Browsing by Author "Badeji, Susan Olubukola"

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    Aso-ebi Custom among the Yoruba People of Southwest Nigeria: An Assessment of Trend, Challenges and Prospects
    (Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science, 2021-07-06) Badeji, Susan Olubukola
    The study investigated the trend, challenges and prospects of Aso-Ebi practice among the Yoruba people of Southwest Nigeria. The major objective of the study was to compare the benefits of the phenomenon with the challenges associated with it. This is to reach a cogent premise for upholding or discouraging the practice. The methodology followed a survey research design that involved generating data from individuals who patronize Aso-Ebi in Osun and Oyo States. Primary data sources came from a well-designed questionnaire which was administered to 270 respondents. The result findings revealed that: (i) Distress arising from the financial burden emanating from incessant purchase of Aso-Ebi fabrics (ii) Distress caused by unhealthy flamboyant competition among AsoEbi patrons, and (iii) Distress caused by compromising personal taste and choice for chosen AsoEbi fabrics are all significant challenges allied with the phenomenon. On the other hand, (i) Distress caused by the suspension of the use of personal clothes (ii) Distress caused by stocking loads of Aso- Ebi fabrics in personal wardrobes are found not to be significant. The study also found that the benefits associated with the practice outweigh the challenges therein. Consequently, it was recommended in the study that: (i) the practice of Aso-Ebi should be upheld and encouraged (ii) individuals, organizations and the Nigerian government at all levels should leverage on its potentials as a panacea for capacity building and economic growth (iii) it should be harnessed as an instrument for fostering social cohesion in Nigeria
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    Costume Enterprise as a Panacea for Poverty Reduction among Young People in Nigeria
    (Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2019-04) Badeji, Susan Olubukola
    This study examined costume enterprise as a panacea for poverty reduction among young people in Nigeria by x-raying the potentials embedded in it, in order to ascertain its viability for poverty reduction. The objective of the study therefore was to fill this knowledge gap by carrying out empirical study on the business potentials resident in costume entrepreneurship. The methodology followed survey research design and involved generating data from individuals who are involved in costume enterprise businesses from the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. Primary data sources came from phone call interview and questionnaire survey. In both cases, the respondents for the study were asked questions regarding their average monthly income from their costume business. The result findings revealed that the average monthly income of retail costume entrepreneurs was N30,625; exceeding the monthly earnings of some employed people in Nigeria and even beyond the minimum wage agitated by the Nigeria Labour Union in 2018. The study also discovered that the costume entrepreneurs in the Northern region do not earn as much as those in the Southern region. Bearing all these facts in mind, the study, therefore, concludes that costume enterprise is a viable venture capable of reducing poverty. It is also concluded from the study that Northern Nigeria (the North Central, North East and North West), are still lagging behind in harnessing costuming arts potentials in the region, for revenue earnings. It is therefore recommended that the government should create enabling environment for both local and foreign earnings through costume entrepreneurship. It is also suggested that theatre departments and closely related fields in Nigerian tertiary institutions should incorporate costume arts into their curriculum as a gainful enterprise for job creators and job seekers.
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    Echoes from the Back-Stages: Emotional Exhaustion as Predictor of Job Involvement among Recent Theatre Arts Graduates
    (Journal of Behavioural Studies Redeemer's University, 2019) Badeji, Susan Olubukola
    Feedback from the streets continues to filter in about negative experiences surrounding efforts by recent graduates of Theatre Arts from Nigerian universities, to secure work opportunities. This study examined the emotional exhaustion experienced by these graduates and how it influences job involvement in the same population in Southwest Nigeria. Cross-Sectional survey research utilizing an ex-post factor design was employed for this study. Three hundred and fifty recent Theatre Arts graduates in Southwest Nigerian metropole responded to Job Involvement Questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory. A simple linear regression analysis produced a statistically significant P-value of .002 and an adjusted R square (0.027) that shows that emotional exhaustion accounts for 2.7% of the total variation in job involvement. Age was also found to predict job involvement with age even accounting for 2.7% of the total variation in job involvement. Gender did not significantly determine job involvement among the sample surveyed, which was corroborated by existing literature. The results were discussed, and so were the implications of the study. Recommendations were also drawn.
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    Self-Image and Psychological Implications of Aso-ebi in Contemporary Yoruba Socio-Cultural Settings
    (International Review of Humanities and Scientific Research, 2020-03) Badeji, Susan Olubukola
    The Yoruba people of the South Westerns Nigeria both at home and in diaspora are endowed with rich cultural indices of which “Aso-Ebi” (Family Solidarity Uniform) is part. Aso-Ebi, a tradition of wearing specific fabrics specially chosen and uniquely worn for important celebrations, is rooted into age-long Yoruba cultural history and has gained tremendous acceptance and popularity in many contemporary Yoruba and none Yoruba people. In this study, we used historiology, oral interview, participant observation, and archival materials to further dig into the why the phenomenon is expanding. For these, varying degrees of ‘Aso-Ebi’ are worn to express several socio-economic and cultural idiosyncrasies. It is in the light of this that this paper assessed the integrative roles of the special spectacle provided by AsoEbi and reviewed the psychological implications of being dressed in Aso-Ebi in social cultural ceremonies. We submitted that Aso-Ebi promotes unity, friendship and togetherness; bestows collective identity and respectability on wearers; influences the self-image as well as the overt and covert behavior of the wearers; and offers significant psycho-social and cultural functions at both the individual and societal levels. Authors recommended the promotion of the phenomenon by Nigerian government and stakeholders, as well as further studies on the influence of Nigerian costumes on behavior