We chose to launch our International Culture Community with an ICC Talks dedicated to Nigeria. The most populous and populated country in Africa is since 2013 the first African economy. Moreover General elections are taking place Saturday 28th March therefore it was a perfect opportunity to let UKZN Nigerian students to tell us the other story of this country which the media coverage is hijacked by Boko Haram.

1. 20 March, 2015
Senate Chamber, Westville Campus

2. Agenda
ICC Presentation
ICC Talks Nigeria
 Solomon OMOKEHINDE
 Arinzechukwu OBIORA
 Nollywood
Conclusion
Refreshment time

3. ICC Presentation
Vision by Joel Yondo,
Secretary General of ICC

4. ICC Presentation
Objectives by Emilien MARY,
Chairman of ICC

5. ICC Presentation
Action Plan
ICC Talks Nigeria – March 20
ICC Talks Zimbabwe & South-Korea
– May 15
ICC Talks Ethiopia - July

6. ICC Talks
As UKZN
International
Students you have
the opportunity to
present your
country.
We will help you
regarding your
presentation.

7. ICC Talks Nigeria
First African
economy
General
elections
Great student
community in
UKZN

8. ICC Talks
Arinzechukwu OBIORA
Tribal System in Nigeria

9. Overview
Most populated
country in Africa
Largest
aggregation of
ethnic groups
(300 tribes)

11. Dominant tribes
Hausa- Fulani
Igbo
Yoruba
70%

12. Diversity among these tribes
No two tribes have exactly
the same language and
culture in Nigeria

13. Focus on dominant tribes
Hausa
Igbo
Yoruba
“How-sa”
“Ibo”
“Yo-ru-ba”

14. 28%
Hausa-Fulani tribe

15. Legend of Hausa
Bayajidda
Seven sons
Seven initial
Hausa clans

16. Hausa Language
Chadic family
Distantly related
to Hebrew and
Arabic
Similarities
between the
culture and
lifestyle of Hausa
and Fulani
Hausa-Fulani

17. Hausa People
Farmers
Politicians
Islam

24. Yoruba tribe
22%

25. Yoruba Spiritual heritage
Unique people
Created at Ile-Ife
Creation was
delegated by the
sovereignity
Olodumare

26. Yoruba History
Poetry between
1100 and 1700
Bronze sculptures:
heads of gods and
rulers
Beadwork,
metalwork, weaving
and mask making

27. Yoruba Diaspora
Benin
Togo
Ghana
Caribbean

28. Yoruba People
Most traveled people
Most advanced from Western
Africa
Islam and Christianity

32. Igbo tribe
20%

33. Igbo History
They were
from the Nri
Kingdom
Oldest
Nigerian
Kingdom

34. Igbo culture
Industrious
Bronze
ceremonial
vessels dated
from the stone
age

35. Igbo People
Commercial engine of the country
Christianity

40. ICC Talks
Solomon OMOKEHINDE
Family norms and
lifestyle in Nigeria

41. Brief description
140 million people
252 officially documented
languages
Highest number of
educated people
Immigrated people

42. Modern Political History
Indepedance in 1960
Became a republic in 1964
Democracy system for only 20 years
since independance
1979-1983
1999-present

43. Family norms
Patrilineal families
Strict system of seniority
 Cuts across the nation
 Older relatives: never addressed by
their first name
 Mummy, daddy, uncle, aunty …

44. Strict system of seniority

45. Family norms
Men and Women in the society are
addressed as these depending on
their age and degree of closeness
to the individual who is addressing
them

46. Polygamy home

47. Nigeria families love children

48. Pregnant before the wedding

49. Celebration
Any event
from
naming
ceremoni
es to
funerals

50. ICC Talks
Emilien MARY
Nollywood coming to
the world

51. Nollywood
 Second bigger
movie producer in
the World
 Cinema of Nigeria
worth US$ 5.1
billion
 100 cinema
screens in Nigeria

52. Cheap movies

53. International Development
First achievement
 Osufia in London
 2003
 Producer: Kingsley
Ogoro
 Starring: Nkem
Owoh

54. Better movie production
 Phone swap
 2012
 Producer: Kunle
Afolayan
 Japan, Germany,
Greece, United-
Kingdom

55. Kunle
Afolayan
 Start working in a
bank, cinema was
a hooby
 New York Film
Academy
 Now one of the
major Nigerian
producer

56. Film festival
 B for Boy, Nigerian
production
 Half of a Yellow
sun, Nigerian-UK
production

57. History movie
 Half of a Yellow Sun
 2013
 Producer: Kunle
Afolayan
 Independance of
Nigeria and Civil
War

58. Nigerian-Ukranian production
First collaborations
between these
countries
 Feathered Dreams
 2012
 Dramatic Comedy

59. Omosexy
Omotola Jalade
Ekeinde
 Start working in
1996
 First movie: Mortal
Inheritance
 300 movies
 One the greatest
stars in Nigeria

60. Omosexy
 Ambassador for
Amnesty
International
 Influential in 2013
by TIME Magazine
 Own TV Show
 US television debut
in 2013

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