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Colonial Land Policies in Lagos and their Implications for Gender Equality
No full textThis study historicizes the colonial land policies enacted by the British in Lagos and examines their implications for gender equality, focusing specifically on women’s access to land. The research highlights significant shifts in legal frameworks and property rights by tracing the evolution of land ownership from precolonial to colonial times. The imposition of British land laws often disrupted traditional practices, marginalizing women who previously held substantial land rights under customary law. Through detailed case studies and historical analysis, the study explores the mechanisms by which women navigated and resisted these colonial legal constraints. Additionally, it investigates the broader socioeconomic impacts of restricted land rights on women’s economic empowerment and social standing. The findings reveal that colonial land policies entrenched gender inequalities, significantly altering the landscape of property ownership and economic opportunities for women in Lagos. The study concludes by reflecting on the enduring legacy of these policies in contemporary land-rights issues and gender dynamics in Lagos
Regional Integration and Mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Assessment
Get PDFRegional integration is increasingly recognised as a crucial catalyst for economic and social development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This region, characterised by diverse cultures, languages, and economic statuses, has long grappled with the challenges and opportunities presented by cross-border interactions. The purpose of this research is to provide an assessment of regional integration and its influence on mobility within SSA. Drawing on empirical data and case studies, it examines the migration patterns in SSA countries and the effectiveness of regional organizations, such as the African Union and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) including the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the East African Community (EAC), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in facilitating the movement of goods, services, capital, and people across borders as well as addressing challenges to mobility. Furthermore, the research explores the role of political, social, and economic factors in shaping regional integration efforts and their implications for intra-regional migration flows. By offering a comprehensive assessment, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of the complexities surrounding regional integration and mobility dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa, informing policy interventions aimed at promoting inclusive growth and sustainable development across the continent
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Nollywood as a Repository of Yoruba Historical and Cultural Identity: A Study of Tunde Kelani’s Ti Oluwa Ni Ile
Get PDFThis paper examined the intricate relationship between historical culture, Nollywood (with specific reference to the Yoruba movie industry), and Yoruba identity. It explored how Yoruba films serve as repositories of Yoruba cultural heritage, language, and traditions. Specifically, this study analyses Tunde Kelani’s 1991 movie Ti Oluwa Ni Ile to provide insight into Yoruba life and worldviews as reflected through cinema. The research discusses the film’s portrayal of Yoruba customs, traditions, language, and elements of mythology, while also addressing the criticisms and challenges surrounding cultural representation in Nollywood. Using a qualitative approach anchored in historical analysis, the study interpreted how Ti Oluwa Ni Ile functions as an archive of Yoruba values such as respect for elders, integrity, and the virtue of hard work—principles that define Yoruba identity. The paper concluded by emphasizing the film’s significance to younger generations in an increasingly globalized world. For many, it offers a lens through which to reconnect with their cultural past and better understand the moral and communal values that underpin Yoruba life
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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