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Newspapers and the Sharia Debate in Nigeria: Contexts, Issues and Trends
No full textThat the adoption of strict Sharia is generating issues around the world is obvious. Given the various manifestations of the adoption or implementation of Sharia in different societies, the situation could not have been otherwise. Newspapers’ coverage of the Sharia debate in Nigeria brings out the different dimensions of the issues and the contexts in which they arise. This paper examines the issues and trends in the debate as reflected in the Nigerian Newspapers and situates them in the context in which they are understood. Pertinent is the study of New York Times, London Times, and The Globe and Mail of Canada’s coverage of the Sharia issue in Nigeria which provides a comparative basis for the study of the Nigerian newspapers’ coverage. It concludes that the nature of religion and the disposition to religion in Nigeria as well as the nature of the Nigerian society contribute to the content, patterns, and dimensions of the debate
Ananse/Èşù Rising: Trickster Figures and Shakespeare in Davlin Thomas’s Lear Ananci, a Caribbean King Lear
No full textMany contemporary rewritings of the Shakespeare canon capture the enduring and unending global relationship with the English Bard. The radical transformation of the canon from the beginning of the twentieth century in particular dramatizes the conflicting situations in the adapters’ countries in what often amounts to the use of the alien potentialities of the canon to address the failings of the present. One fine example of such rewritings is Davlin Thomas’s Lear Ananci, a Caribbean version of King Lear1. This paper examines how Thomas appropriates both Shakespeare’s King Lear and Ananci (that he merges his features with the Yoruba hero-god, Èṣù) in order to provide forceful and penetrating insights about the failure of postcolonial realities in the English-speaking Caribbean country of the author. While the play clearly comes across as a concrete affirmation of the continuing relevance of Shakespeare to global politics, it also affirms the continuing place of African tradition and ritual aesthetics in the New World through the playwright’s use of narrative resources that he draws from the Yoruba/African diasporic performance tradition, which comes in the guise of the Akan mythicfigure, Ananse (written Ananci in the Caribbean)
Confluence of Interests in the Translations of Ake: the Years of Childhood and Aké: ní Ìgbà Èwe: An Appraisal of Language Retrieval and Translation
No full textThere are different motivating factors for a literary artist to venture into translation business. With the introduction of Akinwumi Isola’s Language Retrieval, a new dimension to the study of African languages translations was presented, especially as regards the classification of translators and texts. This study explores the interests behind the literary translation of Wole Soyinka’s and Akinwumi Isola’s translations of Ake with a view to establishing the features of translation and language retrieval. Findings show that even though both authors employed the same strategies, e.g. language transposition and equivalence, they diverged with respect to certain features. While translation exhibits two different cultures and languages, language retrieval exhibits the same culture but different languages
An Appraisal of Igbo Choral Music in the Light of Akin Euba’s Concept of African Traditional Music
No full textAkin Euba identified traditional music as the most widespread and most popular of all the various types of music existing in Africa today. This study attempts an exposition of his idea of traditional music, by highlighting the various elements that identify a piece in this light. This achieved, it proceeds to an analysis of selected Igbo Choral Music excerpts, with the aim of accentuating the prevalent features that mirror the above-stated position. This study employs the following tools: exposition, description and analysis. It makes recourse to archival and library materials. The findings herein reflect a fine balance between change and continuity in the present day Igbo choral music. The study therefore recommends to the modern composers, painstaking studies and rigour, to equip them with the wealth of compositional elements at the African's disposal, which can be adequately harnessed to produce works that can stand the test of time
Preliminaries and Content
No full textIhafa: A Journal of African Studies
Volume 13 Number 1, June 2022
All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy, or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission
© Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies
Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos
Akọka, Lagos, Nigeria
Website: http://ihafa.unilag.edu.ng/
http://journals.unilag.edu.ng/
ISSN: 1117-525
The Origin of 'Orin ìbejì' in Yorùbáland
No full textThe Yorùbá people of southwest Nigeria have shown a high prevalence of instances of multiple births, especially twins. This has, inadvertently, led to the development and adoption of a vibrant musical tradition known as orin ìbejì, which loosely translates as ‘twins songs’ in their society. In orin ìbejì, personality-themed songs are written and performed for twins. However, this tradition, which is a critical ethnomusicological element in the socio-cultural landscape of the Yorùbá, has not received adequate scholarly attention. This paper investigates the origin of the orin ìbejì tradition in Yorubaland using ethnographic and historical sources. It argues and conclude that Ifá corpus, a core trado-spiritual repository of Yorùbá history and spiritualism, clearly expressed canonical and philosophical bases that can be deductively regarded as the origin of the Yorùba orin ìbejì tradition
A Comparative Study of Adjectives in English, Russian, and Yoruba
No full textThere exist a lot of literature on the form and functions of adjectives in English, Russian, and Yoruba, but, to the best of our knowledge, none of them employed trilingual comparative/contrastive approaches to study adjectives in the three languages. This paper examines the structure, usage, and meanings of English, Russian, and Yoruba adjectives by comparing and contrasting them. It employs contrastive linguistics and transfer theory to highlight the similarities and differences in the forms, functions, and contextual usages of adjectives in the three languages. The data employed were elicited from relevant textbooks. Findings show the existence of a significant degree of differences in the nature and grammatical status of adjectives in the three languages. The paper concludes that a proper comprehension of the status, existence, and usage of adjectives in the teaching and learning of these languages can increase learners' overall communicative competence
John Magufuli and Tanzania’s Rebirth: Any Lessons for Africa?
No full textUntil the five-year rule of John Magufuli in Tanzania, which is tantamount to a rebirth, revolution and redirection of the African nation, the international community may not have imagined that Africa could upstage a visionary leader that has the capacity to change the African leadership narratives of corruption, ineptitude, and sit-tight syndrome. Magufuli set Tanzania on a path of emotional and psychological decolonization: from uncommon flagrant rejection of a $10b loan from China to practical reconstruction of Tanzania and leadership by example, Magufuli derailed from the corruption and visionless leadership associated with African leaders. Although he was one of Africa's most prominent corona virus (Covid-19) sceptics, it was obvious that his focus was to look inward and depend less on the west for any form of solutions to African challenges. To Magufuli, no imperial power is tormenting Africa; thus, a properly managed remnant of the colonial relics can be explored and developed to regurgitate the African economy to achieve African dreams. Using media reports, interviews, and commentaries, especially those of historians and journalists, as well as secondary sources such as journal articles, this study examines the argument that Africa has the capability to throw up visionary leaders and the capacity to govern with results that will decimate the onslaught of corruption and ineptitude in African polity.
 
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCIES NEEDED FOR ESTABLISHING AUTOMOBILE ENTERPRISES BY MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANICS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ABUJA, NIGERIA
No full textThe study identifies the emerging technology competencies needed for establishing automobile enterprises by Motor Vehicle Mechanics (MVM) in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Nigeria. Three research questions were answered, and three null hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive research design was employed for the study. The study was carried out in FCT, Abuja Nigeria. A total of 854 respondents comprising of 810 motor vehicle mechanic master craftsmen were drawn using a proportional stratified random sampling technique and 44 automobile industrial technicians were used as the total population for the study. A structured questionnaire developed by the researchers and validated by three experts was used for the data collected for the study. Cronbach Alpha statistics was used to determine the reliability coefficient of the instrument and the result was found to be 0.85. Mean and standard deviation were to answer the research questions while z-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed among others that all the identified emerging technology competencies in the study were highly needed by MVM for establishing automobile enterprises in FCT, Abuja Nigeria. Based on the findings it was recommended that the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) incorporate the identified emerging technology competencies needed by MVM in their training programmes and curriculum as this will expose them to innovations in modern automobiles
AN EXPOSITION OF THE ROLE OF FAITH, SEX, AND RELIGIOUS ON HIV/AIDS AMONG TERTIARY EDUCATION STUDENTS IN LAGOS NIGERIA
No full textIn every community all over the world volunteers discuss HIV/AIDS transmissionand its prevention. The study is a survey that sought to identify the role of condomin protecting HIV/AIDS. Nine months ago, I waited anxiously in the EducationHall as the clock approached the start time for our first student panel discussion onfaith and sexual ethics, and the hall remained quiet as a few audience memberspassed the time in their chairs. That was the beginning of “In God we believe, incondoms we trust”. With so many other interesting events on our campus, wouldanyone show up to hear their peers-not experts or intellectuals-discuss religion andsex freely? To my surprise, the quiet crowd eventually grew to nearly two hundredand fifty students, many of whom squatted on the floor or squeezed in along thewalls around the cramped room to participate in "Homosexuality and Religion,"the first panel's title and theme. ," the phenomenally popular student discussionseries I had the privilege of facilitating through University Student ResearchFellowship at the West African Christian university Center for Applied Ethics thisyear. In conjunction with over 50 one-on-one interviews. In identifying themethodological trends in ethical discernment through the discussion series,students were challenged to mindfully consider their own methods of ethicaldiscernment and invited to critically assess their own sexual ethics and those oftheir peers. This study also highlighted the theoretical issues, trends in studentethical strategies, faith and student views and strategies analysis