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‘I bu Delaila ji aguba’: Revisiting the perception of sociopaths in an African community

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
Reports of increasing family violence abound in Nigeria. Although studies have implicated cultural constructs as the basis for this trend, this study specifically contemplated the nexus between the increased violence and Anti-Social Personality Disorder (
Paulinus O. Agbo
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A Multi‐Analytical Approach for the Compositional Characterization and Chronological Discrimination of Benin (Nigeria) Metal Sculptures

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a multi‐analytical archaeometric approach for the compositional characterization and chronological discrimination of Benin metal sculptures in relation to the 1897 Punitive Expedition. The methodology integrates elemental composition (XRF and ICP), stable lead isotope ratios (MC‐ICP‐MS) for alloy system characterization ...
I. Torraba, D. A. Ahumada, H. Bagán, A. Tarancón, S. Eisenhofer, J. F. García   +5 more
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COVID-19 and the Food Deficit Economy in Southeastern Nigeria

Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2021
This study examines the significant impact of the total lockdown adopted by the Nigerian government to checkmate the spread of Coronavirus in the country.
Uche Uwaezuoke Okonkwo, Victor Okoro Ukaogo, Joy Nneka U. Ejikeme, George Okagu, Ambrose Onu   +4 more
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Impact of Transnational Family Separation on Parenting and Psychosocial Well‐Being for Black African Migrant Parents in Hamilton

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In light of increased migration from sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) to Hamilton in the past 5 years, this qualitative study explores the experiences of Black African migrant parents resettling in Hamilton, Canada. Using semi‐structured interviews and thematic analysis, four key themes emerged: (1) impact of migration and family separation stress on ...
Tsinat Semagn, Ingrid Waldron, Allison Williams, Olive Wahoush   +3 more
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Atlantic trade and the West African market economy: New evidence from cowry imports, 1650–1905

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, billions of cowries arrived in West Africa, leaving one of the few quantitative traces available for historians to measure the Atlantic trade's impact on the precolonial market economy. Yet, current estimates substantially underestimate the volume of cowry imports.
María José Pont Cháfer
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Semelfactivity in Igbo

Macrolinguistics, 2020
This paper examines semelfactivity in the Igbo language. It seeks to highlight semelfactive verbs and other semelfactive sentential elements. The data for the study were obtained through introspection which were confirmed by two native speakers of Igbo and were analysed descriptively.
Sopuruchi Christian Aboh, Amarachi Jennifer Onuorah   +1 more
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Walking the walk? Quantifying university L2 French students' prioritization and experience of critical literacies instruction

Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract Critical pedagogical approaches such as critical literacies represent important tools for incorporating diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice into L2 teaching, an objective that is more important now than ever before. However, research has shown that implementing such practices is difficult—even for instructors who value them—due to
Julia A. Gorham
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Derivations in O̩ni̩cha Igbo

AFRREV IJAH: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2016
The paper examined derivation as one of the word formation processes in the Ọnịcha variety of Igbo. Derivation is defined in the literature as one of the productive processes of word formation. It is achieved in Ọnịcha mainly through the process of affixation. This paper studied derivation in the dialect through the processes of affixation.
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Preliminary Testing of the English Version of the Adolescent Screener for Intelligence and Learning Disabilities (SCIL) Among Adolescents in Nigeria

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There are few screening tools for intellectual disabilities that have been developed and used within Africa. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the English version of the adolescent Screener for Intelligence and Learning Disabilities (SCIL) when used with Nigerian adolescents and young people.
Eziafakaku Uchechukwu Nwokolo, Glynis H. Murphy, Anne‐Marie Mensink, Xavier Moonen, Peter E. Langdon   +4 more
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Creative dynamism and religious syncretism in Igbo oral funeral songs

Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
Igbo 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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