Yoruba proverbs and the anti-corruption crusade in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAdemilokun, Mohammed Ayodeji
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-20T12:49:32Z
dc.date.available2020-01-20T12:49:32Z
dc.date.issued2014-01
dc.descriptionPeer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso, Volume 6, Issue 1, Jan 2014, p. 41- 48en_US
dc.description.abstractCorruption is entrenched in the public space in Nigeria. Various attempts by policymakers to stamp out this social cankerworm seem not to be yielding positive results, as more incidences of corruption continue to ravage the polity. This paper therefore contributes to the campaign for anti-corruption in Nigeria by drawing on proverbs to persuade Nigerians to resist corruption. Proverbs as an embodiment of the distilled thoughts and wisdoms of a people can be applied to different human conditions for change. Drawing on thirty purposively selected proverbs that touch on the Yoruba concept of “Ewà Inú” (inner beauty), this paper deploys a sociocultural-linguistic approach to reveal how the rhetorical force of the proverbs can help reveal the evils in corruption and persuade against it.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAdemilokun, M.A., 2014. Yoruba proverbs and the anti-corruption crusade in Nigeria. Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(1), pp.41-48.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2077-2815
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1914
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectsocio-cultural linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectanti-corruption crusadeen_US
dc.subjectCorruptionen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.titleYoruba proverbs and the anti-corruption crusade in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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