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    The role of women in political activism in pre and post-colonial Yoruba history: lessons for contemporary society
    (2024-12) Olaleye, S. K.; Gbadamosi, O. A.
    Women are stakeholders in every aspect of human endeavor. Their roles can be seen in the economy, social, religion and political system of every society particularly in Yoruba society of south western Nigeria where they were/are not found wanting in the aforementioned areas of life, most especially in the political field that men often dominate. Even in the times of the gods, the role that Osun, goddess of river Osun played in the political administration of the world then for the recognition of women fold amongst the male gods sent to the earth by Olodumare, the supreme God in Yoruba belief, earned women their due respect till today. In pre-and post-colonial history of the Yoruba, Efunroye Tinubu remained politically active in both Lagos and Abeokuta. Subuola, Efunsetan Aniwura, Iyalode Ibadan and Feedge of Gbangan to mention a few were notable women in Yoruba society with political activism in the 1800s until the time Funmilayo Ransom Kuti who led the Egba women protest against taxation in Egba land. What were the secrets of their political activism? What lessons should contemporary women learn from their involvement in the politics of their time? These are some of the questions that this study tried to find answers to. The paper adopted historical, descriptive and empirical methods in its analysis.
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    Proverbs and taboos as tools for women oppression among Yoruba of Southwest Nigeria
    (Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria., 2020-01) Oke, O. P.
    The relevance of women in every culture cannot be over-emphasized, this is because human society positioned them in an enviable place. They are described as home builders and house keepers. In any society, they wield enormous influence and, in some spheres, and cases, they have contributed strongly and positively to societal growth and transformation. However, as much as their influence is, many societies have consigned them to the background. Such societies have negative views and opinions about women through the use of proverbs and taboos that are largely inherent and culture based. Existing studies on women in Africa and Nigeria in particular have focused mainly on the contributions of women in every area of human endeavour with little attention paid to how proverbs and taboos that are satirical in nature have been used to reduce women to subordinate and second class citizens. Therefore, this study examined some selected proverbs and taboos among the Yoruba of Southwest, Nigeria and how they have negatively affected the rights of women and the way such rights can be enhanced in the Contemporary society. Recommendations were offered on how women can rise to the challenge of being relegated to the background so as to be able to contribute more meaningfully to the society without being culturally caged.
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    Avoiding mixed-methods? methodological and theoretical approaches in women’s radio participation research
    (Faculty of Arts, University of Uyo, 2021-05) Mobolaji, A. O.; Ojebuyi, B. R.
    Previous media studies that did meta-analyses of methodological and theoretical approaches have addressed subsets such as political communication, health communication, and gatekeeping. However, scant attention has been paid to women’s participation in radio discourse despite its importance to the developmental agenda. This study was, therefore, designed to investigate the methodological and theoretical trends in women’s radio participation studies. Content analysis was used to examine a total of 70 purposively selected women’s radio participation-related studies published between 2009 and 2019. Findings reveal that 55.7% of the analysed articles employed quantitative methodological approaches, while 25.7 % of the articles used qualitative approaches. Only 18.6% of the studies employed a mixed-methods design. Findings also show that more quantitative studies (67.5%) were hinged on theoretical frameworks compared to 32.5% not driven by theories. Conversely, fewer qualitative studies (27.8%) were driven by theories, while 72.2% were not theory-driven. Generally, 57.1% of the articles analysed had theoretical backgrounds. The pattern established in this study shows that existing women’s radio participation studies scantly adopted mixed-methods approaches, but the use of relevant theories as frameworks is fairly high. Scholars in the field of women’s radio participation research should adopt the mixed methods design as this would help in getting more robust and in-depth findings.