The Dynamics of Traditional Religion in the Political Economy of Ìkòrodú by Adéyẹmí Balógun

“…The town has also witnessed the emergence of Muslim and Christian groups, and socio-ethnic groups from many parts of Nigeria. This transformation has not only challenged the authority of the traditional institutions in Ìkòrodú, it has also impacted on the religious beliefs and practices which underpin the socio-economic and political systems of the people. …”
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THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: INTERROGATING THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SYRIA by ANTHONY IMEH UMOH, BARINAADAA NWINKOL

“…The United Nations Charter gives responsibility to international community to use appropriate diplomatic and other peaceful measure in accordance with Chapter VI and VIII of the Charter to help protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crime against humanity. In the same vein, the responsibility to protect populations from genocide and other gross forms of human rights abuse emerged in 2005 as an important global principle during the UN World Summit Outcome Document. …”
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Comment une ville traditionnelle turque a-t-elle réussi à attirer les citadins en opérant une transformation historique et naturelle pour répondre aux attentes urbaines ? by Janna Leann Rose

“…While the tensions between the village and the city are not essentially ethnic but socio-economic and class-based in Turkey, the village, as it now stands, allows a space and a place for both urban and rural Turks to play with and re-negotiate their collective historical consciousness. …”
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TRADITIONAL FASHION INDUSTRY AND JUKUN CULTURE, NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA by Bello Zakariya Abubakar, Hamisu Sani Ali

“…Fashon is simply defined as the styles of clothing and accessories worn at any given time by group of people that is Jukun and Abakwariga. Thus, every ethnic or religious group has their peculiar cultural clothes which are symbols of their cultural heritage. …”
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Socioeconomic characteristics of drivers versus pedestrians in pedestrian crashes by Antonio Giron, Xiaohan Gu, Robert J. Schneider

“…Comparing the characteristics of drivers with the pedestrians they struck, it is most common for drivers and pedestrians to be from neighborhoods with similar income levels and similar race and ethnic characteristics. However, when looking at the crashes where drivers and pedestrians have different characteristics, several disparities are evident. …”
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Hall of the Oneg Shabbat and Gemilut Hasadim Society by Putnik-Prica Vladana, Dautović Vuk

“…The intention of this paper is to investigate the context of the creation of the project in greater detail, highlight its stylistic models and parallels, and to further draw attention to the role of architecture in the service of public visual representation of Jewish religious and ethnic identities in Belgrade.…”
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The association of codon 392 polymorphism in ESR2 gene with breast cancer in Iran by Sakineh Abbasi, Samira Kalbasi

“…is of the value in the clinical setting for that ethnic group and the aim of the current investigation is investigated whether polymorphisms in the ER-? …”
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Cultural disaster: A threat to the preservation of Minangkabau culture by Oktavianus Oktavianus, Nopriyasman Nopriyasman, Zahid Indirawati

“…Culture is something essential and a marker of the identity of an ethnic group. Therefore, culture must always be part of human life. …”
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REVISITING THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR: THE ROLE OF THE IBIBIO IN THE COLLAPSE OF BIAFRA, 1967-1970 by GODWIN STEPHEN EMAH, PETER FOLORUNSHO ADEBAYO

“… The civil war in Nigeria (6 th July – 15th January, 1970) involved the Eastern region and the Federal government. The Ibibio (an ethnic nationality in the Eastern region) rather than fight on the side of the Eastern region (Biafra), fought on side of the Federal government. …”
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Oke-Ibadan Festival and the Ethnography of Aboke people of Ibadan by Oludele Mayowa Solaja, Adesina Abass Olayiwola

“…The finding revealed that Aboke people have a unique cultural identity among other ethnic groups in Yorubaland. Their cultural identity as attested to by the participants include; hosting of Oke-Ibadan festival, retaining tribal mark, production of traditional/black soap for the cure of measles, narrating folk stories to the young generation in order to encourage high fertility rate, unique dress code, and acceptable physical appearance. …”
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CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY, POLITICAL DISTRUST AND AFRO-PESSIMISM IN NIGERIA POLITICS; THE FOURTH REPUBLIC IN FOCUS by Lambe Emmanuel Oyewole

“…More, the research found out that the historical trend of corruption, political repression, maladministration, political and ethnic crisis etc. are the factors mitigating against democracy. …”
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(Re)constructing Homelands Between Precarity and Intentionality: Syrian Armenians in Armenia by Sossie Kasbarian

“…Of these, an estimated 24,000 Syrians of ethnic Armenian origin have arrived in the Republic of Armenia since 2011. …”
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Uncovering the complex relationships among distributed leadership, departmental teacher leadership, and professional learning community in Chinese schools by Xin Zheng, Chenxi Jiang, Chenlu Liu

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BRITISH COLONIAL CONQUEST AND POPULATION MOVEMENT IN NORTHERN NIGERIA 1897– 1903 by Umar Zubairu, Mohammed Auwalu, Adamu Babayo Usman

“…People irrespective of cultural, religious, ethnic or economic backgrounds migrated from their places of “origin” to unknown destinations within and without the region. …”
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Prevalence of stress amongst high school athletes (v2) by Tavish Ward, Thor Stead, Rohan Mangal, Latha Ganti

“…The survey examined both male and female athletes from a variety of sports, different locations, and different ethnicities. # Results Approximately 91% of all the cohort experienced some level of stress due to sports. …”
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Taming the duality of disability. Critical cultural-historical tools to disrupt equity paradoxes by Alfredo J. Artiles

“…For instance, disability’s potential to oppress tends to target already marginalized groups, such as racialized people and students from nondominant linguistic, socioeconomic or ethnic backgrounds. Thus, a concept available to safeguard vulnerable groups (i.e., disability) can be deployed to segregate or deny educational opportunities. …”
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The 1886 Yoruba Peace Treaty and Imperative Lessons of Yoruba National Unity by Stephen Banji Akintoye

“…Representatives of virtually all kingdoms and ethnic sub-groups of the Yoruba nation appended their signatures to this treaty – from the Alaafn of Oyo to the Ooni and chiefs of Ife, the chiefs of Yorubaland’s most powerful city of Ibadan, the kings and chiefs representing the large alliance known as the Ekitiparapo comprising the Ekiti, Ijesa, Igbomina and Akoko subgroups, the Awujale and war-chiefs of Ijebu. …”
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Western Balkans in the Russian-Ukrainian war: The instrumentalization of the past through dominant political discourses in the media by Surlić Stefan, Milić Kristina

“…The author's intention is to answer the question of how the war in Ukraine, through the dominating discourses of the political elites in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina and Kosovo, confirm the already existing ethnicized and onesided views of the past. The authors used critical discourse analysis with a methodological approach based on the discourse historical method by Ruth Wodak, which, by placing the topic in a specific socio-political context, willshow how the instrumentalization of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict by leaders becomes very useful for strengthening internal political support regarding sensitive national and status issues. …”
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Interrogating the Contestations in Zimbabwe’s New Marriage Law and Arbitration in Family Disputes by Bernard Pindukai Humbe, Fortune Sibanda

“…This study focuses on the new Marriages Act and arbitration in family disputes among the Shona people of Zimbabwe, who happen to be the largest ethnic group constituting about 75% of the Zimbabwean population. …”
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