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him before his actual death. Ernest E. Emenyonu in his editorial book Emerging Perspective on Chinua Achebe argues that: " 'Refugee Mother and Child' paints the pathetic picture of kwashiorkor-ridden children, of dirt, poverty, and uncertainty in Biafra. Through the use of imagery the reader is made to perceive the repulsive stench that fills the camp and see the lamentable sight of starving children"

For developing regions, Latin America and Africa are a few of the focal countries to analyze civil war onset and for future preventions. Cuba, now a communist state underwent political turmoil from leaders like Fidel Castro to achieve its present government. Nigeria, a prominent oil powerhouse also faced ethnic conflict stemming from its diverse population. Both countries are still susceptible to future conflicts, but learning from their own history could easily prevent it from happening. Cuba: The

Understanding Foreign Aid Canada has played a prominent role in providing foreign aid since the 1950’s. After the success of the Marshall Plan, which consisted of “channeling resources from the United States to war torn countries”, Europe convinced Western leaders that newly independent countries in Asia and Africa would develop rapidly if the same methods were in place (Brothwell, 1989:172). This lead to Canada joining the “Colombo Plan” to support these recently independent countries of Asia (The

Chinua Achebe (1930 – 2013) is best known for his novel Things Fall Apart, in addition to writing novels, Achebe was a critic and a poet. This paper intends to analyze and discuss Achebe's war poems. The poems that Achebe wrote in the time of the Nigerian civil war which lasted for three years and Nigerian people suffered a lot because of that war, Ogaga Okuyade in his article Of the Versification of Pain: Nigerian Civil War Poetry states that: "The Nigerian civil war is about the ugliest moment

According to Forsyth (1969), thousands of Igbo people were massacred in pogroms in the Northern parts of Nigeria and up to 2 millions of Igbo people died during Nigeria/Biafra civil war; mostly women and children died of starvation as a result of the use of the policy of starvation as a weapon of war and blockade of the separatist Biafra Republic. The human devastation which the world is witnessing today in Syria, as a result of the fact that starvation is being used a weapon of war is horrible (UN (2016)

difficult, stubborn, etc.      Another similarity of cultures gleaned from Emecheta's writing is reaction to rivalry. A very important event to the villages in the novel was the wrestling match which pits the Akpei Uma aya Biafra against the Igbuno Uma aya Baifra. There is much preparation of the athletes and many people attend. In addition, at the market, the Akpei people would not purchase produce from Josephine Kwutelu and other girls also from Igbuno since they are

Chinua Achebe is one of the great authors hailing from the African continent. He has published a number of novels and is widely praised for creating a new genre of African literature. His debut, and most famous novel, Things Fall Apart, has never been out of print, sold more than twelve-million copies, and been translated into over fifty languages (“Chinua Achebe” The Economist). The characters in the novel are purely fictional but the traditions and struggles faced by the characters are those of

Delta is the field on which the vicious battle to this money spinner is waged.” From July 1967 to January 1970 a civil war broke out between the eastern region (whose people united for the war effort and referred to the region as Biafra) and the rest of the country. The Biafra Civil War began because of barrels of oils and would

Chinecherem Eze History 39 Developmental Changes in Africa from the close of WWII through the 1990s From the close of World War II through the 1990s, sub-Saharan Africa experienced major transformations in form of accomplishments as well as challenges. Some of the accomplishments includes decolonization and gaining independence from previous colonial masters and subsequently moving away from authoritarian regimes to embrace democracy. They have also been faced with some challenges of poverty, and

The Igbo, one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa,they had to work hard to make sure that their culture was not lost. Southern Nigeria is where most of the Igbo culture is still located. It is believed that the Igbo originated in Niger and Benue Rivers, about a hundred miles north of their current location. The Igbo language can be categorized into the Congo language. Specifically, it is a part of the Kwa subfamily. Their language is difficult to understand due to the wide range of dialects, and