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Nigeria and Purple Hibiscus

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I used these study notes to prepare for my English exam. They are about the novel "Purple Hibiscus". I also characterized all important characters from the book and analyzed their relation ship. Moreover, I also included other relevant topics in regard to Nigeria such as: Shell Nigeria, Gender i...

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  • June 13, 2023
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English Nigeria and Purple Hibiscus
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Nigeria
-rich in culture +

history
-> different faiths beliefs (250 ethnic groups)
melting pot of +




-> Africa's most
populous country


ethnic
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major groups
Muslims)
-> Hausa-Fulani (Sunni


Igbo (mostly
->
Christians)

Yoruba
->


(religion shows parallels to Christianity)


cultural conflicts -> Biafran war
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tongoing Orlu Crisis (conflict between Federal Nigerian Government +
Native Nigerians

Indigenous People of Biafra)


Boko Haram
religious violence
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-> based in northeast
Nigeria taims to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria +
oppose

Westernization of
Nigerian Society
->
Fidnap children especially girls to
fight western-Style modern education




national borders were created "Scramble for Africa"
during
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during 1700s enslaved sold to
I people
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more than of +
European powers


Niger Delta=
huge hub for economic trade (even after
slavery British 1807)
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was outlawed by



Britain took 1884
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over
Nigeria


1953
Nigerian Independance movement
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1960
1October Nigerian Independance Day
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, 1963 Federal Republic Nigeria formally created
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of was


->
Benjamin Nnamdi first
Azikiwe
president
Istability only short-lived I


1967-1970
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Nigerian Civil War/Biafran war

-> due to tension discontent with election
rising results
+




January
15 1966 lgbo
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coalition of military officers took
c ontrol
government
of


-> 22 influential
politicians/military leaders killed

-> followed by
political violence in western
region all from
anger eruption from election results
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Shell
Nigeria
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responsible for significant
oil spills in
Niger delta


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European+ Nigerian courts have held them liable for environmental destruction



bribed by shell to arrest
Nigerian government raid their
villages protest
leaders
-

was +




-Shell Nigerian military bribed by jobs
+
promising money + at facility


al in
spills:impact air, water, soil pollection
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Gender inequalityNigeria
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reasons:-> lack of roter education

-> role of poverty (hard to become independantfrom men)
-> corruption (man in scandal no attention

woman in scandal might
lose job)

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feminism
-> domestic work isn't neutral
+
care-giving gender
->
marriage a prize (a woman needs to look
i n order to win)

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