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Extractions: Comment on this Nigeria Forum ... Transnational Issue Introduction Nigeria Background: Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian government was completed. The president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have been squandered through corruption and mismanagement, and institutionalizing democracy. In addition, the OBASANJO administration must defuse longstanding ethnic and religious tensions, if it is to build a sound foundation for economic growth and political stability. Despite some irregularities the April 2003 elections marked the first civilian transfer of power in Nigeria's history. Geography Nigeria Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
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Extractions: It was Prof. Saburi Biobaku who said, Great men appear now and again to help shape the course of human history. The history of their lives does not of itself amount to the totality of the history of man. It nevertheless serves to illuminate that history and unravel the course of human events [l]. The story of Apostle Joseph Ayodele Babalola, his life and work can be thus classified. His unprecedented Oke-Oye Revival gave birth to what is now known as the Christ Apostolic Church (C.A.C.), a Nigerian indigenous church. Joseph Ayodele Babalola was born on April 25, 1904 to David Rotimi and Madam Marta Talabi who belonged to the Anglican Church. The family lived at Odo-Owa in Ilofa, a small town about ninety kilometres from Ilorin in Kwara State, Nigeria. His father was the Baba Ijo ("church father") of the C.M.S. Church at Odo-Owa. Pastor Medayese wrote in his book Itan Igbe dide Woli Ayo Babalola that mysterious circumstances surrounded the birth of Babalola. On that day, it was believed that a strange and mighty object exploded and shook the clouds [2].
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Extractions: TRIBAL AFRICAN ART BENIN style Nigeria The powerful ancient Benin kingdom was founded by the son of an Ife king in the early 14th century AD. It was situated in the forest area of southern Nigeria, 106 miles southeast of Ife. The art of bronze casting was introduced around the year 1280. The kingdom reached its maximum size and artistic splendor in the 15th and 16th century. For a long time the Benin bronze sculptures were the only historical evidence dating back several centuries into the West African past, and both the level of technical accomplishment attained in bronze casting, as well as the monumental vigor of the figures represented, were the object of great admiration. Benin bronzes are better known than the artworks from Ife or Owo due to their presence in Western museums since 1890s. In the thirteenth century, the city of Benin was an agglomeration of farms enclosed by walls and a ditch. Each clan was subject to the oba oba , and has nothing in common with tribal art. The Benin oba employed a guild of artisans who all lived in the same district of the city. Bronze figures ordered by the king were kept in the palace. The empire flourished until 1897, when the palace was sacked by the English in reprisal for an ambush that had cost the British vice-consul his life.
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Extractions: NIGERIA , a British protectarate in West Africa occupying the lower basin of the Niger and the country between that river a,nd Lake Chad, including the Fula empire (i.e. the Hausa States) and the greater part of Bornh. It embraces most of the territory in the square formed by the meridians of 3 and 14 E. and the parallels of ~ and 14 N., and has an area of about 338,000 sq. m. The protectorate is bounded W., N. and N.E. by French possessions (Dahomey, Upper Senegal and Niger colony, and Chad territory), S.E. by the German colony of Cameroon and S. by the Atlantic. The delta region is swampy, and forms, for a distance of from 40 to 70 m. inland, a network of interlacing creeks and broad sluggish channels fringed with monotonous mangrove forests. The main rivers are navigable for ocean-going steamers for a distance of from 15 to 40 m. from their mouths. Beyond thc delta firm ground takes the place of mud and the mangrovef disappear. The land rises gradually at first, becoming, however, in many districts very hilly, and is covered with dense forests, The Niger at its confluence with the Benue is not more that 250 ft. above the sea. North of this point are hills I orminf the walls of the plateau which extends over the centre of th~ A 40 B 60 C U~PER SENEGAL Nassarowa Be,bosoJ ~~rgoogo ~ rY~e Ambru Gaodo - ~
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Extractions: PERSON AND COMMUNITY IN AFRICAN THOUGHT KWAME GYEKYE Accra 1. Ontological Status of the Person In the preliterate cultural setting of Africa's historical past, ideas - whether metaphysical, social, ethical, political or what have you - were given conceptual formulation in proverbs (or fragments), folktales, artistic and institutional expressions. The proverbs, as I have argued in detail in my book An Essay on African Philosophical Thought, are not unlike the fragments of the early ancient Greek philosophers in respect of the laconic and elliptical linguistic forms in which they are expressed. The ancient Greek fragments were a collection of sayings, and because of their philosophical content or relevance, they were utilized by later thinkers in the reconstruction and resurrection of early Greek philosophy. The same philosophical use, I have claimed, can be made of African proverbs and sayings. Identified more with the soul, a person was conceived as a unique individual, complete in its being: thus, the fragment, "antelope's soul is one, duiker's another" (esono otwe ne kra na esono dabo ne kra). In Akan conceptions each person is unique, because each soul is unique. Ontologically, then, the individual person must be self-complete in terms of his/her essence, for it requires nothing but itself in order to exist (except for the fact the he/she was held as created by God). If this is so, it cannot be the case that the reality of the person is derivative and posterior to that of the community. It would not therefore be correct to maintain that the notion of personhood is conferred by the community; neither would it be correct to assert that the definition of personhood is a function of the community.
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Extractions: Nigeria Nigeria's rich cultural heritage is derived from its many indigenous ethnic groups as well as from European and Arab influences. Few Nigerians can be neatly labeled `traditional' or `modern' and the educated Nigerian of the 1990s is a vital bridge between these two ways of life. Aspects of modernity have reached the most remote village, while patterns of traditional life still exist among the most highly educated people. In addition to styles of dress and food preferences, Nigerian tradition is evident in such attitudes as respect for elders, often to the point of semi-veneration, a reluctance to criticize the acknowledged leader directly, even in the course of partisan politics, and a preference for seeking consensus in most deliberative bodies and focusing disagreements on procedural rather than substantive matters. Nigerian cultural heritage dates back over 2000 years. A definitive collection of Nigeria's cultural heritage is available at the National Museum, Lagos. The collection consists of superb terra-cotta sculptures of the Nok culture unearthed in the village of Nok around the Jos Plateau which have been dated to between 200 and 500 BC. Nok terra cotta are mainly sculptures of human heads and animals some of them life size. The work of the Nok sculptors is highly sophisticated. They knew how to select, mix and fix the clay in order to achieve the right consistency that made it possible for the objects to survive for more than 2000 years. Today their work is echoed in the clay grave pottery of the Dakakari of Borno State.
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Extractions: In the mid 20th century Catholics in the United States were under suspicion that they did not really respect religious freedom, and that as soon as they could take over they would bring the Pope to the White House and make Catholicism the established religion. It took a lot of theologizing and Vatican II for the Church to formulate a clear position on religious freedom for all the world to hear. That and the presidency of J.F. Kennedy largely dispelled this anti-Catholic sentiment. The attacks by Muslims on New York and Washington D.C. were the culmination of waves of violence around the world that have tagged Muslims as perpetrators of violence. In Indonesia Muslims go on the rampage against East Timor and other islands. In Mindanao guerilla groups take hostages. Suicide bombers strike in the Middle East and against American embassies and ships. So some conclude that after the fall of the Soviet Union Islam is the last remaining menace to civilization. It helps little that countless Muslims live peaceful lives and many Muslim leaders denounce terrorist attacks and declare that these are against the religion of Islam. Thousands of other Muslim preachers defend terror and trampling on the religious rights of others by imposing Sharî`a. At the news of the New York bombings, Muslims danced in the streets in Palestine and in Gusau, Nigeria. In Kano and Jos (also in Nigeria) they came out of the mosque on Friday shouting "Allahu akbar" and proceeded to burn churches and attack Christians, leaving hundreds dead. In Bahawalpur, Pakistan, gunmen fired on worshippers in St. Dominic's church.
Extractions: Chapter 13. Technological Assimilation in Small Enterprises Owned by Women in Nigeria Document(s) 14 of 29 Aina The central concern of this case study is to develop mechanisms for improving women's employment in the informal sector in Nigeria, with particular emphasis on the development of women's traditional skills. Although many recent programs (sponsored by either the national government or international agencies) were designed to improve women's economic status, most of them have failed to ameliorate the working and living conditions of rural women. They have not been able to raise women's productivity to its full potential. Therefore, there is an urgent need to understand the forces that presently impede the acquisition of necessary skills and resources among women. Many writers have pointed out the detrimental effects on women of technological and socioeconomic changes in the process of development (Dey 1975; Zeidenstein 1975; Palmer 1978; Whitehead 1985; Stevens 1985). Whitehead (1985) concluded that early approaches in the analysis of technological change appeared to be "sex blind," and they also neglected the effects of institutionalized social relationships on women who worked. For example, most technologies were introduced to strengthen the dominant position of the male as the head of the household. Thus, many technological-development schemes failed because they were based on the assumption that the husband was responsible for the targeted activity (Dey 1975; Palmer 1978).
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Extractions: Their long years of disadvantage and marginalisation are beginning to change. MU Staff and Trustees have had the opportunity, this year, to meet with radiant women learners. They are so excited at their new found literacy skills which are integrated with and based on the development issues prioritised by each group. Here are some of their stories. The Mothers Union, North America In the Americas, the Mothers Union has been long established in Canada and the West Indies; there are a number of individual members in the USA, and there will be a formally constituted Mothers Union established there later in 2002. Active branches are currently situated in New York and Washington.
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Extractions: This paper discusses the interaction of language, reality and gender and the implications of these for education and human cognition. By an incursion through several writers' criticisms of sexist English language, the consequent development of non-sexist equivalent by publishers, women organizations and an international body, this work discusses the relevance of language and gender studies in Nigerian education. A close reading of texts, as in this paper's analysis of an Igbo reader, is an important discursive framework for revealing the way in which dominant images are filtered into learners' cognitive structure, informing their conceptions of selves and their world. Universal Basic Education is a goal-directed government scheme aimed at eradicating illiteracy in line with United Nations declaration for the provision of functional literacy through learner's acquisition of reading, writing and numeracy skills. Functional literacy includes formal and non-formal educational activities and programmes designed to enable learners live meaningful and fulfilling lives, contribute to the development of the society and derive maximum social, economic and cultural benefits from the society. The term redemptive egalitarianism as used by Professor Ardo Ezeomah (1999) is an educational intervention aimed at equalizing access to education for the disadvantaged groups who are not in the mainstream of policy formulation, decision-making and implementation.
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Extractions: "UNFORGETTABLE": The Life and Music of I. K. Dairo, Rex Jim Lawson and their Protege, Wale Glorious and Orlando Owoh By Dr. Wunmi Akintide WUMIONE@aol.com In my last article titled "How Competition and Role Modeling can change Nigeria" my preoccupation was mainly to showcase how competition and recognition or celebration of what is good in our country and beyond can be emulated for the good of our country and how it can also lead to a multiply effect that can positively change or galvanize our people to greater heights. Today I am going a step further to focus my searchlight on two preeminent Nigerian Musical idols, and how their amazing sound and musical ingenuity have promoted national integration in much the same way like Soccer have become the central glue holding our fragile country together, if you really think about it. Those who label Nigerians among the happiest species in the world only need to see how the great majority of Nigerians, especially in the South, respond to music, and what is ably defined by King Sunny Ade in our own hip-hop culture as "ariya ko lopin" (celebration galore or euphoria without end). I also might add that a huge part of our happy demeanor in public places, all comes from our music and culture, As a mark of respect and adulation, or make believe, our musicians especially in the South West in particular, and to a lesser degree in other parts of Nigeria, have eulogized us and pay us compliments that some of us just know we truly do not merit or deserve. The musicians do it for their financial gratification, and many of us oblige them, in large part, because we all need our ego to be massaged. We embrace those unearned and unmerited praises and adulation because we are human.
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Extractions: TABLE OF CONTENTS: COVER PAGE Call for Papers: Victoria Learneds, May 1990 CACLALS Mandate The ACLALS Silver Jubilee CACLALS at Kent Commonwealth Writers Prize, 1989 World Literature Written in English The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Commonwealth Literature Conference Announcements ... CACLALS Executive Committee Newsletter for the Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies No. 19 Fall 1989 Table of Contents This is the first of the new series of CHIMO The primary function of CHIMO We do not intend to duplicate the work of such journals as WLWE and ARIEL in publishing scholarly articles. However, we would like to review books written by members in future issues. If you would like a brief review of your book to appear in CHIMO please send us a copy for review. CHIMO would also like to do much more by way of assisting development of Commonwealth literature courses by sharing news of courses and book lists with information about text availability. I would, therefore, like to invite members to send material about courses they teach which will be of interest to the membership. There are exciting developments in the teaching of our field and we need to communicate these new opportunities and experiences to others teaching in this field. Please send any information you would like to see appear in
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Extractions: J.S. Eades (Originally published by Cambridge University Press 1980) In order to make the text of this book available as quickly as possible, the text alone has been scanned in from the original, omitting the diagrams, maps and photographs. It may be possible to add these in a subsequent version. Also left for future versions are italics and the dots under the letters e, o, and s, as described in the note on orthography below. Yoruba specialists will easily be able to supply them, and non-Yoruba specialists will not be particularly worried by their omission.] These latter variables are central to the final chapter which deals with social stratification. Discussions of stratification based on Marxist or Weberian categories and discussions of ethnic identity stemming from the work of Abner Cohen have been pursued largely in isolation from each other. This is a preliminary attempt at a synthesis which I hope to develop in future. Many general surveys of this sort start off as by-products of Ph.D. dissertations: this one is no exception. My fieldwork was financed by a Hayter Studentship from the Department of Education and Science, and by a Smuts Studentship from the University of Cambridge. During the course of my fieldwork I was affiliated to the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, and to the Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan. My thanks are due to all these institutions, together with Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, for a period of study-leave during which much of the thesis was written and the present study planned.
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Extractions: ...marketing their movies D uring the interval between the screenings of the New York African Film Festival at the Walter Reade Theater (3-15 April) at Manhattan and the BAM Cinematek (23-25), Brooklyn, another Nigeian film event to welcome some 50 Nollywood stars into America held. The reception at the Nigeria House, the Consulate-General in New York honoured top film professionals including Richard Mofe Damijo, Olu Jacobs, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Genevieve Nnaji, Chico Ejiro, Ralph Nwadike and others. It was a momentous gathering, with top African American film actor and director, Ossie Davis as special guest. Mrs M. Ekpo Ekong, Nigeria's Consul-General in New York, in a welcome speech which she read in the name of President Olusegun Obasanjo, said the purpose of the ceremony was to "introduce the Nigerian film stars to the American audience."
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Extractions: Originally written in 1985. Top Intro Inequality Structures Contemporary Discrimination ... Bibliography INTRODUCTION Discrimination against women is defined by Article 1 of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women This paper approaches questions concerning human rights and discrimination against women from a perspective that differs from the predominant view within human rights literature, which has an intrinsic pro-Western bias and which operates on the implicit assumption that international human rights have their origins in Western liberal thought. Contrary to this dominant perspective, I argue that all human societies have a conception of human rights, even though there are cultural differences. The origins of international human rights are then taken to be multiply determined instead of unidimensional. The existence and defence of national, regional and international rights of Nigerian women against discrimination then must necessarily be located within Nigeria's particular historical experience from the pre-colonial era to contemporary times. The promotion and defence of such rights would be meaningless otherwise.
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Extractions: STATE ATTRACTIONS ABUJA ABIA ADAMAWA AKWA IBOM ANAMBRA Anambra state is historically known for great craftmanship. Ijele masquerade from Aguleri Omaba festival Yearly yam festival Odinani Museum at Nri The River Niger with the famous Niger bridge links the bustling commercial town of Onitsha with ports at Port Harcourt, Burutu and Warri in Delta State. Ofala festival.
Extractions: Sacred Texts Africa Index Previous ... Next CHAPTER XXI TRACES OF NKICI-ISM AMONG THE BINI TheWeek.-The Year.-The Seasons.-The Rivers.-A Temple.-Wells.Trees. -Omens. -Animals. THE BINI SEASONS. THE Bini have now eight days in their week, but the part of jujuism, which I identify with Nkicism, has preserved the more ancient form of four days. The names of the eight days are: 1. ELEOWU for EDEOWU, first day. 2. AKWE. 3. ILAGWE. 4. UNIYIELE. 5. USIELE. 6. DEHAN. 7. EDEYHINELE. 8. DELUMALE. Each of these days is a market day in or quite near to Benin City.[1] On the 1st day the market is at INYA = EK'lNYA. On the 2nd the market is at IOBA = EKIOBA (Benin City). On the 3rd the market is at IGO = EKIGO (on the Gilly-Gilly road). On the 4th the market is at BAREKE = EKEBAREKE (Benin City). [1: 1. Yam market. 4. Slave compound market.] On the fifth day EKINYA is again the market place, and the other three markets follow in the above order to the end of the eight days. But the juju doctor (OBO) renews the chalk marks in front of the ARO, or sacred grove, on the first Chalk marks found on the ground in front of AKE.
