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Item Gender politics and silences on rape in the Nigerian films “tango with me” and “code of silence"(2019) Omoera, O. S.; Elegbe, O.; Doghudje, R. V.Current statistics indicate that about two in fifty cases of rape are reported in Nigeria, and the percentage of reported cases has continued to reduce over the years in spite of the observed consistent increase in the number of rape incidents. The burden of rape is more on women who do not have power balance with men to propagate or prosecute a majority of cases. The long silence of women due to the lack of support from male folk shows some kind of gender politics behind rape. Hence, the stigma associated with rape continues to discourage women from reporting rape cases. However, this issue has been continuously explored in many Nigerian (Nollywood) films. But to what extent have Nollywood films contributed to the mobilization of the Nigerian populace toward reducing incidences of rape in Nigeria? Using the framing theory of the media, this article examined two Nigerian films, Tango with Me (dir. Mahmood Ali-Balogun, 2012) and Code of Silence (dir. Emem Isong, 2015), which were purposively selected due to their storylines on rape. The movies were content analysed to highlight the role that men and women play, and the views of society towards rape incidences. The study also examined the gender roles vis-à-vis the stigma and trauma experiences of the victims (mainly the women) and the punishment meted out to the perpetrators of rape. Findings indicated that there is a code of silence; consequently, rape victims (mainly women) are not encouraged to speak out, for fear of losing their mental wellbeing and social status in society. The role of women in rape is passive and submissive to the dictates of a society which valorises patriarchy while the role of men shows aggressive and unrepentant behaviour, which society hardly punishes. The conclusion reached is that Nollywood content producers should help to raise the level of Nigerians’ awareness through their productions to make rape victims see the need to promptly report rape incidents, so that offenders can be punished, and deterrents can begin to emerge.Item Between the margins and the mainstream: the odyssey of women in Greek and Yorùbá thoughts(2017) Adebowale, B. A.; Akinboye., G. A.Scholars have generally appraised issues relating to women from the viewpoint of gender inequalities and claimed that the female folk are largely oppressed by their male counterparts. Without doubt, the twenty-first century has witnessed gender relations characterized by a lot of imbalances especially to the detriment of women. However, studies have shown that in many societies, women enjoy some undeniable rights, and that prior to slave trade, colonialism and the advent of the missionaries in Africa, Yoruba women of Southwest Nigeria enjoyed certain privileges as much as their male counterparts and such as demanded by Plato in his 'ideal state'. This paper investigates the ideal roles and status of women from historical, religious, philosophical and cultural perspectives of the Yoruba people and compares their phenomenon with those of the ancient Athens as projected by Plato. Examining the rights of women from these two socio-cultural milieus, the paper establishes when and how gender inequality became a subject of debate in the histories of the Greek and the Yoruba peopleItem Legislative ideology as a feminist trope in Homeric and Nigeria societies(2016) Adebowale, B. A.Politics is an important aspect of every society, and often times, men have been the major players on the political landscape. It is also an indisputable fact that women constitute over half of the population of the world. The question then arises: why are there so few women elected as public officials? Over the years, bigotry has made people believe that women are not suitable for politics or decision- making positions and, they have nothing to offer to the overall development of society. Nigeria is not an exception with regard to this kind of thinking. Though the significant part of the national population is constituted of women, yet the numerical strength of women does not correspond to women representation in Nigeria’s public life. This is due to the fact that Nigeria is a patriarchal society characterised by intense discrimination against women. Like contemporary Nigeria, the ancient Homeric society epitomises a misogynistic society, a world where men ruled supreme, and women, the objects. Despite this, Homer's Odyssey presents the character of a unique woman in Penelope who survived a male dominated world by her personal strength and protected her home and family from predators and enemies. This paper reviews the character of Penelope in Odyssey of Homer and analyses how female power and worth were measured in the Homeric world. It also explores the role of women in Nigerian politics and the factors debarring them from active political participation in comparison to the Homeric worldItem Mongo Beti, Ahmadou Kourouma and Ibrahima Ly: how feminists are they?(2011) Sanusi, R.Mongo Beti’s Le Pauvre Christ de Bomba (1956) and Mission terminee (1957), Ahmadou Kourouma’s Les Soleils des independances (1970) and Ibrahima Ly’s Toiles d’araignee (1972) depict female characters confronted with traditional attitudes, religious prescriptions and patriarchal mores in Cameroonian, Ivorian and Malian societies. This article recognizes and applauds the attacks launched by Beti, Kourouma and Ly on certain Christian, Islamic and traditional African practices that subjugate sub-Saharan African women, even though these authors still portray their female characters as subaltern and women in bondage who aspire to free themselves from cultural enslavement and patriarchal domination.Item Classical arabic: a critique of thumadir bint amr’s (al-khansa) poetry(Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2019-12) Akewula, A. O.Classical Arabic is taught in several institutions across the globe especially at the University level where Arabic is a course of study, besides studies of individual scholars and translations of their literary writing. The study is highly concentrated on both poetry and prose written by Arab male writers of classical period. The works ofpoetess in classical Arabic literature have been largely neglected especially that oj Al-Khansa. Scholars and critics fail to realize the extent of their achievements and their abilities to face comparison with other poets in both classical and modern Arabic literature. This paper therefore, explores the balance and provides a conspectus of Thumadir bint Amr popularly known as Al-Khansa’s poetical composition in a such a form as may prove helpful not only to Arabic scholars, but also to inform th readers of Arabic literature. Here in this paper, the expression classica poetry is taken to mean the poetry before the advent of Islam in Arabia!. Peninsula. This paper also introduces classical Arabic poetry preoccupation with people, whether individuals or groups, that is, tribe, party, sect or race. The life and works of selected poetess is also exhibited in the paper with analysis of the work in a classical form. The paper posits that the classical Arabic poetry composed by Thumadir bint Amrhad showcased thy significance of women in literary circle of the period.Item 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.