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THE DIASPORA AND PREVENTION OF ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA

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Irobi E. G.
Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies
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2010
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issue 25
33-46
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Political development in Nigeria in the past 50 years have exposed the fragility of the multi-ethnic federation. At this age the country still lacks adequate strategy to resolve ethnic-religions conflicts threatening the unity of the country. This article attempts to highlight the particular interest of the diaspora and the role they could play in preventing inter-ethnic skirmishes. It argues that the Nigerian diasporas as a network of professionals abroad are capable of engaging the government in conflict transformation, that will create a harmonious entity. An environment also conducive for participatory democracy.
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CURBING THE WEB: AN ANALYTICAL EXPLANATION FOR HIV/AIDS MITIGATION AMONG YOUTH IN NIGERIA

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Amzat J.
Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies
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2010
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issue 25
7-20
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The realities of HIV/AIDS have been one of the major developmental challenges of developing nations. The pernicious scourge is accountable for enormous death tolls and morbidity. It also has explosive power which sets all nations in health crisis. HIV/AIDS affects all facets of the society but with the youth bearing the greatest of the brunt. The Nigerian youth are also immersed in the causal web of HIV/AIDS pandemic. Hence, they are grossly devastated by the increasing rate of the scourge. Unfortunately, the pandemic does not only depict a vicissitude of kind of sexual relation but also incorporates the implosion of other social correlates which are vital but often neglected in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The youth strives in the positive and definite hypothesis of the social correlates which deeply explain their immense vulnerabilities. It is within this web of social correlates that HIV/AIDS survives and threatens the overall development process. The paper conceives HIV/AIDS as a social problem but with peculiar manifestation as embodiment of influence of other social ills. The paper therefore provides an analytical framework which explains vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS among the youth. The polemics dwell on the notion that the social conditions of the youth provide permissive epidemiological stance for the spread of HIV/AIDS. Structured within a political economy perspective, the paper explores the multiple indicators in the social production of HIV/AIDS and provides a more holistic approach in HIV/AIDS mitigation among the youth.
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IMPACT OF NOLLYWOOD FILMS ON CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOUR IN EKPOMA, NIGERIA

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Omoera O. S., Edemode J. O., Aihevba P.
Asian and African Studies
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2017
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vol. 26
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issue 2
350 – 374
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Using Ekpoma in Nigeria as a case study, this article investigates the impact of Nollywood films on the lives of children, and the possible behavioural implications of emergent visual (mis)representations on African society. It uses the perception/ representation model of ‘NoSRA theory on Gaze Setting’ developed by Kayode Animasaun as a theoretical anchor. The study employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to provide insights into the perceptions of Nigerian (African) children about the films they watch. While a very significant percentage of the sampled population finds Nollywood films such as Issakaba, Beyond Sin, The Destroyer, Ukwa, Ultimate Warrior, Aki and Popo, Black Arrow, Cain and Abel 1&2, Crazy Twins 1, Yahoo Boys etc., interesting and entertaining, a content analysis of many of these films reveals that they are replete with disturbing tropes which are at variance with cherished Nigerian (African) cultural values. Interviews conducted with parents/adults also provided some useful contexts. In spite of the sampled population’s enjoyment of Nollywood films, a clear majority believe that the films do not properly portray or represent Nigerian (African) children. Thus, Nollywood films may have little to offer for the proper development of children. In fact, there is a strong connection between the unwholesome and violent behaviours which the children regularly see on Nollywood videos and their physical exhibition of anti-social behaviours and attitudes such as the frequent use of swear and abusive words, indiscriminate use of lethal objects such as knives, guns, and membership of cult/gang groups, etc., which unfortunately are on the increase in the Ekpoma locality in Nigeria and in many other parts of Africa. To reverse this trend and maximise the gains of Nollywood, this article holds that, among other things, Nollywood content creators should begin to place emphasis on a range of culturally enlivening, entertaining, and character building narratives in scripting and shooting of movies.
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS OF ASO-OKE OF SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA

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Olutayo A. O., Akanle O., Fadina O. A.
Asian and African Studies
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2017
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vol. 26
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issue 1
41 – 68
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This article offers a case-specific examination of the effects of colonialism on a local culture and economy - Aso-oke of South-Western Nigeria. In so doing, it provides more evidence to further the assertion that the economic dependency that resulted from colonialism was not an accident, but rather an intentional outcome. This article serves as an excellent example of how current economic and social circumstances cannot be fully understood without substantial knowledge of the past. Through examination of Aso-oke this article used primary data generated through qualitative techniques, archival records and other secondary data to engage research issues. The article concluded that the development and economic history of Aso-oke, hold the prospect for understanding the complications, complexities, contestations and contextualities of the contemporary development of Africa and beyond.
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X-RAYING CITIZENSHIP PARTICIPATION THROUGH THE LENS OF ICT: QUEST FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

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Olawoyin K. W.
Studia Politica Slovaca: časopis pre politické vedy, najnovšie politické dejiny a medzinárodné vzťahy
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2022
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vol. 15
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issue 2
34 - 49
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The study looks at citizen participation through the lens of information and communication technology. The questionnaire was administered using a mixed approach method on local council ICT officers, registered voters, local non-governmental community and youth leaders, and key informant interviews with officers of ICT organisations. For the quantitative design, a questionnaire was given to 418 respondents, and 18 essential informants were purposefully interviewed. The data were analysed with SPSS; tables were used for correlation coefficient analysis, and content analysis presented the interview responses. ICT and public participation in municipal governance had a positive correlation of +0.629, according to the findings. The study finds that ICT tools will improve local governance in rural areas for long-term democratic good governance and development.
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ALABARU: HEAD PORTERAGE IN IBADAN, NIGERIA

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Akanle O., Chioma C.
Asian and African Studies
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2013
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vol. 22
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issue 1
49 – 64
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The informal economy has remained a major part of the Sub-Saharan African economic systems. Critical to this are market place transactions where people meet to purchase and sell wares. Due to the socio-cultural, geographic and economic infrastructures of many traditional African societies, goods to be sold and purchased are transported from one location to another for various purposes. The head porters (alabaru) are thus needed to transport market goods and wares particularly since the African urban market spaces are mostly un-motor able and heavily congested, and the adoption of related technologies is mostly traditionally and culturally determined. Also, against the backdrop of huge unemployment, especially of women, in Nigeria and Africa, head porterage has become and remained an important leeway. Unfortunately, head porterage is poorly studied in scholarly literature. Through comprehensive qualitative data collection and analysis, this article explores head porterage in Ibadan, Nigeria.
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WORLD WAR VETERAN AND THE MAKING OF COLONIAL IBADAN CITY (NIGERIA): CHIEF THOMAS ADEOGUN OJO

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Oladejo M. T.
Asian and African Studies
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2023
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vol. 32
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issue 2
163 - 187
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Colonial cities in the Africa of the twentieth century witnessed political and economic changes that aided infrastructural development. The First and Second World Wars also played significant roles in the social, political, and economic changes that occurred before the 1950s. Ibadan, a Yoruba city in south-west Nigeria, was greatly influenced by British colonialism. In the making of the city, several personalities contributed to its growth and development. Therefore, this paper examines the role of a World War veteran in the making of Ibadan city. The work analyses how one war veteran, Chief Thomas Adeogun Ojo (known as Ojo’Badan), contributed to social, political, and economic developments in colonial Ibadan. The work adopts the historical method by using the life and times of Ojo’Badan to explore changes in Ibadan city. Oral interviews, archival materials, books, and journals were used.
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The Nigerian Challenge in Environmental Sustainability: Forest Economics and the Need for Conservation

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Nwosu J. E.
Mekhanizm Rehuluvannya Economiky
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2014
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vol. 2 (64)
22-29
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Forests impact on human lives in many ways. They serve as safe places of solitude for animals and habitat for biological diversities. Forests have supported recreational activities and provide important natural resource for generations of people. Many rural populations, including millions of impoverished people throughout the world are dependent on forests for their way of life. In other words, forests and it resources are their important source of food, shelter and means of livelihood. This notwithstanding, the loss of forest has continued on the downward trend. Today only 36 percent of the world’s forests are primary forests – forests that have never been disturbed by human activities on a large scale (Hirschberger, 2007). In Nigeria, deforestation has been identified as one of the causes of some other environmental problems in the country such as desertification and erosion and loss of biological diversity. Several efforts to preserve the forests in Nigeria have been made yet its decline has continued. The essence of this paper therefore is to identify the causes for the lost of forest around the globe with particular interest in Nigeria and to suggests ways of effective forest conservation.
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