scholarly journals Perceived Discrimination Difference between the Manjo Minority and Non-Manjo Ethnic Group in Kaffa Zone, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e626997386
Author(s):  
Bizuayehu Dengechi Dachachi ◽  
Nigatuwa Worku Woyessa ◽  
Fisseha Mikre Weldmeskel
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
T Test ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
The South ◽  
Psychosocial Wellbeing ◽  
South West ◽  
Work Intervention

This study has attempted to examine perceived discrimination difference between the Manjo clan and non-manjos in Kaffa zone that is located in the south west of Ethiopia. A total of 298 individuals who belong to the manjo and non-manjo groups were randomly selected and involved in the study. The researchers utilized an independent sample t-test to compare the level of perceived discrimination between the Manjo and the non-Manjos ethnic groups. Seen segregation is the changeability of thought coming because of behavior of isolating group of people that radiates from predisposition and partiality. As revealed in the study, there is a significant mean variation among manjos and non-manjos with respect to perceiving discrimination. The thought of being discriminated showed significant mean difference between the group of manjos and non-manjos. The finding implies the need for further research and social work intervention to minimize the action and sense of being discriminated as this relates to the overall psychosocial wellbeing of persons in a given community.

Variations in Facial Anthropometric Measurements among Major Ethnic Groups in Nigeria: A 3-Dimentional Stereophotogrammetry Analysis

FACE ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 273250162110290
Author(s):  
Adegbayi Adeola Adekunle ◽  
Abiodun Yusuff Olowo ◽  
Moses Adetona ◽  
Olutayo James ◽  
Olawale Olatubosun Adamson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Multivariate Regression Analysis ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
Anthropometric Measurements ◽  
Lower Lip ◽  
Facial Height ◽  
3D Photogrammetry

Objectives: The aim of the study is to highlight variations in facial anthropometric measurements among the major ethnic groups in Nigeria using 3D photogrammetry. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in Lagos, Nigeria. Acquisition of 3D facial photographs was done using a Vectra H1 portable 3D photogrammetry imaging system. Descriptive analysis of collected data was done and a test of associations performed using independent samples t-test. The level of significance was set at <.05. Results: The total number of participants in this study was 503. The study population was made up of 302 (60%) males and 201 (40%) females. Mean upper facial height among Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, and other ethnic groups were 68.93 ± 5.85, 70.18 ± 5.99, 63.79 ± 4.80, and 69.29 ± 5.95 mm respectively, while mean interpupillary distances were 66.99 ± 3.70, 67.34 ± 3.56, 66.73 ± 3.80, and 67.09 ± 3.72 mm respectively. A Tukey posthoc test revealed significant pairwise differences for upper facial height between the Yoruba and Hausa population with a mean difference of 5.15 mm ( P < .001, 95% CI 2.94-7.35) ( P < .001, 95% CI 2.94-7.35), and Hausa and Igbo population with a mean difference of 6.39 mm ( P < .001, 95% CI 3.75-9.03). Multivariate regression analysis confirmed the presence of significant inter-ethnic differences between Hausa ethnic group and the Yoruba ethnic group for midfacial height ( P < .001), upper lip height ( P = .004), lower lip height ( P = .003), total face height ( P = .010), and orbital fissure width ( P < .001). Conclusion: The result of this study shows that distinct difference does exist in the facial anthropological measurements between the ethnicities included in this study especially in vertical facial measurements.

scholarly journals Mah Meri

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Kruspe ◽  
John Hajek
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Short Distance ◽  
The State ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
The South ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Coast ◽  
Malacca Strait

Mah Meri (ãʔ məri) belongs to the Aslian branch of Mon-Khmer within the Austroasiatic family. It is classified as a Southern Aslian language, along with Semelai, Semoq Beri and Temoq (Benjamin 1976). Mah Meri is spoken by the Mah Meri ethnic group in scattered settlements along the south-west coast of the Malay peninsula stretching from Port Kelang to Bukit Bangkong, Sepang in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The island of Sumatra lies a short distance away across the Malacca Strait. The Mah Meri language, which may have as many as 2,185 speakers, has no written tradition and is highly endangered.

scholarly journals Assessment of Methaemoglobin in Haemoglobin Variants in Selected Ethnic Groups in Bayelsa State

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Victor Tuanwii Ideede ◽  
Jeremiah Awotu Zaccheus ◽  
Everlyn Mercy Eze ◽  
Jonathan Nyebuchi ◽  
Friday Ogidigba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Sample ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Spectrophotometric Method ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
P Value ◽  
Heme Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Hoc

Methaemoglobin (Met-Hb) is a type of the oxygen-carrying metalloproteinhemoglobin. The heme group iron exists as ferric (Fe3+) iron, rather than the ferrous (Fe2+) iron of typical hemoglobin. Met-Hb is unable to perform the function of binding to oxygen like oxyhaemoglobin does. The aim of this study was to compare methaemoglobin levels between AA and AS haemoglobin variants among the Ijaw, Igbo and Yoruba ethnic groups residing in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. A total of 150 subjects were enrolled for the study. One hundred and sixteen subjects constituted the Ijaws; 21 Igbos and 13 Yorubas. For each subject, 4mls of blood sample collected in EDTA bottle was assayed for methaemoglobin using a spectrophotometric method. Results revealed there was no significant difference in the methaemoglobin mean levels between the AA and AS haemoglobin variants (P-value>0.05) of the ethnic groups except the Igbo ethnic group (P-value <0.05). However, comparing the methaemoglobin mean levels among the ethnic groups showed a significant mean difference of methaemoglobin (P-value <0.05). All Post-hoc groups showed significant difference except the Igbo and Yorubo ethnic groups (P-value >0.05). In conclusion, this study has revealed that methaemoglobin levels changes significantly based on studied tribes but does not change based on studied haemoglobin variants.

Ankole Folk Tales

Africa ◽  
1951 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Lukyn Williams
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The South ◽  
Folk Tales ◽  
The North ◽  
South West ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphAnkole is a district in the south-west of the Uganda Protectorate. Its inhabitants, as a result of fifty years of British administration, are being gradually welded together into one people, the Banyankole. There are, however, two distinct ethnic groups in the country: the Bantu aborigines who till the soil and the cattlekeeping Bahima. The latter were Hamitic invaders from the north, who brought with them their own long-horned cattle, easily distinguishable from the small shorthorned zebu type found already in the country. Their one aim in life was and is the well-being of their herds.

scholarly journals Nayan-Nava and the Ethnogenesis Problem of the Buryat Tribal Community of Khori

2020 ◽  
pp. 393-423
Author(s):  
B. R. Zoriktuev
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Lake Baikal ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
The South ◽  
South West

The ethnogenesis of the leading Buryat tribal community of the Khori is investigated. It was established that their ethnic ancestors were the Mongol-speaking Syanbi ethnic group of the khor-toba. It was determined that in the 4th century in the south-west of China, in Amdo, a group of tribes, called the Khoir (Khori), emerged from the composition of the khori-toba. It settled in Tsaidam near lake Sadamtyn-Sagan-nur. Much attention is paid to the identification of early Tsaidam versions of the Khorin legend about the ancestor of Khoridoy and his wife, Maiden Swan Khoboshi. An analysis of legends, combined with data from various sources, testified that the territory adjacent to Sadamtyn-Sagan-nur was the ancient ancestral home of the Khorintsy, which remained in their memory as Nayan-Nava. It is proved that the main character of the Khorin legend Khorida is the personification of the Tsaidam Mongol-speaking clans - Khoboshi, who came from the Sayano-Altai in the VI century with the Mongolized Turkic-speaking ethnic components. It was established that the interaction and merger of these groups led to the formation of the Khori tribe in Tsaidam. It was found that approximately at the turn of the I-II thousand n. e. the Khorintsy, leaving Nayan-Nava, went to Lake Baikal.

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