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Title Artifacts as Social Conflict Resolution Mechanism in Traditional Urhobo Society of Nigeria's Niger Delta
Full text http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/80v732qx
Date 2009
Author(s) Diakparomre, Abel Mac
Abstract Traditional Urhobo society attempts to achieve stability by resolving personal and public social conflicts. The mechanisms employed for this include using art objects in rituals. No detailed scholarly attention, however, seems to have been given to identifying and classifying these conflict-resolution devices in previous studies of the art and culture histories of the Urhobo. In this paper, the social conflict situations prevalent in Urhobo traditional society and their resolution mechanisms are examined. Three categories of social conflicts and two resolution mechanisms are identified and classified.
Subject(s) Artifacts; Conflict Resolution; Urhobo Society; Social and Behavioral Sciences; ARRAY(0x6e39fb0)
Language english
Publisher eScholarship, University of California
Type of publication article
Format application/pdf
Source Diakparomre, Abel Mac. (2009). Artifacts as Social Conflict Resolution Mechanism in Traditional Urhobo Society of Nigeria's Niger Delta. Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 35(2). Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/80v732qx
Rights public
Identifier qt80v732qx
Repository Berkeley - University of California
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