Of the Four principal Theories of Contemporary Nigerian art Put forward by Professor E. Okechukwu Odita, 1966, namely; Bintu (or Survivalist) style, Kuntu or (Traditionalist) style, Skokian (or Realistic) Style and Awo or Contemporist style, and their twelve ideal characteristic…
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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have, in recent years, been linked with socio-economic development. The assumption is that these technologies can be harnessed as tools for economic growth in developing countries, as well as create a level playing field for thes…
Yorùbá, has, for the most part, been analyzed by earlier grammarians from the perspective of English, thus leading to an English-oriented analysis of the language. This study presents a strictly aspect-based analysis of Yorùbá and its application to Tùtúolá's work and Nigerian E…
The ICD and DSM manuals evolved from European and North American symptomology and nosology, and their clinical appropriateness in non-Western countries like Nigeria is the purpose of this research. Nigerian psychiatrists (n = 37) and clinical psychologists (n = 17) participated …
This research examined the press and communication technology's role in political transitions, particularly democratization, in Nigeria in the 1990s. In the 1990s, Nigeria like several Asian, African, Eastern European and Latin American countries underwent transition programs to…
The main purpose of this study was to identify, describe, and explain the school effectiveness characteristics that might influence English language certification in selected secondary schools in a Third World country, Nigeria. Ethnographic methods of participant observation, in…
This study investigated the management training needs and the preferred training delivery systems of owner-managers of small/medium sized indigenous construction firms in South West Nigeria. It also identified the major difficulties experienced in the industry by this group of c…
This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of immigrant Nigerians in North Carolina and their adjustment and coping mechanisms. The study involved 10 immigrant Nigerians telling their personal stories regarding their struggle to adjust to life in North Carolina. …
Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States have higher rates of hypertension than European Americans. In this ethnographic study, 30 Nigerian immigrant health care workers with hypertension described their self-efficacy management of the disease to ascertain the relations…
This qualitative critical narrative study explored 11 professional Nigerian women in diaspora. The study's main goal was to understand the challenges the participants faced and their driving force to overcome the challenges. The study used critical theory and African feminist fr…
This study explored the coping strategies of culturally diverse inmates. In order to explore the coping strategies of the inmates involved in this study, four inventories and a demographic questionnaire were administered to 157 inmates. These inmates were from four different nat…
Observers of the Nigerian transition to civilian rule accused the Nigerian media early in the transition of playing the “politics of confusion” in the country for undermining their role as the voice of the common people and the watchdog of government. They supported their view b…
This dissertation is an investigation of the historical, socio-cultural, and ecclesiastical factors that have shaped Christianity in Nigeria. The title reflects the central issue quite accurately. With the aid of the word “transformation” the study attempts to demonstrate the ex…
This study seeks to shed light on the contribution of civil society groups to national efforts to promote democracy in authoritarian states, based on analysis of the experience of such groups in Nigeria during the 1990s. I offer a more precise understanding of the contribution o…
The purpose of this inquiry was to provide understanding of women's perspectives about their participation in Zumuntar Matan Ekklesiya (ZME), a national church women's organization with local, regional, and national level networks. ZME programs focus on spiritual growth, literac…
This is an ethnography of the Nike Centre for Art and Culture (NCAC) located in Osogbo, Nigeria. In 1983 Oyenike Monica Omoye Ojo Twins Seven Seven Olaniyi Davies-Okundaye, better known as Nike and already internationally known for her batik art work, established the centre to t…
The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the influence of culture on Nigerian women's attitudes towards menopause. This study was exploratory and descriptive. The sample consisted of ten purposeful selected menopausal Nigerian women. The data for the study were gath…
This study examines the causes and nature of fraud and control measures to combat fraud in the Nigerian banking system. The study is intended to assist banks and companies to safeguard against occupational fraud and abuse, thus helping to identify exposures to loss and to enable…
The literatures emerging from the postcolonial world bring new dimensions of linguistic heterogeneity to English literature, opening up rich possibilities for the heteroglossia and interanimation of languages celebrated by Mikhail Bakhtin. Two case studies illustrate the “breaki…