The Tiv-Jukun Ethnic Conflict and the Citizenship Question in Nigeria Moses T. ALUAIGBA Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Research and Training‚ Bayero University‚ Kano Abstract The negative consequences of the Tiv-Jukun ethnic conflict and other similar conflicts in Nigeria have stimulated the debate on citizenship in the country. This debate is driven by questions that hinge on contestable issues such as who is an indigene in Nigeria‚ why should other Nigerians be termed non-indigenes‚ settlers
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2. Discuss the effect that modernization has had on ethnic identification and ethnic conflict. The effect modernization has had on ethnic identification and ethnic conflict is not a great one. Early modernization theorists‚ who were quite optimistic about the positive effects of literacy‚ urbanization‚ and modern values‚ clearly underestimated the extent to which these factors might mobilize various ethnic groups and set them against each other (Handelman‚ 2011‚ p. 113). Modernization challenged
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In what ways are Ethnic identities important in contemporary Britain‚ and to whom‚ and why? The concept of ethnic identity calls for definition. The adjective “ethnic” relates to the fact of belonging to a certain human group‚ as defined by anthropological and cultural features. With such a wide meaning‚ the word and its derivative “ethnicity” raise issues as to their definition: there is no universally agreed definition on the term ethnicity. “Ethnicity refers to a group or community that is assumed
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Ethnic Conflicts are a very important issue that can affect a whole country/state. Ethnic conflicts within a state belong to identity conflicts that are a type of internal conflicts. Sometimes the term ethnic conflict is used to describe a large range of internal conflicts .Before talking about ethnic conflict‚ it is important to know the meaning of ethnicity. . Ethnic groups usually have collectivity or psychological communities who share a combination of historical experience and valued cultural
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Associate Program Material Discrimination Worksheet Write a 100- to 200-word response to each of the following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of predjudice or for other arbitrary reasons. Discrimination is different from predjudice and stereotyping because discrimination are actual
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Import is the major sources of ethnic vegetables in Canada. According to Statistics Canada‚ 2015‚ Canadian government import vegetables that worth about $3.5 million‚ although the exact amount of ethnic vegetable import is not known. South Asian immigrants are cultivating their culturally appropriate vegetables in community gardens‚ allotment gardens‚ and their backyards; however‚ these are not sufficient. To meet the demand of ethnic vegetables‚ it is important to replace the import with commercial
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Ethnic Group ( Java Banyumasan : Orang Jawa of Malaysia ) In this essay‚ I write about ethnic group and why we cannot define an ethnic group by their cultural elements such as language‚ religion‚ customs and so on. I write this essay because there is a question about why we cannot define an ethnic group by their culture‚ whereas culture are one elements of an ethnic. There is problem of seeing ethnic groups as cultural groups; “the mere fact that two groups of people are of different culture does
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Sensitive items are anything that is considered classified or a mission essential item. These items can include protective gear‚ maps‚ or a piece of paper designating patrol routes. The importance of securing sensitive items comes down to maintaining accountability for operation security‚ mission success and a soldiers over all readiness. The habits of exercising security and accountability of a soldiers items allow the soldier and their team to operate to the highest standards or have items be accessed
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discuss the child’s sensitive period for order. I will explain how it is catered for in the classroom‚ referring to materials and activities. Sensitive Periods The Sensitive Periods are the best times for a child to learn a specific skill and are critical to the child’s self development. The child has this inner urge to undertake the task in order to live. Although‚ once this period passes it is possible for the child to learn the new skill but with much more difficulty. A sensitive period that is prevented
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What is sensitive period and the environment required for sensitive period At birth the child ’s physical development is more or less complete while psychologically it is still in the embryonic state. For this reason Dr. Maria Montessori called that the human being is still a "spiritual embryo" when it is born. "Man seems to have two embryonic periods‚ one is prenatal like that of the animals; the other is postnatal and only man has this." -The Absorbent Mind‚ p55‚ Chapter 7. “A child possesses
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