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Voices from the African Continent Nigeria - Coggle Diagram
Voices from the African Continent
Nigeria
Information
Population
more than 190 million people
average 50.59 years life expectancy
each woman has average 5.49 children
Geographics
area of 923,768 square kilometres
largest western African coastal state
14th largest state on the continent
Abuja (capital)
Language
English (official language)
more than 250 languages spoken by many ethnic groups
Pidgin English
simplified English (mixture of English and an African or Asian language
75 million people speak Pidgin English
useful because multiple ethnic groups with different languages can communicate with Pidgin
developed because of slavery and colonisation in the 17th and 18th centuries
Climate
tropical
rainy & dry seasons
Economy
colonialism (there are still English companies which control the oil industry)
middle-income mixed economy
Nigerian Dream/ Nightmare
become rich -> immigration
short-term effect
everyone can make it
people are determined
want to escape poverty
excessively materialistic
includes immoral and egoistic behaviour
thin middle class
high corruption
take what you can get
vicious circle
A Raisin in the Sun
published in 1959
is about an African-American working-class family living in a ghetto of Chicago, suffering from poverty and racism
written by Loraine Hansberry
Colonialism
a powerful country controls less powerful countries
—> uses their ressources to increase its own power and wealth
influence of Western culture
racial inferiority
the habitants get forced to submit