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Widowhood in Esanland
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 25, Issue 5, Series. 1 (May. 2020) 06-17 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.org Widowhood in Esanland Thomas Oseyi Ebhomienlen Corresponding Author: Thomas Oseyi Ebhomienlen ABSTRACT Biblical accounts reveal that the office of the Deacon was created for the purpose of handling the benevolence ministry in the New Testament Church (Acts 6:1 - 3). By benevolent ministry we mean a deliberate action geared towards a generous care for the widow within a giving community. This office, over time, changed to “serving table” which in the present day Church has assumed diverse nomenclature: Mass, Thanksgiving, Eucharist, Fellowship Meal and Holy Communion, to mention a few. Today, the act of deliberate generous cares for the widow within the Church, particularly the Anglican Communion in Esanland, has been said to be of low priority, far from the New Testament‟s level. This study articulates the benevolent ministry of deliberate love and care for widows by Jesus Christ and his early apostles. This was aimed at re-enacting the New Testament model of pastoral love and care. The research examined the plight of widows among the people of Esan. Particular attention was given to Ihumudumu and Ujoelen –Ekpoma, both in Esan West Local Government Area; Uromi in Esan-North-East; Ubiaja in Esan South East and Amahor in Igueben Local Government Areas, all in Edo State. Historical, phenomenological and descriptive methods were adopted for this study. Two hundred respondents were randomly selected within the Local Government Areas in Esanland. -
Succession Under Esan Customary Law in Nigeria: Grounds for Disinheriting an Heir from Inheriting His Deceased Father’S Estate Under Esan Customary Law
www.ijird.com August, 2018 Vol 7 Issue 8 ISSN 2278 – 0211 (Online) Succession Under Esan Customary Law in Nigeria: Grounds for Disinheriting an Heir from Inheriting His Deceased Father’s Estate under Esan Customary Law Paul Okhaide Itua Senior Lecturer, Department of Commercial and Industrial Law, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria Abstract: In Nigeria, there are three main ethnic / tribal groups; these are Hausa - Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba. Apart from these major ethnic groups, there are about 371 (three hundred and seventy-one) other ethnic groups with diverse languages and phonological structures, which are some time noticeable even within the same socio cultural setting. Majority of these ethnic groups share a lot of historical and deep cultural relationship between them as evidence mostly in the application of customary law that regulate their private life on one hand and the relationship that exist between them on the other hand. Apart from these rules of customary law, the common law and statutory law equally plays a major role in the regulation of these relationships. Some time these rules of customary law are subjected to certain test as prescribed by the common law and the statute in other to determine their validity and applicability. These regulatory mechanisms, also apply to the people that constitute Esan ethnic group. They presently occupy Edo Central Senatorial District consisting of five local government areas in Edo State of Nigeria. Historically they share cultural relationship with the Edos in the area of customary law, however with some noticeable differences in its application in certain areas. One of such area is succession. -
Resistance to Colonial in Nigeria: Esanland Encounter with the British Colonialists and Its Effects on Intra-Inter-Group Relations By
Resistance to Colonial in Nigeria: Esanland Encounter with the British Colonialists and its Effects on Intra-Inter-Group Relations By Dawood Omolumen Egbefo, Ph.D Department of History and International Studies. IBB University Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria E-mail: [email protected] M-Phone: 08076709828, 08109492681 Abstract The invasion and occupation of Esanland is part of the general British conquest and occupation of Nigeria which was a consequence of the revoked royal chapter to the Royal Niger Company (RNC) in 1899. A deliberate act by which the British sought to guarantee her interest in the South West of the Niger. The intention of this paper therefore is to examine the invasion and resistance to British colonial rule in Esanland. In the examination, attention would be paid to the imperial ploys of treaty signed with some Esan rulers and chiefs, the reaction of the people and the arm struggle with the British. This is followed by the examination of British conquest of Esanland. The paper then concludes with the major point that though generally most of the communities in the Northern region and those of the Yoruba easily succumbed to British incursion and rule, communities like the Esan people of present Edo state vehemently resisted the loss of their sovereignty to the British- the British only succeeded in pacifying them because of their superior arms. Academic Horizon: A Journal of the School of Postgraduate Studies, Vol.1, No.1, ©September, 2015. [email protected], pp.54-70 Introduction The closing years of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century witnessed the violent conquest and fraudulent establishment of British colonial rule in Nigeria. -
The Perception of Edo People on International and Irregular Migration
THE PERCEPTION OF EDO PEOPLE ON INTERNATIONAL AND IRREGULAR MIGRATION BY EDO STATE TASK FORCE AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING (ETAHT) Supported by DFID funded Market Development Programme in the Niger Delta being implemented by Development Alternatives Incorporated. Lead Consultant: Professor (Mrs) K. A. Eghafona Department Of Sociology And Anthropology University Of Benin Observatory Researcher: Dr. Lugard Ibhafidon Sadoh Department Of Sociology And Anthropology University Of Benin Observatory Quality Control Team Lead: Okereke Chigozie Data analyst ETAHT Foreword: Professor (Mrs) Yinka Omorogbe Chairperson ETAHT March 2019 i List of Abbreviations and Acronyms AHT Anti-human Trafficking CDC Community Development Committee EUROPOL European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (formerly the European Police Office and Europol Drugs Unit) ETAHT Edo State Task Force Against Human Trafficking HT Human trafficking IOM International Organization for Migration LGA Local Government Area NAPTIP National Agency For Prohibition of Traffic In Persons & Other Related Matters NGO Non-Governmental Organization SEEDS (Edo) State Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy TIP Trafficking in Persons UN United Nations UNODC United Nations Office on Drug and Crime USA United States of America ii Acknowledgements This perception study was carried out by the Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking (ETAHT) using the service of a consultant from the University of Benin Observatory within the framework of the project Counter Trafficking Initiative. We are particularly grateful to the chairperson of ETAHT and Attorney General of Edo State; Professor Mrs. Yinka Omorogbe for her support in actualizing this project. The effort of Mr. Chigozie Okereke and other staff of ETAHT who provided assistance towards the actualization of this task is immensely appreciated. -
An Endangered Nigerian Indigenous Language: the Case of Yorùbá Language
African Nebula, Issue 6, 2013 An Endangered Nigerian Indigenous Language: The Case of Yorùbá Language Temitope Abiodun Balogun Osun State University Osogbo, Nigeria [email protected] Abstract This paper examines the low-usage of Yorùbá language among some selected secondary school students in Yorubaland. The paper uses questionnaire with cloze test to measure the knowledge of Yorùbá language among respondents in three Yoruba speaking states in southwestern Nigeria. The results of the data show that Yorùbá language enjoys low patronage and patriotism amongst the students used for the data. Many of these students found it extremely difficult to express themselves freely in Yorùbá language and at the same time, they were unable to provide meanings for selected Yorùbá proverbs, words, and expressions. The significance of this work is seen in the fact that Yorùbá language stands the risk of gradual extinction if urgent measures are not taken by all stakeholders concerned to arrest the dwindling fortunes of the language. Introduction: The Linguistic Landscape in Nigeria Language is the hallmark of any people‟s life and culture. Language encompasses people‟s worldview, custom, way of life and history in general. The loss of any language by a people is the loss of their root and the loss of their identity. When a language is lost, such a people who experience the loss continue to live in the shadow of other people‟s identity and culture. Ethnologists put the living languages of the world at seven thousand with a sad list of three thousand five hundred that are endangered and may be out of reach at the end of the twenty first century. -
Folktale Tradition of the Esan People and African Oral Literature
“OKHA”: FOLKTALE TRADITION OF THE ESAN PEOPLE AND AFRICAN ORAL LITERATURE 1ST IN THE SERIES OF INAUGURAL LECTURES OF SAMUEL ADEGBOYEGA UNIVERSITY OGWA, EDO STATE, NIGERIA. BY PROFESSOR BRIDGET O. INEGBEBOH B.A. M.A. PH.D (ENGLISH AND LITERATURE) (BENIN) M.ED. (ADMIN.) (BENIN), LLB. A.A.U (EKPOMA), BL. (ABUJA) LLM. (BENIN) Professor of English and Literature Department of Languages Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa. Wednesday, 11th Day of May, 2016. PROFESSOR BRIDGET O. INEGBEBOH B.A. M.A. PH.D (ENGLISH AND LITERATURE) (BENIN) M.ED. (ADMIN.) (BENIN), LLB. A.A.U (EKPOMA), BL. (ABUJA) LLM. (BENIN) 2 “OKHA”: FOLKTALE TRADITION OF THE ESAN PEOPLE AND AFRICAN ORAL LITERATURE 1ST IN THE SERIES OF INAUGURAL LECTURES OF SAMUEL ADEGBOYEGA UNIVERSITY OGWA, EDO STATE, NIGERIA. BY BRIDGET OBIAOZOR INEGBEBOH B.A. M.A. PH.D (ENGLISH AND LITERATURE) (BENIN) M.ED. (ADMIN.) (BENIN), LLB. A.A.U (EKPOMA), BL. (ABUJA) LLM. (BENIN) Professor of English and Literature Department of Languages Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa. Wednesday, 11th Day of May, 2016. 3 “OKHA”: FOLKTALE TRADITION OF THE ESAN PEOPLE AND AFRICAN ORAL LITERATURE Copyright 2016. Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa All Rights Reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or by any means, photocopying, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa/Publishers. ISBN: Published in 2016 by: SAMUEL ADEGBOYEGA UNIVERSITY, OGWA, EDO STATE, NIGERIA. Printed by: 4 Vice-Chancellor, Chairman and members of the Governing Council of SAU, The Management of SAU, Distinguished Academia, My Lords Spiritual and Temporal, His Royal Majesties here present, All Chiefs present, Distinguished Guests, Representatives of the press and all Media Houses present, Staff and Students of Great SAU, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen. -
Ufahamu: a Journal of African Studies
UCLA Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies Title The Metaphysical, Sexism and an African Culture Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/55w6m8wr Journal Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 30(1) ISSN 0041-5715 Author Ukhun, Christopher E. Publication Date 2003 DOI 10.5070/F7301016542 Peer reviewed eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California The Metaphysical, Sexism and an African Culture Christopher E. Ukhun Introduction Godwin Sogolo proposes an orientation or "option in African Philosophy" or scholarship whereby an African intellectual or philosopher, Start[s] by looking into the logical structure ofcertain important beliefs widely held in his culture. He may, for instance, examine theconceptual issues of how immaterials such as 'human intentions', 'incantations', 'spoken words', etc., can possibly aid the pharmacological powers of herbs administered for cure. Does this belief presuppose, in the minds ofthose who entertain it, a contincity between the physical and the non-physical? ... Is the beliefgoverned by a unique system oflogic?l Apparently, Sogolo is advocating a dual role for African philosophers who, apart from engaging in the abstract exercise dictated by the nature oftheir subject, should also be concerned about the utilitarian relevance, or what might be called "useful philosophy," that should get the African philosophers "out and about into the Ufahamu 30:1 Fa1l2003 64 UF'AHAMU business ofexamining" ata critical level, the basis ofsocio cultural issues that affect their society. -
Esanland in the Context of Modern Development Planning in Nigeria
© JE 2020 J Economics, 11(1-2): 1-16 (2020) PRINT: ISSN 0976-5239 ONLINE: ISSN 2456-6594 DOI: 10.31901/24566594.2020/11.1-2.267 Esanland in the Context of Modern Development Planning in Nigeria Williams Ehizuwa Orukpe Department of History and International Studies, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria Telephone: 08030666367; 08026277547, E-mail: [email protected] KEYWORDS Development Economics. Historiography. Rural. Integration. Nationalism ABSTRACT This paper examines Esanland in the context of modern development planning in Nigeria. It interrogates the problem of planning without development in Esanland and Nigeria. The paper adopts the qualitative research method to explain the phenomenon of rural underdevelopment obstructing Nigeria’s economic development. It finds that, since Nigeria attained independence in 1960, there has been no scarcity of development planning in the country. But there is a stark paradoxical absence of commensurate economic development. This critical review of planning in Nigeria identified economic dysfunctionalism, resources diffusionism and ethnic politics as the bane of plan implementation and rural development. Therefore, using the economy of Esanland as a case study, this paper engages with how these factors interface to undermine and disconnect rural economies. It concludes that rural economic development-oriented planning and dispassionate implementation of plans are developmental imperatives for pre-empting development planning in Nigeria from being a waste of time. INTRODUCTION in Nigeria -
African Musicology On-Line
AFRICAN MUSICOLOGY ON-LINE (An international, peer-reviewed, e-journal on African Musicology) (Vol. 2, No. 2) ISSN: 1994-7712 ___________________________________________________________ Bureau for the Development of African Musicology (BDAM) C/o H.O. Odwar, Department of Creative & Performing Arts, Maseno University, Kenya. ‘African Musicology Online’ 2(2), 2008 ii ________________________________________________________________________ 'AFRICAN MUSICOLOGY ON-LINE' Vol.2, No.2 [2008] (An international, peer-reviewed e-journal on African Musicology) is published by: Bureau for the Development of African Musicology (BDAM) C/o H.O. Odwar, Department of Creative & Performing Arts, Maseno University, Kenya. © 2008. All Rights Reserved. BDAM. ISSN: 1994-7712 The aims and objective of 'African Musicology Online' are as follows: - To serve as the voice of Africans at the international level in the study of their own Music; - To publish original research papers and reviews by Africans on their own music (encompassing all categories of African music); - To foster mutual co-operation among African scholars in the field of African Musicology; - To promote and develop the concept and practice of African Musicology, by Africans. All enquiries and correspondences should be directed to: The Editor <[email protected]> ‘African Musicology Online’ 2(2), 2008 iii EDITORIAL Editor in Chief Dr. Hellen Otieno Odwar Editorial Board Prof. Akosua O. Addo (U.S.A) Dr. Hellen O. Odwar (Kenya) Dr. ‘Femi Adedeji (Nigeria) Dr. Richard Amuah (Ghana) Edward L. Morakeng (South-Africa) Dr. John Baboukis (Egypt) Prof. Minette Mans (Namibia) Other Editors (Review) Dr. William O. Anku (Ghana) Dr. Zabana Kongo (Ghana) Prof. C. E. Nbanugo (Nigeria) Dr. A. A. Ogisi (Nigeria) Dr. -
The Linguistic Characteristic of Esan Language: Towards Its Empowerment and Development
The Linguistic Characteristic of Esan language: Towards its Empowerment and Development. By: Professor ( Mrs) P. E Ejele Department of Linguistics & Communication Studies Faculty of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State. Paper presented at the 12th Esan Economic Empowerment Workshop as the Guest Speaker at Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo State, Nigeria on Saturday, October 29, 2016. PRELIMINARY REMARKS First l must thank the Association of Esan Professionals (AEP) based in Lagos, for inviting me to be the Guest Speaker and for putting together this workshop which some of us deem long overdue, given the urgency of the matter at hand. Esan language, like many small group languages, is in dire straits and has been crying for the attention of its owners. A few Esan people had paid attention in the past and have done a lot but more needs to be done if the language is to be salvaged from certain death. It is a question of time and time is running out. Once again, l thank the AEP for organising this workshop as it is better late than not. The organisers of this workshop had asked me to speak on ‘The Linguistic Characteristic of Esan language: Prospects for its standardization’. As you can see, the topic has been changed to ‘The Linguistic Characteristic of Esan language: Towards its Empowerment and Development’. The change in topic and focus was necessitated by the fact that Esan language has already been standardized through the approved orthography published in 1987 and the topic chosen captures the next natural step in the scheme of the process of language planning. -
Oguega Divination Poetry in Edo State, Nigeria Abstract Introduction
The Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa (JOLTE), Vol. 5 no. 2 2014 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Oguega Divination Poetry In Edo State, Nigeria Aluede, C. O. Department Of Theatre & Media Arts Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Edo State Nigeria Abstract Oguega is a divination apparatus which is in common use among Esan people of Edo State, Nigeria. Oguega diviners are consulted irrespective of religious leanings in this culture. The use of this divination apparatus is concomitant with exclamations, songs, narratives, chants and poetry. This study investigates a handful of its poetry and discusses them as they relate to contemporary tendencies and dynamics in this culture. This paper employs a mixed method approach in eliciting information from three diviners each from the five local government areas in Esan. Although Oguega terms are esoteric, one notices that the poetry which goes with the codified language is worth examining so as to emplace its relevance in contemporary scholarship. It is thus thought that a study of this sort is likely to enrich studies on the connection between the indigenous and the modern in African studies. Introduction Recently, the School of Arts, Media and Culture of Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada organized its seventh Verge conference themed Arts+ Narrative. Found very intriguing is the conference blurb in which it was said that the conference was poised to interrogate: Stories, personal, religious, national and global identities, creative myths about who we are, our relationships to others, and our place in the world. It says further that today just as in the past, the arts play a key role in telling and creating the stories that shape culture. -
The Search for Hygienic Water in Uromi District: the Colonial Attempt
The Search for Hygienic Water in Uromi District: The Colonial Attempt *Erhagbe, E.O. & *Ehiabhi, O. S. Email: [email protected] & [email protected] *Erhagbe, E.O., is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and International Studies, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. *Ehiabhi, O. S., is a Lecturer I in the Department of History and International Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria Abstract Access to hygienic water is becoming difficult by the day, especially in developing economies. The people of Uromi in the Esan or Ishan region of Nigeria find it challenging to access drinkable water even in the 21st century. The problem of water has been an issue in Uromi since the pre-colonial era. Before the imposition of British colonial rule in Nigeria, the Uromi people resulted to digging pits to trap running rain water as their main source of water, which of course was unhygienic. Colonial documents obtained from the National Archives Ibadan, Nigeria were analysed and the findings reveals the spirited efforts made by the colonial regime to provide accessible and hygienic water for the people of Uromi. However, the colonial attempt was not very successful because of the Uromi topography, but that attempt improved the quality of water available to the people. Introduction Water is a natural essential commodity that has no substitute and where there is scarcity of it, there are bounds to be crisis of water borne diseases, as every source of water, whether hygienic or not will serve as possible respite. The Uromi situation was pathetic as the people had to develop a system of digging pits to trap and preserve running rain water for use especially in the dry season.