Dialogues: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Yoruba Studies Review, 3,1, Fall 2018

I am happy to announce the publication of the Special Edition on "Yoruba Philosophy and Contemporary Nigerian Realities" guest edited by Dr. Adeshina Afolayan of the University of Ibadan.

YORUBA STUDIES REVIEW

VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1, FALL 2018

SPECIAL EDITION

Theme: Yorùbá Philosophy and Contemporary Nigerian Realities

Contents

Introduction: Yorùbá Philosophy and Contemporary Nigerian Realities. 1

Adeshina Afolayan

Essays

Anchored in Justice: Yorùbá Philosophy and the Politics of a Diverse State. 29

Segun Gbadegesin

Contemporary Nigeria and the Deficit of Deliberative Democracy: Àgbájọ Ọwọ́ as Collegiality 47

Ronald Olufemi Badru

Disability and Human Diversity: A Reinterpretation of Ẹni-Òòṣà Philosophy in Yorùbá Belief 67

Omotade Adegbindin

Adapting Yorùbá Epistemology in Educational Theory and Practice in Nigeria 97

Toyin Vincent Adepoju

Demographics and the Irony of Existential Profiling in Yorùbá Belief: Policy Considerations for Nigeria. 123

Wale Olajide

Asùwàdà Principle and Inter-Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria 139

Yunusa Salami

Ọmọ Tí A Kò Kọ́: Globalization and Cultural Education among New Generation Nigerian Yorùbá 153

Michael Afolayan

The Depersonalized as Vanishing Hero and Heroine in Yorùbá Moral Placards 175

Olatunde Bayo Lawuyi

Political Communication and the Nigerian Democratic Experiment: Critical Insights from Yorùbá Philosophy 189

Sharon Adetutu Omotoso

I am hated, therefore, I am: The Enemy in Yorùbá Imaginary 211

Abimbola Adelakun

Yorùbá Values and the Environment 229

John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji

Aristotle and the Ọmọlúwàbí Ethos: Ethical Implications for Public Morality in Nigeria 251

Sunday Olaoluwa Dada

Ìwà l'ẹwà: Towards a Yorùbá Feminist Ethics 277

Olayinka Oyeleye

A Sartrean Approach to Ayé Ṣίṣe in Yorùbá Existentialism 297

Babalola Joseph Balogun

Review Essay

Epistemic Roots, Universal Routes and Ontological Roofs of African "Ritual Archives" Disciplinary Formations in African Thought 315

Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

Book Review

Toyin Falola and Akintunde Akinyemi (Eds). Encyclopedia of the Yoruba. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2016. 371pp. 357

Ibrahim A. Odugbemi

Yorùbá Studies Review (YSR)

The Yorùbá Studies Review is a refereed biannual journal dedicated to the study of the experience of the Yorùbá peoples and their descendants globally. The journal covers all aspects of the Yorùbá transnational, national, and regional presence, both in their West Africa's homeland and in diasporic spaces, past and present. The journal embraces all disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and the basic /applied sciences in as much as the focus is on the Yorùbá affairs and the intersections with other communities and practices worldwide. The journal will foster and encourage interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches dealing with a wide range of theoretical and applied topics including, but not limited to: cultural production, identities, religion, arts and aesthetics, history, language, knowledge system, philosophy, gender, media, popular culture, education and pedagogy, politics, business, economic issues, social policy, migration, geography and landscape, environment, health, technology, and sustainability.

Editors

Tóyìn Fálọlá, Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Akíntúndé Akínyẹmí, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Florida, Gainesville

Àrìnpé G. Adéjùmọ̀, Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

The Yorùbá Studies Review is hosted by three institutions:

The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Florida, Gainesville

The University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Editorial Assistants/Business Managers

U.S.A.: Luis Cataido luiscataldo23@utexas.edu

Nigeria : Adeshina Afolayan adeshinaafolayan@gmail.com

All posted materials should be addressed to:

Editorial Office

Yorùbá Studies Review

Department of History

The University of Texas at Austin

104 Inner Campus Drive

Austin, TX 78712-0220

Subscriptions

The subscription rate in the U.S. and Canada is $30 per copy for individuals, and $150 for annual subscriptions for institutions. For overseas subscriptions, postage will be added

For general inquiry, send e-mail to: toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu

Please Note

Opinions expressed in the Yorùbá Studies Review are not necessarily those of the editorial staff. The order of publication of individual articles does not imply relative merit.