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A re-evaluation of the theme of fate in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Ola Rotimi's the Gods are not to blame
(Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, 2020) Adebowale, B. A.
Intertextuality presupposes the linkage of subjects, ideas and themes between and among texts. Although numerous scholars have carried out intertextual readings into various texts, only a few have delved principally into cosmological connectives within texts from the cultural perspective of fatalism. The universality of the theme of fatalism and its rootedness in virtually every religion around the world necessitates this work. This study, therefore, investigates the textual hybridisation and thematisation of apparently contrasting worldviews (Greek and Yoruba) in order to improve the body of existing intertextual literature on fatalism. This study is anchored on the philosophical concept of determinism. Two texts were purposively selected- Sophocles' Oedipus Rex (OR), a classical play, and Ola Rotimi's The Gods are not to Blame (TGB), a contemporary play, for contextual and intertextual study. The study finds that TGB shares more than superficial semblance with OR though textual variations exist between both. TGB is considered a perfect hybrid that thematically draws parallels from OR, foregrounding the integral and unique religio-cultural affinity that exists between the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria and the Greek of the Classical era. Fatalism, being a fundamental aspect of the ancient Greek cosmology, was often thematised in Classical Greek writings as reflected in the text, OR. The study then concludes that the Yoruba people, like the ancient Greek, acknowledge the important role of fate as determinism in human life and as a reality beyond the control of the individual
An overview of the impact of arab civilizaton on yoruba culture in Nigeria
(The Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria (YSAN) c/o Department of Linguistics and African Languages University of Ibadan, 2023-01) Akewula, A. O.; Kamorudeen, B. K.
Nigeria was a land where idol worship marked the religious life of the inhabitants. With the advent of Islam which came with its civilization, Nigerians’ faith, rituals, rites, practices and customs changed and impacted the Nigerian culture. Invariably, the contact of the Arabs with the people of Yorubaland in Nigeria brought about a new era in their beliefs. The Arabs who were mainly Muslims and with the focus to spread Islam preached assiduously against the syncretic religious practices of the Yoruba in the Southwestern region of Nigeria. There is no gainsaying the fact that every religion has its own unique identity characterized by traditions, values and norms that make it stand out. Over the centuries, we have observed that the southwestern Nigeria culture is gradually fading away as we adopt Arab civilization and this persists as days go by. The Arab civilization has influenced the Yoruba culture in different domains. Some of the impacts are noticeable in our education, language, borrowing, social activities, entertainment, traditional settings, marriage, naming, burial and funeral rites and widowhood. This paper employs historical method which attempts to examine how Arab civilization influenced Yoruba culture in the aforementioned domains including religion and devotional rites. It is our hope that some aspects of Yoruba Culture that are not inimical to Islamic teachings would be preserved to avoid becoming moribund.
Analyse comparee des phrases simples et impersonnelles en français et en yoruba : une approche generative transformationnelle
(2020-03) Iyiola, A.
Généralement, la langue est un moyen de communication alors que la syntaxe est l’étude des structures grammaticales des langues Les travaux antérieurs ont examiné l’analyse contrastive et comparée des discours grammaticaux sans prêter attention à la comparaison des phrases en français et en yoruba en se servant de la grammaire générative transformationnelle de Chomsky. Donc, cet article tente à comparer les phrases simples et impersonnelles en français et en yoruba afin de bien fortifier les yorubaphones apprenant le français en tant que langue étrangère au niveau syntaxique. L’analyse des données est basée sur les quatre formes de la transformation Chomskyenne notamment la transformation de suppression; la transformation de l’insertion ; la transformation de substitution et la transformation de mouvement de la grammaire générative transformationnelle de Noam Chomsky. L’étude a révélé que les phrases dans les deux langues ont presque la même structure sauf une petite différence dans la position de certains éléments linguistiques tels que l’adverbe et l’adjectif en Yoruba qui remplacent surtout la fonction de l’article en Français. Aussi, l’étude a montré que les phrases impersonnelles dans les deux langues ont les mêmes structures.

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