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Edet, James John. "Neogene (Miocene-Early Pilocene) palynology and palynofacies of the Eastern Niger Delta, Nigeria." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309080.
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Nwachukwu, Simon Chima. "Social capital, empowerment and development needs in South Eastern Nigeria (a case study of cooperatives in Owerri, Nigeria)." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Sociology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10328.
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Their poverty condition and inadequacy of government assistance at all levels (from federal to state to local) in Igbo communities of South-eastern Nigeria propels the locals to explore the self-help pathway in cooperative association as an alternative means for addressing their collective and individual needs. Over the years, the cooperative ideal has become a sustainable model of support for the Igbos of this region particularly in the rural village communities. However, the advancement of this form of livelihood in the area is fraught with many difficulties ranging from members’ distrust of government development policies, ‘nominal’ (defunct and struggling) cooperative formation, poor membership education/illiteracy, group leadership problems, youth urban migration, group patron clientism, urban-rural encroachment and group gender disparity issues.
Social capital is arguably the dominant concept for examining cohesion and cooperative acts among people (Bourdieu, 1997 and Putnam, 2000). ‘Trust and reciprocity’, as principle attributes of social capital that condition most sustained cooperative interactions among members of the groups, is examined in this thesis. This research also assesses the inter-linking (bridging) bond that exists between the cooperative groups, their communities (including dispersed community members elsewhere in Nigeria and abroad) and the government. For example: Why do the ‘nominal’ cooperatives in the study communities lack this attribute? Does ‘trust’ determine the type of attention that community cooperatives receive from their government? What factor(s) facilitate assistance from the government and other community development groups especially the diaspora? Are there avenues to achieve best practice in these relationships for sustained cordiality?
The thesis applies the Igbo cultural understanding of social capital as ugwu in discussing relational bonds within select cooperatives and non-cooperative farmer groups in the study communities using field tools adapted from the World Bank’s Social Capital Implementation Framework (SCIF). Previous studies conducted by some African scholars such as Uchendu (1965), Mbiti (1969), Njaka, (1974), Ekeh, (1975), Iroegbu, (1997), Ohadike, (1994), Korieh (2006), Nwagbara, (2007) were drawn upon in the discussions. The researcher adopted a mixture of qualitative (un-structured interviews) and quantitative methods (questionnaires) in gathering and analysis of data.
The research found that members of active smallholder cooperative societies uphold their mutual integrity (ugwu) and membership ties but contrastingly adopt a prebendalist attitude (similar to the ‘nominal’ cooperatives) in interactions with the government. Cooperative societies’ ‘ugwu’ - social capital - bond did not necessarily antecede bridging social capital particularly at interactions with the government. The research recommends that since ‘ugwu’ is central in Igbo cooperative life; the government could work closely with local institutions to formalize and strengthen this and in the process rebuild bridging trust with the locals. The churches and other traditional community institutions are mediators that could help in this process. It is hoped this study will help encourage best practice in smallholder cooperative functions and rural development practice.
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Garba, Samuel Sule. "Assessment of land cover change in north eastern Nigeria." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2008. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/3489.
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Land cover change provides a means of understanding and managing the problems of degradation and shortage of land and water resources and the conflicts therewith in the north eastern Nigeria. This research assessed how tree, shrub grass, bare ground changed from 1986 to 2005 using the NigeriaSat-1 and Landsat images calibrated with field survey data. Thirteen subclasses of the land cover were spectrally analysed and classified severally, however uncertainties in the classification made the merger into four classes necessary. Changes were analysed according to persistence, swapping, loss and gain analysis, multi-year transition of each land cover in succession, location of intensive change, and regional change density. Uncertainties were analysed by confusion and transition error matrices. The overall accuracies of the classifications were between 60% and 75%, and the transition and change accuracies were between 45% and 60%. Approximately 60% of the area of study remained unchanged during the period. Of the remainder, approximately 11% of the area interchanged between shrub grass and bare ground. Shrub grass was found to be the most unstable category and the source of most misclassification. The loss of tree was general but more intensive in the Fadama making it the most vulnerable. How local people perceived land cover change was sought through group interview and the results concurred generally with the assessment of the changes. NigeriaSat-1 imagery was tested for its quality and whether the addition of the middle infrared wavebands improved the classification. NigeriaSat-1 failed to classify the 13 classes and the middle infrared did not improve the classification, thus comparable to Landsat data, although the test was done with dry season images and the result may likely be different for wet season imagery. The 8 km AHVRR-NDVI was found to be useful in assessing the timing of image acquisition, but the data could not provide sufficient spatial resolution to warrant its usage for local scale studies.
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Lesage, Jakob. "A grammar and lexicon of Kam (àŋwɔ̀m), a Niger-Congo language of central eastern Nigeria". Thesis, Paris, INALCO, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020INAL0008.
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Cette thèse fournit la première description détaillée du Kam (àŋwɔ̀m), une langue Niger-Congo parlée à Taraba State, dans le centre-est du Nigéria, par environ 8 000 à 10 000 personnes. La thèse propose une analyse de la grammaire et du lexique du Kam, informée par la typologie et la linguistique aréale, et contribue ainsi à notre compréhension de la structure grammaticale des langues Niger-Congo. Cette description est basée sur des nouvelles données linguistiques récoltées dans la communauté Kam entre 2016 et 2018. Elle se compose de six parties : (1) introduction, (2) analyse phonologique, (3) morphosyntaxe nominale, (4) morphosyntaxe verbale, (5) morphosyntaxe des propositions et (6) un échantillon de texte et un lexique composé de 1300 entrées. Les caractéristiques du Kam qui peuvent être d'un intérêt particulier pour la linguistique africaine et la linguistique générale comprennent les plosives labio-vélaires kp et gb ; une différence prosodique entre les positions fortes et les positions faibles dans les thèmes prosodiques ; la morphologie tonale utilisée pour la dérivation et pour la flexion ; l'absence de classes nominales et du genre grammatical ; des pronoms logophoriques ; les STAMP-morphs (des morphèmes qui expriment simultanément la personne et le nombre grammatical du sujet, le temps, l’aspect et la polarité d’une proposition); les constructions multi-verbes ; des stratégies de réduplication verbale; la négation de la proposition finale ; et les interrogatives de contenu bipartite. Les Kam et leur langue font partie du paysage linguistique et culturel diversifié du nord-est et du centre-est du Nigéria. A ce jour, on classifie le Kam comme une langue isolée dans la sous-famille Adamawa du Niger-Congo. Cependant, comme l'unité généalogique des langues Adamawa n'est plus largement acceptée aujourd’hui, la classification du Kam et des autres langues devrait être révisée. Bien que cette thèse ne traite pas la classification de Kam, elle fournit les données grammaticales et lexicales indispensables pour toute comparaison entre le Kam et d'autres langues et familles de langues<br>This thesis is the first extensive description of Kam (àŋwɔ̀m), a Niger-Congo language spoken in Taraba State, central eastern Nigeria, by an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people. It offers a typologically and areally informed analysis of the grammar and lexicon of Kam, thereby advancing our understanding of the grammatical structure of Niger-Congo languages. This description is based on novel linguistic data collected in the Kam community between 2016 and 2018. There are six parts: (1) introduction, (2) phonological analysis, (3) nominal morphosyntax, (4) verbal morphosyntax, (5) clausal morphosyntax and (6) a sample of text and a lexicon with approx. 1,300 entries. Features of Kam that may be particularly interesting for African and general linguistics include labial-velar stops kp and gb; a difference between prosodically strong and prosodically weak positions in prosodic stems; tonal morphology used for both derivation and inflection; the absence of noun classes or gender; logophoric pronominals; STAMP-morphs; multi-verb constructions; verbal reduplication strategies; clause-final negation and bipartite content interrogatives. The Kam community and their language are part of the linguistically and culturally diverse landscape of north-east and central-east Nigeria. Previous research classified Kam as an isolated language within the Adamawa sub-family of Niger-Congo, whose genealogical unity is no longer widely accepted. Therefore, the classification of Kam and other languages should be reviewed. While classification is not addressed in this thesis, it provides grammatical and lexical data indispensable for any comparison between Kam and other languages and lineages
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Edoghotu, Felix Uno. "A Historical Review of the Development of Secondary Education in Eastern Nigeria." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330877/.
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The purpose of this study is to describe the historical development of secondary education in Eastern Nigeria, taking into consideration the following periods: (1). before the coming of the British, (2) from 1842 to 1960 when Nigeria received her independence from Britain, and (3) from 1960 to 1986. The period between 1960 and 1986 is further subdivided into (a) 1960 to 1967 when the civil war began, (b) 1967 to 1970 when the civil war ended, and (c) the post-civil war era—1970 to 1986.
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Meagher, Kate. "Identity economics : informal manufacturing and social networks in south-eastern Nigeria." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.401968.
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Maduakor-Ugo, Augustina Chinyelu. "Effect of Education on Stigma of Epilepsy in South Eastern Nigeria." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3619197.
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<p> There is a need for epilepsy-based health education programs to enlighten Nigerian communities and reduce the stigma associated with epilepsy. Epilepsy in Nigeria is viewed by some as a contagious and an infectious disease or a condition imposed from the gods, possessed by demons, as the work of witchcraft, or punishment from ancestral spirits, which are all related to a lack of knowledge about epilepsy leading to stigmatization of persons with epilepsy. Guided by the stigma theory, the purpose of this community-based, cross sectional study was to quantitatively examine the effect of an educational program on interpersonal, internalized, and institutional stigma of epilepsy in terms of knowledge, attitude, and treatment gained. Two hundred and fifty participants completed a general domain instrument which had been used in different countries, including South Eastern Nigeria, and revised for greater validity via a pilot study. Chi-square tests were used to examine any significant differences in participants' responses between pre- and post-test surveys regarding knowledge, attitude, and treatment gained of all 3 identified stigma levels. According to study results, the educational program reduced all 3 stigma levels in terms of attitude, knowledge, and treatment gained of epilepsy (p< 0.001). This study contributed to positive social change by providing information to public health workers on how to increase the knowledge and awareness of the South Eastern Nigerian community that epilepsy is not contagious or infectious and there is no need to isolate persons with epilepsy from their societies.</p>
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Maduakor-Ugo, Augustina Chinyelu. "Effect of Education on Stigma of Epilepsy in South Eastern Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1130.
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There is a need for epilepsy-based health education programs to enlighten Nigerian communities and reduce the stigma associated with epilepsy. Epilepsy in Nigeria is viewed by some as a contagious and an infectious disease or a condition imposed from the gods, possessed by demons, as the work of witchcraft, or punishment from ancestral spirits, which are all related to a lack of knowledge about epilepsy leading to stigmatization of persons with epilepsy. Guided by the stigma theory, the purpose of this community-based, cross sectional study was to quantitatively examine the effect of an educational program on interpersonal, internalized, and institutional stigma of epilepsy in terms of knowledge, attitude, and treatment gained. Two hundred and fifty participants completed a general domain instrument which had been used in different countries, including South Eastern Nigeria, and revised for greater validity via a pilot study. Chi-square tests were used to examine any significant differences in participants' responses between pre- and post-test surveys regarding knowledge, attitude, and treatment gained of all 3 identified stigma levels. According to study results, the educational program reduced all 3 stigma levels in terms of attitude, knowledge, and treatment gained of epilepsy (p< 0.001). This study contributed to positive social change by providing information to public health workers on how to increase the knowledge and awareness of the South Eastern Nigerian community that epilepsy is not contagious or infectious and there is no need to isolate persons with epilepsy from their societies.
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Ugwu, Gabriel Ugwuja. "Family Predictive Factors of Rural Malaria Prevalence in Nsukka, Eastern Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7764.
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Children in early childhood are still suffering from burdens of malaria-related morbidity and mortality. There have been insufficient studies on how family-level factors may predict the prevalence of malaria (PoM), and negatively impact the control of malaria in rural areas, especially among children. In this study, potential family factors were explored to address the challenges associated with the increase in PoM among the children in rural areas of Nsukka. Socioecological framework guided this study at the interpersonal level. The quantitative cross-sectional study used secondary data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) of 2015 in Nsukka rural communities. Data were analyzed using chi-square analysis and multinomial logistic regression. The result showed a statistically significant relationship (P<0.05) between the age group susceptibility among children. There were statistically significant relationships between the family’s ownership of land for agricultural use, the family’s choice of a treatment facility and socioeconomic status. The couple’s extent of effective communication and whether the children in early childhood slept under the mosquito net showed statistically significant results. Positive social change implications depicted organizational level benefit that may help UNICEF and WHO by recruiting representatives in the distribution of preventive, control and treatment of malaria to the rural areas. Empowerment of women in the household to attend to their children during an emergency and standard housing policy initiative such as Family in Children (FIC) address both individual and societal levels, respectively.
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Anozie, Uchenna Johnpaul. "Knowledge of occupational safety by hospital cleaners and hospital managers towards HIV and other blood borne pathogens transmission in Abakaliki region in Eastern Nigeria." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/98120.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The research focused on the knowledge of occupational safety by hospital managers towards HIV and other blood borne pathogens transmission in Abakaliki region in eastern Nigeria. These pathogens are easily transmissible by needle sticks and other occupational accidents. It is important to identify factors that pre-expose hospital cleaners to occupational risk exposure that can lead to the transmission of HIV, HBV and HCV. The research was conducted in 10 different hospitals. A total of 90 questionnaires were administered to the hospital cleaners that volunteered to participate in the research and 68 questionnaires were returned representing 75.6% of the total questionnaires. The mean age and standard deviation of the respondents in this study was 38.6 + or – 5.4 years.
The researcher conducted a semi-structured interview with all the 10 hospital managers involved with the study and the interviews showed there was a need for an organised training on hospital work and occupational hazards, risk exposures and precautions.
The questionnaires showed the knowledge of hospital cleaners on occupational safety and it was observed the majority of the hospital cleaners were not aware of post exposure prophylaxis for HIV. The workers relatively had good practices put in place to prevent HIV, HBV and HCV transmission but majority of them had not received HBV vaccine due to lack of awareness and availability.
There was a significant positive correlation between the knowledge of the health workers and HIV transmission and the practice put in place by health workers to prevent HIV transmission (P<0.05). This implies as the knowledge of the health workers about HIV transmission increases, the practice put in place by health workers to prevent HIV transmission and Hepatitis B&C increases. Therefore there is need for continuous training on blood borne pathogens transmission such as HIV transmission in the hospitals and its routes of transmission. There is need for awareness creation for HBV vaccine and Post exposure prophylaxis for HIV exposure.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Nie beskikbaar<br>jfl201601
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Ray, Keith William. "Context, meaning and metaphor in an historical archaeology : Igbo Ukwu, Eastern Nigeria." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.280047.
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Enyong, Sammy Chris Taku-Nchung. "Boarding secondary education in the Eastern States of Nigeria : Influences, charateristics and problems." Thesis, University of Hull, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.381876.
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The issue of boarding education at secondary level has been one of controversy in Nigeria at least throughout the period since Independence. From 1960 onwards the various authorities charged with the provision of secondary schooling have had to relate the educational legacies of colonialism, including the English boarding school model, to the needs and demands of a newly emerging and economically diversifying country. This thesis is therefore concerned inter alia to identify the influences, characteristics and problems of secondary boarding schools in Nigeria, and especially in the Eastern States of that country. It attempts first to identify significant formative influences through an historical/ documentary study, and then to ascertain empirically contemporary attitudes and perceptions of the various parties to the provision and operation of such schools today. In so doing, aspects such as organisation, administration, management, discipline, values, routine, facilities and infrastructure are described and discussed. The thesis has twelve chapters, organised in three parts: Part A comprises six chapters dealing with the identification of the problem and contributing factors. Chapters One and 2 Two outline the environmental and educational context. Chapter Three illustrates the history and nature of the problem, whilst Chapter Four provides an explanation of the research context. Chapter Five reviews some previous research on boarding and Chapter Six is a consideration of the nature and development of the most influential model, the English Public School. Part B, the development and nature of boarding in the study area deals mainly with aspects of the history and character of boarding schools in Nigeria and especially in the Eastern States. So Chapter Seven is concerned with the long period up to and including the Nigerian civil war, which ended in 1970. Chapter Eight reviews the post-war situation which is given a more detailed focus by Chapter Nine, an account of a preliminary field survey carried out by the writer in 1981. Part C of the thesis is concerned with the current attitudes of the various parties as ascertained by the writer's main empirical exercise, that is to say staff, students and parents. Chapter Ten describes the empirical methods selected and used, and is followed by Chapter Eleven which is a detailed account of the findings. Chapter Twelve 1S a discussion of the results obtained. The thesis concludes with a summary, and recommendations for improving provision in this sector, e~ecially in respect of the quality of facilities and staffing. 3 The Study confirmed what was generally assumed and suspected: that boarding school arrangements in the Eastern States of Nigeria continue to be in very high demand more than 25 years after Independence. The main conclusion was that parents, school authorities, members of the public and students, in general prefer bo~rding to day schools at this level despite the severe problems of plant and staff quality that are very evident. The thesis concludes with a number of alternative strategies, recommendations and comments aimed at improving the condition and provision in this sector of schooling. It is clearly not just a matter of improving physical facilities, there is urgent need for a clarification of the objectives of such provision in modern Nigeria as well as for suitable staff development programmes that will assist their realisation.
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Barr, Fiona Sally Mae. "A population-based study of menstrual health of adolescent girls in south-eastern Nigeria." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250449.
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Ojukwu, Chizomam Laura. "Effects of Nonadherence to HIV/AIDS Drugs on HIV-Related Comorbidities in Eastern Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7321.
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Developing countries like Nigeria continue to have HIV epidemic challenge due to the scarcity of evidence-based information and lack of resources to boost HIV education. The study population, Owerri, is one of the states in Nigeria with a high incidence rate of HIV. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS regarding the effects of nonadherence to HIV/AIDS drugs. The integrated theory of health behavior model provided the framework for the study. I collected, transcribed, and analyzed interview data to identify clusters and themes. Results showed that various factors influenced and (e.g., free drugs, fear, culture, medication side effects, discrimination, relationship/support system, poverty, belief, easy access) contributed to adherence behavior among respondents. People living with HIV/AIDS may be encouraged to adhere to drug treatments because of these research findings. This study contributed to a positive social change in that respondents were excited and open about sharing their fears, challenges, struggles and hope with the anticipation to influence others to be open about their HIV disease.
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Pratten, David Thomas. "From secret societies to vigilantes : identity, justice and development among the Annang of south-eastern Nigeria." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343962.
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Onah, Micheal N. "Out-of-pocket payments, health care access and utilisation in South-Eastern Nigeria : a gender perspective." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11435.
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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments have severe consequences for health care access and utilisation and are especially catastrophic for the poor. Although women comprise the majority of the poor in Nigeria and globally, the implications of OOP payments for health care access from a gender perspective have received little attention. This study seeks to fill this gap by investigating the research objectives through a combination of quantitative (cross-sectional household surveys) and qualitative (Focus-Group Discussions) analysis of the gendered impact of OOPs on health care access in south-eastern Nigeria.
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Jones, Rebecca Katherine. "Writing domestic travel in Yoruba and English print culture, southwestern Nigeria, 1914-2014." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5249/.
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Travel writing criticism has sometimes suggested that little travel writing has been produced by Africans. This thesis shows that this is not the case, through a literary study of writing about travel published in Yoruba-speaking southwestern Nigeria between 1914 and 2014. This is a study of writing about domestic travel – Nigerians travelling within Nigeria – and of both Yoruba- and English-language texts. It is both a study of conventional ‘travel writing’ such as first-person travelogues, and of the motif of travel in writing more broadly: it encompasses serialised newspaper columns, historical writing, novels, autobiography, book-length travelogues and online writing. As well as close readings, this study draws on archival research and an in-depth interview with travel writer Pelu Awofeso. This is not an exhaustive study but rather a series of case studies, placed in their historical context. I examine southwestern Nigerian writers’ re resentations of laces within Nigeria and changing communal identities: local, translocal, regional and national. I explore their ideas about the benefits of travel and travel writing, knowledge and cosmopolitanism. I argue that we can read these texts as products of a local print culture, addressed to local readers, as well as in relation to the broader travel writing tradition.
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Bibi, Umar Muhammed. "The impact of climate variability and land cover change on land surface conditions in North-eastern Nigeria." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/28170.
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Recent droughts in the West African Sahel have been the most catastrophic since modern records began posing a threat to the economy and security of the region. Two contending views have evolved in the scientific community to explain the causes of re-occurring droughts in the West African Sahel Region. These themes are “the regional land-atmosphere feedback” mechanism and “ocean-atmosphere interaction”. This study is specific to a part of West Africa the North-eastern part of Nigeria and attempts to examine the impact of climate variability and land cover change on land surface conditions of fluxes in energy and momentum in the past (1980-2000) and in the future (2046-2065) based on the IPCC A2 emission scenario. The level of recovery of the region from previous droughts in the 1980s was evaluated using the Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) and linear regression to identify trends in monthly rainfall and number of rainy days in a month using monthly rainfall time series data between 1980 and 2006. The study further applies a range of stochastic linear models (ARIMA) to predict monthly rainfall time series over a 24 month period, a Cellular Automata –Markov model to project land cover for the year 2046, and a more dynamic land surface scheme the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) for simulating past (1980-2000) and future (2046-2065) land surface conditions of soil moisture, soil temperature, surface runoff, Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), latent and sensible heat fluxes. GIS techniques are used to assemble data on soil texture and fractional land cover types used as boundary conditions required by JULES in some of the simulations. As part of the model evaluation process the JULES land surface model output of surface soil moisture is evaluated with an European Remote Sensing (ERS) satellite product. The sensitivity of the model to input data is examined through changes in scale and non-linearity in the calculation of soil hydraulic parameters. Results suggest that despite a recovery in rainfall in the 1990s from the previous droughts there is no significant recovery in monthly rainfall in the months following the onset of the wet season. The JULES model is more sensitive to scale than non-linearity in the calculation of soil hydraulic parameters. A strong correlation between the model’s near surface soil moisture and the ERS satellite near surface soil moisture product in areas where the satellite is believed to perform well, the RMSE and the similarities in the pattern of anomalies between the model and ERS satellite surface soil moisture is an indication of the ability of the model to successfully simulate land surface conditions in the study area. Simulations into the future (2046-2065) using the IPCC A2 emission scenario suggest a significant change in the land surface conditions due to changes in climatic conditions rather than changes in land cover fraction, despite a projected change in land cover based on previous trends from a predominantly broadleaf trees to a dominance of C4 grass (mostly croplands).
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Macdonald, Fraser Ross. "Parks, people, and power: the social effects of protecting the Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve in eastern Nigeria." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/978.
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The thesis outlines the impacts produced on local indigenous people by the protection of the Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria. After locating my work in various fields of literature and providing detailed background information on the area in which I conducted my fieldwork and the people who inhabit that area, I proceed onto the core of my thesis, which is two-fold. Firstly, I outline the impacts produced on the local people who inhabit the settlements surrounding the reserve. I elucidate the social, cultural, psychological, economic, and residential impacts of protecting the reserve. Second, I show how local people have adapted to these profound impacts. I show that they have negotiated the effects in various ways, including migration, livelihood diversification and shifting economic dependencies.
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Mohammed, Saeed. "Geochemical evaluation of source rock potential and characterization of hydrocarbon occurrences in the Eastern Dahomey Basin, Nigeria." University of Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7929.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD<br>Nigeria is endowed with significant oil sand and heavy oil reserves. These reserves are found within the Cretaceous Afowo Formation in the Eastern Dahomey Basin. The petroleum systems and quality of these reserves are poorly understood. Harnessing these resources necessitate comprehensive deposit evaluation and characterization.<br>2023
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Burgess, Richard Hugh. "The civil war revival and its Pentecostal progeny : a religious movement among the Igbo people of eastern Nigeria." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2004. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/910/.
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This thesis is a study of a Christian movement among the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria from its origins in the Civil War Revival (1967-73) to the present. It argues that the success of the revival depended upon a balance between supply and demand. Colonial legacies, Western missionary endeavours, decolonisation, and civil war not only created new religious demands, they contributed to the formation of a missionary fellowship, able to exploit the disorder of Igbo society and the failure of existing religious options to fulfil traditional aspirations. The thesis shows that during its formative period the revival’s Pentecostal progeny also benefited from this missionary impulse, and the flexibility of Pentecostal spirituality, which enabled it to adapt to meet consumer demands. It examines the way the movement has evolved since the 1970s, and argues that the decline of its missionary impulse, combined with a paradigm shift from holiness to prosperity teaching, and a propensity to schism, have imposed limitations on its potential as an agent of transformation. Finally, it shows that during the 1990s, a further shift has occurred towards a theology of socio-political engagement, and examines the implications of this for the movement’s identity and influence in a pluralistic society.
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Hackett, R. I. J. "From Ndem cults to Rosicrucians : A study of religious change, pluralism and interaction in the town of Calabar, south-eastern Nigeria." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373191.
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Iheanacho, Lawrence N. "Investigating Unethical Business Decisions Of Eastern And Western Nigerians: The Role Of Future Self-Continuity." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för psykologi (PSY), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105118.
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Future self-continuity has been noted as a major factor that determines unethical business decisions, but its mediating effect on the difference in individuals from cross-cultural settings is yet to be adequately examined. This study investigated unethical business decisions of Eastern and Western Nigerians; and the mediating role of future self-continuity. A total of 197 post graduate university students selected through convenience sampling were used for the cross-sectional study. Participants filled a self-administered close ended questionnaire measuring their unethical business decisions and future self-continuity. Pearson correlation analysis, independent t-test and Baron and Kenny’s method of mediation analysis were used to analyze the data collected. Result revealed that greater future self-continuity led to fewer unethical business decisions. Significant differences were noticed in the expression of unethical business and future self-continuity of Eastern and Western Nigerians. Future self-continuity did not mediate the difference noticed between the Eastern and Western Nigerians in their unethical business decision. In conclusion, future self-continuity is not a significant mediator of the observed difference in unethical business decisions of Eastern and Western Nigerians.
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Ojodu, Hameed Omotola. "The effect of corporate social responsibility and stakeholder management on corporate social performance of multinational oil companies in Nigeria." Thesis, Kingston University, 2017. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/41934/.
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The discovery of oil has been identified as both a blessing and a curse for Nigeria. While oil revenue has been a blessing to the country, the failure of oil companies to be socially responsible to their host communities has been a source of numerous crises in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria. Earlier studies have enriched our knowledge on how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be used to benefit host communities, but how corporate social responsibility and the stakeholder approach can be used to prevent these crises have received little attention in the literature. Thus, this study contributes to knowledge by investigating the effect of corporate social responsibility and stakeholder management on corporate social performance. This research adopted a quantitative approach method, and survey was developed based on the existing scales of corporate social responsibility measurement. Two different sets of questionnaires were administered to 160 employees of the big four multinational oil companies in Nigeria and 225 members of the host communities in the Niger-Delta area. A hundred and forty-six questionnaires were returned from each of the two sets of respondents. These questionnaires were analysed using Partial Least Square and descriptive statistics. The results of the analyses revealed that a strong relationship exists between compliance to industry standards and environmental performance evidence from employees of multinational oil companies. While the results showed that a weak relationship exists between compliance to industry standards and environmental performance based on the response from the host communities. The results also showed that a strong relationship exists between corporate legitimacy and community relations from both the employees of multinational oil companies and host communities. Furthermore, the results revealed that a strong relationship exists between corporate legitimacy and community perception from both stakeholders. In addition, there is also a strong relationship between regulatory infractions and environmental performance from the results of the two main stakeholders. The results also indicated that a strong relationship exists between CSR initiatives and community relations for the two main stakeholders. However, the results revealed that a weak relationship exists between CSR initiatives and community perception from both groups of stakeholders. Another contribution of this stufy to knowledge is the corporate social responsibility and corporate social performance measures used in this research. While existing measurements of corporate social responsibility in the literature have combined all the variables, this study separated them into various dimensions, to ensure easier adaptability for other studies. This study is a set of possible ideals, practicable and feasible concerns corporate social responsibility (CSR) measures. In addition, this study is a response to a prolonged and contested problem of appropriate measurement of corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, this gap in the literature led to development of a more robust conceptual model of a reflective construct of corporate social responsibility and corporate social performance that in some respects differ from existing conceptual model of corporate social responsibility. Therefore, this research recognised the attempt by previous studies on development of corporate social responsibility measurement model. Still, this study proposed agenda and scope of corporate social responsibility, as well as the measures used to implement corporate social responsibility via the reflective construct for the oil companies' operationalisation in Nigeria.
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Adenekan, Olorunshola. "African literature in the digital age : class and sexual politics in new writing from Nigeria and Kenya." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3895/.
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Using wide-ranging literature and theoretical concepts published digitally and in print, this thesis will build the emerging picture of African literature in English that is being published in the digital space. The study will analyse the technological production of classed and sexualised bodies in new African writing in cyberspace by some of the young writers from Nigeria and Kenya, as well as writing from a few of their contemporaries from other African countries. This thesis will also analyse the differences between the agenda of the previous generation – including representation and perspectives - and that of a new generation in cyberspace. In the process, I hope to show how literature in cyberspace is asking questions as much of psychic landscapes as of the material world. To my knowledge, there is no substantive literary study done so far that contextualizes this digital experience.
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Ikwuka, Ugo. "Perceptions of mental illness in south-eastern Nigeria : causal beliefs, attitudes, help-seeking pathways and perceived barriers to help-seeking." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621723.
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To provide empirical basis for mental health interventions in the deprived sub-Saharan African region, this study explored the perspectives of the Igbo people of south-eastern Nigeria on four dimensions of mental illness: causal beliefs, attitudes towards sufferers, preferred treatment pathways and perceived barriers to accessing formal psychiatric care. Mixed sampling methods were used to select participants who completed quantitative questionnaires. The number of participants varied between 200 and 706 in the exploratory studies but remained constant (n = 1127) in the confirmatory studies. The study found mixed endorsements of the supernatural, biological and psychosocial causal explanations with supernatural causations being significantly more endorsed. The study also found mixed treatment preferences with formal psychiatric care being significantly more preferred to the spiritual pathway which was in turn significantly more preferred to the traditional pathway. Significant negative attitudes and desire for social distance from persons with mental illness were observed across groups. Barriers to accessing mental healthcare were also significantly perceived with ideological barriers being significantly more perceived than instrumental barriers. Systematic associations were found between causal beliefs and treatment preferences: supernatural causal belief predicted preference for the spiritual and traditional treatment pathways while psychosocial causal belief predicted preference for both formal psychiatric care and the traditional treatment pathway. Mixed causal attributions and treatment preferences reflect holistic view of health and healing and calls for the evolution of complementary model of care that would incorporate people's spiritual and cultural needs. The prospect is supported in psychosocial causal beliefs being associated with preference for the traditional treatment pathway. Significant negative attitude is a contradiction in the traditionally communitarian and predominantly Christian culture, and is deserving of intervention in the context where the solidarity of the social network should compensate for the inadequate mental healthcare. Significantly more ideological than instrumental barriers have crucial policy implication; improved conceptualizations of mental illness should precede improvement of facilities and services or else these could be underused. Demographic correlates of causal beliefs, negative attitudes, pathway preferences and barriers to accessing formal mental healthcare care were determined for targeted interventions.
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Jibo, Abdullahi Umar. "Variation in drought tolerance and morphological plasticity among two provenances of Acacia senegal (Senegalia senegal) seedling in North Eastern Nigeria." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2015. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=227119.
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Nwosu, Vincent. "The contribution of the laity to the growth of the Catholic Church in the Onitsha Province of Eastern Nigeria 1905-1983." Thesis, University of London, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309959.
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Saidu, Ismaila. "Health-related quality of life of people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in north-eastern Nigeria : a mixed methods study." Thesis, University of Essex, 2018. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/22148/.
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Since the introduction of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWHA) are living longer. Life longetivity among PLWHA makes quality of life (QoL) critically important for patients and providers of medical and social services. However, this issue has not been assessed systematically in North-eastern Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to assess health-related QoL of PLWHA receiving ART in North-eastern Nigeria using a mixed method approach. The study was based on the revised Wilson and Cleary conceptual model (RWCM) which integrates both biological and psychosocial aspects of QoL. The model has been widely applied to different population in high income countries but it has never been tested in PLWHA in resource limited countries such as Nigeria. A survey relating to various domains of QoL was completed by 443 PLWHA and path analysis was used to assess the associations between QoL domains. Structural equation modelling was used to assess the fit of the RWCM to PLWHA in North-eastern Nigeria. Furthermore, 14 in-depth interviews were conducted to explore the lived experience of PLWHA and throw light upon the associations identified in the quantitative analysis. Participants with better physical and cognitive functioning and better general health had significantly better overall QoL. General health perception and characteristics of the individual and the environment explained 87.1% of the variance in overall QoL. The results showed that the data adequately fit the the RWCM (CFI = 0.934; RMSEA = 0.055, 90% CI: 0.049 – 0.062, p = 0.089). The analysis of the qualitative data identified five themes which in part helped to explain the associations identified in the quantitative data. These include: QoL is more than being free of disease; impact of HIV on well-being; stigmatisation; coping with HIV; playing with ART. Additionally, the data examined the impact of insecurity on healthcare and QoL as during the course of the study there was presence of political insecurity in the area. The RWCM is applicable to PLWHA in North-eastern Nigeria and provides a useful framework to understand QoL in this context. Both the quantitative and qualitative data suggest that certain aspects, eg. spirituality, stigma and treatment impact have a pronounced impact on QoL of PLWHA in this area. Recommendations are made to improve psychosocial support services for HIV-infected people.
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Samson, Esuene M. A. "A critical evaluation of the "Tilt-Depth" method of magnetic data interpretation : application to aeromagnetic data from North Eastern (NE) Nigeria." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2012. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/4925/.
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To simplify the complex total magnetic field intensity (T) on datasets obtained from locations close to the geomagnetic Equator (inclinations |α| ≤ 20°) such datasets are routinely reduced-to-equator (RTE), since they cannot be stably reduced-to-pole (RTP). RTE anomalies tend to have small amplitudes and exhibit azimuth-based anisotropy, unlike RTP anomalies. Anisotropy describes the dependence of the amplitude and shape of an RTE anomaly on the strike direction of its source. For example, an East-West striking contact/fault will generate a strong RTE anomaly response whereas a North-South striking equivalent will not. Where adjacent sources occur, anisotropy causes interference between anomalies, displacing anomalies relative to their sources. This makes using magnetic data to map structures in regions that are close to the geomagnetic equator difficult or potentially of limited value. This thesis develops a strategy to interpret RTE datasets and applies it to determine the basement structure in NE Nigeria where |α| ≤ 8°. This area has >50% of the basement concealed beneath Cretaceous and Quaternary sediments of the Benue Trough and Chad basin, respectively. The aim of the study is to structurally map the basement underlying the Benue and Chad rifted basins in NE Nigeria, by tracing and determining the depths of basement faults and associated structures. The first-order derivative-based "Tilt-Depth" method has been evaluated to determine its effectiveness when applied to RTE datasets to determine the location and depth of structures. The method was tested first using RTE and RTP equivalents of synthetic datasets obtained from profiles across East-West striking, 2D contacts at various depths, inclinations of effective magnetisation (ϕ), and dips (d). RTP datasets were used throughout as reference models. Errors in "Tilt-Depth" method estimates were invariant to changes in depth, but sensitive to changes in ϕ and d of sources. At error limits of 0-20%, the method effectively estimates locations and depths of 2D contacts when dip is within the 75 ≤ d° ≤ 105 range, inclination of remanent magnetisation relative to induced magnetisation is within the 155 ≤ β° ≤ 205 range (magnetisations are collinear), and Koenigsberger ratio (Q) of remanent to induced magnetisation amplitudes ≤ 1. Relationships between Q, α , β and ϕ suggests that the simplification of remanence-laden anomalies due to magnetisations being collinear results from deviations of ϕ from α of ≤12° when Q≤1. Similar deviations occur between ϕ and α , for all β values, when Q≤0.2. Hence, remanent magnetisation is negligible for RTP or RTE datasets when a priori information suggests Q≤0.2. The "Tilt-Depth" method was further tested for anisotropy-induced anomaly interference effects using RTP or RTE of the Complex “Bishop” Model (CBM) and Tanzania grids. The CBM grid contains 2D contacts of various strikes and three-dimensional (3D) sources with non-2D contacts at various depths (all precisely known), and satisfy the d, ϕ and Q requirements above. The Tanzania grid presented a real dataset from a Karoo rift basin, where more randomly striking 2D contacts occur at unknown depths. For comparison, the second vertical derivative, analytic signal amplitude, local wavenumber, and the horizontal gradient magnitudes of Ѳ (HGM(Ѳ)) and (HGM()) methods were also tested using these grids. Locations estimated from all these methods show that: (1) Sources of all shapes and strikes are correctly imaged on RTP grids; (2) North-South striking 2D contacts are not imaged at all on RTE datasets, but can be inferred from linear alignments of stacked short wavelength East-West striking anomalies; (3) 2D contacts with strikes ranging from N045 to N135° are correctly imaged on RTE datasets; (4) Anomalies from poorly isolated 2D contacts with N±020° strikes interfere to further complicate RTE datasets, making it difficult to correctly image these sources; and (5) RTE anomalies from 3D sources tend to smear in an East-West direction, extending such anomalies well past edges of their sources along this direction. These North-South striking non-2D edges are not imaged at all, whilst their East-West striking non 2D (Northern and Southern edges are correctly imaged. Depths estimated for 2D and non-2D contacts with strikes ranging from N045 toN135° from RTP and RTE of the CBM grids, using the local wavenumber, analytic signal amplitude and |Ѳ| = 27°- based “Tilt-Depth" methods show that: (1) "Tilt-Depth” and local wavenumber methods underestimate the actual depth of sources, while the analytic signal amplitude method provided both severely underestimated and overestimated depths. Thus, “Tilt-Depth” and local wavenumber estimates were easier to utilise and interpret; (2) "Tilt-Depth" and local wavenumber methods underestimate 2D contacts from RTP and RTE grids by up to 25 and 35% of their actual depths, respectively; (3) 'Tilt-Depth" and local wavenumber methods, respectively, underestimate depths of East-West striking non-2D edges of 3D sources by about 35 and 30% from the RTP grid; and (4) "Tiit-Depth" method consistently underestimates non-2D contacts from RTE grids by up to 40%. Using knowledge gained from the above tests, all the methods were applied to a NE Nigeria (RTE) dataset, to delineate basement structures in the area. The dataset was a 1 km upward-continued grid with 1 km x 1 km cell size, and extended well beyond NE Nigeria into Niger, Chad and Cameroon Republics. While basement depths were estimated from the dataset using the "Tilt-Depth" and local wavenumber methods only, these methods and the second vertical derivative, analytic signal amplitude, local wavenumber, as well as the horizontal gradient magnitudes of Ѳ (HGM(Ѳ)) and (HGM()) methods, were used to map source edge locations. A basement structure map of NE Nigeria was obtained using the above methods and found not to be dominated by North-South striking faults. Instead the basement is dissected mainly by near vertical, NE-SW trending faults against which NW-SE or E-W trending faults terminate. The relationship between these inferred faults, basement horsts, volcanic plugs, and basement depressions, and outcrop information suggests that rifting was episodic as the mainly NorthEast directed rift propagation direction was occasionally deflected by transcurrent faults to relieve differential stresses built up from wall rock and/or crustal resistance. Apparent stress relief features include the Yola basin, flood basalts, Lamurde Anticline and Kaltungo Inlier. A number of isolated depocenters, mainly half grabens, with sediment thickness exceeding 11km seem to occur in NE Nigeria. Outside these depocenters, basement occur at depths generally shallower than 0.5 km, except where intra-basinal horsts occur, at depths shallower than 2.5 km. These depths agree well with well information and seismic data interpretation, and show the SW Chad basin depocenter to be isolated from adjoining basins in Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republics.
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Anagah, Mathew Ike N. "North-Eastern Igbo music : a case study of Efvu/ Odabara/Itutara music and its social function among the Izhiangbo people of Nigeria." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.356883.
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Abdalla, Jacob Dzarma. "The evaluation of satellite imagery in a geographic information system (GIS) for monitoring land cover changes in a semi-arid area of north-eastern Nigeria." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.410441.
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Chima, Chidiebere Daniel. "Socio-economic determinants of modern agricultural technology adoption in multiple food crops and its impact on productivity and food availability at the farm-level : a case study from south-eastern Nigeria." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/3310.
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Farmers generally produce multiple crops while selectively adopting modern technologies to meet various needs. The main aim of this study is, therefore, to identify the range of socio-economic factors influencing the adoption of modern agricultural technology in multiple food crops and the corresponding impacts on productivity and food availability at the farm-level in South-eastern Nigeria. In this study, three major food crops (i.e., rice, yam and cassava) and two elements of modern technologies (i.e., HYV seeds and inorganic fertilizers) are considered. The hypotheses of the study are that inverse farm size – technology adoption, size – productivity, size- profitability and size – food availability relationships exist in Nigerian agriculture. The research is based on an in-depth farm-survey of 400 farmers from two states (251 from Ebonyi and 149 from Anambra states) of South-eastern Nigeria. Data has also been derived from surveys and interviews of ADP Program Managers and NGOs. A range of qualitative and quantitative methods including inferential statistics, bivariate probit model and regression analysis were used in order to achieve the specific objectives and test hypotheses. The results show that sample respondents are dominated by small scale farmers (81% of total) owning land less than 1 ha. The average farm size is small estimated at 1.27 ha. Farmers grow multiple crops instead of a single crop, i.e., 68% of the surveyed farmers grew at least two food crops. The level of modern technology adoption is low and mixed and farmers selectively adopt components of technologies as expected and use far less than recommended dose of fertilizers in crops. Only 29% of farmers adopted both HYV seeds and fertilizers as a package. The study clearly demonstrates that inverse farm size – technology adoption, farm size – productivity, and farm size – food availability relationships exist in agriculture in this region of Nigeria; but not inverse farm size – profitability. The bivariate probit model diagnostic reveals that the decision to adopt modern technologies are significantly correlated, implying that univariate analysis of such decisions are biased, thereby, justifying use of the bivariate approach. Overall, the most dominant determinants are the positive influence of farming experience and the negative influence of remoteness of extension services on modern technology adoption. The per capita per day level of mean food produced is 12322.74 calories from one ha of land and food available for consumption is 4693.34 calories which is higher than the daily requirement of 2000 calories. Yam is produced mainly for sale while cassava is produced for consumption. Regression analysis shows that farm size and share of cassava in the total crop portfolio significantly increases food availability. A host of constraints are affecting Nigerian agriculture, which includes lack of extension agents, credit facilities, farm inputs, irrigation, and value addition and corruption, lack of support for ADP staff and ineffective government policies. Policy implications include investment in extension credit services and other infrastructure (e.g., irrigation, ADP staff), training of small farmers in business skills, promotion of modern technology, as a package as well as special projects targeted for cassava (e.g., Cassava Plus project) in order to boost modern technology adoption in food crops, as well as improving productivity, profitability and food availability at the farm-level in Nigeria.
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Okonkwo, Peter Ik Njoku Francis Obu-Mends Jojo. "Book Reviews: Nicholas lbeawuchl Omenka, "THE SCHOOL_IN THE SERVICE OF EVANGELIZATION: THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL IMPACT IN EASTERN NIGERIA," Jude Ikenna Ibegbu, "NATIONALISATION OF SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA AND THE PARENTS' RIGHT TO THE CHOICE OF SCHOOL: A Moral Evaluation in the Light of Catholic Social Teaching. (a Dissertation for Doctorate in Moral Theology)," and David Regan, "CHURCH FOR LlBERATION-A PASTORAL PORTRAIT OF THE CHURCH IN BRAZIL"." Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology, 1991. http://digital.library.duq.edu/u?/bet,1441.
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Nwokocha, Sandra Chinyeaka. "Feminism in twenty-first-century Nigerian novels by women." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7310/.
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Scholarship on twenty-first century Nigerian female-authored novels has long been dominated by womanist readings, regardless of the fact that these modern narratives represent feminism in strong terms. The readings often subsume subversive femininity within non-aggressive liberation, resulting in an insufficient narrative of the intricacies of the novels of the period. This thesis challenges such representations by proposing subversion as the hallmark of twenty- first century Nigerian female-authored novels through a textual analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come and Kaine Agary’s Yellow Yellow. Through a gynocentric approach, the analysis of the novels foregrounds a feminist view of domination, resistance and solidarity, espousing the premise that the contemporary heroines are understandably rebellious in asserting female agency. The thesis draws three fundamental conclusions: that the feminist paradigm is useful to the comprehension of the nuances of twenty-first century Nigerian female-authored novels, that dissidence is a remarkable feature of contemporary texts, and that this revolutionary tendency contrasts with the conservative attitudes of the previous epoch.
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Dumbili, Emeka W. "Media, alcohol consumption and young people in an eastern Nigerian university campus : a qualitative study." Thesis, Brunel University, 2015. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13015.
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This study draws on cultivation analysis (Gerbner, 1969) to explore the interrelating factors concerning the role of media in young people’s consumption of alcohol at a south-eastern Nigerian university. Nigeria has the second highest alcohol consumption in Africa. Traditionally, drinking spaces were dominated by adult males for socio-cultural reasons but in contemporary Nigeria there is increasing concern that younger men and women are now also drinking harmfully. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 22 male and 9 female undergraduate students (aged 19-23 years) to explore the ways in which media consumption shapes their drinking behaviour. Whilst young people’s consumption of both local and foreign media was high and gendered, one key motivation for using alcohol was aspirational, particularly among those who consumed Hollywood films. Many of the participants who consumed Hollywood films may have learned to associate heavy consumption with high social status. Importantly, this thesis demonstrates that although local films portray alcohol in a mainly negative light, this also motivates young people to drink as they learn how to use alcohol to ameliorate anxiety or depression. Young people’s drinking patterns were found to be gendered, underscoring a resilient socio-cultural belief in which men see alcohol as good for males while women believe that it should not be confined to men. Consequently, the women employed male-gendered drinking behaviours such as heavy drinking to develop social capital. At the same time, both male and female participants discussed taking part in risky sexual behaviour but the outcomes differed for males and females, with this behaviour being more stigmatised in women. Alcohol advertising and promotion were found to be highly influential because they encourage brand preference and brand allegiance, actively facilitate change of brand, and lead to excessive consumption amongst male and female participants. Although the participants confirmed that promotional activities facilitate alcohol misuse, they argued that promotions should not be regulated because promotional prizes alleviate poverty. This study furthers the discussion on cultivation theory by demonstrating that heavy television viewing cultivates alcohol consumption among this population and it contributes to cultivation and audience research by revealing that negative portrayals can also influence young people. This study’s findings can inform educational campaigns and policy formulation in Nigeria, particularly those that tackle alcohol availability, heavy episodic drinking and risky sexual behaviour; and those that encourage media literacy and more positive and equal relationships between women and men.
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Brady, Matthew J., John L. Koprowski, R. Nathan Gwinn, Yeong-Seok Jo, and Kevin Young. "Eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger, Linnaeus 1758) introduction to the Sonoran Desert." WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623925.
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The eastern fox squirrel, native to the eastern and midwestern United States, was recently documented in the Sonoran Desert in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona, constituting the first state record for this species. We surveyed the people of Yuma to determine when and how the squirrels arrived. The squirrels were first observed in the 1960s, but may have been resident for a longer period. Since the 1960s, squirrels have spread throughout the city limits and extended south similar to 15 km into Somerton, Arizona. How the squirrels arrived is not clear, but must be the result of an introduction, as no nearby populations exist. The persistence of eastern fox squirrels in this unique habitat is due to synanthropic relationships.
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Sawyerr, Oluwatosin E. "The representation of women's experiences in Eastern Nigeria as porayed in Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's trilogy." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/290.
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Anyanele, Chikadi John. "Cultural solidarity among the Igbo of South-eastern Nigeria : a tool for rural development." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8602.
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The pillars on which this study is based (stands) could be compared with the observations of Ejiofor (1981: 4), who says the modern-and-African political models have not been sufficiently discovered, developed, and operated in African states. One thinks that the social and political behaviour of African people are in conflict with the present day political structures and institutions. Political and economic actors fail to harness the knowledge, attitudes, and responses with the indigenous values. Own to these reasons the present political dispensations in Africa are misconceived and ill-adapted to their reality. Hence, the call for detailed study of home-grown African values as a means to redress these imbalances has become inevitable. This study is based on Igbo cultural solidarity as a means to address and achieve rural development in Africa.
Meanwhile, this study attempts to re-ignite and re-echo ‘people-based’ and understood ‘home-based’ models of achieving rural development as focused on Okigwe-Owerri-Orlu political divisions among the Igbo of South-eastern Nigeria.<br>Development Studies<br>M.A. (Development Studies)
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Anyanelle, Chikadi John. "Cultural solidarity among the Igbo of South-eastern Nigeria : a tool for rural development." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8602.
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The pillars on which this study is based (stands) could be compared with the observations of Ejiofor (1981: 4), who says the modern-and-African political models have not been sufficiently discovered, developed, and operated in African states. One thinks that the social and political behaviour of African people are in conflict with the present day political structures and institutions. Political and economic actors fail to harness the knowledge, attitudes, and responses with the indigenous values. Own to these reasons the present political dispensations in Africa are misconceived and ill-adapted to their reality. Hence, the call for detailed study of home-grown African values as a means to redress these imbalances has become inevitable. This study is based on Igbo cultural solidarity as a means to address and achieve rural development in Africa.
Meanwhile, this study attempts to re-ignite and re-echo ‘people-based’ and understood ‘home-based’ models of achieving rural development as focused on Okigwe-Owerri-Orlu political divisions among the Igbo of South-eastern Nigeria.<br>Development Studies<br>M.A. (Development Studies)
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Oyebanjo, Olaonipekun Moses. "Paleo-environmental conditions and tectonic settings of cretaceous-tertiary kaolins in the Eastern Dahomey and Niger Delta Basins in Nigeria." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1104.
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PhDENV (Geology)<br>Department of Mining and Environmental Geology<br>The Cretaceous period marked the breaking up of Gondwana, giving rise to the
separation of the African and South American continents with the subsequent emergence
of the South Atlantic Ocean. Most correlation studies between the two continents with
respect to paleoenvironmental conditions and tectonic settings during the Cretaceous-
Tertiary periods have been concentrated more on the use of flora and fauna as indicators
with less application of kaolinite as paleoenviromental proxies, hence, this study.
The research involved the evaluation of paleoenvironmental conditions and tectonic
settings of four (4) selected Cretaceous-Tertiary kaolin deposits with two (2) each from
the Eastern Dahomey (Eruku and Lakiri) and Niger Delta (Awo-Omama and Ubulu-Uku)
Basins in Nigeria. Representative kaolin samples collected from the selected deposits
were analysed for physico-chemical, mineralogical, geochemical, isotopic, and
geochronological data. The geochemical data obtained by x-ray fluorescence (XRF)
spectroscopy and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LAICPMS)
were used in unraveling the provenance and tectonic settings of the kaolins. The
kaolinite stable isotopic data for oxygen and hydrogen determined using a Finnigan Delta
XP Mass Spectrometer were used to assess the paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic
conditions under which the kaolins were formed. The detrital zircon geochronological data
acquired by laser ablation – single collector – magnetic sectorfield – inductively coupled
plasma – mass spectrometry (LA-SFICP-MS) as well as kaolinite stable isotopic data
were employed in constraining the probable timing of kaolinisation. The industrial
applications of the kaolins were assessed based on the physico-chemical (Colour, particle
size distribution (PSD), pH, electrical conductivity, and Atterberg limits), mineralogical,
and geochemical data. The mineralogical data were obtained through x-ray diffractometry
(XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Thermogravimetric analysis and
differential scanning calorimetry, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Correlative
studies between selected Cretaceous African and South American kaolins were
conducted.
The results showed that the dominant colour in the studied kaolins was pale red (39 %)
followed by pinkish and light grey (35 %) as well as reddish yellow, light pink, light brown,
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reddish brown, and pinkish white. The pH and EC values generally ranged from 4.27 to
5.29 and 0.2 to 13.1 μS/cm, respectively. The kaolins predominantly have clay to sandy
clay textures with plasticity indices between 10 and 22 wt %.
Bulk mineralogical quantitative results indicated that the Cretaceous kaolins have
kaolinite, quartz, and muscovite present in that decreasing order with anatase, goethite,
and hematite in traces whereas Tertiary kaolins have kaolinite and quartz present in that
decreasing order with anatase and goethite in traces. In the silt fractions, kaolinite and
quartz were the dominant mineral constituents, whereas in the clay fractions, the
dominant clay mineral was kaolinite accounting for 69 to 99 wt % with the non-clay
minerals like quartz, anatase, hematite and goethite accounting for percentages between
1 to 28 wt % in the Cretaceous – Tertiary kaolins. Morphologically, the studied kaolins
were characterised by pseudohexagonal stacks to books and thin platy kaolinite particles
with moderate structural order.
The chemical compositions of the Cretaceous-Tertiary kaolin deposits were identical to
hydrated alumino-silicates based on the dominance of SiO2, Al2O3 and LOI. The chemical
index of alteration (CIA) and chemical index of weathering (CIW) values varied between
96.98 to 99.39 % and 98.95 to 99.89 %, respectively. The clay fractions were enriched in
Cr, Nb, Sc, Th, U, V, Zr, and LREE and depleted in Ba, Co, Rb, Sr, and HREE,
respectively, relative to the average Upper Continental Crust (UCC). The Th/Sc, La/Sc,
Th/Cr, and Eu/Eu* ratios were within the range of sediments derived from felsic rocks.
The TiO2 versus Al2O3 and La-Th-Sc plots indicated source rocks with granitic –
granodioritic - gabbroic compositions. Geochemical discrimination plots showed that the
Cretaceous and Tertiary kaolins were deposited in passive margin tectonic settings.
The stable isotopic results indicated that the values of the Cretaceous kaolins ranged
from – 47 to – 57 ‰ and 19.1 to 19.8 ‰, respectively, with paleotemperatures between
29.0 and 32.2 ˚C, whereas the δD and δ18O corresponding values for the Tertiary kaolins
ranged from – 54 to – 66 ‰ and 20 to 21.5 ‰, respectively, with paleotemperatures
between 17.0 and 23.9 ˚C.
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The U-Pb dating of the detrital zircons showed that the Cretaceous - Tertiary kaolins have
inputs from rocks of Eburnean (2500 – 2000 Ma) and Pan African (750 – 450 Ma) ages.
The age of maximum deposition determined from the least to statistically robust approach
corresponds to the Ediacaran Period (645 – 541 Ma) of the Neoproterozoic Era (1000 –
541 Ma).
The Cretaceous – Tertiary kaolins were formed under intense anoxic chemical
paleoweathering conditions of predominantly felsic rocks in addition to contributions from
intermediate and mafic rocks in passive margin tectonic settings. The Cretaceous kaolins
were formed under warmer conditions relative to the Tertiary kaolins. The West African
Massif rocks were the main sediment sources for the Cretaceous kaolins, whereas both
the West African and Northern Nigerian Massif rocks were the major sediment sources
for the Tertiary kaolins. The most probable timing of kaolinisation for the Cretaceous –
Tertiary kaolins occurred between the Ediacaran (645 – 541 Ma) and Early Cretaceous
Periods for the Cretaceous kaolins and between the Ediacaran Period (645 – 541 Ma)
and Oligo – Miocene age for the Tertiary kaolins. The Nigerian and Brazilian Cretaceous
kaolins formed under similar warm tropical paleoclimate. The study corroborated the
occurrence of the Eburnean (Transamazonian) and Pan African (Brasiliano) orogenic
events across the African and South American continents. Beneficiation of the
Cretaceous – Tertiary kaolins will allow large scale industrial applications in paper
coating, ceramics, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries.
The major contributions from this study have been: the better understanding of the past
environmental conditions and tectonic settings, the dating of the possible timing of
kaolinisation, and improvement on the potential industrial applications of the Cretaceous
– Tertiary kaolins.<br>NRF
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Ojo, Olatunji. "Warfare, slavery and the transformation of Eastern Yorubaland c.1820-1900 /." 2003.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2003. Graduate Programme in History.<br>Typescript. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url%5Fver=Z39.88-2004&res%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NQ99219
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Ebi, Lawrence Eka. "The impact of the Boko Haram terrorist group on the socio‐economic well‐being and livelihood of the population in North‐Eastern Nigeria." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25139.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-136)<br>The study focuses on the impact of the Boko Haram Muslim terrorist group on the socioeconomic well‐being and livelihood of the population in the north‐east of Nigeria. To research the social, economic, religious and political impact of attacks leading to the disruption of people in the north‐east who fled their homes for the safety of southern refugee camps, the study relies on three research questions to be answered, namely: Does the Boko Haram terrorist group pose a threat to the socio‐economic well‐being of people in north‐eastern Nigeria? How have Boko Haram terrorist attacks impacted on the livelihood of the population? What is a viable solution or intervention strategy to deal with the impact of and fight against terrorism in Nigeria in particular?
The study adopts an in‐depth qualitative methodology. Different related research techniques are used in data collection and analysis. Focus group discussions, in‐depth interviews and documentary sources have different complementary strengths, which are more comprehensive when used together. Questionnaires will guide the discussions with
groups of internally displaced people, who are the units of analysis. Data is gathered through snowball sampling of willing, available respondents to understand and explain their personal views and experiences, creating the meanings they have constructed around their
disrupted livelihoods and well‐being in refugee camps. An overarching, broad conflict perspective is chosen, related to Dahrendorf’s views on power struggles of dominant interest groups, authority, inequality and marginalisation of opponents, which also includes complementary concepts of religiously inspired fundamentalist theory focusing on indoctrination, dominance, manipulation and marginalisation of interest groups. This broad conflict perspective will investigate the social, economic, political and religious impacts of Boko Haram in Nigeria.
The findings indicate that the Boko Haram attacks had a negative effect on the livelihood of citizens and displaced persons in refugee camps, as well as on the social cohesion and development of the north‐eastern Nigerian state. Conflict resolution and intervention strategies will be implemented to curb the violence. Societal transformation is
recommended for infrastructural development and job creation to solve poverty and gainfully cater for educated, unemployed youths, now recruited into the ranks of the Boko Haram Muslim sect.<br>Sociology<br>M.A. (Sociology)
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Ogbonnia, Steve Okwudili. "An evaluation of plants used in eastern Nigeria in the treatment of epilepsy and convulsion." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10215.
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Schumanniophyton magnificum and Glypheae brevis are important medicinal plants growing wild in the West African rain forest. They are used in folkloric medicine in the treatment of epilepsy and convulsion as well as for some other diseases. The purpose of this work was to investigate the aspect of folkloric use in order to support folkloric claims and document the findings. The extracts were prepared from ground plant material by a continuous extraction method. Five hundred grams of ground plant material were continuously de-fatted with 2 L petroleum ether (60°- 80°) in a Soxhlet apparatus for about 5 h. The resulting marc was dried and the chemical constituents extracted hot in a Soxhlet apparatus for about 8 to
10 h with 2 L aqueous ethanol (70%). The efficacy of the extraction method was confirmed using standard bioassays and phytochemical analyses. The anti-convulsant activity of the crude extracts was evaluated in vivo against
chemically induced convulsions using three different animal models, namely the strychnine, the picrotoxin and the pentylenetetrazole tests. The acute and delayed toxicity test results showed that in all the animal models investigated very high doses, about four times higher than the protective doses of the extracts, were required to kill 50% of the population of animal used. Phytochemical assays of the extracts indicated the presence of alkaloids only in S. magnificum root extract and glycosides in extracts from both species. The glycosides were positive to Baljet, Xanthydrol and Keller-Kiliani tests for cardiac glycosides. S. magnificum and G. brevis chemical constituents were initially isolated with a sequential fractionation method starting with a highly non-polar solvent and gradually increasing to a more polar solvent. The fractions were pooled on the basis of TLC similarity profiles when viewed under the UV light at 254 and 366 nm and were found
to have two and four major UV absorbing fractions for S. magnificum and G. brevis respectively. Radio-receptor binding tests were used to assess the anti-convulsant activities of the hydro-alcoholic crude extracts, the organic and aqueous fractions of the crude extracts, partially purified components and pure components in in vitro tests against some standard GABA[A] receptor antagonists, muscimol and isoguvacine respectively. The
anti-convulsant activities resided in the aqueous fractions of the hydro-alcoholic crude extracts of both plants. The purely organic fractions of G. brevis demonstrated no activity while all the fractions of the aqueous component demonstrated some degree of activity. The anti-convulsant activity of S. magnificum was found only in one fraction-Fraction 1. This Fraction was further investigated and one of the components appear
to be responsible for the activity. The structure of the active constituent was 5,7dihdroxy-2 methylbenzopyran-4-one, a noreugenin. A second bioactive compound, schumanniofoside, was identified from Fraction M[5.2] from S. magnificum.<br>Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2002.
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Ezekwem, Ogechukwu Christiana. "Missions and the rise of the western maternity among the Igbo of South-eastern Nigeria." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26260.
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This project examines midwifery in the precolonial setting, the nature of Christian missionary activities in Southeastern Nigeria, the colonial process of erecting the maternity, and the collaborations between traditional and Western midwives. The colonial history of Nigeria can be traced to 1885 when British claims to a West African sphere of influence received international recognition. However it was not until 1900, following the British government's acquisition of the Royal Niger Company's territories, that Nigeria was officially considered a British colony. Nonetheless, the groundwork of colonial rule in Southeastern Nigeria predated these eras and is attributed to the establishment of the London-based Church Missionary Society (CMS) at Onitsha in 1857, followed by the Roman Catholic Missions (RCM) in 1885. The rivalry that ensued between them led to the development of a medical mission and the launching of the Western maternity in Southeastern Nigeria, undermining traditional childbirth practices, and providing new forms of training and facilities for a new class of midwives.<br>text
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Obiora, Oluchukwu Loveth. "The experiences and perceptions of genitally mutilated females and healthcare practitioners in South Eastern Nigeria." Thesis, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/30451.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 2020<br>Background: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), also referred to as Female Genital Cutting
(FGC) or female circumcision (FC), remains a contributor to the high morbidity and mortality
among females in Africa. Despite concerted efforts to curb it, the practice continues among
many ethnic groups, especially in Africa. Various studies have been conducted, focusing on
this practice. However, in Africa, there is a paucity of literary work on the experiences of
females who underwent FGM/C, and the experiences of healthcare practitioners who care
for these genitally mutilated females is also unknown.
Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to obtain insight into the Female Genital
Mutilation/ cutting (FGM/C) experiences of females and healthcare practitioners in South
Eastern (SE), Nigeria where the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Nigeria (2016) reported a steady rise in their FGM/C
prevalence; and also to develop a comprehensive, context-specific health education
pamphlet (HEP) for the females based on the identified health information needs. The study
was underpinned by the self-concept theory and the theory of ethical relativism.
Methods: This was a multi-method study which employed a scoping literature review, a
qualitative descriptive method, and a methodological triangulation for the development of a
HEP for the genitally mutilated females. Therefore, the study had three phases. Phase one
was the scoping literature review of FGM/C in Africa, Phase two was a qualitative description
of the FGM/C experiences of genitally mutilated females, mothers of genitally mutilated girls
and the healthcare practitioners in SE Nigeria, while Phase three was the development of a
health education pamphlet (HEP) for use by the genitally mutilated females.
Findings: The first phase of the study revealed FGM/C was still being practiced widely in
Africa despite interventions such as anti-FGM/C laws and campaigns. Evidence found has
also revealed there might have been an increase in “early-age” (0 to 10 years) FGM/C in some
communities, and that the FGM/C studies done between 1 January 2007 and 31 December
2016 were mostly quantitative studies focused on the prevalence, attitude, perpetrators and
health consequences of FGM/C. Studies investigating the experiences of all the role players
involved in this practice and how to prevent it were absent. Understanding these phenomena
could guide efforts to curb this harmful practice. In the second phase of the study, the
participants equated FGM/C to male circumcision and noted that culture was mostly
responsible for the continuation of the practice over the years. Regardless of the pain
associated with this practice, some of the participants were forcefully circumcised to ensure
adherence to their culture. Among the female participants, feelings of uncertainty, fear, and helplessness were experienced. Moreover, healthcare practitioners reported feelings of not
being adequately equipped with the advanced skills required in the care of genitally mutilated
females, especially during childbirth. Also reported were cases of child mortality and other
healthcare challenges owing to FGM/C. In the third phase, three synthesized findings were
generated from the methodological triangulation of conclusions from Phases one and two:
“FGM/C: past and present situations,” “factors that sustained FGM/C” and “health information
needs.” In response to the health information needs identified, a health education pamphlet
(HEP) was developed to improve self-care among the females.
Conclusion: This study provided evidence that FGM/C is ongoing in Africa. Although it is
illegal in many countries, females and healthcare practitioners still support this procedure as
it is seen as a part of the culture. Some women were forcefully circumcised. Feelings of
uncertainty, fear and helplessness were reported among the females. Cases of child
mortality and other healthcare challenges due to FGM/C were also experienced. In response
to the information needs that emerged from the scoping review and the qualitative
investigation, a health education pamphlet was developed to inform the genitally mutilated
females on what FGM/C was all about, self-care after FGM/C, and what to do when under
pressure to circumcise their daughters<br>CK2021
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Nnazor, Agatha Ifeyinwa. "The institutional factors that influence women's agricultural productivity : the case of Igbo women of South-Eastern Nigeria." Thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1189.
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This thesis examines the role of women in agricultural development and identifies the institutional factors (access to land; credit; machines, improved seedlings and fertilizer; extension services; cooperative facilities) that constitute a hindrance to their agricultural productivity. From an interview survey conducted with fifty Igbo women from two rural Igbo communities - Umunnachi and Leru, the researcher derives data on the roles of Igbo women and the institutional factors that influence their agricultural productivity. The data reveal that Igbo women play extensive roles both as reproducers of human agents (bearers and rearers of children, care of the aged, the handicap and maintainers of labour force) and producers of food. In spite of the numerous roles of Igbo women, they have limited access to agricultural facilities. In line with the socialist feminist view, the thesis locates women's limited access to agricultural facilities in the patriarchal and class structures of the society which not only favour men as a gender but also as a class. The thesis argues that women's limited access to agricultural facilities partly explains their low agricultural productivity and the current food shortages facing the country, Nigeria.
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Macdonald, Fraser. "Parks, people, and power : the social effects of protecting the Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve in eastern Nigeria : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Anthropology in the University of Canterbury /." 2007. http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/etd/adt-NZCU20071106.114121.
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"Erosion éolienne dans le Damagaram Est (Sud-Est du Niger) : paramétrisation, quantification et moyens de lutte/Wind erosion in the eastern Damagaram (South-East of Niger) : parametrization, quantification and control." Université catholique de Louvain, 2008. http://edoc.bib.ucl.ac.be:81/ETD-db/collection/available/BelnUcetd-04202008-174654/.
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