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Context of gender issues in sermons of selected female preachers in Nigeria
(University Press PLC, 2020) Osisanwo, A. A.; Ajibade, T.
Understanding issues that are associated with gender helps to foster peace and unity in society. Previous linguistic studies on gender have examined context and linguistic strategies in (non-) literary works, without paying adequate attention to the context of gender issues in sermons, especially of female preachers. This study, therefore, investigates context of gender issues in six (two from each) purposively selected sermons of purposively selected female preachers in Nigeria: Rev. Funke Felix Adejumo, Pastor Nike Adeyemi and Dr Becky Enenche. Aspects of Halliday's Systemic Functional Linguistics and Odebunmi's model of context serve as theoretical guide for the analysis. The analysis reveals four contexts of gender issues: family, career, spiritual and marriage. Family context is characterized by eight family-related issues: home management, troubles from in-laws, childbearing, domestic violence, widowhood, divorce, domestic conflict resolution, and male-child preference. Career context is characterized by two career-related issues which are ambition and women empowerment. Spiritual context is characterized by three spiritual- related issues, namely, relationship with God, destiny fulfilment, opposition against family breakthrough. Marriage context is characterized by two marriage-related issues: wrong choice of marriage partner and pressure from parents. Context helps in the understanding of gender issues in sermons.
Gender ideologies and representations in some sermons of selected Nigerian female preachers
(Department of English at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), 2019) Osisanwo, A.; Ajibade, T.
The study of gender is significant in the understanding of human relationships, especially in relation to the society and the roles performed by men and women. Previous linguistic studies on sermon discourse have investigated the linguistic strategies of sermons but have not adequately studied gender ideology inherent in sermons of Nigerian female preachers. This study was, therefore, designed to investigate gender ideologies and the representations of men and women in selected sermons of Nigerian female preachers. Guided by van Dijk's socio-cognitive model of critical discourse analysis, with insights from Halliday's systemic functional linguistics, the study discovered that two major ideologies were portrayed: Patriarchist and Womanist ideology. The patriarchist ideology projected three ideologies: Supremacist ideology, Subjugationist ideology and Submissionist ideology, while the womanist ideology also projected two other ideologies: sacrificialist ideology and survivalist ideology. Men were given three representations: head, instructors and lovers, while women were given four representations: subordinates, emotional beings, weak beings and home builders.
Protective effects of kolaviron and gallic acid against cobalt-chloride-induced cardiorenal dysfunction via suppression of oxidative stress and activation of the ERK signaling pathway
(Canadian Science Publishing, 2016) Akinrinde, S. A.; Omobowale, O.; Oyagbemi, A.; Asenuga, E.; Ajibade, T.
Cobalt (Co) toxicity is a potential public health problem due to recent renewed use of Co in orthopedic implants, dietary supplements, and blood doping in athletes and horses. We investigated the protective roles of kolaviron (KV), a bi flavonoid of Garcinia kola, and gallic acid (GA) on cobalt chloride (CoCl2)-induced cardiorenal damage in rats. CoCl2 caused significant increases (p < 0.05) in serum creatine kinase–myocardial band (CK-MB), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), aspartate transaminase (AST), xanthine oxidase (XO), urea, creatinine, malondialdehyde, H2O2, nitric oxide, as well as C-reactive protein expression, along with significant (p < 0.05) reduction in cardiac and renal expression of extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) and the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione S-transferase. KV and GA prevented the toxic effects of CoCl2 by stimulating ERK expression and reversing Co-induced biochemical changes. Administration of CoCl2 alone did not significantly alter ECG patterns in the rats, although co-treatment with KV (200 mg/kg) produced QT-segment prolongation and also appeared to potentiate Co hypotension. Histopathology of the heart and kidneys of rats treated with KV and GA confirmed the biochemical data. KV and GA thus protected against cardiac and renal damage in Co intoxication via antioxidant and (or) cell survival mechanisms, possibly involving ERK activation.