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The potentials and perils of public urban land ownership and management : a case study of the Lagos executive development board (Nigeria) 1928-1972Okpala, Donatus Charles Ifebueme January 1977 (has links)
Thesis. 1977. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography : leaves 346-351. / by Donatus C. Ifebueme Okpala. / Ph.D.
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The daughters of Zelophehad : a Nigerian perspective on inheritance of land by women according to Numbers 27:1-11Ahiamadu, Amadi 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Chapter one of this research and its hypothesis outlines the way in which land inheritance
has been applied in past decades to the total exclusion of women. This study includes
mainly the Ogba and Ekpeye and concentrates on areas where the Bible has been read
for nearly 100 years without any appreciable impact on the cultural restrictions imposed on
women with respect to the inheritance of land.
Chapter two highlights the practices of land tenure in both the ancient Near East (ANE)
and ancient Israel, with specific emphasis on the concepts of ahuzzah and nahalah, the
role of the kinsman redeemer (goe/) in the redemption and retension of the family
inheritance, and the importance of the dowry as a substitute for land inheritance.
Chapter three looks at the social and religious status of women in the ANE and ancient
Israel, and illustrates the importance of women as daughters or wives. The specific
inheritance rights enjoyed by women in ANE societies are also mentioned.
The inheritance rights of women in South-east Nigeria and the Niger Delta are covered in
chapter four. The traditional system of land holding and the relationship between this
system and the socio-economic status of women are disussed. Empirical evidence from
the Niger Delta communities is given and a comparison made with other groups in Niqerie.
The thesis proceeds to make a functionally equivalent translation of the Zelophehad
narrative (Num. 27:1-11) with the understanding that such unique texts, if properly
understood, could impact on the cultural perceptions of the people in terms of the
inheritance rights of women. This contrasts with the more literal, second language
translations which seem not to have had any significant impact on the communities so far.
The final chapter makes an evaluation of the central hypothesis. Due to logistic difficulties,
the application of the results of the research to the target communities may have to wait
until funds are available to test the translation within the target communities. Such a test
will have to be done over a period of time to determine its impact on the problem facing
women with respect to inheritance rights. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hoofstuk een van hierdie studie en hipotese fokus op die navorsingsvraag, naamlik die
wyse waarop grondnalatenskap die afgelope dekades tot die algehele uitsluiting van vroue
plaasgevind het. Die studie sluit hoofsaaklik die Ogba en Ekpeye in, en konsentreer op
streke waar die Bybel die afgelope 100 jaar gelees is sonder enige noemenswaardige
impak op die kulturele beperkings op vroue met betrekking tot die erf van grond.
Hoofstuk twee bespreek die grondbesitpraktyke in beide die antieke Nabye Ooste (ANa)
en antieke Israel. Spesifieke aandag word geskenk aan die konsepte van ahuzzah en
nahalah, die rol van die bloedverwant losser (goel) in die aflos en behoud van die familie
erfenis, en die belang van die bruidskat as substituut vir 'n nalatenskap van grond.
Hoofstuk drie kyk na die sosiale en godsdienstige status van vroue in die ANa en antieke
Israel, en illustreer die belangrikheid van vroue as dogters of getroudes in die
gemeenskap. Die spesifieke erfregte wat vroue in die ANO geniet het, word ook genoem.
Die erfreg van vroue in Suid-oos Niqerie en die Niger Delta word in hoofstuk vier gedek.
Die tradisionele stelsel van grondbesit word bespreek, asook die verhouding tussen
hierdie sisteem en die sosio-ekonomiese status van vroue. Empiriese bewyse uit die Niger
Delta gemeenskappe word verskaf en 'n vergelyking getref met ander groepe in Niqerie.
Die tesis maak 'n funksioneel gelykwaardige vertaling van die Selofgad-verhaal (Num.
27: 1-11), met die verstandhouding dat sulke unieke tekste, indien behoorlike verstaan, 'n
impak kan he op kulturele waarnemings ten opsigte van die erfreg van vroue. Dit
kontrasteer met die meer letterlike, tweedetaal vertalings wat tot dusver skynbaar geen
noemenswaardige impak op die gemeenskappe gehad het nie.
In die finale hoofstuk word die sentrale hipotese qeevalueer. Die toepassing van die
resultate van die navorsing op die teikengemeenskappe sal, as gevolg van logistieke
struikelblokke, moet wag tot fondse beskikbaar is om die vertaling op die
teikengemeenskappe te toets. Sodanige toets sal oor "n tydperk moet strek ten einde die
impak daarvan op die probleem wat vroue ervaar ten opsigte van erfreg vas te stel.
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Re-defining stewardship : a Nigerian perspective on accountable and responsible land ownership according to the Old TestamentAhiamadu, Amadi 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (DTh (Old and New Testament))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / This dissertation has explored the Biblical basis for a redefinition of stewardship, and has
done so in the light of land ownership customs and ethos in some parts of Africa. It has
employed a postcolonial hermeneutics in interpreting Genesis 1:26-28 using also a
functional equivalence approach in its translation and exegesis.
In chapter one the conceptual scheme is outlined, while providing a highlight of the
problem, the hypothesis, the methodology and various definitional terms which feature in
the discussion. In chapter two various scholarly views are examined in order to critically
assess the criteria for either a humans-above-nature or humans-in-partnership-withnature
mindset. The implications of such divergent views have been critically examined. In
the third chapter views of African scholars were brought to bear on gerontocracy which
has transcended pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial economic and political influences
and has sustained an ongoing cultural practice of a “giraffe principle” of stewardship, land
ownership and use.
In the fourth and fifth chapter, the use of a postcolonial critical hermeneutics in
interpretation is rationalised. A functional equivalence approach in translating our pericope
into Ogba is used, and then re-read using a postcolonial critical hermeneutics. The imago
Dei and the cultural mandate which goes with it has been re-interpreted in line with a
hermeneutics that is humane and sensitive to a post-colonial context. In the sixth chapter a
redefinition of stewardship has been attempted, using the fruits of our close reading,
functional translation, and the cultural perceptions derived from our empirical research.
In the final chapter, a conclusion has been drawn to show how this study contributes to a
new appreciation of the concept of stewardship when applied to land ownership and use
especially when humans are properly located in a relationship with God and with nature
that is ongoing.
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