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Hope Teague-BowlingPer 3March 2015
“I’ve Got the Power!”Status in the Igbo Culture
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Who has more power?
Definition & Significance
• Status & Power: – Men & Women Complimentary – Relatives– Titles
Creates order and systems so people can thrive in the world.
Pre-Colonial Times
For Men• Earned• Land• Wives & Children• Titles• Wealth
For Women• Household• Children• Husband• Spiritual
Power
Power
DutyHonor
Post-Colonial Times
• Earned & Bough
Power
DutyHonor
When Cultures Collide…
Bibliography
Rojas, Maria. "Women in Pre-Colonial Nigeria." Women in Pre-Colonial Nigeria. Post-Impe-rial and
Post-Colonial Literature in English, 1990. Web. 28 Feb. 2015.
Mahanta, Pona and Dibakar Maut. "The Impact of Colonizer on the Colonized: A Postcolo-nial
Study of." IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Ver. II 19.11 (201 4): 01-08. www.iosrjournals.org. Web.