Nigeria Peoples and Culture (GSP 208)
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UNN Online School of General StudiesAbout this Course
Nigerian Peoples and Cultures is a second-semester 2-credit unit course. It is designed to teach students and other readers culture areas of Nigeria and their characteristics, the peoples of Nigeria, norms and values, moral obligations of citizens and national development.
On successful completion of the course, you should be able to:
- Have a good knowledge of the traditional Nigerian peoples and cultures;
- Discuss the culture areas of Nigeria and their characteristics;
- Discuss the impact of Nigerian cultures on national development in Nigeria; and
- The effect of contemporary issues on Nigerian cultures.
MODULE 1: History & Geography of Nigeria
Unit 1: History and Trajectory of development and nation-building: Nigeria (Chinyere Madukwe & George Asadu)
Unit 2: Traditional Political Systems in Nigeria (Osinachi P. Uba-Uzoagwa & Ngozi Christian)
MODULE 2: Religion
Unit 1: African Traditional Religion & Crime Control in Igbo Society of Nigeria: Challenges in the 21st Century. (Emeka S. Ejim, Okechukwu Anozie & Wilson Anorue)
Unit 2: Religio-Cultural values & their Importance in Nigeria. (Ndidamaka U. Ugwu , Olisa A. Enweonwu & Ann V. Eze)
Unit 3: Ideological and Epistemological Importance of Belief in Witchcraft on Contemporary Christianity in Africa (Gabriel C. Otegbulu, Ndidiamaka V. Ugwu and Kanayochukwu M. Okoye).
MODULE 3: Archaeology, Arts and Tourism
Unit 1: Archaeology of Igboland and its Contribution to Nation-building (Joshua O. Uzuegbu and Oji C. Chijioke).
Unit 2: Sex Cultural Tourism and its Implication for Nigerian Culture (Joshua O. Uzugbu, Joy N. U. Ejikeme, Nneoma G. Ololo and Okechukwu Anozie)
Unit 3: From virtual to theatre: An overview of Onunu Festival Performance as a Total theatre (Oguejiofor Omeje & Cindy Ezeugwu)
Unit 4: Cultural tourism and its national development: Nigeria in view (Nneoma G. Ololo and Okechukwu O. Anozie).
Unit 5: To blame or to be responsible, passive/active citizenship and development in Nigeria. (Kanayochukwu M. Okoye and Aloysius C. Obiulu).
MODULE 4: Selected Topics on Igbo Culture
Unit 1: Nri Ndi Igbo (Chinenye A. Ezema)
Unit 2: Njo na Mma (Joy I. Obayi)
Textbooks & References
Nigeria Peoples and Cultures.
Nnoli Okwudiba (1978) Ethnic Politics in Nigeria. Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publishers.
Crowder, M. and Abdullahi G. (1977). Nigeria: An Introduction to its History. Lagos: Longman Nigeria Plc.
| Course Code | UNN/OC/0081 | |
| Course Start Date | Started | |
| Course Duration | 3 Months | |
| Dedication | 2 hours per week | |
| Number of Modules | 4 | |
| Level | Basic | |
| School offering course | UNN Online School of General Studies | |
| Language | English | |
| Video/Audio Media | None | |
| ₦ | Course Fee | 200000.00 |
Course Prerequisites / Requirements
This course is designed for students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. It is meant for newly admitted students (First year students) of concerned departments and faculties. However, some departments opt to have their students take this course in their second year. The course is designed to run for a semester. Normally, students of each participating departments are assigned to a particular lecturer of the unit who registers, gives out term paper / seminar topics and continuous assignments as well as oversees the grading of such. With the transition to online, this norm still applies, albeit more streamlined. As a registered student of this course, all learning materials of the course are made available to you on this platform. You must study consistently and conscientiously, the entire course material, attempt and submit all course assignments punctually.
