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Unprincipled Principals in the Accountability Chain: Autonomy and Political Control Within Tax Administration in a Developing Country Context

open access: yesFinancial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT SDG 16 emphasizes the need for accountable institutions, often based on the assumption that public officials are accountable to politicians, who in turn are accountable to citizens. However, in many developing countries, neopatrimonial governance can weaken this accountability chain, as politicians themselves may act as “unprincipled ...
Edidiong Bassey, Emer Mulligan
wiley   +1 more source

Yoruba Religion

open access: yes, 2019
International audienceYoruba Religion is one of the main influences in the making of Afro-Atlantic religions. Known as Lucumís in Cuba or Nagôs in Brazil, enslaved Africans coming from Yorubaland have greatly contributed to the fashioning of Orisha ...
Capone, Stefania
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Walking the walk? Quantifying university L2 French students' prioritization and experience of critical literacies instruction

open access: yesForeign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract Critical pedagogical approaches such as critical literacies represent important tools for incorporating diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice into L2 teaching, an objective that is more important now than ever before. However, research has shown that implementing such practices is difficult—even for instructors who value them—due to
Julia A. Gorham
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Social Robots in Relieving Children's and Adolescents' Anxiety, Pain, Fear and Stress in Perioperative Nursing: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To assess how social robots impact anxiety, pain, fear and stress in children and adolescents during perioperative nursing. Design A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials and quasi‐experimental studies. Methods Following Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines, eligible studies included participants under 21 ...
Miia Kauppinen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Yoruba Hymns: "Wa sadura oro (Venice)"

open access: yes
A translation of the hymn text "Come to morning prayer" into the Yoruba language of southern Nigeria, sung by the Holy Trinity Anglican Church Choir - Ikate.

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Diaspora Theatre and the Yoruba Sacred Tradition: Aimé Césaire‘s A Tempest [PDF]

open access: yesCultural Intertexts, 2017
Poet and playwright, Aimé Césaire occupies a prominent place in the history of Caribbean literature generally, and postcolonial Shakespeare adaptation scholarship in particular. His adaptation of Shakespeare‘s The Tempest, entitled A Tempest, described
Lekan BALOGUN
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Implications of Colonially Determined Boundaries in (West) Africa: the Yoruba of Nigeria and Benin in Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study analyses the Nigeria – Benin international boundary, around the Yoruba geo-cultural space. The primary research question, which the study is centred on, is the assessment of the impact of partition on the Yoruba identity and group relations ...
KEHINDE, MICHAEL,OLUJIMI
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Yoruba Orature: The Fundamental Basis for Teaching Yoruba Numeral

open access: yes, 2021
Without mincing words there is a gradual loss of long-aged tradition a method of equipping young ones for life In Yor b traditional setting the teaching of Yor b numerals remains an authentic means of transmitting culture from one generation to
Àransi Ayoọla Oladunnnke
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Speaker Perceptions of Americanisms in Nigerian English

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the perceptions of Americanisms among three generations of Nigerians. While prior research has provided quantitative evidence for American influence in contemporary Nigerian English, the role of language beliefs and ideologies in mediating such changes remains underexplored.
Temitayo Olatoye
wiley   +1 more source

The Roles of Yoruba Songs among the Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Southwestern Nigeria

open access: yes, 2020
Scholarly works have shown that maternal mortality reduction is based on biomedical attention, while the place of religion and motherhood in pregnancy and birth has been grossly neglected.
Olusegun Stephen Titus
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