Period 1:
Class in Room 19
Issue Research
Period 2:
Class in Art Room
Discussion on passages
Work on memoirs
Period 6:
Things Fall Apart discussion & presentations
Thought of the day...
"Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life."
- Elie Wiesel
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African Folktales
A common character in African Folk Tales is Anansi, whose father, the god Nyame, changed him into a spider due to his practical jokes. Anansi stories teach people how to behave either by following his example or doing the opposite of what he does.
Other stories are usually "How" or "Why". In class, the story I did was "Why Turtles Live in Water". A turtle was caught by some hunters. The turtle tricked the hunters into throwing the turtle into the water when the hunters were deciding how to eat the turtle. From that point on, the turtle has been living in the water.
Nigeria is located in western Africa. The capital is Abuja and the population is over 3.1 million. many people are living with aids and other diseases. The crops include corn, cotton, yams, and several others. The crops in which they do not grow enough of or do not have are imported. Nigeria has a variety of landscape including rainforests, farming land, and platueas. They have a lot of natural resources like natural gas, petroleum, iron, zinc, and much more.
Ibo's eat lots of fruit and vegetables such as bananas, pineapple, rice, yams (which are a major food for them). Yams are like the Ibo's potatoes they get a lot of starch from them. Many of the people are farmers which is very honored for them. they want to grow big pale yams, which is very different from the ones we sell over here.
In the Ibo religion there are many different gods. They however have one main god, Chukwu. Chukwu is their highest god like Zeus was to the Romans. Below Chukwu there were many other smaller gods. These gods controlled may tings such as land, children, weather, health, along with other things.
Because these gods were minor they were able to have human emotions. If their was a drought or maybe if someone couldn't bear a child it was because the people had done something to anger the minor gods. If the weather had been perfect, and the tribe is in no trouble than that would mean something had been done to please the gods.
The Ibo people use ceremonial sacrifices to appease to the gods and make them happy. They are hoping it will be enough to make the gods give them what they are praying for.
Another way the Ibo people appease to the gods is they made shrines made in honor of all the different gods. Wooden figures and other sacrifices were left at these shrines for the gods and also for their ancestors
CHI
-Chi is the spirit that overhangs every human being. It is like having a shadow. It is ones personal god that he or she believes in.
-Chi can be good or bad depenging on the person. It is a reflection of a person so if they are bad they will have bad chi, if they are good they will have good chi.
-Chi is the perfect double and the protector of oneself.
-Chi is not only religious but philosophical.
-Chi is strictly owned by one person, for example a mother and daughter cannot have the same chi because it's only for one person to posess.
-You cannot rise past the greatness of your chi.
-Everything has chi, such as animals.
-Chi determines whether you are succesful or are a failure.
Malaria is not for you. Malaria is a vector borne infectious disease that is transmitted through saliva in the mouths of female mosquitoes. Areas throughout tropical and subtropical regions are at risk of this disease. Fever, chills, joint pain, coma and death are common symptoms of malaria. Malaria is the most common infectious disease in the world.
Edema is a disease where your body swells or puffs up. It frequently happens in your hands, arms, legs, feet, or ankles. You can usually tell if you have Edema by pressing down on your skin for a few seconds to see if an indent is left. If you think you have Edema then you should see a doctor for treatment. Also, you should avoid salty foods, standing or sitting for long periods especially in hot weather, and gaining excess weight. There are several other options which a doctor will notify you of. If you have noticed any of the Edema symptoms and are going through cancer treatment, you should let your doctor know because there is a higher risk of getting the disease.
The foods of the Ibo tribe are:pineapples, bananas, limes, mangoes, grapefruits, dumplings, pumpkins, onions, beans sorghum which is a grain, brown rice, tsere/suya which is roasted skewered meat, and they fished for meals as well. Part of the tribe lived near a tropical part of the land and were able to get the tropical fruits that were already listed.
Breakfast was eaten as early as 5 a.m. and their meal consisted of rice, mangoes, stewed soybeans, and dodos which is their name for fried plantains. Lunch for them is the most important meal and is focused on soups, stews rice and fruits. Many eat a later dinner but it is not looked upon as a giant important meal like us in the U.S. think of a super or dinner.
The most important food for them is yams. Yams are a replacement for potatoes and their yams are much different then ours in the U.S. The yams that they are used to are not sweet by any means and are pale in color. We cannot get he yams that they eat unless we go to a special store and even that could be a big stretch for getting your hands on. They have a different life style and way of living then we do. Their culture has them eating different foods then i am used to.
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