Add to ORKGThis paper attempts a critical analysis of some cultural practices of the Ijaw People in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria using Akpos Adesi‟s Ebidein-ere: The Village Belle. Focusing on the themes of virginity and heroism, the study reveals that the act of keeping virginity by maidens before marriage is seen as highly honourable act by families and community. The paper also emphasizes the need to recognize elders and heroes for a better society
Marriage is a revered institution in Igbo land but it has been bedeviled by various problems and con...
The belief among non-Africans is that no matter how committed an average African is to his religion ...
Existing research on Ijebu indigenous beliefs has concentrated more on male dominated cults, but no ...
This paper examines the Ara na Oma tradition and the Mother’s Day celebration among the Igbo, with p...
This paper examines the portrayal of virginity in Akiki K. Nyabongo’s, Africa Answers Back (1936), M...
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One of the beliefs of indigenes of Okunland, Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria, is that, it is the e...
This paper is a historical exposition of the Ijo people of Delta State in the South-South and Niger-...
This paper had been presented for promotion at the University of Khartoum. To get the full text plea...
Research on the practice of girl marriage has been extensive with studies recommending local strateg...
I lived and carried out research in Irigwe, Nigeria, between August 1963 and June 1965. They then h...
This essay first introduces briefly ethnological data of the Tiv, focusing particularly on their mar...
This work sets out to investigate the original understanding of the dignity of women in traditional ...
The thesis is concerned with child marriage in contemporary Nigeria. It examines the primary factors...
This study is a survey research which investigated the existing state of widowhood practices in five...
Marriage is a revered institution in Igbo land but it has been bedeviled by various problems and con...
The belief among non-Africans is that no matter how committed an average African is to his religion ...
Existing research on Ijebu indigenous beliefs has concentrated more on male dominated cults, but no ...
This paper examines the Ara na Oma tradition and the Mother’s Day celebration among the Igbo, with p...
This paper examines the portrayal of virginity in Akiki K. Nyabongo’s, Africa Answers Back (1936), M...
Indigenes of Okunland have rich traditional wedding culture and beliefs. One of the beliefs is that ...
One of the beliefs of indigenes of Okunland, Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria, is that, it is the e...
This paper is a historical exposition of the Ijo people of Delta State in the South-South and Niger-...
This paper had been presented for promotion at the University of Khartoum. To get the full text plea...
Research on the practice of girl marriage has been extensive with studies recommending local strateg...
I lived and carried out research in Irigwe, Nigeria, between August 1963 and June 1965. They then h...
This essay first introduces briefly ethnological data of the Tiv, focusing particularly on their mar...
This work sets out to investigate the original understanding of the dignity of women in traditional ...
The thesis is concerned with child marriage in contemporary Nigeria. It examines the primary factors...
This study is a survey research which investigated the existing state of widowhood practices in five...
Marriage is a revered institution in Igbo land but it has been bedeviled by various problems and con...
The belief among non-Africans is that no matter how committed an average African is to his religion ...
Existing research on Ijebu indigenous beliefs has concentrated more on male dominated cults, but no ...