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Continuity in Indigenous Institutions for Capital Formation among the Igbo in Post-Colonial Nigeria, 1970 - 2020

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Ikechukwu Cosmas Ahamefule

For the capital formation among the Igbo of southeast Nigeria, there exist traditional institutions through which the people raised resources to attend to their community and individual needs. These included, among others, Contribution Clubs, Family and Extended Family Pools, Age Grade Associations, Title Taking/Societies, Pawning, Inheritance, Land/Economic Trees Pledging, Imachi …

Non-Human Agency in Igbo Cultural History: Affective Entanglements between Humans, Animals, Spirits, and Technology

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Rosemary Akpan

This study examines the emotional connections between people, animals, spirits, and technology in Igbo cosmology, literature, and modern culture. The paper tends not to completely separate humans from non-humans in Igbo thought. It acknowledges the agency of spirits (mmụọ), sacred animals, ancestral artifacts, and things like ọfọ and ikenga, which …

Omenala Arịrọ: Aka Mgba Chere Ọganihu Steeti Anambra

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Esther Ogochukwu Akpulu

Ọtụtụ oge, ihe ọjọọ ụfọdụ na-amalite ma gaa n’ihu were ọnọdụ ka a ga-asị na ọ bụ ihe kwesịrị ekwesị ma ọ bụ dịkwa ka usoro iwu nabatara. Ihe kpatara nke a bụ ịnabata omenala arịrọ. Omenala arịrọ bụ mmadụ ịrọ ka a ghara ịta ya ahụhụ oge ọ dara …

Understanding Depression and Suicide: An Africanized/Dance Movement Therapy Education Approach

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Gladys Ijeoma Akunna

A global health philosophy articulates that health is wealth. On a personal level, Mathman Gandhi further emphasized that health is real wealth, not pieces of gold or silver. A healthy people build a healthy progressive society, hence the Igbo Ndu nmiri , ndu azu philosophy which projects that health and …

Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Southeastern Nigeria

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Faustina Chinwendu Amadi

This study examines the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development in Southeastern Nigeria. Using a mixed-methods approach, combining survey data from 100 entrepreneurs and in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, this research investigates the entrepreneurial ecosystem, challenges, and opportunities in the region. The findings reveal that entrepreneurship has a significant positive …

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