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    A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO’S MEMOIR
    (2017) AJALA, Adeola Toyosi
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    MOOD ANALYSIS OF SELECTED CASES OF STUDENT DISCIPLINARY INTERROGATIONS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
    (University of Ilorin, 2017) DAHUNSI, Toyese Najeem
    Student Investigative and Disciplinary Interrogations (SIDIs) are a global and constant social practice in higher educational institutions. In spite of their strategic roles in the maintenance of peace and order in the society, SIDIs have not been scholarly explored to understand the inherent language dynamics, structure and peculiarities in Nigeria. This study was aimed at conducting a structural analysis of the discourse of SIDIs with a view to identifying the syntactic patterns and determining how grammatical systems and structures were used to achieve different communicative purposes. The objectives of the study were to: (i) conduct a structural analysis of SIDIs to identify the various types of questions asked by interrogators; (ii) investigate the specific purposes that the identified question types served in the interrogations; (iii) examine interrogators’ preferences for the identified question types; (iv) verify whether the identified question types have inhibitive effect on interrogatees’ choices and lengths of answers; and (v) determine whether interrogatees were at any disadvantage occasioned by interrogators’ questions. The methodology was mainly descriptive and analytical. The data were transcripts of SIDIs from three public universities in Nigeria: The University of Ilorin, the Federal University of Technology, Akure, and, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko. Five SIDIs, each containing about 30 question-answer adjacency pairs (QAPs), were selected per university (a total of 15 cases, 450 question-answer adjacency pairs). Mood analysis, an aspect of the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) was carried out for the questions and answers. The variation of the modal elements in each QAP led to the emergence of different clausal configurations and functions. Answers to the questions were further analysed into short and long types. The findings of the study were that: i. four question types were asked by interrogators in the discourses. These were yes/no interrogatives, declarative questions, Wh-interrogatives and moodless constructions. Interrogatees’ answers were predominantly declarative, an indication that interrogators’ role was information elicitation through questioning while interrogatees’ role was information provision through narratives; ii. different questions served different purposes in the discourses: yes/no interrogatives and declarative functions served propositional confirmation-refutation functions; some yes/no interrogatives served the purpose of subtle commands; Wh-interrogatives served information gap-filling purposes; while moodless constructions served discourse continuity purposes; iii. interrogators’ highest preference was for yes/no interrogatives across cases, followed by declarative questions. These were propositional confirmation-refutation questions, and were structurally restrictive; iv. structurally restrictive questions took more long answers than short answers, an indication that though the questions were restrictive in form, they were non-restrictive in function; and v. interrogatees were not found to be disadvantaged by interrogators’ questions because the restrictive force of most questions had no observable effect on interrogatees’ answers in most cases. The study concluded that the QAP is evidently the main language resource for eliciting evidence in SIDIs and that although interrogators’ questions in SIDIs were predominantly and structurally restrictive, they were functionally non-restrictive. The study thus recommended the QAP as a reliable device for information elicitation in SIDIs.
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    HISTORICAL EFFECTS OF THE BUBONIC EPIDEMIC IN LAGOS: 1924-1959
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2017-04) FALEYE, OLUKAYODE ABIODUN
    Studies on the history of disease occurrences, control and management within the humanities is a recent development. This thesis examined the history of Bubonic Plague in Lagos from the initial outbreak in 1924 up to 1959. The Bubonic Plague in Lagos between 1924 and 1959 accounted for a total of 1,947 cases with 1,813 deaths. This thesis examined the history of Bubonic Plague in Lagos from the initial outbreak in 1924 to 1959 when the pandemic was considered inactive by the World Health Organisation (WHO). While the peak of the virulence was marked in 1928 with 519 cases and 509 deaths, its lowest ebb was witnessed in 1931 with 5 cases and 5 deaths. Few existing studies on Bubonic Plague have focused on the geographical and biomedical dimension of the epidemic in Lagos thereby neglecting the humanistic socio-economic and cultural dynamics of the event. It is against this backdrop that this thesis examined the unprecedented historical landmarks created by colonial interventions and local responses to Bubonic Plague in Lagos. The objectives of this study were to: - (i.) examine the origin of transborder Bubonic Plague in Lagos; (ii.) historical pattern of transmission (iii.) evaluate colonial interventions and local responses, and (iv.) analyse the impact of the epidemic on the people of Lagos. A historical methodological approach and qualitative research design were adopted for the study, based on archival records, oral interviews, newspaper reports and the literature. The findings of this research were: (i.) Bubonic Plague was introduced to Lagos from the Gold Coast (Ghana) through transborder kola nut trade network in West Africa. The progression of the epidemic from Kumasi (Gold Coast) to Lagos (Nigeria) unveils a new pattern of disease process in the region brought about by globalization and European imperialism; (ii.) the rapid transmission and diffusion of Plague in Lagos was facilitated by colonial transportation and communication networks as well as animal reservoirs such as the black rats. Its endurance in the port city is due to the Eurocentric Urbanism that found expression in the segregation and social neglect of the native settlements; (iii.) colonial interventions included transborder disease surveillance and screening, quarantine measures, environmental sanitation, town planning and biomedical healthcare. On the other hand, local responses involved religious and ethno-medical diagnoses and treatment based on a widely accepted historically rooted alternative to colonial intervention and; (iv.) intercultural responses to plague led to the invention of a colonial epidemic landscape in policy and practice that was piloted by cultural preferences, economic and political concerns. Plague control in colonial Lagos brings to the fore, the impact of the fear of contagion on labour productivity, public expenditure, migration, trade, food security, built environment and social mobility. The study concluded that the history of Bubonic Plague unfolded the shortcoming within colonial administrative machinery the distinct socio-spatial nature of public health praxis in Lagos. The study recommended the same pragmatic approach adopted in combatting the Ebola scourge in Nigeria in any epidemic outbreak.
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    A Critical Linguistic Study of Nigerian Erotic Poems in Arabic
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2017-07) YUSUF, Mujitaba Bature
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    A Critical Study of Selected Arabic Autobiographies in Ilorin Emirate, Nigeria
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2017-10) ABDULKAREEM, Jamiu Saadullah
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    IGBOMINA MUSLIMS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAM IN YORUBALAND (1940-2017)
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018) BAMIGBOYE, Yusuf Adebola
    Islam had been known to the Yoruba people centuries before the Jihad of Uthman Dan Fodio.The religion became widely spread in Yorubaland through different scholars and traders. Appreciable number of research studies had been carried out on Islam in Southwestern Nigeria, but not much attention had been paid tohow Islam developed in Igbominaland and the contributions of notable Igbomina Muslims on the spread of Islam in Yorubaland. The objectives of this study were to: (i) examine the challenges faced by the early Muslims in the spread of Islam in Igbominaland; (ii) establish how Muslims in Igbominaland aided the spread of Islam in Yorubaland; (iii) discuss the roles played by some notable clerics, Muslim philanthropists and other Igbomina scholars in the rooting of Islam in Yorubaland between 1940 and 2017; (iv) appraise the extent to which Igbomina Muslims have contributed to the growth of Islam educationally, socially and spiritually among the Yoruba Muslims; and (v) identify some aspects of life where Igbomina Muslims have not explored satisfactorily. This study employed qualitative research design using the historical method. Historical method was used to trace the history of the development of Islam in Igbominaland and to give a vivid description of the various means through which Igbomina Muslims contributed to the growth of Islam in Yorubaland. A total of eighty-one people including proprietors of Islamic learning centres, teachers, Imams, Sufis and philanthropic Muslims who were indigenes of Igbominaland were purposively selected for interview. Participants’ observations were also used for eliciting information. The findings of this study were that: (i) Igbomina Muslims encountered series of challenges from the traditionalists in their bid to propagate Islam, while the introduction of Western education for some time halted the growth of Islamic learning in Igbominaland; (ii) some Igbomina Muslims moved to Lagos not only for business or economic ventures; but to acquire Islamic knowledge, and establish schools in Lagos and other areas in Yorubaland; (iii) Igbomina jihadists and clerics openly carried their da’wah activities; while philanthropist Muslims sponsored mosque and school constructions; (iv) Da’wah on electronic media; songs on discs and recording of Qur’anic protective chapters on cassettes were used to propagate Islam and to assist the Muslims spiritually; (v) the area has also produced Sufi legends and spiritualists who have contributed greatly in the area of spiritual guidance to Yoruba people at home and in the diaspora; and (vi) the Igbomina Muslims have not explored satisfactorily in the area of establishment of hospitals, manufacturing industries and financial institutions. The study concluded that the Igbomina Muslims have indeed made indelible marks on the sand of time in the area of Islamic development in Yorubaland. The study therefore recommended that Igbomina Muslim scholars should not relent in propagatingIslam and that their da’wah activities should include the grassroots. Muslim philanthropists should also embark on funding of projects that match with the pace of developmental needs of the society.
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    A Stylistic Study OF Autobiography of Muhammad Al-Busairi Salman Ake and Muhammad Auwal Abubakar
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018) MUSA, Husain Muhammad-Bashir
    The Nigerian Arabic Scholars, like their counterparts across the globe, contributed their quotas to the development of stories, autobiographies and novels in Arabic, many of which had gained the attention of researchers while others are in dire need of study. The autobiographies of Muhammad Busairi Salman Ake and Muhammad Al-Auwal Abubakar are among the genres that are yet to be studied in details in Nigeria. This study therefore, examined the autobiography of these dual literary figures. The objectives of the study were to: (i) examine the life and works of the authors; (ii) analyze the contents of the two books; (iii) explore the stylistic devices employed in the two autobiographies; (iv) compare the two texts; and (v) evaluate the works based on the standard assessment parameters of the modern Arabic literature. The methods adopted were historical and descriptive. By historical, all the necessary data about the educational backgrounds of the two authors, their contributions to the development of the Arabic language and literature in Nigeria and their achievements were documented. The descriptive approach was used for the content analysis, exploration of various stylistic devices as they featured in the two works. As a result, the texts were carefully examined and comparatively assessed. The findings of the study were that: (i) Muhammad Busairi Salman Ake and Muhammad Al-Auwal Abubakar are erudite Arabic scholars of Northern Nigeria origin, who as diligent students, started their basic Arabic education in Nigeria and completed it abroad at higher level. While Ake has three published book and a collection of sermon, Abubakar has three published books and articles in scholarly Journals. (ii) the two works revealed various challenges encountered by these scholars in every stage of their learning. For example, Ake was denied visa to enter Egypt after a rigorous journey from Nigeria by foot, while Abubakar was faced with the challenge of moving from one Teacher to another at a short period. The experiences, however, could be regarded as informative and educational resources to the present and future generations; (iii) the stylistic features of the two works, included, Ikhtiyar Al-Alfadh (choice of words), Al-Istiacrah (Metaphor), Al-Majazul-Mursal (Synecdoche), At-Taqdimwa At-Ta‘khir (Hyperbaton: Reversal Order or Thematic Fronting) and At-Tashkhis (personification); (iv) Muhammad Al-Auwal adopted complex and compound style and used third person pronoun in his autobiography while Muhammad Busairi Salman adopted simple and complex style and first person pronoun in his narration; and (v) the two narrative books were adjudged as typical samples of classical prose of high standard in the contemporary Arabic prose of Nigerian composition. The study concluded that the two scholars used their language competence in Arabic to document their learning experiences, entertain and educate with their autobiographies. The study, therefore, recommended that efforts should be made to get these books revised, republished in large quantity for use at institutions of higher learning.
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    A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CONCEPT OF EVIL IN CHRISTIANITY AND YORUBA RELIGION
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018) AKINDELE, Samson Kehinde
    The problem of evil is explicit on how to reconcile the existence of the omnipotent and omnibenevolent God with the stark reality of evil in the world. Many theists have made several attempts to solve the problem but their proffered solutions are inadequate. The aim of the study was to examine the dynamics of the problem of evil in Christianity and Yoruba religion. The objectives of this thesis were to (i) define the co-existence of God in Christianity and Yoruba religion, (ii) probe into the understanding of God in Christianity and Yoruba religion (iii) examine the variables that are involved in the dynamics of the problem of evil in Christianity and Yoruba religion; (iv) Examine the meeting point of Christianity and Yoruba religion on the problem of evil. (v) Investigate the teachings of Christianity and Yoruba religion on how to cope with the problem of evil. The research methods used were interpretative, comparative and phenomenological interpretative method was adopted to explain the meaning people assigned to the problem of evil, comparative method was to compare and contrast the submissions of Christian and Yoruba religious adherents, while phenomenological method was employed to examine the events and experiences of evil in Christianity and Yoruba Religion. The findings of this study were that i. God is conceived as omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omnipresent in both religions has not changed. ii. God is an ontological Being that is fundamental to the belief systems of both Christianity and Yoruba Religion. iii. Yoruba religion synthesize the relationship between Satan and Olodumare they protect God’s Omnipotence by perceiving Satan as God’s messenger while Christianity tends to rob God of His Omnipotence by regarding Satan as God’s arch enemy who is always mounting pressure on good things created by God.; iv. The meeting point of Christianity and Yoruba religion is the willingness to accept the goodness of God in spite of evil in the world He created and that man is essentially responsible for evil; and v. Yoruba religion down play the problem of evil by their dualistic approach to it. Good and evil are not two distinct realities in isolation they are related to each other. They are dialectical. Therefore, evil does not contradict divine reality Christianity on the other hand proposes a Christ-centered, God’s Spint controlled life, as a way out of the dominance of evil experiences. The study concluded that; Yoruba religion has more convincing solution to the problem of evil than Christianity. Evil is consistent with the world as created by God. Therefore, the thesis recommended that scholars in relevant fields should consider the solution proffered by Yoruba religion and endeavour to promote African philosophy in universal scholarship.
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    AN EXAMINATION OF THE SALAFIYYAH SCHOLARS’ DISCOURSE ON SUFISM
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018-01) YUSUPH, Dauda Gambari
    Tașawwuf is the process of realising the ethical and thespiritual ideals of Islam. The practice of Sufism has been generating controversies among various Islamic scholars including the Salafiyyahadvocates,who uphold that Islam should be practised the way it was in the first three generations of Islam. There is, therefore, the need to clear the air in order to liberate the Muslims from the wilderness of doubts occasioned by these disagreements. The aim of the study was to examine the discourse and the submissions of some of the Salafiyyah scholars on Sufism with a view to appraising their arguments on Sufism and determining their objectivity and faithfulness to the primary sources of Islam. The objectives of the study were to: (i) determine whether Salafiyyah should be understood as a Madhhab or Manhaj; (ii) determine the level of compliance of the Salafiyyah advocates in the modern time with the teachings of the classical Salaf; (iii) evaluate the discourse of Salafiyyah scholars on Sufism; (iv) evaluate the discourse of the scholars on the concept of Bid‘ah (innovation) in Islam; and (v) assess the relationship between the Salafiyyah and Şūfī adherents and their impacts on the Nigerian Muslims. This work adopted historical, exegetical and empirical methods. Since the contentious issues between the two groups have a strong historical base in Islam, historical method assisted in tracing the accounts of both of them. The exegetical method was used to analyse doctrinal issues in their works. Also, the empirical method availed the study the opportunity to conduct interviews, where necessary, to substantiate the facts that are contained in the works of each of the two groups. The findings of the study were that: i. theSalafiyyah is better understood and conceived as a Manhaj and not Madhhabas being demonstrated by the modern Salafiyyah scholars; ii. manySalafiyyahadvocates in the modern time are not in absolute compliance with the teachings of the classical Salaf; iii. there are many irreconcilable disparities between the submissions of the classical and the modern Salafiyyah scholars on Sufism; iv. Bid‘ah (innovation) is not a concept that is absolutely rejected in Islam and its divisibility is inevitable; and v. the relationship between the Salafiyyah and the Ṣūfī adherents in Nigeria is sour and this causes disunity among the Muslims with little or no move from anybody to address it. The study concluded that some Salafiyyah scholars are not objective in their criticism of Tașawwuf because many of their submissions are based on assumptions and over generalisations. The study recommended a re-examination of the positions of the modern Salafiyyah scholars on Sufism by themselves, and that theSufi should sanitise their members and get rid of pseudos in their midst. A further research to determine the similarities or otherwise between Sufism and groups like Shicah and Tablīgh Movements among others, is equally recommended. This will reduce misconceptions among the Muslims.
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    EXEGETICAL ANALYSIS OF PHILIPPIANS 2:1-11 ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF UNITY IN ECWA ILORIN DISTRICT CHURCH COUNCIL, NIGERIA
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018-02) AMODU, Abraham Mosadolorun
    The Church as the body of Christ comprises people who have a common bond and share life expressed in fellowship (koinonia) which is the basis and ground for mutual association and expression of the Christian relationship. Unfortunately the Church is also divided on the basis of certain factors such as nepotism and power struggle. Though this divisive situation was alien to the Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) that gave birth to Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), it has characterised ECWA, especially ECWA Ilorin District Church Council (IDCC) through some decades of its existence. IDCC has witnessed unity in recent years, which if guarded could be strong and durable. The main aim of this study was to examine the sustainability of unity on ECWA IDCC in the light of Philippians 2:1-11. The objectives of the study were to: (i) investigate the causes of disunity and conflicts in IDCC; (ii) assess the place of unity among SIM/ECWA missionaries and early converts of the church; (iii) do an exegetical analysis of Philippians 2:1-11 with the aim of understanding the literal and theological meanings of the self-abnegation of Christ; (iv) point out the relevance of Christ’s humility to the promotion of unity in ECWA IDCC; and (v) educate members of ECWA IDCC on continuous sustainability of unity in the church. The research methods adopted in this thesis were historical and exegetical. The historical method provided biblical and denominational records of events. The employment of exegetical method was to explain some critical biblical expressions, particularly Greek, for the right interpretation and correct applications of relevant texts to the issue of church unity. The findings of this study were that: i. conceit, sectionalism, nepotism and power tussle based on ethnic diversity were allowed to breed rivalry and jealousy in IDCC; ii. unity among SIM/ECWA missionaries and early converts was achievable because both lived up to their profession of a common bond in Christ Jesus; iii. self-abnegation of Christ is not self-disparaging but an antithesis of pride, self-conceit and selfishness that is crucial to good human relationship; iv. special endowment is a factor in the promotion of unity by paying indiscriminate attention to the needs of others as Jesus selflessly did despite his exalted position; and v. ECWA IDCC members are taught on the need to live in and sustain unity through programmes such as joint fellowship, joint board of elders’ meeting, central choir, and IDCC conference. The study concluded that unity is the bedrock of progress and harmonious co-existence in any organization. Disunity comes if such an organization loses focus and allows crises to grow unchecked because unimportant things have been given prominence over the important. But the desire of Jesus is that the church should be one and this should be the passion of every Christian, leader or follower. The study recommended that the leaders and members of ECWA IDCC needed to live in and sustain unity among themselves by following after the example of Jesus.
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    THE GROWTH AND IMPACT OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN NUPELAND, 1903-2009
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018-04) SAMUEL, Zubairu Josiah
    The Church Missionary Society (CMS) came as the pioneer Christian mission to Nupeland. After several years of attempts, the CMS was able to plant Churches in the nooks and crannies of the land. Despite this fact, Christianity is observed to be making a very slow progress in Nupeland after almost two centuries of its existence. The aim of the study were to: (i) identify the impact of the Anglican Church in Nupeland between 1903-2009 (ii) examine the response of the Nupe people to the Christian Gospel within the time of study, (iii) analyse the efforts of the indigenous missionaries who worked to establish the mission and (iv) explain the factors responsible for the epileptic growth rate and expansion of the Anglican Mission in Nupeland. The research methods adopted for this study were historical and analytical. These methods were utilized for enquiry into the past and to have a better analysis of the data gathered in this work respectively. The theoretical frame-work used was that of Andrew Walls: the Indigenization and Pilgrimage Principles. The findings of the study were that: (i)The arrival of the Anglican Church in Nupeland has impacted Nupeland in the areas of religion, economy, agriculture, socio-culture, politics, education and health; (ii)The response of the Nupe to the Christian Gospel is largely dependent on social and cultural factors such as the Nupe world-view, communal life, linguistic considerations, respect for elders and traditional rulers, etc; (iii) Many Anglican Churches were established in Nupeland through the efforts of the indigenous missionaries such as Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Abraham Akon, Daniel Akerele, Nda Jeremiah, Josiah Alhassan, Daniel Tijiko, Solomon Yisa, etc (iv) The Anglican Church has not been able to spread beyond its present borders due to various challenges such as sickness, death of some missionaries, socio-cultural and political factors, unfavourable environmental conditions, influence of the Pentecostal Churches, Schism within Anglican Church, among others. The study concluded that the Anglican Church in Nupeland has not paid much attention to the socio-cultural life of the Nupe people. This accounts for slow growth rate of the Anglican Church in Nupeland. The work therefore, recommended that the Nupe indigenous missionaries should be recruited more and encouraged to live among the people, among whom they ministered.
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    A RHETORICAL STUDY OF APHORISM AND PHILOSOPHY IN SELECTED ARABIC TEXTS OF YORUBA AUTHORSHIP IN NIGERIA: 1960-2015, C.E:
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018-05) SHITTU, Abdulrafeei Jimoh
    Aphorism and Philosophy as literary genres play significant roles in shedding light on physical, metaphysical, social and ethical issues among human beings. The Arab and the Muslim Western philosophers, in the Middle East during the middle Ages, bequeathed their literary legacy to humanity of public use. Poets and Arabic writers in Nigeria across the age also produced significant works on these two themes but their contributions, to our knowledge, have not been thoroughly examined by researchers. This study therefore, embarked on the rhetorical study of selected Arabic poetry and prose, composed by Yoruba Arabic authors in Nigeria, on aphorism and philosophy. The objectives of the study were to: (i) identify the aphorismatic and philosophical poetry and prose in Arabic works in Yorubaland (1960-2015C.E); (ii) examine the content of the selected works; (iii) analyse their rhetorical and prosodic features; and (iv) evaluate the corpora in accordance with the parameters of the contemporary Arabic literature. The methods adopted were both historical and descriptive. By the historical method, the life history of each poet and writer was document while the descriptive approach was utilized in analysing the thematic and rhetorical aspects of twenty randomly selected poems and prose. The findings of the study were that: (I) a total number of 18 poems and 16 prose works on aphorism and philosophy composed by Yoruba authors 1960-2015 C.E were gathered. Only 200/0 percent of the materials are published while the remaining 800/0 are in manuscript. (ii) the major contents of the works studied include: call for philosophical creative thinking, the relationship between wisdoms and proverbs, the issue about the knowledge of foetu’s future in terms of fortunate and unfortunate fate. Others are: the significance of contradictory opinions and condemnation of extremism, the argument for and against globalization, recommending solutions to epistemological, social and physical problems. (iii) most of the woks effectively employed semantical and rhetorical devices such as Istic arah, Tashbih, maj’az, kinayah, Iijaz and others. While the prosodic aspects of the poems in terms of (iv) the works studied were regarded as classical corpuses of high standard in words, meanings and which conform with the acceptable convention in Arabic literature. The study concluded that selected Yoruba Arabic poets and writers played significant roles in developing the aphorismatic and philosophical literature to find solution the epistemological, social and physical problems at both local and global levels. The thesis recommended that these types of Arabic texts should be gathered together for publication so that they can be easily accessed for benefit of people at home and abroad.
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    A MULTIMODAL STYLISTIC STUDY OF SELECTED YORUBA TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018-05) ADESIDA, OLUWAFEMI ADEDARA
    Multimodal texts, particularly in advertisements, are used extensively in the media industry to convey information through the use of three sign systems; written language, verbal language and visual language, with music and songs. Some scholars considered only the language neglecting pictures and music, while other studies concentrated only on pictures of advertising without attention to the language. However, multimodal study of Yoruba television advertisements has not been accorded extensive considerations. Thus, a multimodal stylistic analysis that will account for all the features of advertisements mentioned above is desirable and necessary. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine a multimodal stylistic analysis of selected Yoruba television advertisements, with particular reference to GSM. The objectives of the study were to: (i) investigate the registers; (ii) examine the metafunctions; (iii) identify the typography; (iv) determine the layouts; (v) analyse the linguistic features at different levels of grammar; (vi) assess the visual elements; (vii) appraise the audio elements; and (viii) evaluate the interconnectivity amongst the textual, audio and visual elements of Yoruba television advertisements. Different aspects of systemic functional theory as espoused by Kress and van Leeuwen 1996, Cartwright and Sturken 2001, Rose 2001 and Scollon and Scollon 2003 were adopted as the theoretical frameworks. A non-static multimodal text model was designed and used for this study. A qualitative research method was employed to investigate twelve recorded Yoruba television advertisements collected for the study; five from NTA Ilorin, Kwara State and seven from Kwara State Television Station, Ilorin. The findings of the study were that: i. mode in Yoruba television advertisements depicted inequality, informality and multimodality; ii. interpersonal metafunction involvednot only the ways speakers and audiences interact, the language used to establish and maintain the relationship among them, but also the means to influence their behaviours; iii. typographic features such as majuscles, boldfaces, coloured lettering, images and subtitles were systematically placed to help appeal to the audience; iv. images in the advertisements were strategically positioned to pass important information about the products to the audiences; v. adjectives were prevalent in television advertisements; vi. visual features such as mood identify gaze as an attention-grabbing tool for attracting the audience; vii. audio features such as music and verbal expressions invite the audience, and gain their attention; and viii. visual, verbal and textual features systematically co-exist in the advertisements giving the description of the products being advertised. The study concluded that Yoruba television advertisements were designed to inform, enlighten and captivate the audience about the product and its benefits. The visual aspect of TV advertisements offers additional reinforcements to fully connect with the audience’s mind. This is an advantage that television advertisement has over the print and radio advertisements. The study recommended that multimodal stylistics should be applied to other corpora such as book covers, stickers, billboards advertisements and artworks.
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    MILITARY TECHNOLOGY AND THE DYNAMICS OF WARFARE IN ILORIN, 1800-1920
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018-05) ALABI, Oladimeji Mohammed
    Several scholarly works have been undertaken on warfare in Yorubaland and the Sokoto Caliphate. Both were events of the Nineteenth Century in which Ilorin was involved. Aspects of military technology, strategies, tactics and the structure of the Ilorin army in this period have been quite inadequate in the literature. More information is required on the role of groups like Fulani, Hausa, Nupe, Bariba and Kanuri in weapons production and field operation during Ilorin wars in the Nineteenth Century. The work, thus, explores the link between technology and warfare in the Ilorin wars of survival, expansion and consolidation from 1800 to 1920. The objectives of the study were to: (i) investigate the sources and types of weapons (physical and spiritual); (ii) examine inter-group relations and local technology in Ilorin military system; (iii) interrogate the force structure of the Ilorin army; (iv) assess military strategies, tactics and defence mechanisms; and v) analyse the impact of the military and warfare on inter-group relations and cultural integration among Ilorin people. A historical and multi-disciplinary approach was adopted for this study. This encompassed a careful and orderly collection, collation and evaluation of primary data comprising oral interviews and archival sources. This was complemented with a systematic and critical analysis of secondary data from published books, gazettes, journal articles, unpublished dissertations and studies obtained from libraries, Documentation Centres and Research Institutes. The findings of the study were that: i. weapons and horses were sourced through trade, limited local breeding, and importation from Sokoto, Borno and Nupeland. Physical weapons included clubs, swords, lances, bow and arrows while okigbe, asaki, egbe, ayeta, afeeri, arina, ilerukanmi, various kinds of bindings and amulets and some verses from the Quran were employed as spiritual elements in Ilorin warfare; ii. groups such as Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani, Nupe, Kanuri and Bariba contributed men, materials, intelligence, and physical and spiritual weapons through blacksmith, Muslim scholars and traditional healers to support the Ilorin army in its encounters; iii. the force structure comprised infantry and cavalry while the fighting troops were made up of professional soldiers, elites, free-born volunteers and slaves all drawn from the metropolis and the outlying territories of the emirate; iv. Ilorin war strategies included diplomatic alliances, espionage, divide and rule, while tactics used were cavalry, attack and retreat, siege warfare, guerrilla war, mob attack, and aerial incendiary as considered appropriate for any particular battle and; v. reminiscence of Ilorin military technology and warfare was indicated in the naming of compounds, emergence of several warrior-personalities, and the yearly durbar of horses known in Ilorin as Berende. The study concluded that diversity was a strength in Ilorin military technology as various groups supplied both physical and spiritual weapons, strategies, tactics and intelligence in the course of her wars. By the last quarter of the Nineteenth Century, Ilorin military strategies succumbed to pressure from the British leading to the imposition of colonial rule.The study recommended the preservation of the relics of the Nineteenth Century Ilorin wars for further historical reconstruction.
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    PRODUCTION PROCESS AND EFFICACY IN APPLIED THEATRE PRACTICE OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY AND NIGERIAN POPULAR THEATRE ALLIANCE
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018-05) ADEGBAMIGBE, Abayomi Agboade
    Applied Theatre, over time, has been deployed to confront social problems and the spate of scholarship on it has continued to grow steadily. However, production process control and efficacy, and the theories guiding the practice of Applied Theatre still require more scholarly attention. This research therefore investigated production process and efficacy in the Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance’s (NPTA) workshops in Adankari, Onyuwei and Otobi (1989) and the Ahmadu Bello University’s (ABU) Samaru Project (2014). The objectives of the study were to: (i) identify who controls the process and means of production in Samaru Project and NPTA workshops; (ii) describe the attributes of production process control in NPTA and Samaru workshops; (iii) determine the nature and level of efficacy attained in our chosen examples; (iv) identify the theories which define and are applicable to the practice, and (v) proposea variant of applied theatre model that can attain efficacy whereby the oppressed people who are the direct beneficiaries control its process. The study adopted qualitative method of analysis and data collection process was based on interviews with community chiefs, residents and scholars/practitioners, participant observation and library research. Relevant primary materials containing previous workshop procedures, reports, and testimonials of efficacy within our sample communities were sourced and analysedusingPaulo Freire’s Critical Consciousness and Augusto Boal’s Forum Theatre. The findings of this study were that: i. the students and a few academicstaff control the production process in Samaru Project while the production process control in Adankari, Onyuwei and Otobi largely resides with the development agents/facilitators, and tangentially, with the residents; ii. the character and exercise of production process control in ABU and NPTA workshops are defined in provision of the means of production and consequently, in the theme and direction of the workshops; iii. efficacy was attained minimally, on the part of Samaru, Adankari, Onyuwei and Otobi people, from the level of education, awareness, entertainment, artistry, and participation; iv. Freire’s Critical Consciousness and Boal’s Forum theatre have helped to define the production process and efficacy as crucial components of Applied Theatre practice and v. the study has evolved a liberation-driven model of applied theatre known as Radical Theatre for Radical Development (RATFORAD). The study therefore concluded that sustained critical dialogue through theatrical machinery can engage the people’s minds and keep them focused on the root cause of their problems until they agree on a course of action to attain their desired goal. The study recommended that practitioners who are committed to the liberationist goal of Applied Theatre should be allegiant to Freirean and Boalian theories. It also underscored the need to revisit the core tenets of the theories to enhance efficacy. Communities should also be enlightened and encouraged to look inwards for support in order to control the process of production.
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    ECOCRITICAL MOTIF AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES IN ZAKES MDA’S NOVELS
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018-06) OJEDOJA, Sanjo Sunday
    Issues on development have taken the central stage in post-apartheid literature in South Africa. Writers have tried to preempt developmental needs to cushion the adverse effect of apartheid. Zakes Mda is one of the leading novelists in this regard. Out of his popular works on various thematic concerns of post-apartheid South Africa, three were selected for this study, viz The Heart of Redness, Ways of Dying and The Whale Caller. This study aimed at exploring post-apartheid developmental challenges explored in the selected novels and the possible consequences of the options available on the environment using ecocriticism. The objectives of the study were to: (i) explain the centrality of nature in the exposition of Xhosa’s culture in Mda’s novels; (ii) examine how metaphor of land is central to the socio-economic challenges of modern South Africa explored in the novels; (iii) assess the divergence on the type of development suitable to post-apartheid South Africa; (iv) interrogate how Mda mediates between nature and modernity to canvass a new approach to peaceful co-existence in South Africa and; and (v) evaluate how human characters in Mda’s selected novels relate to other natural phenomena. The methodology was descriptive; mainly textual analysis. The study therefore adopted deep ecology model propounded by Naess, Devall and Sessions to bring out how literature and the environment relate in Mda’s literary works. The researcher sourced for information from the internet and the library. The choice of Mda’s novels were based on the novelist exploration of modern challenges encountered in post-apartheid South Africa and the centrality of natural resources on issues related to development in South Africa. The findings of this study were that: i. Mda portrays Xhosa peoples’ socio-economic and belief systems as products of their interaction with the natural environment; ii. land issues created the two conflicting groups of believers in the traditional ethos and unbelievers which originated from the colonial era; iii. Mda portrays Zim and Qukezwa as upholders of traditional culture (believers) while Bhonco and Xoliswa (unbelievers) represent foreign concept; iv. the novelist creates an interface between the two extreme groups of believers and unbelievers to channel a course for an ecological friendly development for South Africa; and v. Mda metaphorically reunites human and non-human characters of nature through dialogue to achieve an all-encompassing development. The study concluded that to facilitate a nature friendly development as Mda canvasses a conscious adoption of the values Africans attach to the environment (they dwell in) should not be compromised. This is imperative because any replication of the apartheid wanton abuse of the environment for commercial appropriation shall portend worst consequences than the despotic regime. The study thus recommended that in order to mitigate the effect of the apartheid experience on South Africans, the reviewers of African novels should emphasise cultural based development in the region
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    A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF ARABIC ASCETIC POETRY IN YORUBALAND, NIGERIA 1940 - 2010
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018-06) Salihu, Mustapha Salihu