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Vitamin D levels and antenatal complications in pregnant Nigerian Igbo women

open access: yesJournal of Applied Sciences and Clinical Practice, 2022
Background: Serum levels of Vitamin D have been linked to some complications in pregnancy such as diabetes mellitus and premature rupture of membranes (PROM).
Joseph Ifeanyi Brian-D Adinma   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

CONSTRUCTING IDENTITY AND COMMUNALITY ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM: An Exploration of #Igbotwitter Tweets

open access: yesJournal Communication Spectrum, 2022
Social media have a burgeoning on our lives as they have become avenues for the exhibition of life experiences, and they also a variety of dimensions regarding our position in the online and offline social life.
Silas Udenze
doaj   +1 more source

Les missions catholiques françaises et le développement des études igbo dans l’Est du Nigeria, 1885 - 1930 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Partly based on archives, this description of the progression of French Catholic missions from Senegal to Igboland emphasizes the crucial roles played by the Congrégation des Pères du Saint Esprit (Spiritains) and the Société des Missions Africaines (SMA)
Ugochukwu, Francoise
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Insertion strategies used with lone English verbs in otherwise Igbo utterances [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Using examples of tape recorded conversational data from fifty educated adult Igbo-English bilinguals resident in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, this paper demonstrates that lone English verbs are typically inserted into otherwise Igbo utterances by means of ...
Ihemere, K., Ihemere, K.
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) into Igbo language: a validation study

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2022
Background Late-life experiences such as protracted and indisposing medical disorders can negatively impact older adults’ psychological and mental health, making them vulnerable to depression.
Ukamaka Gloria Mgbeojedo   +6 more
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Identity formation in Proverbs 22 and the Mkpuru Mmiri drug crisis in Igbo communities

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
Although progress, no matter how small, has been made by scholars who examined different aspects of the Mkpuru Mmiri [methamphetamine or crystal meth] drug crisis in Nigerian Igbo communities, literature is yet to approach the study from the perspective ...
Favour C. Uroko
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The Identity of the Anonymous Servant of Yahweh (‘eḇeḏ yhwh) in Deutero-Isaiah

open access: yesNsukka Journal of Religion and Cultural Studies, 2022
The term ‘servant of Yahweh’ (‘eḇeḏ yhwh) is a fundamental term in Deutero-Isaiah. There are four poems in DI usually referred to as ‘Servant-Songs’. Yahweh directly addresses the servant as ‘my chosen’ (bəḥîrî), upon whom he has put his spirit.
hilip Igbo
doaj   +2 more sources

Time and Identity

open access: yesNordic Journal of African Studies, 2000
The 30th of May 1997 marked the 30th anniversary of the declaration of independence by Biafra from which the Nigerian Civil War or the Biafran War (1967-1970) ensued.
Raisa Simola
doaj   +1 more source

The Use of Marriage and Family Metaphors in the Prophecy of Hosea

open access: yesNsukka Journal of Religion and Cultural Studies, 2023
One of the remarkable features of the book of Hosea is the use of the marriage metaphor. Hosea is the first Hebrew prophet to employ the marriage metaphor to portray God’s covenant relationship with Israel, one in which Israel became unfaithful.
Philip Igbo
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Linguistic Borrowing and Translanguaging in Multicultural Obollo Speech Community, Southeastern Nigeria

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2020
Historically, the influx of people with different cultural and linguistic backgrounds (e.g., Onitsha, Hausa, Yoruba, and Idoma) in Nigeria to Obollo from 1970s onward led to language contact and its consequences on an unprecedented scale.
Crescentia Ugwuona
doaj   +1 more source

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