'Ibadan - a model of historical facts': militarism and civic culture in a Yoruba city [PDF]
, 1999 The article focuses on an historical relationship between the political institution of chieftaincy and civic pride in Ibadan, a Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.
Watson, Ruth
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The Language of Gángan, A Yorùbá Talking Drum
Frontiers in Communication, 2021 It is widely known that Yorùbá drummers communicate through their native drums. This paper investigates the grammar of gángan, which belongs to a family of Yoruba drums called dùndún.
Samuel Kayode Akinbo
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The Nexus between Performance, Aesthetics and Philosophical Motifs in Indigenous Festivals / Yerli Festivallerinde Performans, Estetik ve Felsefi Motifler Arasındaki Bağlantı [PDF]
Folklor/Edebiyat, 2023 The idea of expediency that is identified with the two mythical sisters that were abducted during the era of slavery and slave trade may have been constructed to sensitise folks about the need to be prepared at all times and probably informed by their
Segun Omosule
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Association of Human iPSC Gene Signatures and X Chromosome Dosage with Two Distinct Cardiac Differentiation Trajectories. [PDF]
, 2019 Despite the importance of understanding how variability across induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines due to non-genetic factors (clone and passage) influences their differentiation outcome, large-scale studies capable of addressing this question ...
Banovich +34 more
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Restoration and Representation of Yoruba Culture in the Lion and the Jewel: A Stylistic Study [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and TheologyThis study examines the stylistic restoration and representation of Yoruba culture in Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel, focusing on how linguistic choices serve as vehicles for cultural preservation and dramatic expression. Through detailed analysis
Paul Nepapleh Nkamta +1 more
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Pronouns in Arigidi: A Syntactic Analysis
Linguistic Discovery, 2021 This study examines pronouns in Arigidi (a little studied) speech form with the aim of gaining an insight into their forms, structure and function in line with the classification of traditional ...
Boluwaji Oshodi, Bolanle Foluke Adekeya
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Contree, 2019 For communities that sit at the fringe of ethnic, cultural and linguistic divide, the twin questions of identity and belonging often remain issues of concern. The remoteness of such communities from the mainstream of sociocultural and political processes,
L. Saka, L. Amusan
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A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Yoruba Discourse Patterns in selected Child Welfare Clinics in Southwestern Nigeria [PDF]
, 2011 This paper is the report of a study that examined discourse patterns of nurses and mothers at some Child Welfare Clinics (CWCs) in Southwestern Nigeria. It describes and analyzes significant elements of recorded discourse chunks in breastfeeding, ORS/
Abioye, T.
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Inference of population splits and mixtures from genome-wide allele frequency data [PDF]
, 2012 Many aspects of the historical relationships between populations in a species are reflected in genetic data. Inferring these relationships from genetic data, however, remains a challenging task. In this paper, we present a statistical model for inferring
A Keinan +66 more
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Challenge of Translating “Snow” In Yoruba Bible and Its Influence on Congregational Singing Among Yoruba Christian Worshipers [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2020 The word snow in Isaiah 1:18b which was transliterated as sno in the second line of the refrain of the hymn “What Can Wash Away My Sins?” in Yoruba Baptist hymnal poses a challenge of understanding to Yoruba Christians who lacked the expression of snow ...
Gabriel Oyeniyi
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