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Title: THE PRACTICE OF AFIYE (CASTE SYSTEM) AMONG THE YALA PEOPLE OF CROSS RIVER STATE
Authors: ONAH, GREGORY AJIMA
Volume:3 Issue: 7
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ONAH, GREGORY AJIMA Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
MLA 8 AJIMA, ONAH, GREGORY. "THE PRACTICE OF AFIYE (CASTE SYSTEM) AMONG THE YALA PEOPLE OF CROSS RIVER STATE." Int. J. Arts&Humanities, vol. 3, no. 7, July 2019, pp. 253-269, journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=20. Accessed July 2019. APA AJIMA, O. (2019, July). THE PRACTICE OF AFIYE (CASTE SYSTEM) AMONG THE YALA PEOPLE OF CROSS RIVER STATE. Int. J. Arts&Humanities, 3(7), 253-269. Retrieved from http://journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=20 Chicago AJIMA, ONAH, GREGORY. "THE PRACTICE OF AFIYE (CASTE SYSTEM) AMONG THE YALA PEOPLE OF CROSS RIVER STATE." Int. J. Arts&Humanities 3, no. 7 (July 2019), 253-269. Accessed July, 2019. http://journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=20.
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Keywords: Afiye, Yala Communities, Cross River State, Culture, Caste System, Nigeria.
Abstract: The story of incarceration of some members of the society is a topical and current issue that requires urgent attention. The culture of some societies of the world, and in particular the Yala communities of Cross River State of Nigeria, seems to ignore the essence of human equality and dignity. The aim of this article is the documentation of stratification of the Caste practices among the three Yala communities in Cross River State. From this article, it is obvious that for any society to be peaceful, progressive and to realize its full developmental capabilities and potentials, all forms of discriminatory practices must not exist. Nevertheless, where this is an acceptable socio-cultural practice of a people and in the light of present day realities of religious pluralism and globalization, the time has come that the Yala people should not preserve that aspect of culture which hinders its progress.
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