Samuel Okafor
Biographic Data
| ID | 4193430 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Okafor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Okafor |
| SIGNATURE | OKAFOR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8584-5616 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The myth of postcolonialism in Africa
Arguably, the achievement of independence of most African countries that started in the 1960s ushered in the post-colonial era for Africa. This article explores the myth of post-colonialism in Africa and its ongoing manifestations. The manifestation categories addressed in the article are stolen artefacts and African spirituality, linguicide and ethnocide, the loss of the African naming system, internalised colonialism and beauty standards, and m…
Sexology research and targeted social stigma in Southeast Nigeria
This study explored the impact of social stigma on the involvement of social researchers in sexology studies in southeast Nigeria. The study, which applied survey design, involved 656 faculty members in the areas of the social sciences, education, humanities and public health research in 24 federal and state institutions of higher learning in southeast Nigeria. Data were collected with a modified Kite and Deaux (1986) homosexual attitude scale (H…
The rural aged and the challenges of access to rural healthcare
L'articolo esplora i fattori associati all'accesso e all'utilizzo delle strutture e dei servizi di assistenza sanitaria primaria tra gli anziani nelle aree rurali del sud-est della Nigeria, applicando il disegno di indagine su un campione di 1625 anziani (60+). Per la raccolta dei dati è stato utilizzato un questionario basato sulle sei dimensioni di accesso alle strutture e ai servizi sanitari di Saurman (2015). I dati raccolti sono stati analiz…
Rural Small-Scale Women Farmers and Preference for Family Size in South-East Nigeria
Among other things, fertility control in Nigeria may not be feasible without recourse to socioeconomic issues such as micro-occupation classification and dominant family cultural traditions facing women and their relationship to fertility behaviour. Rural small-scale women farmers are a relatively closed group with some uniqueness for the understanding of the value of children (VOC) in socioeconomic and cultural contexts and its relationship with…
Suicide among Undergraduate Students in Southeast Nigeria
The Durkheimian sociological doctrine of suicide is classified into regulation/integration, high and low social currents, with four resultant suicide types such as egoistic, altruistic, anomic and fatalistic suicide. Across Nigeria and social classes, suicide types and circumstances according to the above classifications have become worrisome, warranting empirical investigation into the social wellbeing and suicide potentials in the social realm …
Ideal and Reality in British Administrative Policy in Eastern Nigeria
Journal Article IDEAL AND REALITY IN BRITISH ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY IN EASTERN NIGERIA Get access S. O. OKAFOR S. O. OKAFOR The author is a graduate of the Universities of Durham and Dundee, and is at present on the research staff of the Department of Political Science, University of Birmingham. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 293, October 1974, Pages 459–471, https://doi.o…
Ibo Chiefs and Social Change
Did Dr Robert Tignor in this recent article on 'Colonial Chiefs in Chiefless Societies' in this Journal, IX, 3, October 1971, not overstate the contribution of certain African chiefs 'in forcing the pace of social change'?My aim is to answer this question briefly as far as Ibo chiefs are concerned. It has been argued that they helped with the introduction of taxation, especially since this was not traditional. But the historical records show that…
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Ibo Chiefs and Social Change
Did Dr Robert Tignor in this recent article on 'Colonial Chiefs in Chiefless Societies' in this Journal, IX, 3, October 1971, not overstate the contribution of certain African chiefs 'in forcing the pace of social change'?My aim is to answer this question briefly as far as Ibo chiefs are concerned. It has been argued that they helped with the introduction of taxation, especially since this was not traditional. But the historical records show that…
Ideal and Reality in British Administrative Policy in Eastern Nigeria
Journal Article IDEAL AND REALITY IN BRITISH ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY IN EASTERN NIGERIA Get access S. O. OKAFOR S. O. OKAFOR The author is a graduate of the Universities of Durham and Dundee, and is at present on the research staff of the Department of Political Science, University of Birmingham. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 293, October 1974, Pages 459–471, https://doi.o…
Suicide among Undergraduate Students in Southeast Nigeria
The Durkheimian sociological doctrine of suicide is classified into regulation/integration, high and low social currents, with four resultant suicide types such as egoistic, altruistic, anomic and fatalistic suicide. Across Nigeria and social classes, suicide types and circumstances according to the above classifications have become worrisome, warranting empirical investigation into the social wellbeing and suicide potentials in the social realm …
Rural Small-Scale Women Farmers and Preference for Family Size in South-East Nigeria
Among other things, fertility control in Nigeria may not be feasible without recourse to socioeconomic issues such as micro-occupation classification and dominant family cultural traditions facing women and their relationship to fertility behaviour. Rural small-scale women farmers are a relatively closed group with some uniqueness for the understanding of the value of children (VOC) in socioeconomic and cultural contexts and its relationship with…
The rural aged and the challenges of access to rural healthcare
L'articolo esplora i fattori associati all'accesso e all'utilizzo delle strutture e dei servizi di assistenza sanitaria primaria tra gli anziani nelle aree rurali del sud-est della Nigeria, applicando il disegno di indagine su un campione di 1625 anziani (60+). Per la raccolta dei dati è stato utilizzato un questionario basato sulle sei dimensioni di accesso alle strutture e ai servizi sanitari di Saurman (2015). I dati raccolti sono stati analiz…
The myth of postcolonialism in Africa
Arguably, the achievement of independence of most African countries that started in the 1960s ushered in the post-colonial era for Africa. This article explores the myth of post-colonialism in Africa and its ongoing manifestations. The manifestation categories addressed in the article are stolen artefacts and African spirituality, linguicide and ethnocide, the loss of the African naming system, internalised colonialism and beauty standards, and m…
Sexology research and targeted social stigma in Southeast Nigeria
This study explored the impact of social stigma on the involvement of social researchers in sexology studies in southeast Nigeria. The study, which applied survey design, involved 656 faculty members in the areas of the social sciences, education, humanities and public health research in 24 federal and state institutions of higher learning in southeast Nigeria. Data were collected with a modified Kite and Deaux (1986) homosexual attitude scale (H…
Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)