scholarly journals The Migration Patterns and Identity of the Okun-Yoruba People of Central Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilesanmi Akanmidu Paul

Migration is a global phenomenon. From time immemorial, man has been moving from one place to another for temporary or permanent settlements. This is largely facilitated by natural or artificial factors. The former include nat­ural disasters such as ecological change and draught, while the latter can be in­stigated by wars and search for better fortunes. This study examines the nature of the movements of the Okun-Yoruba people from the western region of Ni­geria to the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers in the Central Geograph­ical Zone of Nigeria. It reveals how their long years of interactions with peoples of the confluence region were aided by the European delimitation of the area as part of the North, which has been the basis of sociopolltical agitation. The study reveals that Okun-Yoruba people, despite their geographical delimitation as northerners, see themselves more as southerners.

2020 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 101694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gizem Izgi ◽  
Tuna Eken ◽  
Peter Gaebler ◽  
Tom Eulenfeld ◽  
Tuncay Taymaz

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-288
Author(s):  
Ali Nasiri ◽  

Today, the extent and complexity of human-natural environment interactions, young lands, environmental instabilities of settlements with more frequency and intensity than before and are serious. What is the environmental sustainability of rural settlements according to the morphotectonic variables of the region? What factors affect sustainability of rural settlements the region? No report has been submitted in this research area. Fuzzy multivariate spatial analysis and Data ISO and geomorphic indices such as W, SL, Hi, Ar and SMF and Iat index were used to assess stability. Topographic data, earthquakes, fault systems, geology, geomorphology, morphostructure were analyzed and morphotectonic zones of the region were determined. The results of this study show that in the study area there is a Horst and Graben system with east-west trend which is formed by a system of faults parallel to the north-south trend. 4 different morphotectonic patterns (A, B, C, D) were identified with different characteristics and coefficients of morphotechnical stability in the research area. According to the results of the analysis of the Iat index, 57% of the settlements in the region are located in zone A, which is morphotectonically stable. 23.5% of the settlements are located in zone C with high instability and the settlements of zone B 16% and in zone D 4.9% with different coefficients show more severe and severe morphotectonic instability, respectively. The results show that the main cause of environmental instability in the western region of Lake Urmia is due to the active fault system of the region.


Author(s):  
Л.Д. Тарабукина ◽  
В.И. Козлов ◽  
Д.E. Иннокентьев

Проведен анализ 11-летних временных рядов количества грозовых разрядов суммарно по территориям двух крупных областей повышенной плотности молний (более 10 раз по сравнению со значениями на окружающем пространстве): условно обозначенных как восточный регион — 40–55º с.ш., 110–140º в.д., и западный регион — 47–62º с.ш., 60–90º в.д. Дискретное разложение рядов (разрешение в 1 сутки) с помощью вейвлет-функции Мейера до 5 уровня (восточный) и 4 уровня (западный) показало смещение максимума сезонного хода грозовой активности в регионах в начало и ближе к августу из года в год с периодом около 3 лет. Периодичность в вариациях грозовой активности более выражена в Фурье-спектрах в западном регионе: 4, 7, 14 дней. Плотность молний в Северной Азии в пространстве можно описать как пояс вокруг 50º с.ш. со смещением южнее на востоке и значительном увеличении плотности в двух областях. Предложено аналитическое выражение в виде изменяющейся с долготой гауссовой функции широтного хода, суммированной с линейной функцией фонового спада общего уровня активности к северу. Параметры, входящие в гауссову функцию, представлены зависимостью плотности от долготы. Параметр широты достаточно аппроксимируется линейной функцией долготы, параметр уширения распределения по широте – суммой трех гауссовых функций. Их межгодовое изменение пренебрегалось в данном решении. Параметр, ответственный за описание пика плотности, описывается суммой двух гауссовых функций, и в их коэффициенты введена зависимость от года. Межгодовые вариации коэффициентов вторичных функций предложено представлять в виде суммы Фурье-рядов с двумя-тремя гармониками. Таким образом, получены оценки вариабельности параметров аналитического выражения широтно-долготного распределения плотности грозовых разрядов в десятилетнем масштабе In this study, we analyzed 11-year time series of lightning strokes number over two large areas with increased lightning density (more than 10 times compared with the values in the surrounding area). The so-called “eastern” region is 40–55º N, 110–140º E, and the “western” region is 47–62º N, 60–90º E. The discrete decomposition of the series (of daily resolution) using the Meyer wavelet function to fifth level (eastern) and forth level (western) showed a shift in the maximum of seasonal variation in the regions from the beginning of June to beginning of August from year to year with a period of about 3 years. The periodicity in the seasonal variations of lightning number obtained by the Fourier spectra appeared in the western region more clearly: 4, 7, 14 days. The spatial distribution of lightning density in North Asia can be described as a belt around 50º N with a more than 5 degrees latitude shift to the south in the east with significant peaks in density especially in two regions. The analytical expression is suggested in the form of a latitudinal Gaussian function varying with longitude summarized with a linear function as the background decline to the north of the general lightning activity level. Thus, estimates of the variability of the analytical expression parameters defined the latitudinal-longitudinal distribution of the lightning density on a ten-year scale were obtained.


2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Shumlyanskyy ◽  
L. Stepanyuk ◽  
S. Claesson ◽  
K. Rudenko ◽  
A. Bekker

Author(s):  
Abdulmalik Alghamdi ◽  
Mohammed Alzahrani ◽  
Abdulla Alhamami ◽  
Adel Altalhi ◽  
Ali Alkhathami ◽  
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