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A Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Nigerian Operatic Theatre
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Song Melody and Speech Tone Conflict in Translated Yoruba Christian Hymns
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Contextualisation of Selected Israelite Sacred Cultic Elements and Practices in Cherubim and Seraphim Churches, in Ibadan, Nigeria
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Page will reload when a filter is selected or excluded.- Determining when and where flood strikes can be a daunting task. Apart from heavy and prolonged rainfalls and river overflows, there are anthropogenic causal factors of flooding. These anthropogenic factors are significantly variable and exacerbate floods, but may be difficult to measure. This study aims to unravel some of the anthropogenic factors, particularly with respect to their contributions to the flood in Ibadan City on 26 August 2011. Data were collected through structured questionnaire and key informant interviews. The August 2011 Ibadan flood was perhaps the worst in the history of this ancient city. Twelve anthropogenic factors are broadly identified as having contributed to the flood and the flood had five major consequences. Some policy implications that can help prevent future flood occurrence are outlined. 2 results 2
- Alarinjo 1 results 1
- Ancient and modern authors such as Eusebius of Caeserea, Flavius Josephus, Lanctatius, Cutaru, Nicholson, Torres and several others have variously discussed Emperor Constantine's conversion to the Christian religion. While some have argued about the sincerity of his conversion consequent on his tolerance and participation in some non-Christian rites, others contend that his conversion to the Christian faith was not in doubt. This paper intends to examine Emperor Constantine and his cross, with a view to interrogating his strategy of adopting the cross as a means to achieve victory. The study argued that Constantine's desire to defeat Maxentius, motivated him to accept and adopl a strategy, albeit unpopular, in order to deal a decisive blow on the enemy. This study further argued that the cross of Emperor Constantine consequently had a great impact on the Roman political, cultural and religious spaces. The study adopts a historical methodology as it considered this question of the cross in antiquity. Further studies may critically examine the roles of succeeding emperors to the fate of Christianity in the Roman Empire. 1 results 1
- Ancient authors such as Plutarch, Appian and Diodorus Siculus narrate the histories of the several wars that the Seleucid Empire was involved in. Modem authors draw from the works of ancient authors in discussing governance and exclusiveness of the Seleucids in their relationship with the people in their sphere of control, the personalities . of the Seleucid rulers, especially Seleucus I Nicator and Antiochus III the Great, with little attention paid to the battles of the Seleucid Empire. This paper, therefore, attempts to examine the battles fought by the Seleucid Empire, with a view to interrogating the strategies employed during the battles, the essence of some of these battles and the peace treaties drawn in the course of the battles. The paper adopts John Mearsheimer's theory of offensive realism as its aid in the discourse of the frequent battles. The paper also implements a historical methodology as it further provides a trajectory of the battles and some of the strategies deployed by the Seleucids in engaging heir enemies. Studies that may examine the tactics employed by the Seleucid rulers in the Syrian wars are recommended. 1 results 1
- Ancient physicians such as Herodicus, Hippocrates and Galen recommended exercises as panacea for healthy living in antiquity. Modern scholars such as Christos and Tipton have variously demonstrated the importance of exercises and sports in ancient and modem European societies citing exercises as treatments for some illnesses by the doctor in the Hippocratic Corpus. This paper examined the importance of exercise in antiquity and modernity, even as it serves as a catholicon for healthy living, with a view to identifying the values and relevance of exercise in dealing with illnesses and promoting good health. Sallis and Owen behavioural epidemiology was adopted as theoretical framework. The historical and comparative methodologies were adopted as the study examined the historical trajectory and cross-cultural variations of exercise in antiquity and today’s world. The discourse in this study demonstrated that exercise has been functional as medicine and for healthy living in antiquity and modernity. Medical practitioners, exercise physiologists, including laymen understand its importance and further recommend exercise suitable for people of varying ages. Further studies may be designed to examine low to medium and medium to high intensity exercise and its health implications. 1 results 1
- As never before, sexual abuse is rife in modern human society. Tracing the beginnings of sexual perversions to ancient Greece where pederasty was institutionalised, this paper attempts a conceptual distillation between paedophilia and pederasty. Given that pederasty in ancient Greece was an institutionalised part of aristocracy, existing between an adult male, erastes, and a pre-adolescent boy, the eromenos, some scholars have argued that paedophilia is an offshoot of this Greek practice. These scholars make references to canonical philosophical writings by Plato, Xenophon, and Aristophanes inter alia as authority to prop their arguments for indulging the modern phenomena of paedophilia as well as homosexuality by extension. The arguments presented, in this study, bifurcates pederasty from paedophilia by drawing copiously from the sociological and psychological perspectives in deconstructing those widely held views on both sexual Orientations. The study reveals that the former is a norm that left a multiplier effect as the pederast mentee developed to the extent of becoming a pederast mentor, thereby promoting sustainable development in ancient Greece. The study concludes that both concepts exist on different orientational pedestals with pederasty to be lauded for its gains and paedophilia to be condemned for its evils against the innocent child victim 1 results 1
- Athenian Greek 1 results 1
- Classical authors such as Livy, Marcus Aurelius, Dio Cassius have all, in their treatises on the ancient Roman society mentioned occurrences of plagues and their devastating effects on both humans and animals. In analyzing the plagues, some Modern commentaries on the Greaco-Roman world have postulated different theories and have drawn conclusions as to what these plagues actually were for ancient authors merely mentioned the diseases as plagues or epidemics. Modem authors on Ibadan have also mentioned the regular occurrences of the cholera epidemics in the city. The aim of this paper is to examine the plagues or epidemics that occurred in the Greaco-Roman world and the cholera epidemics in Ibadan. It attempts to examine factors responsible for the plagues and epidemics in both societies and the methods adopted in combating the epidemics. This paper concludes with the thrust that because the ancients were not fully conversant with these plagues, high mortality was recorded. For modern Ibadan, lack of safe water, proper sanitation and food safety among others, caused the preponderance and repeated occurrences of the cholera epidemics and its effects in Ibadan. Further studies can interrogate alternative medicine towards health care in the events of plagues and epidemics in both ancient Rome and modem Ibadan 1 results 1
- Comparative literature 1 results 1
- Endogamy|| Blood taint|| Inbreeding depression|| Ptolemaic Egypt|| Nigeria. 1 results 1
- Exercise|| Health|| Antiquity|| Modernity 1 results 1
- Floodplain management 1 results 1
- Gender inequalities 1 results 1
- Hellenic world|| Hellenistic civilization|| comparative analysis|| multiculturalism 1 results 1
- Hellenic, which is synonymous to the culture of the Greeks in the Classical era; and Hellenistic civilization, which relates to the culture of post-classical Greek era have been discussed variously by Ancient and modem authors, noting their emergence and the consequences of the systems. This study, was therefore designed, to examine Hellenic structure and Hellenistic civilization, with a view to comparing both concepts in the classical and post-classical Greek world, Africa and the near East. The study argued that Hellenistic civilization served a greater purpose than the Hellenic system, due to the fact that it was more inclusive and so brought greater benefits to Greeks and non-Greeks. The Hellenic culture was exclusive to the Greeks. The study continued to argue that Hellenistic civilization, especially beginning from 323 BC, demonstrated some indices of cultural diffusion/acculturation that may have informed our modem assumptions on nationalism, imperialism and colonialism. The paper further argues that given an appropriate balance, cultural diffusion/acculturation whether deliberate or accidental, is an effective strategy for social development in given societies. The study adopts the comparative historical research as its methodology in examining the subject matter. Studies that may examine acculturation policies in ancient Rome and her provinces are recommended. 1 results 1
- Homeric Prayers 1 results 1
- Human Needs 1 results 1
- Ibadan 1 results 1
- Iliad and Odyssey 1 results 1
- In ancient Rome and modern Ibadan, certain socio-cultural behavior exhibited by the people tended to highlight the thought pattern of the social and behavioural attitudes of the people. These behavaiour hampered heath and other issues in the socio-cultural behavioral attitude/practices that probably led to child death. The paper adopts a methodology that is both historical and comparative highlight these factors. Sources utilized on ancient Rome were the work s of classical and contemporary authors. For modern Ibadan, information was gathered from medical literature and newswpaper reports. The data were sudjected to content analysis. This paper discovered that some social cultural practices such as child exposure and abandonment. Religious/superstitious beliefs and social deprivation caused child death in both societies.The paper concludes with the ideology that effective reorientation and propaganda are needful in Ibadan as these would help curb preventable child death 1 results 1
- Israelite religion 1 results 1
- J. J. Ransome-Kuti 1 results 1
- Kin Endogamy, marriage between siblings, has been a practice among several cultures of the world. This is a deviation from positions of sociologists, anthropologists and psychologists on a universal incest taboo even as they premised it on four theories; the demographic, indifference, repression and evolution theories. Several scholars have discussed kin endogamy in the pre-Christian and Christian eras of the Greco-Roman societies citing evidences; explaining that indication of close-kin marriage could have been adoption rather than incest; and noting that royal incest may have been occasioned by the quest for ultimate power, even in the Ptolemaic dynasty. This paper took an in-depth study of sibling marriage in Ptolemaic Egypt and in some communities in Nigeria, with a view to understanding the rationale behind this socio-cultural practice and its effects on inbred children. The paper argues that it is highly probable that this consanguineous marriage even among the Ptolemies of Egypt may have resulted in genetic/biological and psychological setbacks among inbred descendants such that assassinations among siblings for power became the order of the day. The study further argued that kin endogamy was practiced due to, among others, the ideology of the blood taint or pure blood. Further studies that may examine exogamous culture in the Greco-Roman world and Nigeria were recommended. 1 results 1
- Nigeria 1 results 1
- Noh 1 results 1
- Opera 1 results 1
- Plato 1 results 1
- Queen|| Cleopatra|| Idia|| ancient Egypt|| Benin 1 results 1
- Religion|| Persecution|| Ancient Rome|| Modern Nigeria 1 results 1
- Rev. A. T. Ola Olude. 1 results 1
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