Flora Nwapa

Gender Relations in Efuru by Flora Nwapa In "Efuru", Flora Nwapa put a lot of emphasis in marriage and procreation. Both of these aspects are indispensable in creating new family units and in increasing the population of the family or lineage. Nwapa is reflecting, in "Efuru", the situation, as it exists in her society. Children are greatly valued in "Efuru". Each marriage is expected to produce many siblings, both male and female (with preference for a male). In Igbo culture, the most important

Sample Analysis Flora Nwapa was the first Nigerian woman to publish a book in English. All of her novels discuss women and the problems they face in their societies and their struggle to obtain a voice. What distinguishes Flora Nwapa’s writings from other writers is that her writing delves into Igbo traditions, customs and religious beliefs so her writing give us a true account of Nigeria and Nigerian people and their beliefs at that time. Flora Nwapa encourages women through her writings to fight

and ensure woman’s passage into freedom and independence, while at the same time providing the critical arrow for confronting and deflating the excessive dimensions of that power and freedom. Nwapa advocates and affirms the need for women’s empowerment in One Is Enough. At the symbolic level, however, Nwapa resorts to the uses of double-entendre to expose, critique, and chastise the so-called powerful successful women for their reckless use of power. More importantly, she exposes the hidden, violent

The naturalised vascular species of flora throughout New Zealand at present has similar totals to the native species (Williams & Cameron, 2006), and newly naturalised species are being discovered at an increasing rate (Howell, 2008). Approximately 19% of all naturalised species are presently recorded as environmental weeds (Howell, 2008). Unfortunately, these statistics can, incorrectly, give the impression that New Zealand environments are inundated with an abundance of diverse weeds. Rather,

SOLONIA TRIES HER STORY ON HER CLASSMATES The young girl writes feverishly, partly because she wants to perform the puppet play as soon as possible, and partly because she is genuinely, and poetically inspired. Though she is in a rush, she is also concern of how others will take to her story, so she writes it out in the from of a poem and calls it..."What If The Animals Could Speak" She has always been shy of reading before adults, even her parents, but she already foresees this foreboding necessity

Introduction Nowadays there are a large number of investigations related to the microbiota and health not only of the gastrointestinal tract, the immune system but also the nervous system and mental health. Likewise, changes in the microbiota are implicated in the increasing tendency for a broad range of inflammatory diseases such as allergic disease, inflammatory bowel disease, obesity and the presence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for instance, cardiovascular diseases (like heart attacks

described to be microorganisms which are ingested in small amount to increase the diversity of both flora and fauna inside the human body this reaction in turn affects the adaptation abilities for the human body to react to different surroundings, digest different things, or just improve the antibody or the mechanism that already exists in the human body. This mechanism of diversity caused by many flora inside the digestive track of humans are beneficial because it helps with the digestion of a more

A common theme among the concerns of today’s American citizens is that of obesity. Obesity, identifiable by abnormal fat accumulation, can be defined in absolute terms by one who has a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 30. It is estimated that over 30 percent of American adults are clinically obese. This number has shown a dramatic increase from the 15 percent of American adults suffering from obesity in 1980. Globally, 400 million adults are obese, while predictions place this number at 700 million by

Although the gut microbiota are involved in a range of functions within the human body, this essay will focus on their role in the development of Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD). The human gut microbiota play a significant role in the metabolic health of individuals with irritable bowel diseases such as Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn’s Disease (CD). IBD, UC and CD are chronic gastrointestinal illnesses, all of which have an uncertain etiology. Symptoms of these illnesses can include diarrhoea,

Canadian Scientist: Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon is a researcher that works out of his lab at Washington University in St. Louis called the Centre for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology and investigates with mice and germs (The Gordon Lab, 2014). He has received many degrees such as his medical doctorate degree and many different prizes for his works in medicine (The Gordon Lab, 2014). He has many different honours from the Washington University and St. Louis University (The Gordon