Project+Resources


 * Based on your chosen topic, use the appropriate links and websites to complete your research. **

**Assignment** - Report on the Igbo religion and on how Christianity changed the Igbo.

 * 1) ==== [|Story of African Christianity] ====
 * 2) ==== [|Missionaries in Pre-Colonial and Early Colonial Nigeria]: A close examination of the role of missionaries in the colonization of Nigeria. – ====
 * 3) ==== [|Igbo Information]: (Scroll down to "Religion") ====
 * 4) ==== [|Odinani: Igbo Traditional Religion] (Click on "Fundamentals" after accessing the site): ====
 * 5) ==== [|Religion and the Igbo People] ====

**Assignment** - Report on the traditions of the Igbo tribe.

 * 1) ==== [|Identity of the Sacred]:This site discusses ancestor worship– but be sure to click on the Igbo sculpture for the info, not the other one! ====
 * 2) ==== [|Marriage among the Ibgo of Nigeria] ====
 * 3) ==== [|The Artistry of African Currency]: This site explains the idea of bride price. ====
 * 4) ==== [|New Yam Festival]: One of the most important celebrations is the New Yam Festival! ====
 * 5) ==== [|Igbo Wrestling:] Most popular sport? Wrestling ====
 * 6) ==== [|Library of Congress:] Country Studies: Nigeria ====

**Assignment** - Report on the role of women before and during the colonization of Nigeria.

 * 1) ==== [|Women in colonial Nigeria] ====
 * 2) ==== [|The Role of Women n Achebe's World] ====
 * 3) ==== [|Women in Pre-Colonial Nigeria] ====
 * 4) ==== [|Woman's Mysteries of a Primitive People] ====
 * 5) ==== [|The Story of Africa: Traditional Religions] ====
 * 6) ==== [|Library of Congress:] Country Studies: Nigeria ====

**Assignment** - Report on colonialism in Africa and its effects.

 * 1) ==== [|Definition of Colonialism] ====
 * 2) ==== [|Map of Africa on the Eve of World War I] ====
 * 3) ==== [|The Myth of Neocolonialism: Discussion of Colonialism in Africa] ====
 * 4) ==== [|Corruption as a Consequence of Colonialism] ====
 * 5) ==== [|Colonial Nigeria:] Scroll down and find the link for Colonial Nigeria ====


 * A note on different types of articles in newspapers and magazines: **
 * ** Keep the following in mind as you are writing your articles for the //National Geographic.// **

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 * News Article**: This relates the five W's: the who, what, where, when, and why of the report. This is a //factual// report of the events of a story or general topic. In a news article, you **//do not offer opinions//** concerning the circumstances of events.=====