had been knocked silent by the trauma of all kinds of dispossession” (79). In his essay, “The Novelist as Teacher” (1988), Achebe expresses his purpose as an Igbo writer, which is “to help my society regain
Archibald Monteath Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian. Maureen Warner-Lewis This is the story of Archibald Monteath, the story of a slave captured from Africa and sent to Jamaica to live until he purchased his freedom and worked hard for a better life all on his own terms. This slave account and biography of Monteath happens during the time slavery was about to be abolished however “the legal status of slaves in Jamaica was typical of their status in all the British West India Islands” (Smith, Worthington)
Within the Igbo culture, there are some basic sacred and secular beliefs which provided meaning to causes of disease such as infertility. So, the causes of infertility are better understood within the context of the people concerned (Jegede, 1998). Similar view
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study. In every community in the world, there exists a uniqueness that makes one part of the world different from the world. This can be seen in the way people live, there different landform and weather/climate differences but one key element that is common to every country is what we refer to as culture. Culture has been described by various anthropologists in different ways but with common elements that have peculiarity to every definition