Ife Ajepe
Biographic Data
| ID | 6934186 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ife Ajepe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ife |
| FAMILY NAME | Ajepe |
| SIGNATURE | AJEPE I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Afe Babalola University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8675-7914 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From ‘Adeola’ to ‘HarDeyOlar’
This study explores the self-naming phenomenon among GenZee students in selected tertiary institutions in Ekiti State, Nigeria, focusing on the alteration of traditional Yoruba names (e.g., “Adeola” to “HarDeyOlar”) as a form of cultural expression and self-identity reconfiguration. Rooted in both postcolonial and sociolinguistic frameworks, the work examines how GenZees’ engagement with self-naming reflects deeper issues of indigenous language u…
A Little White-Lie
Truth-telling is a cherished religious value in most African societies as opposed to lying. Thus, African indigenous religion upholds the virtue of truth-telling and abhors the vice of lying. This accepted religious virtue is promoted through various means, including film. The film, A Little White-Lie pictures a chaste working-class lady who deceitfully arranges for marriage, a pseudo-spouse under intense parental pressure. As the plot gradually …
Retraditionalizing the Quest
Critical developmental thinking started as a speculative debate of difference(s) and otherness, metamorphosing through the obstacles of the ideologies of ‘primitive’ mentality, ‘barbaric’ cultures, and ‘uncivilized’ civilizations to its current state. However, it should be stressed that in the process of giving form to the practice of developmental thinking in Africa, philosophers, and cultural studies scholars, especially, have frequently engage…
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Retraditionalizing the Quest
Critical developmental thinking started as a speculative debate of difference(s) and otherness, metamorphosing through the obstacles of the ideologies of ‘primitive’ mentality, ‘barbaric’ cultures, and ‘uncivilized’ civilizations to its current state. However, it should be stressed that in the process of giving form to the practice of developmental thinking in Africa, philosophers, and cultural studies scholars, especially, have frequently engage…
A Little White-Lie
Truth-telling is a cherished religious value in most African societies as opposed to lying. Thus, African indigenous religion upholds the virtue of truth-telling and abhors the vice of lying. This accepted religious virtue is promoted through various means, including film. The film, A Little White-Lie pictures a chaste working-class lady who deceitfully arranges for marriage, a pseudo-spouse under intense parental pressure. As the plot gradually …
From ‘Adeola’ to ‘HarDeyOlar’
This study explores the self-naming phenomenon among GenZee students in selected tertiary institutions in Ekiti State, Nigeria, focusing on the alteration of traditional Yoruba names (e.g., “Adeola” to “HarDeyOlar”) as a form of cultural expression and self-identity reconfiguration. Rooted in both postcolonial and sociolinguistic frameworks, the work examines how GenZees’ engagement with self-naming reflects deeper issues of indigenous language u…
African cultural and philosophical studies (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Appropriation (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Cultural identity (1 works) · Dilemma (1 works)