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Motivations of European Characters in the Book about Colonialism

Explore how European colonization impacted the Igbo people and their resistance against foreign domination. Discover the economic motivations behind European intrusion and the consequences faced by African societies. Interpret a symbolic story told by Uchendu illustrating the encounter between the Abame clan and the whites, reflecting on the effects of colonialism on Igbo culture.

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Motivations of European Characters in the Book about Colonialism

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  1. Entry Task: What motivates the European characters in the book? • Objective: SWBAT understand how colonization caused the Igbo people to assimilate, acculturate or go extinct. February 4

  2. The practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. • Forms of the word: colonialism (noun) and colonialization (verb) What is colonialism?

  3. Between the 1870s and 1900, Africa faced European aggression, military invasions, and eventual conquest and colonization. • Europeans wanted guaranteed sources of raw materials, markets and profitable investment outlets. Thus, the primary motivation for European intrusion was economic. • At the same time, African societies put up various forms of resistance against the attempt to colonize their countries and impose foreign domination. The Colonization of Africa

  4. Which country colonized Nigeria?

  5.  What disaster happens to the Abame clan? How did it happen? (Ch. 15)

  6. “Never kill a man who says nothing. Those men of Abame were fools. What did they know about the man?” He ground his teeth again and told a story to illustrate his point. ‘Mother Kite once sent her daughter to bring food. She went, and brought back a duckling. ‘You have done very well,’ said Mother Kite to her daughter, ‘but tell me, what did the mother of this duckling say when you swooped and carried its child away?’ ‘It said nothing,’ replied the young kite. ‘It just walked away.’ ‘You must return the duckling,’ said Mother Kite. ‘There is something ominous behind the silence.’ And so Daughter Kite returned the duckling and took a chick instead. ‘What did the mother of this chick do?’ asked the old kite. ‘It cried and raved and cursed me,’ said the young kite. ‘Then we can eat the chick,’ said her mother. ‘There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.’ Those men of Abame were fools.” (Ch. 15) Uchendu tells a story about a kite who takes a duckling and a chick. What is the point of the story? How does it relate to the encounter between the Abame and the whites? (Ch. 15)

  7. What is colonialism? • What is the purpose of colonialism? • How did the Igbo culture assimilate, acculturate and go extinct, as a result of the British colonizers? Exit Task

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