Political Corruption And Symbolism In Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi’S Half Of The Yellow Sun And Okey Ndibe’S Arrows Of Rain
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Political Corruption And Symbolism In Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi’S Half Of The Yellow Sun And Okey Ndibe’S Arrows Of Rain
ABSTRACT
This project focusses on political corruption and symbolism. This project effort exposes corrupt behaviours by politicians and military rulers. To also highlight the symbols utilised in the works. The first chapter provides an overview of political corruption in Nigeria, as well as how the military took over and dominated Nigeria.
The second chapter is a survey of linked literature, and the third is about political corruption and symbolism in Adichie Chumamanda Ngozi. Half of a yellow sun. Chapter four focusses on political corruption and symbolism in Okey Ndibe’s Arrows of Rain.
The fifth chapter of this project effort is the conclusion. This project investigation suggests that while the arrival of the British colonists brought civilisation, it also caused ethnic differences, which led to conflict. War destroys lives and property; consequently, it should be avoided.
Chapter One: Introduction
Political corruption occurs when government officials utilise their power for illegitimate private gain. Political corruption is defined as the misuse of government power for other ends, such as repressing political opponents and general police brutality.
Corruption is responsible for the majority of economic, political, and social issues in developing countries such as Nigeria. Some of these issues include a lack of accountability, the transfer of public resources to private hands, various forms of discrimination, and ethnicity. Lack of competence, inefficiency, and so on.
There are numerous reasons of political corruption, including inadequate political processes, ineffective political financing, and poverty. Ethnic and religious differences.
The lack of transparency in government documents highlights the necessity for legislation such as the freedom of information bill and public participation in governance.
The colonial masters have been criticised for widespread corruption. This viewpoint suggests that the nation’s colonial history may have limited the impact of early ethical revolutions.
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Throughout the colonial period, most Nigerians lived in ignorance and poverty.
The amount of corruption created severe concerns among Nigerians and the world community, which ranked Nigeria as one of the most corrupt countries.
Although the government enacted anti-corruption measures, they were not truly and adequately implemented, so the desired purpose and goal were not met. The situation became more serious. Corruption has remained a barrier to national growth ever since.
In Nigeria, corruption is a major issue that must be addressed.
In his book, The Root Causes of Corruption in West Africa, Owusi (2002) argues that corruption stems from opportunistic use of existing laws and regulations to gain an advantage.
He emphasised that the desire for wealth, power, prestige, and high status, as well as the use of scarce and expensive import commodities, is a major contributor to societal corruption.
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Over time, the country’s wealth has dwindled, leaving little to show in terms of common people’s living standards.
Nigeria, like many other African countries, was founded on an artificial structure created by previous colonial powers who ignored religious, linguistic, and ethnic diversity.
The origins of the Nigerian Civil War were numerous, but in his biography, writer Alex Mitchell blames the British, Dutch, French, and Italian oil firms, whose fights for Nigeria’s wealthy oil fields sparked and fuelled the conflict.
Nigeria’s political issues stem from the British government’s abandonment of the country and its people after taking control. The British administrators made little effort to unite the country’s diverse population. Many of today’s technology are the result of their enlightenment.
Northern politicians, fearing that independence would result in political and economic dominance by the more westernised elites in the south, preferred to maintain British sovereignty. As a prerequisite for adopting independence, they requested that the country remain divided into three sections, with the North having a clear majority.
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On January 15, 1966, Major Kaduna Nzeogwu and several junior Army officers (mostly majors and captains) attempted a coup. Because of the ethnicity of those executed, it was widely assumed that the coup was orchestrated by the Igbo for their own personal gain. principal Nzeogwu executed the North’s two principal political leaders, Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Northern Premier Sir Ahmadu Bello. The wife of Sir Ahmadu Bello was also slain.
The coup was not only carried out in the Northern region, but it was also the most successful. Lieutenant Connell Arthur Umegbe was slain due to the incompetence of the commanders in charge of carrying out Nzeogwu’s objectives in the east.
The coup, also known as the coup of the five majors, is widely regarded as Nigeria’s sole revolutionary coup. Nigeria’s young democracy experienced its first coup.
The coup plotters cited electoral fraud as one of their motivations. Following the coup, General Johnson Aguyi-Ironsi, an Igbo and Head of the Nigerian Army, assumed control as the country’s first Military Head of State.
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