Nigeria - I am by birth a Nigerian; but I have lived in England for more than half of my life. I am thirty-four now; I hope to go back to Nigeria being able to find out more about my culture and beliefs.

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Deji Esan        GCSE ENGLISH COURSEWORK

   

Nigeria

I am by birth a Nigerian; but I have lived in England for more than half of my life. I am thirty-four now; I hope to go back to Nigeria being able to find out more about my culture and beliefs.

                 I have planned to travel back to Nigeria by ship, it will take me twenty-eight days approximately to get there, and I’m very curious and looking forward to the journey. It’s mid November, ands I will begin my voyage on the second week of December.

                Sailing the Atlantic Ocean from London to the city of Lagos in Nigeria. On reaching the coast, the first thing I noticed was the sudden change in temperature and a very strong appalling smell of fish, as there were fisher men around the coast selling very big fish to people, it was mid January but the temperature was almost thirty-five degree Celsius, I was red hot.

I met this young fisherman who volunteered to tell me the history of Nigeria and places I could visit to know about my culture; he said; the name ‘Nigeria’ was derived from a major river called ‘Niger’ which cuts across the country; a British explorer called Mungo Park discovered river Niger. Before Nigeria’s independence Lord Lugard was the first governor general to rule Nigeria. The country became independent on the 1st of October 1960 as a British colony; the colours of the flag are ‘Green, White, and Green’. The colour green stands for the country’s vast agricultural wealth and white stand for peace. For almost thirty years, dictators ruled the country until recently she became democratic.  

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        After the conversation, I was deeply impressed but still had the urge to discover more about my culture. I watched the beautiful sunset by the beach, listened to the gentle, mild swash of the calm waters as   I reflected on what the fisherman told me and tried to comprehend what led to Nigeria’s agricultural wealth. I took refuge for the night under the tall palm trees and protected myself from the cold of the night with huge palm leaves. The next mourning I was woken up by the sunrise; I felt brand new as I had regained my full energy, turning ...

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