ter. Some point to the number yearly killed and disabled by football, and the still greater number who are victims of baseball, and loudly declaim against both games. On the other hand, there are those who declare that it is by means of such sports that boys acquire manliness, ruggedness, health and other unmixed blessings. The majority of mothers belong to the first class, while a fair balance...

Nigeria comprises over 200 ethnic groups, making it the most multi- nation in West Africa. As part of both Igbo and Yòrubá cultures, ogbanje/abiku are children who born to die then return be reborn by same mother. This phenomenal cycle has been narrated Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958) Buchi Emecheta’s The Bride Price (1976). Based on Achebe (1986) other scholars, this paper analyzes og...

with which the debate turned towards the reliability of the witnesses and the social consequences of accepting their statements. As the witnesses were predominantly women (sometimes poor women), the supposedly scientific accounts degenerated into arguments as to whether supporting or gainsaying the testimony in question would help or hinder the maintenance of patriarchy and hierarchy. Virtually...

Abstract The article uses archival sources to critique the currently dominant etymological approach history of word ’ndrangheta as used refer Calabrian mafia. Scholars such Paolo Martino and John Trumper have latched onto word's ancient Greek origins argue that mafia organisation we today call ’Ndrangheta has dating back many centuries. Moreover, according in particular, flattering connotations...