Burabari Sunday Deezia
Biographic Data
| ID | 8751136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Burabari Sunday Deezia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Burabari Sunday |
| FAMILY NAME | Deezia |
| SIGNATURE | DEEZIA B S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Port Harcourt |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8842-2213 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Kawaa-Bari (The Feminine God) and Gender Construction among the Ogoni of Eastern Niger Delta, Nigeria
This study examines the feminine conception of the divine in Ogoni indigenous religion, with emphasis on its philosophical, theological, and socio-cultural implications. It argues that the Supreme Being, Kawaa-Bari, is conceived in Ogoni metaphysics as fundamentally feminine, understood as the ultimate source of existence, sustenance, moral order, and relational harmony. Revered as the “Mother of Creation” and “Moulder of the Universe,” Kawaa-Bar…
Sacred Aesthetics and Ritual Symbolism in the Nwaotam Masquerade of the Niger Delta, Nigeria
This study examines the sacred aesthetics and spiritual symbolism embedded in the Nwaotam masquerade of the Niger Delta, with particular attention to its intersections with ritual performance and cultural identity among the Ijaw and Ogoni peoples. Moving beyond interpretations that privilege purely social or political functions, the paper argues that Nwaotam constitutes a complex aesthetic–spiritual system through which cosmological beliefs, ance…
Personality Symbolism in African Philosophy and Religion
Human beings are inherently symbol-making, and this symbolic capacity is central to African philosophical and religious thought. In African traditions, symbolism is not a mere aesthetic element but a foundational ontological structure through which identity, personhood, and communal belonging are understood. Symbols— manifested in names, rituals, proverbs, totems, and cosmologies—do not merely reflect reality but actively construct it. Personalit…
Mothers but not wives
The Biakē custom, an ancient practice among the Ogoni indigenous people, refers to a system by which certain girls or women are not allowed to marry, but are legitimately allowed to raise children for their parents or family, because of some peculiar circumstances of the household, thus the idea of ‘mothers but not wives.’ However, the Biakē practice has been misconstrued with the malapropism called ‘Sira-Custom,’ implying a system in which the f…
The Ogoni Amanikpo secret society
Human quest for esoteric knowledge of the transcendental and mundane worlds, as well as the struggle towards acquiring them through membership in secret societies has become a worldwide phenomenon. The Amanikpo secret society in Nigeria, being one of the most influential cults within the Ogoni socio-religious milieu, reenacts both political and cosmological order in Ogoni communities. However, in recent years, those noble ideas of Amanikpo have n…
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Mothers but not wives
The Biakē custom, an ancient practice among the Ogoni indigenous people, refers to a system by which certain girls or women are not allowed to marry, but are legitimately allowed to raise children for their parents or family, because of some peculiar circumstances of the household, thus the idea of ‘mothers but not wives.’ However, the Biakē practice has been misconstrued with the malapropism called ‘Sira-Custom,’ implying a system in which the f…
The Ogoni Amanikpo secret society
Human quest for esoteric knowledge of the transcendental and mundane worlds, as well as the struggle towards acquiring them through membership in secret societies has become a worldwide phenomenon. The Amanikpo secret society in Nigeria, being one of the most influential cults within the Ogoni socio-religious milieu, reenacts both political and cosmological order in Ogoni communities. However, in recent years, those noble ideas of Amanikpo have n…
Personality Symbolism in African Philosophy and Religion
Human beings are inherently symbol-making, and this symbolic capacity is central to African philosophical and religious thought. In African traditions, symbolism is not a mere aesthetic element but a foundational ontological structure through which identity, personhood, and communal belonging are understood. Symbols— manifested in names, rituals, proverbs, totems, and cosmologies—do not merely reflect reality but actively construct it. Personalit…
Kawaa-Bari (The Feminine God) and Gender Construction among the Ogoni of Eastern Niger Delta, Nigeria
This study examines the feminine conception of the divine in Ogoni indigenous religion, with emphasis on its philosophical, theological, and socio-cultural implications. It argues that the Supreme Being, Kawaa-Bari, is conceived in Ogoni metaphysics as fundamentally feminine, understood as the ultimate source of existence, sustenance, moral order, and relational harmony. Revered as the “Mother of Creation” and “Moulder of the Universe,” Kawaa-Bar…
Sacred Aesthetics and Ritual Symbolism in the Nwaotam Masquerade of the Niger Delta, Nigeria
This study examines the sacred aesthetics and spiritual symbolism embedded in the Nwaotam masquerade of the Niger Delta, with particular attention to its intersections with ritual performance and cultural identity among the Ijaw and Ogoni peoples. Moving beyond interpretations that privilege purely social or political functions, the paper argues that Nwaotam constitutes a complex aesthetic–spiritual system through which cosmological beliefs, ance…
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