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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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    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