This study examines the establishment and expansion of Christian missions in Umuahia, Nigeria, between 1900 and 1960, a period marked by significant socio-political transformation under British colonial rule. It investigates the activities of various missionary groups, including the Church Missionary Society (CMS), the Methodist Mission and the Catholic Church,... Continue here
As a result of modernization, what constitutes a Taboo in Urhobo is getting thinner by the day. A taboo is a social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing. The aim of this study is to explore some of the taboos, violations, and punishments among the Urhobo people of... Continue here
This study investigates a fundamental duality embedded within Igbo indigenous knowledge systems in southeastern Nigeria: the dialectical tension between the sacred protection and ritual exploitation of animal fauna through the cosmological practices of Afa divination. Grounded in relational ontology, the research conceptualises animals not merely as biological... Continue here