African Sacred Spaces

African Sacred Spaces
Author: 'BioDun J. Ogundayo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2019-02-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1498567436

African Sacred Spaces: Culture, History, and Change is a collection of carefully and analytically written essays on different aspects of African sacred spaces. The interaction between the past and present points to Africans’ continuing recognition of certain natural phenomena and places as sacred. Western influence, the introduction of Christianity and Islam, as well as modernity, have not succeeded in completely obliterating African spirituality and sacred observances, especially as these relate to space in its various iterations. Indeed, Africans, on the continent and in the Diasporas, have responded to the challenges of history, environmentalism, and sustainability with sober and versatile responses in their reverence for sacred space as expressed through a variety of religious, historical, and spiritual practices, as this volume attempts to show.

Nigeria

Nigeria
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Nigeria
ISBN: 9789780104085

Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages

Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages
Author: Ozo-mekuri Ndimele
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 922
Release: 2016-02-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9785416496

The present volume, which is the 5th in the Nigerian Linguists Festschrift Series, is devoted to Professor Munzali A. Jibril, a celebrated icon in university administration, and an erudite Professor of English Linguistics. The title of this special edition was specifically chosen to crown Professor Jibril s academic prowess in both English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and to mark and laud his official departure from active university lectureship. 72 assessed papers are included from the many submitted. Papers cover the main theme of the volume, i.e. the interaction between English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and there are a number of papers on other secular areas of linguistics such as: language and history, language planning and policy, language documentation, language engineering, lexicography, translation, gender studies, language acquisition, language teaching and learning, pragmatics, discourse and conversational analysis, and literature in English and African languages. There is also a rich section devoted to the majwor traditional fields of linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

ICT, Globalisation and the Study of Languages and Linguistics in Africa

ICT, Globalisation and the Study of Languages and Linguistics in Africa
Author: Ozo-mekuri Ndimele
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2016-12-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9785416488

This book contains papers which focus on the twin subjects of globalisation and information/communication technologies (ICTs). They express either fear or optimism regarding their effects on the survival of indigenous cultures, languages and literature. This book is a must read for anyone who is interested to learn more about the role of globalisation in the erosion of cultural as well as linguistic diversity, and the impact of ICTs in the development of indigenous languages in Africa.

Global Food Politics and Approaches to Sustainable Consumption: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Global Food Politics and Approaches to Sustainable Consumption: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Author: Amadi, Luke
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2019-08-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1799801276

Food production and consumption processes are largely governed via control mechanisms that affect food accessibility and environmental efficiency. Food resource marginalization, inequality, and deleterious consumption urgently require new governance and developmental systems that will provide food security and create consumption patterns that protect the natural environment and food resources. Global Food Politics and Approaches to Sustainable Consumption: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source that discusses the challenges and solutions of food security and consumption control. Food politics can be linked to persistent challenges of inequitable access, food resource inefficiency, and control and consumption, which form part of the local development realities that can address global sustainable development. While highlighting topics such as rural agriculture, capitalism, and food chain management, this publication is ideally designed for policymakers, sustainable developers, politicians, ecologists, environmentalists, corporate executives, farmers, and academicians seeking current research on the policies and modalities of food efficiency and equality.