Influence of Media Globalization on the Traditions of Igbo People in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State (Published)
This study focused on Influence of Media Globalization on the Traditions of Igbo people: A study of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Three research questions guided the study. This study has demonstrated that the mass communication students of Ebonyi State are aware of the social media sites and had access to them. Findings also indicated that media globalization is seen as a cultural phenomenon. And that media globalization has a strong influence on the existing cultures of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The influence of media globalization as observed from the study has both negative and positive impacts. Media globalization as observed from the study manifests greatly in the area of dressing, which is obvious from the way in which most youths in Ohaukwu dress. Worship is another area in which the influence of media globalization manifests. The value system of the people is another choice indicated by the respondents while language and mode of eating were also identified as the manifestation of media globalization in the area. The influence of globalization is exerted on the peoples’ culture mostly from the broadcast media while films and cinemas are other media through which the influence is exerted. Others are music, the print media, ICTs, advertising messages, and educational materials. It was also discovered that contact with all the sources of media globalization existing in the area of study is very often. This fact was attested to by all the sampled respondents. To this end, the researcher recommended that Government as a matter of policy must ensure that there is total orientation and effort at enlightening Nigerians on the need to harness and promote their cultures as well as developing same for economic gains.
Keywords: Ebonyi State, Igbo people, Ohaukwu local government area, Traditions, media globalization
Socio-Cultural Significance of Bonwire Kente and Daboya Benchibi (Published)
Benchibi and Kente are traditional woven fabrics ingeniously crafted with two different design concepts. Benchibi is produced by the people of Daboya in the Northern part of Ghana whilst Kente is a product mainly of the middle and southern part of Ghana with Bonwire as its traditional centre in the middle part of the country. The study aimed at analysing the socio-cultural significance of the two traditions. The study fulcrums on the qualitative research and employed observation and interview. The study analysed the socio-cultural characteristics of the two fabrics traditions, using descriptive method of analysing data. The purposive sampling technique was employed to select eight people, two (2) weavers and two (2) opinion leaders from each of the study area. The research revealed that both woven traditions are embedded with socio-cultural significance that embodies various characteristics such as values, morals, history and philosophies of the areas noted for the production and use of the fabrics. The study revealed that Benchibi and Kente have different beautiful crafted style in terms of weave, designs and materials used, which play very significant roles in the socio-cultural behaviour of the two traditions. The study concluded that both weaving cultures play very distinguished social and cultural roles in the lives of the people of the respective areas. It is therefore recommended that the physical features, aesthetic and artistic components of these weaving traditions need rigorous documentation to help in recording the social and cultural life of the people through fabric weaving.
Keywords: Aesthetics, Benchibi, Kente, Socio-cultural, Traditions
Traditions and Social Stratification, Cultural Barriers for Women Empowerment: The Example of Sereer Women in Senegal (Published)
Deeply rooted in their culture, the Sereer Siin community organizes their social gender relations in an absolutely phallocratic mode. In this respect, it is opportune, in this analysis, to put on surface the role and place that traditions have transferred to the woman Sereer Siin in social stratification. It will also be interesting to highlight the intrinsic link between lineage and political, social and economic function among the Sereers Siin community.
Keywords: Enslavement, Lineage, Sereer, Traditions, Woman, phallocratic