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Playing With Our Ancestors: Culture and Communal Memory in Igbo Masquerade Theatre. Osita Okagbue
Professor Osita Okagbue, Keynote speaker at the 7th Annual International Igbo conference on 21st April 2018. His talk was titled 'Playing With Our Ancestors:..
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Cogent Arts & HumanitiesNigerian Pentecostal churches have increasingly utilised online posters as pulpits beyond church walls, transitioning from programme advertisements to subtle, and sometimes complex platforms for sociocultural commentary.
Nkechi Ukaegbu, Chinedu Ezebube
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Health 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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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 This article makes a contribution towards understanding the correlation between Úgwú (hill or mountain) and personal names among the Igbo people of Nigeria. Sacralisation of the natural environment which include hills or mountains is a belief that cuts
Paulinus O. Agbo +2 more
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From towncrier to radio: Exploring the growth of newscasting in Igbo language
Namibian Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Communication StudiesThe growth of urban cities in Igbo land, Nigeria has necessitated the use of radio to broadcast news to a larger Igbo speaking audience, hence Igbo radio newscasting has been normalised over from the traditional town criers in the Igbo local communities.
Kenneth Ekezie Obiorah
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IGBO DIASPORA SUSCEPTIBILITY TO WESTERN CULTURAL VALUES
African And Global Issues QuarterlyMigration had always been integral to Igbo history during the Pre-Colonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial eras. However, the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War had maximally influenced the rate of International migratory behaviour among the Igbo ...
Boniface Ifeanyi Orji +1 more
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Ntule omenala Igbo n’abụ ederede Igbo
OGIRISI: a New Journal of African Studies, 2019 No ...
Nnyigide, Nkoli Mercy +1 more
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Annual and Seasonal Rainfall Variability in Mozambique During the Nineteenth Century
International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.This paper presents the first annually and seasonally resolved reconstructions of nineteenth‐century rainfall variability for Mozambique derived from the analysis of extensive documentary evidence. It reveals spatially heterogeneous rainfall patterns with recurrent multi‐year droughts, episodic extreme wet events, and a strong coherence between ...
David J. Nash +2 more
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A cross-cultural analysis of communication patterns between two cultures in Southwest Nigeria
Inkanyiso, 2017 Communication scholars estimate that two-thirds of communications are influenced by the culture of the communicator. On this basis, this study examined the Igbo and Yoruba socio-cultural relationships as they influence the management of their ...
Olugbenga Elegbe, Ifeoma Nwachukwu
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JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a genetic disorder found worldwide, but its impact is particularly pronounced in the African continent. This results from both a higher prevalence and the persistent myths and superstitions surrounding the condition in many African communities.
Rebecca Donadoni +3 more
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