The Press and Vietnam’s Soft Power Relation in Global Integration: Ho Chi Minh’s Cultural Perspectives Revisited (Published)
This paper adopts the culture definition of Ho Chi Minh, a great leader of Viet Nam people, in exploring the connection between types of powers in the political arena. In case of Viet Nam, the revolutionary leaders’ directions can become a wonderful source for professional practice of the media, which is considered the fourth estate of a nation. Therefore, there are some qualitative clues that trigger us to explore the press in its traditional formats and in a more modern context of social media, proving its close relation in promoting the cultural identities of the country, which is also a component of soft power.
Keywords: Culture, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam, fourth power, soft power, the press
Appraisal of Cultural Vices Affecting Women and Children Human Rights in Nigeria (Published)
The crux of this paper aimed at defining the concept culture and Human Rights, and to large extend analysis the various cultural factors under mining the smooth thriving of women and children rights currently, the cultural factors are, widowhood rites, female genital mutilation, early/forceful marriage, bride price, son preference/female infanticide, levirate marriage, ritual killing, wife beating, inheritance of wife, woman in purdah, on the part of the children are twins killing, child witchcraft ,child labour, street begging, child trafficking and finally possible solutions to ameliorate such cultural barriers by way of recommendation and conclusion
Keywords: Child Labour, Culture, Human Right, Nigeria, Women, children