A SURVEY OF THE MARRIAGE AND BURIAL INSTITUTIONS AMONGST THE TIV OF CENTRAL NIGERIA BY ALFRED AKAWE TORKULA Being a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The inspiration for this research work came from the members of the Tiv Area Traditional Council – all starting point for my fascination with the subject of Tiv marriage and Brial Customs. My immense gratitude goes to all of them for their contributions
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Religious Tradition Religious traditions influence people and even more important cultures across the world on a daily basis. The paragraphs to follow will show how religious traditions describe and show how relationships are encouraged and established with the divine‚ sacred time and space‚ natural world and relationships with one another. This will ensure a more thorough understanding of different religions. Additionally‚ using several examples from various religious traditions will go one
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Reflection Essay 3 1. Gerald Tremain‚ the husband of Janet Tremain‚ the director of San Benito County’s Child Protection Services‚ had been convicted in Oregon‚ in 1984‚ of raping his then seven year old daughter every week for six months. The family moved to California‚ where he did not register as a sex offender as is required by law. In 1991 the grand jury was investigating Janet Tremain for supposed unprofessional conduct that put abused children at risk. Janet resigned from her job and
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billion‚ but in some instances the sums have far surpassed that amount ( Preuss‚ 2004). China reportedly incurred costs in excess of $58 billion to host the event in 2008 (Upegui‚ 2008). Such sums of direct public investment to build infrastructure for private businesses or events are generally rare in other sectors of the economy. For this level of public investment‚ it is reasonable to ask the extent to which professional sports serve to promote local economic development. Who Gains Benefits from Funding
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Gay Marriage Siena Heights University Ibrahim Elkadri LAS 300 Professor Angela Pinkett Gay marriage Making gay marriage legal or illegal continues to be the hot topic that most people talk about. It is currently one of the most divisive political issues in our nation. We all have strong opinions regarding this issue and I personally have not found anyone that doesn’t. The history of gay marriage is rich. Evidence exists that same-sex marriages were tolerated in parts of Mesopotamia
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Marriage Equality Constructing social problems begins with making claims about any perceived condition. These claims are the first component of the social problems process. When a claim is made that a condition should be recognized as a social problem‚ the claimsmakers must bring attention to the topic and convince others that it should be recognized as troubling and that something needs to be done about it (Best‚ 2013). One reoccurring frame is on the topic of marriage equality‚ which is typically
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In The Merchant’s Tale and The Wife of Bath’s Tale‚ Chaucer looks at male and female perspectives on marriage and shows the entire institution to be a farce‚ stereotyped by wealthy‚ flaccid old men and young‚ beautiful‚ deceitful wives. January‚ the old man in the merchant’s tale‚ says "wedlok is so esy and so clene" (1264)‚ which is sarcastic as the merchant has already spoken out against marriage‚ and women in particular. Yet January’s motivations to get married are hardly pure‚ but more practical
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Defoe’s excerpt “The Cons of Marriage” from Roxana presents what one might today call an atypical male and female response to marriage‚ which makes it both an entertaining and interesting read. These responses were also very divergent; Roxana’s explanation for her opposition to marriage is uninhibited and logical‚ while the Dutch merchant’s response is lacking and only seems to make appeals to ‘authority.’ Roxana defines marriage as “giving up [one’s] liberty” (p 2289) and reveals that her main
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Running Head: FAMILY CULTURE AND TRADITIONS � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� FAMILY CULTURE AND TRADITIONS � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �2� FAMILY CULTURE AND TRADITIONS Name: Institutions: Professor: Date of submission: In our family‚ there are several cultures and traditions that play a very important role in defining our family values and cultures. These traditions and cultures have been passed to our parents from our grandparents. The two most vivid cultural patterns that are present in our family have
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