Adegboyega O Adegoke
Biographic Data
| ID | 207062 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adegboyega O Adegoke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adegboyega |
| FAMILY NAME | O Adegoke |
| SIGNATURE | ADEGOKE A O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Using indigenous proverbs to understand social knowledge and attitudes to leprosy among the Yoruba of southwest Nigeria
Following a systematic analysis of 23 proverbs obtained from ethnographic research and from literature searches, this article presents the cultural knowledge and attitudes about leprosy in Yorubaland, southwest Nigeria. Our analysis indicates that contrary to fragmentary evidence portraying Yoruba attitudes to leprosy as entirely negative, there is a mixed pattern of social responses to leprosy which range from drastic exclusion to empathy and ac…
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Using indigenous proverbs to understand social knowledge and attitudes to leprosy among the Yoruba of southwest Nigeria
Following a systematic analysis of 23 proverbs obtained from ethnographic research and from literature searches, this article presents the cultural knowledge and attitudes about leprosy in Yorubaland, southwest Nigeria. Our analysis indicates that contrary to fragmentary evidence portraying Yoruba attitudes to leprosy as entirely negative, there is a mixed pattern of social responses to leprosy which range from drastic exclusion to empathy and ac…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Cultural knowledge (1 work) · Empathy (1 work) · Ethnography (1 work) · Indigenous (1 work) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (1 work) · Leprosy (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work)