HISTORICAL CONTEXT http://www.mongabay.com/history/nigeria/nigeria-the_colonial_period.html
Nigeria became apart of British imperial expansion that exploited raw materials and crops important to western industrial development. Nigeria in the 1890s was known as the colonial period. It was colonized by Britain and the British built rail roads to import Britain goods and export Nigerian goods. Making Britain richer and Nigeria poorer.
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/things/summary.html
http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_Fall_Apart
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
http://www.mongabay.com/history/nigeria/nigeria-the_colonial_period.html
Nigeria became apart of British imperial expansion that exploited raw materials and crops important to western industrial development. Nigeria in the 1890s was known as the colonial period. It was colonized by Britain and the British built rail roads to import Britain goods and export Nigerian goods. Making Britain richer and Nigeria poorer.
CULTURAL CONTEXT
HTTP://WWW.AFRICAGUIDE.COM/CULTURE/TRIBES/IBO.HTM
HTTP://WWW.EVERYCULTURE.COM/WC/MAURITANIA-TO-NIGERIA/IGBO.HTML
GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
http://www.qub.ac.uk/imperial/nigeria/origins.htm Information about Igbo People
The word Igbo was a termed that meant "less cultured".
Map of Africa- Igbo People were from Southeastern Nigeria
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