scholarly journals Traditional Belief Systems and Maternal Mortality in a Semi-Urban Community in Southern Nigeria

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasper Chiwuzie ◽  
Chike Okolocha
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Mortality ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Traditional Belief ◽  
Southern Nigeria

scholarly journals Weathering the Storm: Supernatural belief and cooperation in an insecure world

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Anne McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Resource Availability ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Dictator Game ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Traditional Beliefs ◽  
Traditional Belief ◽  
Supernatural Beliefs ◽  
Belief Content

Religious and supernatural beliefs may facilitate social life by promoting and sustaining cooperation, but the specific cooperation problems each society faces may lead to unique belief systems adapted to local socio-ecological conditions. As societies mix and belief systems spread, local and introduced belief systems may present conflicting solutions to the same social problem. How do we choose among these different solutions? The present study recruits participation from villagers living on Yasawa Island, Fiji (N=179), who espouse both Christian and traditional beliefs that promote different expectations about local and distant others. This study focuses on the relationships among existential/ resource insecurity and supernatural beliefs across these belief systems using an experimental priming procedure and a dictator game to allocate food resources. Though reminders of insecurity had no impact on allocations, the effects of being reminded of Christian or Traditional belief depended on (was moderated by) how worried participants were about resource availability and beliefs about the Christian God’s tendency toward punishment or forgiveness. Analyses of interview data suggest Christian and Traditional imagery may evoke different conceptions of Gods as either supportive (Christian) or authoritarian (Traditional). Results highlight belief content as key for sustaining different social support networks and traditional belief/ knowledge systems as a source of community resilience against threats like natural disasters.

Traditional belief systems and trade in vulture parts are leading to the eradication of vultures in Nigeria: an ethno-ornithological study of north-central Nigeria

Ostrich ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Michael M Williams ◽  
Ulf Ottosson ◽  
Talatu Tende ◽  
Justus P Deikumah
Keyword(s):  
Belief Systems ◽  
North Central ◽  
Traditional Belief

Socio-demographic determinants of birth registration among mothers in an urban community in southern Nigeria

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
AlphonsusR Isara ◽  
AntonyO Atimati
Keyword(s):  
Urban Community ◽  
Birth Registration ◽  
Southern Nigeria

scholarly journals Erratum to “Severe Life-Threatening Pregnancy Complications, “Near Miss” and Maternal Mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Nigeria: A Retrospective Study”

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Ubong Bassey Akpan ◽  
Udeme Asibong ◽  
Ezukwa Omoronyia ◽  
Kazeem Arogundade ◽  
Thomas Agan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Maternal Mortality ◽  
Pregnancy Complications ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Near Miss ◽  
Southern Nigeria ◽  
Life Threatening

scholarly journals Tabi-Tabi Po: Situating The Narrative of Supernatural in the Context of the Philippines Community Development

MANUSYA ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Paolo Miguel Vicerra ◽  
Jem R. Javier
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Belief System ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Common Identity

Folklore, such as the narratives of the supernatural, functions as a vehicle for elements of culture such as belief systems, ideologies and shared memories. This study explores the changes undergone by Philippine narratives of the supernatural vis-à-vis the urban development of the community where they thrive. It is demonstrated that the characters of the narratives of the supernatural are perceived to be of equal or even higher stature than those of members of the rural communities. With the locality experience changes brought about by urbanisation, this folklore is inevitably modified to suit the people’s environment and sensibilities, by reappropriating new functions and roles in the community. A different impression is observed in the context of the urban community; but, the collective sense of respect evoked by the urban dwellers has endured. This is the form which the latent belief system among Filipinos has taken, one that forges their common identity.

scholarly journals Native Witchcraft Beliefs in Acadian, Maritime and Newfoundland Folklore

Ethnologies ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-152
Author(s):  
Ronald Labelle
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Aboriginal Population ◽  
Traditional Belief ◽  
Aboriginal Populations

Acadian traditional legends and beliefs have been collected and studied by various scholars, the foremost being Catherine Jolicoeur, who collected approximately 400 narratives dealing with the Aboriginal population of the Maritimes as part of her fieldwork in Acadian areas of New Brunswick. This article examines the issue of belief in Native witchcraft, not only in Acadian folklore, but also among anglophones of the Maritimes and Newfoundland, in order to point out similarities or differences in their traditional belief systems, and also in their attitudes towards Native groups. A comparison is made between the views held by Roman Catholic and Protestant groups, and particular attention is given to gender considerations regarding the identity of “witches,” drawing on sources ranging from the late seventeenth up to the twentieth century. The article demonstrates that during all periods of history since the first contacts between Europeans and the Aboriginal populations of the Atlantic Provinces, the former have viewed the latter as being potentially dangerous, and have suspected them of possessing malevolent supernatural powers.

scholarly journals Complexities of local cultural protection in conservation: the case of an Endangered African primate and forest groves protected by social taboos

Oryx ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne R. Baker ◽  
Adebowale A. Tanimola ◽  
Oluseun S. Olubode
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Informal Institutions ◽  
Tree Cover ◽  
Survey Area ◽  
Sacred Groves ◽  
The Social ◽  
Southern Nigeria ◽  
Sacred Forests ◽  
Indigenous Religions

AbstractGlobally, some species and habitats receive protection through local belief systems (e.g. indigenous religions) and informal institutions (e.g. social norms and taboos). Where such systems represent the only form of protection for threatened species or environments, they may be critical to the survival of those taxa and sites. We evaluated the effectiveness of long-standing social taboos protecting the Endangered Sclater's monkey Cercopithecus sclateri and forest groves in a community complex in Nigeria. Across its range (southern Nigeria), Sclater's monkey is effectively protected only through informal institutions. At our study site, we conducted a census of the monkey population; measured the area of sacred groves; and compared our findings with estimates from 2010 and 2005, respectively. We observed a 36% increase in the monkey population (from 249 to 339 individuals) in a core survey area. No groves that we assessed in 2005 had been fully cleared. Although we observed a decline in tree cover for several sacred forests, most groves used regularly by monkeys had changed little. The social taboos related to monkeys and sacred groves remain largely intact; however, other factors threaten the monkey population and remaining forests in this community complex, including the removal of tree patches to accommodate the construction of large residential buildings and the demand for cropland, as well as increased dumping of waste in forested sites. This study highlights the conservation importance and limitations of local cultural protection, as well as the challenges presented when such protection conflicts with community-perceived development needs.

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