(re) Storing Yoruba Traditional Ideals Through Folktale

Culture is an accumulated pattern of values, beliefs, and behaviours which is shared by an identifiable group of people with a common history and verbal system. Folktale is a culturally oriented people’s story possessed by each culture. It serves as rules and regulations of societies learnt conscio...

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Main Author: Rabiu Iyanda
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Language:English
Published: University of Bejaia Abderrahmane Mira 2024-11-01
Series:The Journal of Studies in Language, Culture and Society
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Online Access:https://univ-bejaia.dz/revue/jslcs/article/view/367
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description Culture is an accumulated pattern of values, beliefs, and behaviours which is shared by an identifiable group of people with a common history and verbal system. Folktale is a culturally oriented people’s story possessed by each culture. It serves as rules and regulations of societies learnt consciously or unconsciously by members of the community. This literary aspect of patterns of life is becoming neglected. This paper is an attempt to revisit these didactic acceptable manners of impacting lives. It views folktales as important traditional aspect in communities with special emphasis on the Yoruba community of Western part of Nigeria. The paper answers the question of identity of “Who am I?” To which culture do I belong, its significance, problems and prospect? What are the accepted norms of behavior for me? The present social values and its’ lapses could be determined from tracing the past through folktale, what could be its benefit and problems in the current global village. The paper submits some plausible suggestions towards having a peaceful and cohesive Yoruba society with the service of fables.
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spelling doaj-art-0bd399dbd5a24929a7d1046de0bc5d902025-08-20T03:13:59ZengUniversity of Bejaia Abderrahmane MiraThe Journal of Studies in Language, Culture and Society2716-91892676-17502024-11-0151(re) Storing Yoruba Traditional Ideals Through Folktale Rabiu Iyanda 0 Osun State University, Osogbo Department of French, Ikire campus, Culture is an accumulated pattern of values, beliefs, and behaviours which is shared by an identifiable group of people with a common history and verbal system. Folktale is a culturally oriented people’s story possessed by each culture. It serves as rules and regulations of societies learnt consciously or unconsciously by members of the community. This literary aspect of patterns of life is becoming neglected. This paper is an attempt to revisit these didactic acceptable manners of impacting lives. It views folktales as important traditional aspect in communities with special emphasis on the Yoruba community of Western part of Nigeria. The paper answers the question of identity of “Who am I?” To which culture do I belong, its significance, problems and prospect? What are the accepted norms of behavior for me? The present social values and its’ lapses could be determined from tracing the past through folktale, what could be its benefit and problems in the current global village. The paper submits some plausible suggestions towards having a peaceful and cohesive Yoruba society with the service of fables. https://univ-bejaia.dz/revue/jslcs/article/view/367beliefculturefolktalesYoruba
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(re) Storing Yoruba Traditional Ideals Through Folktale
The Journal of Studies in Language, Culture and Society
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title (re) Storing Yoruba Traditional Ideals Through Folktale
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title_fullStr (re) Storing Yoruba Traditional Ideals Through Folktale
title_full_unstemmed (re) Storing Yoruba Traditional Ideals Through Folktale
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