This volume comprises of incisive and perceptive essays that analyse social issues in contemporary post-colonial and post-apartheid Africa using cases in three African cities - Durban in South Africa, Gaborone in Botswana, and Kampala in Uganda. It is an outcome of collaboration by colleagues from Universities of Kwazulu-Natal, Makerere, Botswana and Dar es Salaam to establish a structured.
Contemporary Development Issues in Nigeria Edited by A.O. Olutayo, A.O. Omobowale and Olayinka Akanle This book first published 2015 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
A social problem is a condition that at least some people in a community view as being undesirable. Everyone would agree about some social problems, such as murders and DWI traffic deaths. Other social problems may be viewed as such by certain groups of people. Teenagers who play loud music in a public park obviously do not view it as a problem.
Juju music emerged in the 1920's and is the most well-known form of Yoruba popular contemporary music in Nigeria. Juju has its roots in traditional Yoruba drum based music. Juju is dance music played by large ensembles centered on guitars and drumming. Singing is a major part of Juju music and is inspired by Yoruba poetry, proverbs, praise songs, and the musical character of the language. The.
An Introduction to Social Problems, Social Welfare Organizations, and the Profession of Social Work N o one we know starts out life wanting to be a substance abuser or to be poor. Most of us want to be lucky, cool, rich, and successful. Some of us are, fortunately, but many of us aren’t. Part of the reason for individual success and failure.
Out of the numerous problems facing education in Nigeria, the following are the major challenges: Read Also: Problem and Prospect of Vocational Education in Nigeria. 1. POOR FUNDING. Education in Nigeria is overseen by the Ministry Of Education. Local authorities take responsibility for implementing policy for state-controlled public education.
Social issues are those which affect the human society as a whole. These issues are pertaining human behavior, including government policies, religious conflicts, gender inequalities, economic disparities, etc. List of Social Issues in Today’s Society. Food and Drug Safety. Church-State Separation. Capital Punishment. Misuse of social networking.
This module introduces students to social policy in terms of contemporary social problems and the drivers of social change. It emphasises human rights, social justice and the development of human potential taking into consideration a range of domains such as education, health, welfare, criminology, climate change, and international development.
B. Social Development as National Strategy Nigeria's earliest attempt at operational-izing the new concept of social development arose in the context of the country's plans for economic development in the late 1960s. In Introduction to the Social Development Diiion, a pamphlet published by the Federal Ministry of Social Development, Youth and.
Traditional Values and Modernization Challenges in Forming Urban and Rural Culture 25 When, on the other hand, we face the nondialectic conception of tradition, when we become witnesses of its abuse, then it takes over traditionalism significances, by getting a predominantly negative connotation. Then the contemporary sense of culture becomes.