Perspectives

To turn your analysis of “Saving Mr Ugwu” by Lin Anderson into a more meaningful conversation, we encourage you to put the text in perspective by looking at current issues, literary period, and similar works.

Current issues

“Saving Mr Ugwu” is a story about ethnic divisions and Western influence in Nigeria. The story is still relevant for Nigerian society today, because the deeply rooted conflict between the ethnic groups Hausa and Ibo is still manifesting today, 40 years after the Nigerian Civil War between the two groups.

At a more general level, the story is relevant to the struggles of people everywhere who might be caught in the middle of ethnic conflict exacerbated by international influence, suc...