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Collection development in an African academic library during economic depression: The University of Lagos library experience
(Elsevier, 1987)Library development in Nigeria started with the Lagos Book Club in the 1920s. This grew into a subscription library in the 1930s and thereafter resulted in the establishment of various types of libraries in the country. ... -
Digital resources utilization by social science researchers in Nigerian Universities
(Library philosophy and practice, 2016)This study was conducted to assess the use of digital/electronic information sources and services byfaculty members of social sciences of three Universities in Nigeria. The purpose of investigation was to inquire about ... -
The assessment of quality maturity levels in Nigerian university libraries
(Library Review, 2017)Purpose Organizations constantly evaluate their activities to ensure that they are attaining their management goals. Maturity assessment enables organizations to examine their capabilities, support innovation and evaluate ... -
The Diversity of Igbo Myth of Origin: A Brief Survey
(Journal of Igbo Studies, 2006-07-03)papers attached -
Fostering National unity using parallel motifs in Nigerian mythology
(Publisher of An Agenda for a New Nigeria: The Imperative of Transformation, 2006-08-15)This paper intends to explore how the parallels in Nigerian Myths, with particular reference to the Igbo and Yoruba myths, may be exploited to emphasize the all-important issue of Nigeria's unity. it is hoped that if ... -
Destiny of Freewill as the Architect of Human Fate: Perception in the Odunke Artists Ojaadili
(Network 2000: In the Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance, 2008-10-19)In "The Carrier Ritual as Medium of Vision in Nigerian Drama: The Examples of Soyinka Osofisan" Chris Egharevba rightly observes that early pre-occupation of writers like Chinua Achebe. John Pepper Clark. and Wole Soyinka ... -
National Development: Igbo Literature as instrument of mobilisation and orientation
(Journal of Nigerian Languages and Culture (JONLAC), 2002-06-03)To sensitize the people to the desirable political climate needed by our nascent democracy to survive, a mass mobilization and orientation of the Nigerian populace is essential. Successive governments have at different ... -
Igbo Riddles and the Education of the Igbo Child
(African Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, Department of Curriculum Studies, University of Lagos, 2002-06-01)It is believed that apart from formal education, there are various inform always through which one could be educated. The concept of education itself entails more than the deliberate processes of school and college training. ... -
Myths as a genre of Igbo Oral Literature
(Igede Igbo. Journal of Igbo Studies, 2000-06-19)Oral literature is one area that has for many years captured the interest of' scholars and students, especially within the African continent. Akporobaro (200 1 : 36) offers six variant definitions of' oral literature. ... -
Examining attitude towards continuous assessment practices among Nigerian preservice STM teachers
(International Institute for Science Technology &Education, 2013)The study investigated the attitudes of 339 preservice science technology and mathematics (STM) teachers towards continuous assessment practices in Nigeria within the blueprint of descriptive survey research design in a ... -
Exploring the impact of locus of control and self- efficacy in physics performance
(International institute for policy review and development strategies, 2013-08)The study investigated the effects of locus of control and self-efficacy on performance of senior secondary school students in physics. Answers were provided to four research questions within the blueprint of a descriptive ... -
100 years of Literary Enterprise in Indigenous Nigerian Languages: Trends, Challenges and Prospects
(Journal of the School of Languages, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo, 2015-06-14)Early this year, Nigeria celebrated her first centenary of nationhood. It afforded her an opportunity to appraise the level of development she has, over these years of nation building, attained in various spheres politics, ... -
The Kinship System
(Nigerian Heritage: The Igbo Culture, 2007-02-07)In this paper, we shall first make a brief exposition of the two key concepts in the title, namely, the Igbo and kinship, and secondly, examine the nature of kinship relations that exist in Igbo society -
Feminist Ideology and Literary Aesthetics in the Representation of Women's Condition in Selected Novels by African Female Writers
(School of Postgraduate Studies University of Lagos, 2001-11)Certain existential conditions of women, which have been chiefly, the fall-out of their sexual differential from men, make it inevitable for a female writer to think about, and present women's social experience in ways ... -
The Myth of a Black God In Chukuezi's Poetry
(Literature, Language and National Consciousness: A Festchrift in Honour of Theo Vincent, 2006-05-04)Anaelechi Chukuezi is one writer who, in spite of his primary professional engagement as a medical doctor, has shown a tremendous interest in the growth and survival of Igbo literature. He is a playwright and poet who has, ... -
Igbo Oral Literature and the Youths Today: What Literary Legacy for prosperity?
(Udezuluigbo: A Festchrift in Honour of Sam Uzochukwu, 2008-07-04)Paper attached -
Revisiting the Question of Tragic Protagonist in Onyekaonwu's Plays
(The Eagle of Igbo Literature: A Feschrift in Honour of Prof. G.O Onyekaonwu, 2014-07-03)Tragedy as a dramatic form has been popular from the classical period especially with the prominence Aristotle gave it in his theory or concept of the tragic hero in Poetics which scholars, over the years, have used as ... -
Electrocardiographic pattern of apparently healthy African adolescent athletes in Nigeria
(Springer, 2021-02-25)Background: Strategies to prevent sudden cardiac death (SCD) among young athletes have become topical worldwide and unrecognized cardiac pathology has been identified as a leading cause. Black ethnicity has been reported ... -
Enhancing female participation in practical physics: effects of instructional strategies
(A publication of the Faculty of Education, Kampala International University Dares Salaam, Tanzania, 2013-01)Physics is a physical science subject that is best understood when it is taught with practical oriented methods. However, research evidences show that female students are underrepresented in physics and its related disciplines. -
Awareness level and technical know-how of university pre-service integrated science teachers for job opportunities
(A publication of the Faculty of Education, Kampala International University Dares Salaam, Tanzania, 2014-01)The study investigated the awareness levels and technical know-how of pre-service integrated science teachers for job opportunities in the university of Lagos using sex and year of study as moderator variables