Siberian Federal University 
- Issue
- Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2015 8 (9)
- Authors
- Olúmúyìwá, Tèmítọṕẹ́
- Contact information
- Olúmúyìwá, Tèmítọṕẹ́:Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria; E-mail:
- Keywords
- Yorùbá; indigenous knowledge; film; Àbẹ̀ní Alágbo-òru; health
- Abstract
Yorùbá indigenous knowledge is a resource that the people use to solve local problems maintain healthy living and manage local affairs among others. As we modernize our society in response to global change and challenges, the society has distanced itself from indigenous ways of solving problems; discriminating against it as outdated, fetish and unfashionable. This negative attitude is regrettably reflected in the contents of most Yorùbá video films. The producers of Àbẹ̀ní Alágbo-òru aware of this, decided to project the Yorùbá indigenous knowledge in the film with the aim of revealing a people to itself and the entire world. This paper therefore, examines how the film presents Yorùbá indigenous people and their knowledge in the area of health, education, administration and cultural import to promote Yorùbá indigenous values for the nation’s social and political advancement. It also assesses the significance of Yorùbá indigenous knowledge embedded in the contents of the film and posits that Yorùbá indigenous knowledge can be used to resolve the health and socio- political challenges in contemporary Nigeria
- Pages
- 1893-1904
- Paper at repository of SibFU
- https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/19800
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