- Ever since 2010, the years of mass murder in the Plateau and Kaduna has left more than 3,000 people dead while the Nigerian government continues to ignore it. Due to sectarian and ethnic strife, this region of Central Nigeria has suffered so many deaths
- Nigerians are starting to find out where the oil funds are going to. Although corruption has existed for a while, it has not been spotted so easily. But they realized that person who kept taking was the governor of country’s central bank.
- Nigeria has the highest rate of twin births in the entire world.
- Evidence from archaeological finds and sites have shown that human existence in Nigeria has a history that went back to 9000 BC. The Nok civilization was the earliest one in the region of Nigeria.
- There are at least 250 languages spoken in Nigeria and possibly even more than 400. Their music and art springs from traditional and tribal roots and are prevalent in their society.
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- Chinua Achebe
- He died at the age of 82 in the city of Boston. His agent had stated that Chinua Achebe had died after a brief illness.
- Chinua Achebe is a world-acclaimed Nigerian writer who was born in 1930. He is most known for writing his book, Things Fall Apart, in 1958. The novel has sold over 12 million copies and has been translated to more than 50 languages.
- Chinua Achebe was raised by Christian evangelical parents in the large village of Ogidi, in Igboland, Eastern Nigeria. He had received an early education in English, but grew up learning of complex Igbo traditions and culture. He later studied medicine
- He was married and had 4 children. He was last living in the United States, where he taught at Bard College until 2007, when he became the professor at Brown University of Africana Studies.
- He was also awarded his country’s highest literature award, the Nigerian National Merit Award. He has also written over 20 books over the span of his entire life.
Smith-Spark, Laura, Vlad Duthiers, Jo Shelley, Richard Allen Greene, Kim Norgaard, and Joseph Netto. "Chinua Achebe, Literary Icon and Author of 'Things Fall Apart,' Dies at 82." CNN. Cable News Network, 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. <http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/world/obit-chinua-achebe/index.html>.
Kandell, Jonathan. "Chinua Achebe, African Literary Titan, Dies at 82." The New York Times. The New York Times, 22 Mar. 2013. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/africa/chinua-achebe-nigerian-writer-dies-at-82.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>.
"Biography of Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)." Biography of Chinua Achebe. GradeSaver, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. <http://www.gradesaver.com/author/chinua-achebe/>.
"Chinua Achebe." Africana Studies. Brown University, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. <http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/people/achebe_chinua.html>.
- Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born on October 15, 1938 and later died on August 2, 1997. He was a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, human’s right activist.
- He was also a pioneer of Afrobeat, a new type of music that is still popular even after his death. He was also listed #46 by HMV out of 100 for the list of most influential musicians of the 20th century.
- Fela Kuti had indeed died of AIDS at the age of 58. He also owned a 2 story house in the city of Lagos in Nigeria.
- Fela Kuti was charged with murder in 1993, and in this article, he blames the government politics for arresting him. Fela Kuti has been an active activist against the military government of Nigeria and has actually been a part of the group of Campaign of Democracy.
- Fela Kuti was originally sent to London 1958 to study medicine, but he decided to study music instead at Trinity College of Music. While he was over there, he formed the band Koola Lobitos.
"Fela Kuti Biography." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. <http://www.theguardian.com/music/fela-kuti>.
Onishi, Norimitsu. "Lagos Journal; Nigeria Echoes to the Beat That Defied Tyrants." The New York Times. The New York Times, 10 Sept. 2000. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/11/world/lagos-journal-nigeria-echoes-to-the-beat-that-defied-tyrants.html>.
"Nigerian Star Blames Politics for Murder Charge." The New York Times. The New York Times, 15 Aug. 1993. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/16/world/nigerian-star-blames-politics-for-murder-charge.html>.
- He had won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986.
- Wole Soyinka is among Africa’s greatest contemporary writers. He was born in 1934, and grew up in an Anglican mission compound in Aké. He later traveled to Ibadan.
- Although he was raised in a colonial, English-speaking family, Soyinka’s ethnic heritage is Yoruba and his parents managed to balance his Christian life and his father’s ancestral home in Isará.
- Wole Soyinka was arrested in 1967 during the civil war in Nigeria, because he had made an article appealing for cease-fire. He was jailed for 22 months before he was finally released. He was accused of conspiring with Biafra rebels.
- Wole Soyinka has published over 20 pieces of work ranging from drama, novels and poetry. He typically writes in English.
McPheron, William. "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986." The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986. Stanford University, 1998. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1986/>.
"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2013. Web. 28 Apr 2014. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1986/>.