The third chapter discusses how ONI members and other professional Igbo-speaking people express their sense of an affiliation to hometowns in Igboland through the use of village-associated varieties of the Igbo
Mali is a land of rich cultural diversity, this much is certain. The country’s population comprises dozens of ethnic and language groups, from Khassonke in the west to Bwa in the east, and from Tuareg in the north to Senoufo in the south. Malians practice multiple modes of subsistence,...
“The Mask and the Cross,” is on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art through January of next year. The show brings together Onobrakpeya’s work made after Nigeria becameindependentin 1960, including a 1969 series of lino...
Fulfulde is the language of Fulani ethno-veterinary knowledge which is then translated into Hausa for everyday communication with non-Fulani (the majority of animal health providers). Fulani are likely to misapply Hausa terms or have a loose understanding of their application to animal disease. ...
Interethnic conflicts exist between the African groups of the south and the Arab-Berber groups of the north. Political unrest and economic hardships continue to add to the challenge of a growing population. Poverty, health care, and education have been major issues that require government support....
Ethnobotanical studies in metropolitan areas and urban ethnic markets have grown considerably in recent years as large cities have demonstrated to be significantly rich in biocultural diversity and in driving its evolution, as human populations migrate from one region to another. Urban spaces also repres...
Meanwhile, the Hausa is paternally closer to other Afro-Asiatic populations and presented a high diversity of lineages from across Africa. When expanding the analyses to other African populations, it is observed that language did not act as a major barrier to female-mediated gene flow and that ...
(25). In these hubs, migrants in transit are usually in touch with people who speak the same languages and/or are from the same country or ethnic group. Language preferences also largely dictate how relationships are formed in accommodation facilities and shape urban geographies of“ghettos”...
A questionnaire was administered to sampled pigeonpea growers. Prior to the administration of the questionnaire, the objectives of the study were explained to farmers in local language and their informed consent was obtained. The questionnaire was divided into two main sections namely: 1) Uses of ...
Ethnobiology Code of Ethics guidelines (ISE 2008). Before starting the interview, the nature of the research and its purpose were explained to obtain verbal consent from all key informants. The interviews were conducted in Indonesian and the traditional Sundanese language and subsequently transcribed ...