Concept of Uprightness, Integrity, Honour and Goodwill in the Worldview of the Ebira Ethnic Group in Nigeria
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2022
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AIPGG Journal of Humanities and Peace Studies
Abstract
The cultural worldview of a people encompasses their beliefs, philosophies, norms,
ethos, taboos, superstitions and traditional practices which sum up to folklores.
The values contained in the folklores are usually expressed and portrayed through
ritual festivals, ceremonies, art forms, proverbs, riddles, and even through the
significant given names. Therefore, every given ethnic group is peculiar with the
worldview which forms the bedrock of their moral values and identity. It is not
news that a good number of people in modern times hold onto an ill-informed
notion that indigenous African traditions and practices are fetish. On the contrary,
a deeper exploration into the cultural worldview of any given ethnic group in
Nigeria will actually reveal that a good number of traditional practices were
nurtured on the principles and philosophy of good moral values. This paper
therefore explores the cultural worldview of the Ebira ethnic group in Nigeria as
an embodiment of uprightness, integrity, honour and goodwill meant to guide and
keep up the moral sanity of the people’s thoughts and actions. Hence, the
prevailing moral decadence will not thrive in our societies if the moral values
embedded in the various cultural values such as in the Ebira cultural worldview
are upheld and practiced with utmost sense of obligation and dedication
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Ebira, Worldview, Uprightness, Integrity, Honour, Goodwill