In many African societies, a premium is placed on having biological children as proof of
fertility. Couples unable to reproduce sometimes “harvest” babies from ‘’baby factory’’ a
term coined by the Nigerian media as a ...
The inability of the Nigeria Police to adequately guarantee public safety led to the emergence of Informal Security Structures (ISS) in several neighbourhoods in Nigeria. These structures which are unconventional community ...
The enthrallment with Jùjú music, a Yoruba musical genre, was buoyed by Nigeria’s oil boom
phenomenon in the 1970s. Existing studies on Nigerian popular music genres, especially the
Jùjú, have focused more on its ...
Marital conflict is a major social challenge cutting across Africa, Nigeria, and prevalent in Ibadan locality. There are governmental and non-governmental mechanisms for its management and resolution, however complainants ...
Wọlé Ṣóyínká and Fémi ̣ Òṣ̣ ófisan are two world ̣ -class dramatists whose works are
creative inventions depicting a wide range of human experiences before an audience.
Musical motifs are derived both from the internal ...
In the past, housewives were anchors of Yòrùbá pre-marriage musicodynamic performances where the groom’s family members would be introduced and the bride price paid (ìdána). In contemporary era, Alága ìdúró and Alága ìjókòó ...