scholarly journals Dialetics and Structural Organization in the Ẹ̀bìbì Festival Performances of the Ẹ̀pẹ́ People in Lagos State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Babatunde Olanrewaju Adebua ◽  
Mobolanle Ebunoluwa Sotunsa
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Area ◽  
Structural Organization ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
A Performance ◽  
Aesthetic Forms

There is growing interest in the study of festivals by literary scholars in African orature. In Nigeria, the festival resources of the Ìjèbú in southwest ̣ - ern Nigeria, specifically the Èbìbì ̣ festival, has been given cursory multi-disciplinary attention in areas such as anthropology, sociology, religions and history. However, scant attention has been paid to the literariness of this corpus of festivals. Moreover, the variety of the festival celebrated by the Èpẹ́ ̣ people in the coastal area of the Ìjẹ̀bú people appears to have been neglected in previous studies of Ìjẹ̀bu festivals. Using salient aspects of literary semiot ́ - ics, this paper explores the Èbìbì ̣ festival of the Èpẹ́ ̣ people by undertaking a literary evaluation of the structural organization, dialetics and interconnectedness of the performances. Observations revealed that levels of structural organization are interconnected to various degrees. Narrative and textual structures are maintained in spite of translations into other languages. Èbìbì ̣ is structured beginning with formulaic exchanges, invocation by the Oluwo and the beating of the sacred Gbẹ̀du drums. Performers sometimes use the formula within a performance to develop oral text. Actions include flogging, as well as acrobatic and gymnastic displays by the performers. The costumes and masks have motifs of riverine animals and fishing accessories. Color codes are symbolically white for cleansing, green for fertility, brown for earth and red for positive energy. The Èbìbì ̣ festival celebrated in Èpẹ́ ̣ is indeed rich in oral 200 Babatunde Olanrewaju Adebua and Mobolanle Ebunoluwa Sotunsa aesthetic forms such as narration, wording, texture and dramatization which enhance its performance aesthetics to a large degree.

‘I Like to Be a Swell’: Paupers at the Pantomime

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-153
Author(s):  
Kirsten Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Popular Theatre ◽  
Valuable Source ◽  
Performance Space ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Music Hall ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
A Performance

In January 1866, journalist James Greenwood entered the Lambeth Workhouse disguised as a vagrant. Greenwood's account of his experience inspired a host of imitators, and inaugurated a mania for slum journalism. Critics have noted the voyeurism and the homoerotic subtext of Greenwood's ‘A Night in a Workhouse', but the impact of Victorian popular theatre on his narrative has received scant attention. This essay recuperates the links between workhouse and theatre: examining paupers' reception, criticism, and appropriation of popular forms of entertainment such as the pantomime and the music hall song, analysing the representation of the workhouse on the Victorian stage, and finally proposing the concept of the workhouse itself as a performance space. Greenwood provides a valuable source of information about the theatregoing habits of the houseless poor, the most marginalised demographic within audiences at the Victorian theatre.

scholarly journals Lagos state ambulance service: a performance evaluation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinmayee Venkatraman ◽  
Aina Olufemi Odusola ◽  
Chenchita Malolan ◽  
Olusegun Kola-Korolo ◽  
Oluwole Olaomi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Ambulance Service ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
A Performance

The stability of rotating-disc boundary-layer flow over a compliant wall. Part 1. Type I and II instabilities

1997 ◽  
Vol 350 ◽  
pp. 231-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. COOPER ◽  
PETER W. CARPENTER
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Flow Instability ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Order System ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
Type I ◽  
Rotating Disc ◽  
Wall Compliance ◽  
The Stability

A theoretical study into the effects of wall compliance on the stability of the rotating-disc boundary layer is described. A single-layer viscoelastic wall model is coupled to a sixth-order system of fluid stability equations which take into account the effects of viscosity, Coriolis acceleration, and streamline curvature. The coupled system of equations is integrated numerically by a spectral Chebyshev-tau technique.Travelling and stationary modes are studied and wall compliance is found to greatly increase the complexity of the eigenmode spectrum. It is effective in stabilizing the inviscid Type I (or cross-flow) instability. The effect on the viscous (Type II) eigenmode is more complex and can be strongly destabilizing. An analysis of the energy flux indicates that this destabilization arises as a result of a large degree of energy production by viscous stresses at the wall/flow interface.The Type I and II instabilities are shown to be negative and positive energy waves respectively. The co-existence of eigenmodes of opposite energy type indicates the possibility of modal interaction and coalescence. It is found that, compared with the rigid disc, wall compliance promotes the interaction and coalescence of the Type I and II eigenmodes. There is an associated strong instability which appears to be characterized by marked horizontal motion of the compliant surface. Modal coalescence is interpreted physically as producing local algebraic growth which could advance the onset of nonlinear effects.

The Missions and Political Development in the Congo

Africa ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin D. Markowitz
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
World War ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
European Colonization ◽  
History Of ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
First World

Opening ParagraphThe history of European colonization in Africa is to a large degree a story of Christian missionary penetration. Yet, relatively scant attention has been paid to their political activities and influence, especially during the period following the First World War. This paper is an attempt to deal with this problem as it manifested itself in the former Belgium Congo. For reasons that I hope will become obvious to the reader, the Catholic missions will receive greater attention than the Protestant.

Evaluation of unsustainable land use/land cover change on ecosystem services in coastal area of Lagos state, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Adegboyega ◽  
J. Oloukoi ◽  
A. E. Olajuyigbe ◽  
O. E. Ajibade
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Change ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Lagos State

Structural organization of escherichia coli ribosomes as determined by immuno electron microscopy

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Stöffler ◽  
R.W. Bald ◽  
J. Dieckhoff ◽  
H. Eckhard ◽  
R. Lührmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Ribosomal Proteins ◽  
Structural Organization ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Ribosomal Subunit ◽  
Spatial Arrangement ◽  
Small Subunit ◽  
Antibody Binding ◽  
Immuno Electron Microscopy

A central step towards an understanding of the structure and function of the Escherichia coli ribosome, a large multicomponent assembly, is the elucidation of the spatial arrangement of its 54 proteins and its three rRNA molecules. The structural organization of ribosomal components has been investigated by a number of experimental approaches. Specific antibodies directed against each of the 54 ribosomal proteins of Escherichia coli have been performed to examine antibody-subunit complexes by electron microscopy. The position of the bound antibody, specific for a particular protein, can be determined; it indicates the location of the corresponding protein on the ribosomal surface.The three-dimensional distribution of each of the 21 small subunit proteins on the ribosomal surface has been determined by immuno electron microscopy: the 21 proteins have been found exposed with altogether 43 antibody binding sites. Each one of 12 proteins showed antibody binding at remote positions on the subunit surface, indicating highly extended conformations of the proteins concerned within the 30S ribosomal subunit; the remaining proteins are, however, not necessarily globular in shape (Fig. 1).

Ribosome Structural Organization

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 332-333
Author(s):  
James A. Lake
Keyword(s):  
Ribosomal Proteins ◽  
Structural Organization ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Small Subunit ◽  
Structural Studies ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Specific Antibodies ◽  
X Ray ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Complete Sequences

The understanding of ribosome structure has advanced considerably in the last several years. Biochemists have characterized the constituent proteins and rRNA's of ribosomes. Complete sequences have been determined for some ribosomal proteins and specific antibodies have been prepared against all E. coli small subunit proteins. In addition, a number of naturally occuring systems of three dimensional ribosome crystals which are suitable for structural studies have been observed in eukaryotes. Although the crystals are, in general, too small for X-ray diffraction, their size is ideal for electron microscopy.

Study of the Molecular Architecture of Keratin Filaments by Electron Microscopy

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 118-119
Author(s):  
U. Aebi ◽  
P. Rew ◽  
T.-T. Sun
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Structural Organization ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Molecular Architecture ◽  
The Past ◽  
Keratin Filaments ◽  
Different Types ◽  
10 Nm Filaments ◽  
Different Cell Types

Various types of intermediate-sized (10-nm) filaments have been found and described in many different cell types during the past few years. Despite the differences in the chemical composition among the different types of filaments, they all yield common structural features: they are usually up to several microns long and have a diameter of 7 to 10 nm; there is evidence that they are made of several 2 to 3.5 nm wide protofilaments which are helically wound around each other; the secondary structure of the polypeptides constituting the filaments is rich in ∞-helix. However a detailed description of their structural organization is lacking to date.

Characterization of homoepitaxial diamond films by Electron microscopy

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 880-881
Author(s):  
D.P. Malta ◽  
S.A. Willard ◽  
R.A. Rudder ◽  
G.C. Hudson ◽  
J.B. Posthill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Surface Defects ◽  
Substrate Surface ◽  
Diamond Films ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Polycrystalline Diamond ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Rf Plasma ◽  
Semiconducting Diamond

Semiconducting diamond films have the potential for use as a material in which to build active electronic devices capable of operating at high temperatures or in high radiation environments. A major goal of current device-related diamond research is to achieve a high quality epitaxial film on an inexpensive, readily available, non-native substrate. One step in the process of achieving this goal is understanding the nucleation and growth processes of diamond films on diamond substrates. Electron microscopy has already proven invaluable for assessing polycrystalline diamond films grown on nonnative surfaces.The quality of the grown diamond film depends on several factors, one of which is the quality of the diamond substrate. Substrates commercially available today have often been found to have scratched surfaces resulting from the polishing process (Fig. 1a). Electron beam-induced current (EBIC) imaging shows that electrically active sub-surface defects can be present to a large degree (Fig. 1c). Growth of homoepitaxial diamond films by rf plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) has been found to planarize the scratched substrate surface (Fig. 1b).

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