Destiny, Personality and the Ultimate Reality of Human Existence: A Yoruba Perspective

Gbadegesin, Olusegun

doi:10.3138/uram.7.3.173

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“…Here stories are told in a particular style, emphasizing certain aspects of the story while ignoring others with the intent of expressing passion or building an argument (Mnyandu, 1997). Storytelling enables the recording and expressing of feelings, attitudes, and responses from one's lived experiences and environment (Gbadegesin, 1984). It is a communal experience in which people come together to listen and take part in the telling of stories about past deeds, beliefs, wisdom, counsel, morals, taboos, and myths (Chuka, n.d).…”

Section: Approaching Caribbean Research As An Indigenous Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

An interrogation of research on Caribbean social issues: establishing the need for an indigenous Caribbean research approach

Wilson¹,

Nakhid

Fernandez-Santana

et al. 2018

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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Caribbean social issues, like so many other global issues, are often researched and addressed using traditional Western philosophies and methodologies. However, some societies have criticized the use of Western approaches recognizing their unsuitability to accurately assess the distinctive culture, identity, and overall social structures of these societies. An investigation of the use of Caribbean research methodologies or approaches revealed that there is a significant absence in the use of culturally specific ways of conducting research in the Caribbean region and diaspora. This pattern was found to be consistent with the authors’ findings from a critical review of research methodologies used by postgraduate scholars in investigating Caribbean-related issues in the past 10 years. As a result, this article lobbies for the promotion of more culturally specific and relevant Caribbean research approaches that are respectful of the worldviews and practices of locals within the region.

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Section: Approaching Caribbean Research As An Indigenous Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

An interrogation of research on Caribbean social issues: establishing the need for an indigenous Caribbean research approach

Wilson¹,

Nakhid

Fernandez-Santana

et al. 2018

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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“…) Works of this type are "classical" because they seek to identify the underlying concepts, categories, and viewpoints that are embedded within, and have persisted in the exegesis of, Yorubá thought and culture. Other examples of works of the classical type, would include Gbadegesin (1984), Makinde (1983), andSodipo (1973).…”

Section: Classical Yorubá Thought As Philosophymentioning

confidence: 99%

Language and the African Philosophical Traditions

Abimbola

2021

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Are there universal principles, categories, or forms of reasoning that apply to all aspects of human experience—irrespective of culture and epoch? Numerous scholars have explored this very question from Africana perspectives: Kwasi Wiredu (1996) explored the philosophical issue of whether there are culturally defined values and concepts; Hallen and Sodipo (1986) examined the question of whether there are unique African indigenous systems of knowledge; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1994) evaluated the role of colonialism in the language of African literature; Oyerò nkẹ ́ ́ Oyěwumi (1997) argued that “gender” is a Western cultural invention that is foreign to Yorùbá systems of sociation; and Helen Veran (2001) argued that even though science, mathematics, and logic are not culturally relative, “certainty” is nonetheless derived from cultural practices and associations. Building on these and other works, this essay argues that: (i) incommensurability of “worldviews,” “perspectives,” “paradigms,” or “conceptual schemes” springs from deeper, more fundamental cognitive categories of logic that are coded into natural languages; and that (ii) consequently, as long as African reflective reasoning is expressed solely (or predominantly) in European languages, the authenticity of the “African” in African philosophy is questionable.

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“…The oral methodology lays emphasis on both the content of the story and the form of its telling (Adelowo, Smythe, & Nakhid, 2016). Storytelling is a method of recording and expressing feelings, attitudes, and responses from one's lived experiences and environment (Gbadegesin, 1984). A communal participatory experience is a characteristic of African storytelling whereby people congregate together, listen, and participate in accounts and stories of past deeds, beliefs, wisdom, counsel, morals, taboos, and myths (Waita, 2014).…”

Section: African Oral Tradition Of Storytellingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Liming and Ole Talk as a Culturally Relevant Methodology for Researching With Caribbean People

Nakhid-Chatoor

Nakhid

Wilson³

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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This article explores the necessity of developing a qualitative research methodology grounded in Caribbean peoples' worldviews and interactions. It presents the epistemology and ontology of liming and ole talk to show their natural employment in qualitative research settings. Liming offers an opportunity for social engagement and provides a culturally relevant purpose, environment, and space in which ole talk can take place. Ole talk is presented as a uniquely Caribbean way of engaging with one another in small or large groups. The potential of liming and ole talk to create new ways to research and share knowledge is discussed. Through a brief analysis of two limes, this article proposes liming and ole talk as an authentic research methodology for researching Caribbean peoples and their contexts.

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Destiny, Personality and the Ultimate Reality of Human Existence: A Yoruba Perspective

Cited by 27 publications

References 1 publication

An interrogation of research on Caribbean social issues: establishing the need for an indigenous Caribbean research approach

An interrogation of research on Caribbean social issues: establishing the need for an indigenous Caribbean research approach

Language and the African Philosophical Traditions

Exploring Liming and Ole Talk as a Culturally Relevant Methodology for Researching With Caribbean People

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