NAMING CEREMONY: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IGBO AND YORUBA CULTURE IN NIGERIA

Rasak, Bamidele (2010) NAMING CEREMONY: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IGBO AND YORUBA CULTURE IN NIGERIA. Continental J. Arts and Humanities, 2 (1). pp. 7-16. ISSN 2141 - 4092

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Culture is simply everything that embraces our mode of live. An accumulated culture is an invented culture added to the already present one. It denotes a process of cultural growth whereby new cultural elements or traits are added by invention, discovery or borrowing to those already in existence with a resultant increases in the number of cultural traits. The purpose of this essay is to carry out a survey on the effect of culture on naming ceremonies in Igbo and Yoruba societies in Nigeria. In any social system, sociologists and anthropologists will admit the necessity of studying existing cultures in the society. This study is guided by the theory of ethnology. The major concern of the theory is the study of a race or group of people. An in-depth interview was used to obtain information from respondents. The study was carried out among the residents who are Igbos and Yorubas residing in the Abadina area of the University of Ibadan. The total number of respondents that was selected to be a representative sample, comprising of the Igbo and Yoruba families in the area were 14. The study brings out clearly the importance which Igbo and Yoruba families attach to names. KEYWORDS: Culture, Ethnology, Anthropologist, Sociologist, cultural-trait and Social Organization

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