Objective We describe the development, translation and validation of epilepsy-screening questionnaires in three most popular Nigerian languages: Hausa, Igbo Yoruba. Methods A 9-item questionnaire was developed by modifying previously validated English language questionnaires. Separate multilingual experts forward- back-translated them to target languages. Translations were discussed with fieldw...

Abstract This article explores Asalatu , a form of Islamic music among Yoruba Muslims in Nigeria, against the backdrop globalization and impact Western music. The points to observed changes musical possibilities within increasing secularization. Drawing on ethnographic data, illuminates tangential issues such as use mother tongue for opposed Arabic, introduction dance account changes. is major ...

The combinatorial interaction of suprasegmental and contextually induced segmental variations has been shown to produce independent coarticulatory effects. This study extended the locus equation (LE) methodology for the first time to a tonal language, Yoruba, in order to document how variations in tone might interact with CV coarticulation and to understand the patterning of its 4 voiced stops....

Wole Soyinka is a renowned Nigerian dramatist, who was awarded Nobel Prize in 1986, for his accomplishment in the field of literature. He is a prolific writer and versatile genius of Africa. His works are based on society, culture, tradition and politics of Africa. The dramatic environment that Soyinka creates has been enriched with variegated realistic scenes portraying African life very exact...

Many scholars before this time have written about the Ogboni institution in Yoruba land of southwest Nigeria. Instances are William Bascom (1944); Forde (1951); Peter Morton-Williams (1960); J.R.O. Ojo (1972–73); Robert Smith (1976); L.E. Roache (1971); R. Hallgren (1988). However, conspicuously missing in their analyses is the overriding influence and place that the Ogboni institution wields i...

BACKGROUND Palmaris longus (PL) has received a growing interest for its role in constructive surgery. Since the agenesis of PL shows a strong racial variation, it is conceivable that its prevalence on the Yoruba ethnic population in Nigeria will further confirm this phenomenon. METHODS A total of 600 subjects comprising 335 males and 265 females aged 8-60 years were used to assess the prevale...