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Ole Jija: Rethinking theft in the Yoruba ethical system

open access: yesInkanyiso, 2013
The paper rethinks the moral controversies surrounding theft within the Yoruba ethical paradigms. It argues that the concept of theft has a broader theoretical perspective amongst the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria than its narrow conception of ...
Babalola J. Balogun, Sunday L. Oladipupo
doaj   +1 more source

“A Person's God Should Look Like Them”: African Traditional Religions Among Black Queer Millennials and Gen Z Americans

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How are young Black Americans practicing spirituality contemporarily? Today younger generations of Black Americans are more likely than older Black Americans to identify as religiously unaffiliated or as practicing a non‐Christian faith. Drawing on 109 interviews with Black Millennial and Gen Z Americans, I examine how some of these younger ...
Terrell J. A. Winder
wiley   +1 more source

Towards Revitalisation of Yoruba Folk Opera ​for Preservation of Yoruba Culture

open access: yesAccelerando: BJMD, 2023
An examination of the Nigerian society discloses the challenge the Yoruba’s cultural system faces. Daily, our moral and cultural values are being challenged by Western ideologies and culture.
Sunday Olufemi Akande
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The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present

open access: yes, 2019
This book provides a broad, chronological history of the Yoruba that emphasizes several overarching interpretive themes useful to the general reader, students, and specialists in the i elds of African Studies, African Diaspora, Black Atlantic, Atlantic ...
A. Usman, T. Fálolá
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Representation of Yorùbá Tones by a Talking Drum: An Acoustic Analysis

open access: yesLinguistique et Langues Africaines, 2019
The present paper proposes an articulatory and acoustic study of the representation of Yorùbá tones in gángan (a talking drum). The video and spectrographic analyses of the data collected from five native drummers in Nigeria show the number of syllables
S. Akinbo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Second Language Interactional Competence in Roleplay: Comparing Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Interlocutors

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the potential of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as an alternative to human interlocutors for assessing interactional competence (IC) in a second language (L2). Thirty L2 English speakers completed a 6‐item roleplay task designed to elicit refusals of requests, invitations, and offers, interacting with both a ...
Yunwen Su, Xi Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Periodontal Therapy–Related Changes in Clinical Parameters, Active‐Matrix Metalloproteinase‐8 and C‐Reactive Protein in Prediabetes and Diabetes

open access: yesOral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study investigated the effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy (NSPT) on periodontal clinical parameters, active‐matrix metalloproteinase‐8 (aMMP‐8), high sensitivity C‐reactive protein (hsCRP), and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and their relationships in diabetes and prediabetes patients with periodontitis.
Kehinde Adesola Umeizudike   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rotimi Fani-Kayode: o fotógrafo do Atlântico yorubano

open access: yesEspeciaria
As fotografias, para além do caráter poético e subjetivo, exercem uma função histórica e política que torna visíveis trânsitos, mudanças e transformações.
Jonathan Machado da Fonseca
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