Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Dispute Resolutions: The Yoruba Example

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dc.contributor.authorAdeosun, Hezekiah Olufemi
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-09T13:31:42Z
dc.date.available2018-07-09T13:31:42Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractYorùbá, like every other society has a history behind its knowledge resources which guides its development resource. This is greatly explicated in its oral literature; like proverbs, folktales, Ifá corpus, songs, and festivals. This study aims at investigating the Yorùba indigenous knowledge systems in conflict resolution process. Twenty proverbs are copiously selected for analysis out of the fifty proverbs collected. The proverbs are selected based on the thematic pre-occupation of the study and analysed with the Nativist Model of Postcolonial theory. The model suggests that the people and race that had been colonised by the West, at a time in history, should dig deep into their culture and tradition, and make use of their indigenous languages for their literary discourse. The study reveals, among other things, that proverb as an indigenous knowledge system among the Yorùbá serves as a potent tool in resolving disputes. It has worked for the people in the past to curtail disputes and crises, which brought about a peaceful society. The study, therefore, recommends that adoption of indigenous knowledge system as proverbs in resolving contemporary issues relating to dispute and conflict will be of immense contribution to bringing sanity to the society.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipLangaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Groupen_US
dc.identifier.isbn9956-792-69-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/970
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLangaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Groupen_US
dc.subjectindigenous knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectproverbsen_US
dc.subjectdispute resolutionsen_US
dc.titleIndigenous Knowledge Systems and Dispute Resolutions: The Yoruba Exampleen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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