalten admiration astonishment betrayal apathy comprehensible/plausible crops annexation ethnic to consolidate one's power chief empire tribal structures chauvinism unifaction diplaced people to surrender to be self-assured / self-confident to grapple with sth. affiliation resentment mistreatment labuse to strive to be paramount to petrobusiness to pursue impoverished homes barren Bewunderng Erstaunen / Verwundering Verrat Lustlosigkeit / Gleichgültigkeit (=egal) /hgkeit Untā- nachvollziehbar Feldfrüchte Aneignung (forceful addition) Vaksguppe seine Macht festiger (Stammes-) häuptling Weltreich Stammesstrukturen. Glaube an die Überlegenheit d. eigenen Gruppe Vereinigung Vertriebene sich ergeben selbstbewusst sein sich mit etwas auseinander setzen Zugehörigkeit Arger, Hissgunst Misshandlung Streben von höchsten Rang, um Olindustrie verfolgen, jagen verarmte Hauser dürr, unfruchtbar to diminish domestic domestic servant resilient (Presilience) unlikely cohesion (in a society) public to bribe to be detained to put (sb) at ease insurgent withdrawal poor electricity supply frankness to downplay sth. overwhelmed /overstrained or rather verringern /reduzieren inländisch / häuslich Hausangestellte Widerstandsfähigkeit ungewöhnlich zusammenhalt (in einer Gesellschaft) Öffentlichkeit bestechen festgenommen werden (jemanden) beruhigen rebellious Rückzug schlechte Stromversorgung Offenheit etwas herunterspielen überfordert beziehungsweise