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"An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness" is the published and amended version of the second Chancellor's Lecture given by Nigerian writer and academic Chinua Achebe at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in February 1975. The essay was included in his 1988 collection, Hopes and Impediments.
During the university's faculty lecture series in Ibadan, Prof. Adeyemo, the Vice-Chancellor, and Prof. Samuel Oluwalana, a faculty member at the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, College of Environmental Resources Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, along with Prof. Olusola Ladokun, the Dean of the Faculty of ...
The title of the series, iwájú, roughly translates to 'the future' in the Yoruba language (literally 'front-facing'). The series stars Simisola Gbadamosi, Dayo Okeniyi, Femi Branch, Siji Soetan, and Weruche Opia. Originally planning a series of shorts, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Kugali Media were developing the long-form series for ...
He founded the first professional Nigerian theatre company in 1945 and served in many roles, including playwright, in both English and Yoruba. Wole Soyinka is "generally recognized as Africa’s greatest living playwright" and was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature . [ 8 ]
Nigerian literature is a literary writing in Nigeria often by her citizens. It encompasses writers in a number of languages spoken in Nigeria including Igbo, Urhobo, Yoruba, Hausa and Nupe. [1] Things Fall Apart (1958) by Chinua Achebe is one of the milestones in African literature.
Nsibidi plays a central role in the Nsibidi Script Series of fantasy novels (Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, and Akata Woman) written by Nnedi Okorafor. Nsibidi was the inspiration for the Wakandan writing system shown in the 2018 film Black Panther. [21] Nsibidi symbols were also featured in its sequel, Wakanda Forever. [22]
No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by Chinua Achebe.It is the story of an Igbo man, Obi Okonkwo, who leaves his village for an education in Britain and then a job in the Colonial Nigeria civil service, but is conflicted between his African culture and Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Lecture series (3 C, 55 P) V. Swami Vivekananda lectures (4 P) Pages in category "Lectures" The following 13 pages are in this ...