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Crime and Crime Control In Traditional Igbo Society Of Nigeria

, 2013
The paper examines the concept of crime and crime control in traditional Igbo society. Crime in traditional Igbo society consisted of serious violations of standardized ways of behaviour, custom and tradition of the people.
Igbo, Emmanuel U.M., Ugwuoke, Cyril O.
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RENAISSANCE IN THE IGBO CULTURE OF ỌZỌ CORONATION

, 2020
The topic of this study is “A Renaissance in the Igbo Culture of á»zá» Coronationâ€. It is no news that the á»zá» title is an exalted position for those privileged to be coroneted into it. Such people are traditionally highly placed in the land.
Ebubechineke , Ifeyinwa B., Eze , Nneka Justina   +1 more
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Nwanyi n'akw'akwa: Igbo Tongue Twister

This Igbo language tongue twister plays on the different meaning of the tone-varied homophone [akwa], which can mean cloth, cry, egg or bed, depending on the pitch trajectory.

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Igbo

The Igbo (spelled "Ibo" by British colonialists; Amadiume, 2003) live across Nigeria, and are united by shared linguistic and cultural traditions. There is no central political authority among the Igbo; the largest social unit is the village-group, bound together by ties but each village is functionally independent.
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THE CONCEPT OF ‘ALA BỤ ALA’: A SIGNAL FOR IGBO EXTINCTION

International Studies Journal, 2023
Igbo people has been known as the ethnic group that is most travelled. They do not only travel but also prosper in foreign lands, build houses, feel at home and relax in another man’s land.
CYPRIAN CHIDOZIE EZE, MABEL NKECHINYERE EZE   +1 more
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Exploring the Impact of Google Igbo in South East Nigeria

This chapter presents the impact of Google’s search engine on the lives of the native speakers of Igbo, a major language in South East Nigeria. As part of efforts to connect with those who rely on local languages for communication as distinct from their ...
Omojola, Oladokun
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CHINESE COLOUR SYMBOLISM: IT’S SIGNIFICANCE TO THE IGBO

, 2020
Colour contains rich cultural, mythical, historical, religious, political, and linguistic connotations. In the field of human cognition, there are some differences in the selection and semantic association of colour and colour words among different ...
Okafor, Miracle Uzochukwu
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Odinala Traditional Religion as Part of Igbo Catholic Christian Identity

Communio Viatorum
Although recent statistics indicate that the majority of the Igbo – an ethnic group living mainly in West African Nigeria – claim to be Christian (of various denominations), their religious identity is in fact more complex: the Igbo do not forget their ...
Ondřej Havelka
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Igbo Art: A Reflection of the Igbo's Visual Culture

, 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
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The morpho-syntactic coding of motion events in Igbò

Linguistique et Langues Africaines, 2017
The phenomenon of motion events is universal in human cognition and language. These events are coded in the verbal structure of human language. This work builds on the past study of Igbo motion verbs and seeks to investigate the interaction between ...
Maduabuchi Sennen Agbo
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