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- ItemDepictions of the Power of Women and Betrayal in Kunle Afolayan's Anikulapo(Ethiope Journal of English and Cultural Studies, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, 2023-12) Bukola Olubunmi IyaboIn history and till date, women have been said to play important roles in African society. Apart from being mothers and all the challenges that society throws at females, they have been accredited the strong brains behind the successes of great men in the African society. In the African pre-colonial society, women’s successes were not limited to the home alone but these were also evident in social issues. This conviction is not limited to the written texts, but it is also portrayed through the Nigerian movie industry and producers. This study employs New Historicism in the discussion and analysis of how a man realises the power of women and meets his doom after he betrays them three powerful and influential Oyo Ile women in the Old Oyo empire, on different occasions. In Anikulapo, Kunle Afolayan portrays how a man, Saro, tours from grass to grace and back to the grass, courtesy of three powerful women in the Old Oyo Kingdom.
- ItemParenting, Sacrifice and Crime in Funke Akindele's A Tribe Called Judah(Humanus Discourse, Faculty of Humanities, Redeemer's University, Ede., 2025-03-15) Bukola Olubunmi IyaboThis paper examines some parenting styles and the influence of these on children through the lenses of the Nigerian movie industry, and an explanation for negligence in parenting. Parenting, irrespective of the number of people involved, is a role which is diversely interpreted globally. Due to the different meanings ascribed to this concept, children from some families in society have, to a large extent, become perpetrators of societal menace. This can be traced to the parenting styles of these deviants’ parents, since each person in society is a product of a parenting style in the family. It is against this backdrop, that Funke Akindele’s A Tribe Called Judah was critically analysed. Contextually, some parenting styles, such as the authoritarian and authoritative parenting styles, which have great impacts on children’s future, were portrayed and theoretically, semiotics was employed as tool for critical analyses. Hence, this study submits that the definition of parenting is not restricted to birthing or procreation but it includes sacrifice, firmness, tolerance, understanding and the ability to counsel and manage challenges. Thus, using the movie as a tool, Funke Akindele’s movie mitigates crime and advocates good parenting in society.
- ItemYORUBA AFRICAN CULTURAL PHILOSOPHIES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA(Izu Journal of Critical Perspectives, 2024) Adebayo Abidemi OlufemiAbstract The paper assesses African cultural philosophies for the purpose of reconciling them with the cardinal foci of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The reconciliation is to ascertain the feasibility of the implementation of the SDG goals in Africa with specific emphasis on Southwest Nigeria. The research is anchored on the Progressivist Theory which favors transformational development in society. Such transformation is anticipated in SDG as conceived by the United Nations. However, there are several cultural beliefs, aboriginal conceptions and practices in Southwest Nigeria which could be seen as counter-productive to the realization of certain SDG goals. For example, such cultural philosophies or traditional practices include the belief that adura ni i gba, agbara ko (what makes a person rich is not hard work but prayers). This negates SDG Goals 8 and 10 on economic growth. Another philosophy is obe ti baale ile kii je , iyale ile kii se (a wife must not prepare a delicacy that her husband does not eat). This hurts SDG Goal 5 - Gender Equality, and its implementation in Southwest Nigeria by 2030 as it overrides the will and preferences of the women folks in a process of guiding patriarchal ego and wellbeing. These impeding cultural philosophies are age-long and this situation necessitates an inevitable extension of the 2030 target date for the implementation of SDG goals, globally. This is to allow attitude change among the Yoruba people of Southwest Nigeria through government campaign. Keywords: African culture, SDG, Southwest Nigeria, Yoruba proverbs, Yoruba society
- ItemThe Context of Culture-Oriented Literary Aesthetics in Collegiate English Studies(Dept. of Languages and Literary Studies Babcock University, 2014) Adebayo Abidemi OlufemiAbstract The immense significance of English in the world today has informed the study of the language at the collegiate level as an area of interest. The essence of studying the language at the university level is to enhance the proficiency of speakers of this international language. The contents of English courses in most of the nonnative universities in Africa, however, tend to hamper the realisation of the core objective of the language programme. Emphasis has often been placed on structural elements such as parts of speech, morphological processes, phrases, clauses, or types of sentence. This practice has its limitations, which is the training of speakers who are only able to define linguistic structural items. Such speakers however, would err in actual language use in culture oriented social situations. Such emphasises the extension of structural grammar to the aesthetic context, which signifies that language efficiency, the domain of aesthetics, needs be underscored in English studies at the collegiate level. A disregard for the aesthetic naturally eventuates in a wide gulf in training the users of the English language at the global level, and this bars international intelligibility. The gap created can be filled only by extending structural discourses to the aesthetic context or functional literariness. This is in line with the phenomenon of socio-cultural realities characteristically influencing language use. Moreover, this informs an aesthetic modification in the course contents for English studies at the collegiate in nonnative universities. Key words: English, Aesthetics, Structure, Literariness, Culture
- ItemContemporary Youth NeoǦculture, Cultural Integration, and African Social Development(RUN Journal of Cultural Studies, 2017) Adebayo Abidemi OlufemiThe relationship between the older generation and the younger age bloc, in Africa, today, is being redefined. Such a redefinition is occasioned by the aesthetics of the culture of the latter age category. This is geared towards a redirection of the continent’s development course. However, certain conditions are required for the attainment of the objectives of the new aesthetic cultural order. The paper, therefore, investigates the nature of the new youth attitudinal culture which conflicts with the older generational cultural codes. From the Russian dialectical materialism perspective, the paper analyses youth attitudinal shift as driven by huge proclivity for contrary moral view. The paper concludes that the youth rank in Africa is endowed with the cerebral capabilities to drive Africa’s development in all ramifications if the psyche of the youth rank in Africa is emancipated from the controvertible African thought system and ethical stipulations. Key Words: Aesthetics, Neo-culture, Youth, Africa, Development, Cultural codes