African Communication Systems II Lecture Notes

Flashcards generated from the provided lecture notes on African Communication Systems II, focusing on names, channels, folk media, myths, legends, popular culture, and information dissemination in Africa.

Who is the developer/writer of the MAC 116 African Communication Systems II course material?

Dr. Abigail O. Ogwezzy

Who is the editor of the MAC 116 African Communication Systems II course material?

Dr. Victor Ayedun- Aluma

Which university is the MAC 116 African Communication Systems II course material from?

NOUN

What is the main purpose of the MAC 116: AFRICAN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS II course?

To expose undergraduate students mainly to the application of African traditional communication structure, form and content

What modes of communication are examined in the MAC 116 course?

Folk media, esoteric, and institutional modes of communication

What is the major general purpose of the MAC116 course?

To expose students to the applicability of African communication systems.

What are some of the channels of communication in Africa that students will understand?

Names, venue, institutions and folk media

What will students examine in relation to African popular culture?

To examine the applicability of African popular culture in information dissemination.

What materials are required to successfully complete MAC116 Course?

Pen, note-book, assignment file

How many modules are in the MAC116 course?

Six

What is the focus of Module One in the MAC116 course?

Names, Venue-Oriented, And Institutional Channels Of Communication In African

What is the focus of Module Two in the MAC116 course?

Folkmedia: Folklore, Proverbs And Parables

What is the focus of Module Three in the MAC116 course?

Extra-Mundane Or Exoteric Channels Of Communication

What is the focus of Module Four in the MAC116 course?

Myths And Legends

What is the focus of Module Five in the MAC116 course?

Africa: Publics, Popular Culture And Development

What is the focus of Module Six in the MAC116 course?

Verbal Communication, Mass Media And Information Dissemination In Africa

What aspects of Names in Africa are focused on in Unit 1 of Module One?

History and Types

What is the focus of Unit 2 in Module One?

Venue-oriented Channels of Communication

What is the focus of Unit 3 in Module One?

Institutional Channels of Communication and The Communication Patterns of Traditional Authorities and Socio-Political Organisations

What are the objectives of Unit 1 in Module One regarding names in Africa?

To define names, outline types of names, trace the history of naming ceremony, discuss the communication functions of names, and highlight the spiritual implications of names

What are names?

What people are known with and are called

What do names communicate?

They communicate and tell stories about people and events/occurrences at the time of christening.

What does christening usually involve in Africa?

A ceremony; hence, Africans hold naming ceremonies, which in fact originated from the Bible

What is a religious name?

A name given to a child based on the religion or faith of the parents

What is the first stage in naming a child in Islam?

A call to prayer “into the baby’s ears” – Adhan

What is done on the seventh day after the birth of a baby in Islam?

Shaving the baby’s hair on the seventh day after birth

What is the sacrifice performed during naming a rite in Islam?

Slaughtering of two sheeps for a baby boy and one sheep for a baby girl

What is the Priests role in Christian naming?

Pray for the child and pronounce the name(s) of the child

What are three types of names?

Personal, family and creative names

What do priests argue is the reason for the woman to change her name after marriage?

To take on the destiny of her husband i.e. for them to have a common destiny as the two have become one

What could names show apart from evidence of origin of a person; at times circumstances surrounding the birth?

It could show the day the child was born, e.g. market days

What does Yetunde mean among the Yoruba people?

dead mother has come back again

What Does the Yoruba name Esubiyi mean?

Satan has given birth to this one (child).

What does the name Yayra mean?

Blessing

What does the name Obong Ama mean

God’s love

What does the name Onyemahiachi mean?

Who knows tomorrow

What does the name Abdulshaheed mean?

servant of Allah giving witness

What does the name Osatohanmwen mean?

God had pity on me

What does the name Azu ka mean?

Behind is better

What does the name Onalo mean?

Women who gave birth to a child and die several times and happen to give to a premature king of Abiku

What does the name Adekanbi mean?

It is my turn to birth to the ‘crown’

What does the name Oluwatobi mean?

God is great

What does Utibe-Abasi mean?

God’s Wonders

Why is the study of names and naming important in Africa?

To study and highlight the spiritual implications of names

Why should there be the need to use indigenous languages in information dissemination in Africa?

To use indigenous languages in information dissemination in Africa

In Module one, what areas is Unit 1 focused on?

History and Types

Unstructured channels in indigenous communication occur in many other settings examples include talk at home; well; river; and on the road is an example of what type of netowrks?

informal networks

How did Hodder define the market?

An institutionalized activity occurring at a definite place and involving the meeting of people there at a particular time.

Unlike the town crier or folklore, what does the market generate?

Gives soft news

What other social gatherings attract large congregations with participants from neighbouring or distant places?

Death and funerals

What are intervening periods within social gatherings occupied by?

Gossiping, storytelling, and general exchange of information

How are river and creeks also physical channels of communication in Africa?

They are also venues for communication because people plan and meet at particular river side to wash clothes and other domestic items as well as to exchange information

Why did this unit focused on arguing that venue oriented communication is unstructured?

it is spontaneous and informal

Define the market as provided by Hodder.

An authorised public centre for buyers and sellers of commodities to meet

This unit groups institutional structures into what major types?

Tradition and social

According to Nwuneli channels represent what in the information transfer process?

The hardware in the information transfer process

What are the four different groups that this unit basically groups Insitutional Structures into?

Traditonal Authorities, Social/Political Organizations, Religious/Grassroot/Economic Organization, Kinship Groupings

What do Courier Chiefs do?

To disseminate information to the villages

What does the Courier Chief of Nigeria do?

An Ijebu village announcer trains his children in the communication jobs that await them

What determine the content of the town criers message?

They determine the content of the town crier’s message

Wilson, D. (1982) is the Author of what publication?

Traditional Mass Communication: Towards a Redefinition of Concepts

What can creative names be coined from?

Traditions & character

What spiritual impacts do names have?

The Spiritual Implications of Names

What is the meaning of Yayra?

Blessing

What is the meaning of Obong Ama?

God's Love

In the Ewe language, what does Yayra mean?

Blessing

Venue oriented communication feature is that it is .

unstructured communication

channels represent only the hardware in the information transfer process.

religious/Grassroot/Economic Organisation

Akpabio (2003) Wrote what book?

African Commincation Systems

Welcome! This is what course designed to expose undergraduate students mainly to the application of africian traditional communication structure, form and content.

A two-credit unit course

The unit in a module are based on what can stand alone, but_?

thematic links

are channels of communication in Africa.

Names

Abdulshaheed, meaning?

servant of Allah giving witness

The_ of various assignments will be communicated to you.

The dates for the submission