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A 4-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “GLOBAL AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND SELF-RELIANCE IN AFRICA” HELD ON 4TH -8TH NOVEMBER, 2007 AT CASA DEL PAPA, OUIDAH, REPUBLIC OF BENIN

PAPER TITLE: FROM ANTHROPOCENTRIC SINFULNESS TO BIOCENTRIC GRACEFULNESS: MISSION TO CREATION
AUTHOR: Rev Taiye Sola Adeola,
Emmanuel Baptist Church,
Sabo-Oke, Ilorin, Nigeria. << Click>>

PAPER TITLE: IFA DIVINATION AS A DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC DEVICE IN YORUBA HEALING SYSTEM
AUTHOR: Dr. AJALA Aderemi Suleiman,
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology,
University of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Nigeria. << Click>>

PAPER TITLE: SOCIAL CAPITAL AND DEVELOPMENT: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN AFRICA 'S DEVELOPMENT
AUTHOR: Rasheed Ishola Akinyemi, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science,
University of Lagos,
Lagos Nigeria. << Click>>

PAPER TITLE: SPIRITUALITY, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE QUEST FOR SOCIAL HARMONY IN AFRICA
AUTHOR: Osimiri Peter,
Department of Philosophy, University of Lagos ,
Akoka-Yaba, Lagos Nigeria.
Email:prosperingp@yahoo.com
Mobile : 234-805-465-8428 << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: OROSUN FESTIVAL: CELEBRATION OF WOMANHOOD, SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIAL CAPITAL
AUTHOR: Adisa Ogunfolakan,
Natural History Museum ,
Obafemi Awolowo University ,
Ile-Ife, Nigeria << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: THE YORUBA ASE AS A SOCIAL CAPITAL AMONG AFRO-DIASPORIC PEOPLES IN LATIN AMERICA
AUTHOR: Dr. Félix Ayoh'OMIDIRE
Department of Foreign Languages,
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Nigeria. << Click>>

PAPER TITLE: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT OF AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND SELF-RELIANCE
AUTHOR: B. Olatunji Oloruntimehin,
Ajayi Crowther University ,
Oyo, Nigeria .  << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY, IDENTITY, RACISM, AND CONFLICT.
AUTHOR: Rev. Oloye Aina Olomo << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: THE CASE FOR SELF-RELIANCE: AN EXAMPLE OF AFRIKAN RELIGION AS PRACTICED IN THE DIASPORA
AUTHOR: Esu seeke I. Ololade & Stephen R. Harper
Trinidad and Tobago,
West Indies. << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY: ART AS INSTRUMENT OF SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.
AUTHOR: Chukwuemeka Okpara,
Department of Fine and Applied Arts.
University of Nigeria, Nsukka,
Anambra State. Nigeria. << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: SPIRITUALITY: CONCEPTUAL AND ONTOLOGICAL INTERROGATION
AUTHOR: Okoli, Al Chukwuma, M.Sc,
Department Of Political Science,
Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria. Kaduna State, Nigeria. << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: THE ESU PARADIGM IN THE SEMIOTICS OF IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY
AUTHOR: Obododimma Oha,
Box 21620,
University of Ibadan,
Oyo State NIGERIA. << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: THE SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA AND THE IMPERATIVE OF CULTURAL REVITALISATION
AUTHOR: Dr. A. O. Olaniyan,
Department of Political Science,
University of Ado Ekiti, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria .
E-mail: Olaniyan444@yahoo.com
Tel: +234-803-229-0475 << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: ONÍDÌRÍ AND ÒNSÈSÒÓ/IRUN DÍDÌ: THE CREATIVITY SPIRITUALITY OF YORÙBÁ HAIRSTYLES AND TECHNOLOGY
AUTHOR: Adeola A. Faleye (Mrs.)
Department of African Languages and Literatures,
Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile-Ife.
Osun State, Nigeria.
Phone : 0803 377 5052, 0805 778 7345
E-mail: defaleye2004@yahoo.co.uk, adeolaye@aouife.edu.ng << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: TERTIARY EDUCATION, SELF-RELIANCE OF YOUTHS AND THE AFRICAN FAMILY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
AUTHOR: Dr. (Mrs.) Grace Koko Etuk,
Department of Curriculum Studies And Educational Management,
University Of Uyo , Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria .
e-mail: amyketuk@yahoo.com
Tel: +234-802-329-7073 << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: THE SACRED RED STONES OF BENIN KINGDOM
AUTHOR: Esosa Esizimetor (Mrs.)
DSW ( Benin ), BA Fine and Applied Art ( Benin ) MA Visual Art ( Ibadan )
# 3 Esizimetor Avenue, Off Isibor Street,
Box 10385, Ugbowo,
Benin City 300283, Nigeria.
Tel: +234 806 041 7048,
E-mail: esosa2k@yahoo.com << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: THE RESTORATIVE & SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES:THE TRINIDAD EXPERIENCE
AUTHOR: Dani Lyndersay, Ph.D.
The University of the West Indies,
Trinidad. << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS AND YOUTH OF AFRICAN DESCENT LIVING IN WHITE COUNTRIES.
AUTHOR: E. Oscar Braithwaite, M.Ed, B.Ed, B.A. << Click>>


PAPER TITLE: ART AND CONSCIOUSNESS – FUTURE PASTS AND PAST FUTURES OF IDENTITY CRISES
AUTHOR: John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola BEWAJI, FJIM
Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy
University of the West Indies
Mona Campus Kingston,
Jamaica. << Click>>

PAPER TITLE: ORISAISM, GUEST-FAITHS AND GLOBAL-AFRICAN SPIRITUAL ORDER:WOLE SOYINKA'S PRECEPTIVE CREED
AUTHOR: Dr. ‘Tunde Awosanmi,
Theatre Arts Department, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Phone No: 234-803-726-0140
E-mail: atundah@yahoo.com << Click>>

PAPER TITLE: AL-HAYQUTAN'S REPARTEE TO JARIR'S CAUSTIC TONGUE: ISSUES IN AFRICAN RESPONSE TO RACISM IN ARABIC POETRY.
AUTHOR: Dr. Olayinka Amuni,
Dept. of Languages,
LASU, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria. << Click>>

PAPER TITLE: GENDER, SPIRITUAL FORCE OF AFRICAN COLLECTIVISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
AUTHOR:
Alao I. F.
Department of educational foundations and counseling,
Adeyemi College of Education,
Ondo. << Click>>


PAPER TITLE:
SPIRITUALITY AND THE AFRICAN PROSE NARRATIVES
AUTHOR: Dr. Mrs. Y. O. O. Akorede,
Department of English,
Adeyemi College of Education,
Ondo, Nigeria.
yetunkorede@yahoo.com << Click>>

PAPER TITLE: CALLING AJE WITCH IN ORDER TO HANG HER: YORUBA PATRIARCHAL DEFINITION AND REDEFINITION OF FEMALE POWER
AUTHOR: Ayo Adeduntan,
Institute of African studies,
University of Ibadan ,
Oyo State Nigeria . << Click>>

PAPER TITLE: REPRESENTATIONS OF AFRICAN SPIRITUALITYAND ALTERNATIVE HERMENEUTIC PARADIGMS IN AFRICAN ORAL NARRATIVES
AUTHOR: James Tar TSAAIOR, PhD
Department of English, University of Ibadan , Nigeria
Email: tar.tsaaior@mail.ui.edu.ng
tsaaiortar@yahoo.com
Phone: 234-802-371-1378 << Click>>