Maintenance of the Natural Environment in Lagos: Beckoning on Yoruba Cultural Practices
Date
2017-07-06
Authors
Yusuff, L.A.
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Department of English, Linguistics and French, Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State
Abstract
In an attempt to search for comfort, man learns to understand his environment and makes use of the endowments of the environment to achieve this comfort, To preserve these natural endowments, every culture explores certain strategies directly and indirectly. Deliberate efforts towards preservation are overtly done, while some are covertly embedded in belief systems and oral genres, While the belief systems have clear spiritual significance, elements a/environmental sanity are hidden in them. This paper looks at the efforts 0/ the Yoruba people in preserving their
natural environment from these perspectives by providing relevant and succinct evidence, The paper argues that Yoruba traditional society does not only have organized and effective strategies for upholding the trust between man and his environment, it also has means of confronting sudden natural disasters that may result in major unfavorable changes in crop production and natural habitats(2007 The World Almanac and Book of Facts), Recommendations are drawn from the arguments for improvement in ensuring trust between man and his natural environment in both rural and urban settings,
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Scholarly articles
Keywords
Tradition , Natural environment , Worship , Land , Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION
Citation
Yusuff, L. A (2017). Maintenance of the Natural Environment in Lagos: Beckoning on Yoruba Cultural Practices’ in POLACJELF, Department of English, Linguistics and French, Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State.(sponsored by TETFUND) Vol. 2. No. 2 pp. 143-149 [ISSN 2408-6312]