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Menstrual disorders in Rural Igbo women of Ebonyi State, South East Nigeria

open access: yesInternational Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2007
Background: Rural Igbo women frequently perceive disorders of menstruation in the context of their inability to achieve pregnancy, and may otherwise not volunteer information on such abnormalities in the gynaecological clinic.
Odi' Ugochukwu J. Umeora   +1 more
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Cultural–Cognitive Study of Selected Death-Oriented Personal Names in Igbo

open access: yesLanguages
Working chiefly within the tenets of Cultural Linguistics (CL), this study examines the cultural and cognitive motivations that underlie selected death-oriented personal names among the Igbo of South-eastern Nigeria.
Ikenna Kamalu   +2 more
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Umuada and the Phenomenon of Dual Identity in Ogbaruland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Igbo is a patriarchal society but despite this, the association of indigenous women of some Igbo communities known as Umuada continues to exert influence in their patrilineal homes even after the exchange of identity through marriage; and despite ...
Awogu-Maduagwu, Edith Abisola
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Voices from Within and Without: Sources, Methods, and Problematics in the Recovery of the Agrarian History of the Igbo (Southeastern Nigeria) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Allison   +57 more
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Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 2, no. 3 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1. Agnes Okoh. 2. Self-Sacrificial Christian Pioneers of Uganda.
Bonk, Jonathan J.   +5 more
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African Indigenous Languages and the Advancement of African Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The contention raised in this research is to showcase that indigenous African languages are imperative tools in advancing African philosophy and thought. By extension the genuiness and originality of African philosophical thought is best advanced when it
Ibanga, Diana-Abasi
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War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War [PDF]

open access: yes
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbo-dominated south-eastern region to create the state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many.
Marinella Leone   +3 more
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Igbo Art: A Reflection of the Igbo's Visual Culture

open access: yes, 2019
Visual culture is the expression of the norms and social behavior of a society in visual images. A reflection simply shows you how you look when you stand before a mirror, a clear water or stream. The mirror does not alter, improve or distort your original appearance, neither does it show you a caricature of what stands before it, this is the case with
openaire   +1 more source

DEVELOPMENT DRIVERS OF WASTE RECYCLING IN NSUKKA URBAN AREA, SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA [PDF]

open access: yes
This article examines drivers of waste recovery and recycling in the informal waste sector in Nsukka urban area of Enugu State, southeastern Nigeria. Data on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of waste pickers and waste dealers in the area ...
Thaddeus Chidi NZEADIBE
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