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Igbo pre-colonial norms and values as pillars for the sustenance of post-colonial Igbo society

open access: yesNsukka Journal of Religion and Cultural Studies, 2021
The thrust of this work is on engineering the pre-colonial norms and values, embedded in Ala (earth-goddess deity) to contend the contemporary moral decadency prevalent in Igboland.
Chinonso E. Agbo
doaj  

How Theoretically Opposite Models of Interethnic Power-Sharing Can Complement Each Other and Contribute to Political Stabilization: The Case of Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The aim of this article is to demonstrate the thesis that the stabilization of Nigeria’s complicated political situation is furthered by the functioning in that country of institutions based on two models of interethnic power-sharing – consociationalism ...
Trzcinski, Krzysztof
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Effects of Psychoprophylactic Antenatal Education Combined With Pethidine Analgesia on Labour Pain Perception and Childbirth Experience: A Randomised Controlled Trial

open access: yesReproductive, Female and Child Health, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Labour pain is among the most intense forms of human pain. Although pharmacologic methods such as opioids are widely used, maternal satisfaction with childbirth is shaped by more than pain relief alone. Psychoprophylactic antenatal education, which emphasises preparation, coping, and non‐pharmacological strategies, may influence ...
Joy Onyinyechi Chionuma   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance Benchmarking of Optimized Stacked Ensemble Frameworks in Blood Glucose Level (BGL) Prediction

open access: yesEngineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.
Optimized stacked ensemble framework for precise Blood Glucose Level (BGL) prediction, demonstrating improved accuracy and reliability through integrated machine learning models. ABSTRACT This paper presents a study of different stacked ensemble techniques for long‐term Blood Glucose Level (BGL) prediction in adults.
Ashwani Kharola   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changing Nigerian cultures: two films against witchcraft and an impossible dialogue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The prominent place of witchcraft in Nollywood films produced in the 1990s is widely acknowledged, and has prompted a number of comments from critics.
Ugochukwu, Françoise
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Reimagining Inclusivity in Literacy Education for African Immigrant Adolescents

open access: yesJournal of Adolescent &Adult Literacy, Volume 69, Issue 6, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study explored how an Afrocentric literacy workshop can reimagine inclusivity in literacy education for African immigrant adolescents. Drawing on Afrocentricity and Transnational Identity Theory, I facilitated a 10‐week virtual literacy workshop with six African immigrant high school students from Nigeria.
Olumide Ajayi
wiley   +1 more source

PRESCRIPTIVE AND PROSCRIPTIVE FEMALE GENDER ROLE PROVERBS IN TONY UCHENNA UBESIE’S ISI AKWU DARA N’ALA i

open access: yesProverbium, 2015
Traditionally, the Igbo culture is remarkable for its prescriptive and proscriptive gender stereotypes for women. Most of the time, if a woman does not subscribe to these gender roles, she is considered a bad woman and sometimes, ostracized.
Mary Mba
doaj  

Odinala Traditional Religion as Part of Igbo Catholic Christian Identity

open access: yesCommunio 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
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond Bloodlines: A Review of Succession Planning and Generational Continuity in African Family Businesses

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 289-304, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study presents a systematic review of 107 peer‐reviewed articles on succession planning in African family businesses, offering a conceptual reframing of succession as an institutionally embedded process rather than a discrete managerial task. Moving beyond proceduralist and Eurocentric paradigms, the review integrates institutional theory,
Augustine Okeke
wiley   +1 more source

Ilu Igbo: Igosipụta Ọnọdụ Ụmụnwaanyị n’ọkwa Ọchịchị n’ala Igbo

open access: yesUJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2020
Nchọcha a bụ maka Ilu Igbo: Igosipụta ọnọdụ ụmụnwaanyị n’ọkwa ọchịchị n’ala Igbo. Ihe nwanchọcha bu n’obi bụ izipụta etu ndị Igbo si eji ilu dị iche iche ha ji achọ okwu mma ezipụta na ụmụnwaanyị enweghi ọnọdụ n’ọchịchị n’ala Igbo. Nkụ dị na mba na-eghere mba nri. Ndị Igbo na-esi n’ilu dị iche iche were ezipụtaomenala ha.
openaire   +2 more sources

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