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Reappraising the Reincarnation Debate in an African Culture: A Conceptual Clarification
Published 2024-12-01“…This paper re-examines the reincarnation debate within the African cultural context, with a focus on the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria and the Nguni people of Southern Africa. …”
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Conflict Between African Tradition and Western Culture in The Play The Lion and The Jewel By Wole Soyinka.
Published 2024“…This shows the triumph of African culture over Western tradition.…”
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Calvyn oor die verskynsel van demonologie
Published 2008-12-01“…This truth can already be observed in increasing occultism, witchcraft and other forms of demonology in Europe and in Africa, where traditional African culture plays a decisive role. In order to combat demonology from a Reformed point of view, it is important to note John Calvin’s opinion and approach. …”
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Uma reflexão sobre os agentes históricos na sistematização do estereótipo africano sobre a construção do imaginário do negro no Brasil
Published 2009-01-01“…In this context, some special features shown by the Portuguese Catholic culture migrate as a continuum phenomenon which is fostered in the meeting or (re)meeting in Brazilian territory, of the African culture together with the Portuguese catholic religion.…”
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THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE SOCIETY AND CHURCH DEVELOPMENT
Published 2024-08-01“…The work, which is anchored on preference theory, will explore the concepts of the Holy books about women, concepts of African culture and about women; subordination of women, total neglect of women from advent of Christianity in Nigeria; women in Church history, the role of women in the development of society; women in Church Development; factors affecting the role of women in the society and church development and then conclusion. …”
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The Good, The Bad and The Legacy of Kwaito
Published 2024-11-01“…It emphasises kwaito‘s impact on South African culture and music, contributing substantially to the discourse of African musicology.…”
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The illusion of limitlessness: Engaging Cornel du Toit’s perspective on transhumanism and being
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1 Thessalonians 4:13 and grief management in Nigerian churches
Published 2025-01-01“…Contribution: The article contributes to the interaction of Christianity with African culture. It argues that, for a Christian burial to be effective in addressing grief in Nigeria, there is a need for interaction with traditional mourning practices.…”
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Marriage by Proxy: A Remedy to Divorce and Single Parenting as Presented in Ifá Ogbèdí Divination Poetry
Published 2023-05-01“…Regardless of religious affiliation, at least 82% of the respondents agreed that foreign culture, religion, and education extremely contributed to the decline of African culture, which gave room for divorce of which the end product is single parenting. …”
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Depiction of Religion and Colonialism in the Novel Houseboy By Ferdinand Oyono.
Published 2024“…The study examined the depiction of religion and colonialism in Ferdinand Oyono's novel "Houseboy" with two primary objectives: to investigate the role of religion in the novel and to analyze the impact of colonialism on African culture. A qualitative research design was utilized, allowing for detailed information collection, analysis, and interpretation based on the novel's text to describe specific issues. …”
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Queering the Queer
Published 2021-12-01“…Even though there has been a shift towards a more inclusive theological discourse within the African Christian faith landscape, the bodies of African Izitabane are still predominantly viewed as a Western import and a threat to African culture and its traditions. Because of this, queer bodies continue to find themselves within hostile environments. …”
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IMPLICATION OF COMMUNALISM IN CHILD-TRAINING IN ANCIENT ISRAEL AND TRADITIONAL YORUBA SETTING FOR MORAL EDUCATION IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA
Published 2024-07-01“…It is never an exaggeration to posit that there is currently continuous erosion of human values and relation which had been deeply ingrained in African culture. It is quite repulsive today that adults are less enthusiastic about moral education inculcation. …”
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Èdè Àyàn: The Language of Àyàn in Yorùbá Art and Ritual of Egúngún
Published 2021-12-01“…Ironically, the same scholars prefer to invest their energy, searching outside of the art’s cultural origin to fulfil their primary goal of “appreciating” the African art, rather than searching within African culture, language and values, the very driving forces that gave rise to this art, and thus a catalyst to understanding it.2 It is on that note that I believe the question that scholars of African art should begin to ask themselves is: when will African art scholarship––unlike Western art studies that often demand intellectual rigor and professional thoroughness––rise above its present art “appreciating” status vis-à-vis African art? …”
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Cultural heritage management in Africa : the heritage of the colonized /
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Kiriama -- Museums and Heritage in West Africa / El Hadji Malick Ndiaye, Hamady Bocoum, and Augustin Hall -- The Exhibition of the African in Post-colonial Africa: Example from Kenya / David Mbuthia and Purity Kiura -- Heritage Governance in Post- Colonial Africa / Thabo Manetsi -- Legal protection of African cultural heritage in the 21st century and beyond: a prognosis and futures perspective / Ancila Nhamo and Seke Katsamudanga -- The Trouble with Participation: Heritage Places, Politics and Communities in Africa / Albino Jopela -- 'Nothing about Us, Without Us': Heritage, Development and Communities in West Africa / Wazi Apoh & Victoria Ndidi Osuagwu -- Slave Trade, Slavery, and the Politics of Heritage Representation in Africa: Examples from Kenya and Mauritius / Patrick Abungu and Jean Francois Lafleur -- The Indian Ocean and the history of Indenture: The making of "new" nationals and nations / Satyendra Peerthum & Kiran Chuttoo Jankee -- Heritage Management practice in Ethiopia: Is it different? …”
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African biblical hermeneutics on the threshold? Appraisal and wayforward
Published 2016-12-01“…A celebration of life is proposed as the closest interpretative framework to both the Bible and the multiple African cultures. …”
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Epistemic Roots, Universal Routes and Ontological Roofs of African “Ritual Archives”: Disciplinary Formations in African Thought
Published 2021-12-01“…The fourth section, “The Institutional Imperative”, discusses Falola’s careful working out of the institutional implications of the approach he advocates of developing locally and universally illuminating theory out of endogenous African cultural forms. The fifth part, “Imagistic Resonance”, presents Falola’s effort to make the Toyin Falola Reader into a ritual archive, illustrating his vision for African art as an inspirer of theory, by spacing powerful black and white pictures of forms of this art, mainly sculptural but also forms of Epistemic Roots, Universal Routes and Ontological Roofs 317 clothing, largely Yoruba but also including examples from other African cultures, throughout the book. …”
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Interpretations of the Tower of Babel narrative in the African context
Published 2014-06-01“…This is clear in the African cultural hermeneutics of Solomon Avotri and Black African hermeneutics of emeritus arch-bishop Desmond Tutu. …”
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Tunde Kelani: The Man Exceeds the Frame
Published 2021-12-01“…The news of this deserving appointment follows on the heels of Kelani receiving the prestigious Leopold ́ Sédar Senghor Prize for African Cultural Creativity and Impact in July, 2019 at the annual TOFAC event at Babcock University. …”
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Christianity in Transformation: The rise of African Christianity among the AmaXhosa of the Eastern Cape
Published 2021-12-01“…Using a qualitative research approach, in the form of document analysis, the article found that African Christianity among the AmaXhosa of the Eastern Cape has existed for a long time and has become an acceptable form of expression in transforming Christianity to communicate with the African cultural context. …”
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‘If this is of God’: Choosing to Curse in Ghanaian Charismatic Christianity
Published 2021-12-01“…This essay reflects on the cursing prayers of Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, the founder and Presiding Bishop of Lighthouse Chapel International, and Pastor Kelvin Elson Godson, founder of Zoe Outreach Embassy, Ogbodjo, Accra to explore their religious, ethical, and cultural justifications in contemporary neo-Charismatic ministries in Ghana in light of the African religious and cultural values. It uses the African cultural hermeneutics and paradigmatic approach in biblical ethics to show why the Akan of Ghana do not allow leaders of society to curse others. …”
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