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Spoken word corpus and dictionary definition for an African language [PDF]
Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities, 2020 The preservation of languages is critical to maintaining and strengthening the cultures and identities of communities, and this is especially true for under-resourced languages with a predominantly oral culture.
Wanjiku Nganga, Ikechukwu Achebe
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Tangled Web of Associational Life: Urban Governance and the Politics of Popular Livelihoods in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2010 Drawing on case studies of informal enterprise associations in Christian and Muslim parts of Nigeria, this paper explores the differing ways in which networks of ethnicity, class and religion are used to forge links between dynamic informal ...
Kate Meagher
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Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2021 This study seeks to interpret the iconography and ethno-aesthetic of Adada masquerade of the Nsukka Igbo people of Southeastern Nigeria, an iconic system imbued with mystical aura and uncommon beauty.
Odoja Asogwa, George Odoh
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Critique of Asouzu’s Notion of Ihe Mkpuchi Anya (the Phenomenon of Concealment) [PDF]
, 2018 This research work is a conscious participation in African philosophy, precisely on Asouzu’s notion of Ihe Mkpuchi Anya (The Phenomenon of Concealment).
Akwaji, Agabi Gabriel +1 more
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Improved Gradient-Based Optimizer for Modelling Thermal and Hydropower Plants
International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2022 Adequate and accurate models of thermal power plants (TPP) and hydropower plants (HPP) are of great importance for the optimal economic functioning of electric power systems. The extracted models have a direct impact on economic dispatch calculations. In
Ahmed M. Agwa +5 more
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They Bleed But They Don’t Die: Towards a Theoretical Canon On Ga-Adangbe Gender Studies [PDF]
, 2012 Contemporary African women are often cast as existing below the glass ceiling. African women who are perceived as having overcome this glass threshold are therefore seen and celebrated as exceptional. Against this background, this essay offers conceptual
Odamtten, Harry N. K.
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Creative dynamism and religious syncretism in Igbo oral funeral songs
Tydskrif vir LetterkundeIgbo oral funeral songs are dynamic and resilient oral forms. Applying the tenets of an infracultural model of ethnopoetics to study Igbo oral funeral songs collected during fieldwork, in this article, I examine the emerging trend in most Igbo ...
Onyebuchi Nwosu
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Art as a tool for cross-cultural conversation: A personal dialogue with Igbo and Ainu art
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2016 This paper examines the concepts and perceptions of art among the Igbo people of Nigeria and the Ainu people of Japan. From a practical point of view, it assesses each group’s notion of art and how it has fared in the postcolonial experience. It grapples
Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi
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Nollywood in Diversity: New Dimensions for Behaviour Change and National Security in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2017 This paper sets out to demystify the nature of Nollywood movies existing in diversity and to propose new dimensions for using film to achieve behaviour change and a dependable national security in Nigeria.
Iyorza, Stanislaus
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Data in Brief, 2017 This data article contains the statistical analysis of Igbo personal names and a sample of randomly selected of such names. This was presented as the following: 1).
Hilary I. Okagbue +5 more
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