Self-Image and Psychological Implications of Aso-ebi in Contemporary Yoruba Socio-Cultural Settings
| dc.contributor.author | Badeji, Susan Olubukola | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-13T09:37:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-04-13T09:37:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2286 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | International Review of Humanities and Scientific Research | en_US |
| dc.subject | Aso-Ebi | en_US |
| dc.subject | Self-image | en_US |
| dc.subject | Yoruba | en_US |
| dc.subject | Socio-cultural setting | en_US |
| dc.title | Self-Image and Psychological Implications of Aso-ebi in Contemporary Yoruba Socio-Cultural Settings | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |