Chaos As Social Order

Introduction
            Chaos is a new way of understanding social order.  Rather than a perverse paradox, this assertion draws on the diverse developments of chaos theory in the natural and mathematical sciences (Barnsley 1988; Crutchfield et al 1986; Dewdney 1985; Gleick 1987; Mandelbrot 1983; Mullin 1993).  Over the past two decades, chaos theory has been applied [...]

THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF VERBAL ARTS IN THE YORÙBÁ INDIGENOUS HEALTHCARE PRACTICES

1.0             Introduction
The paper focuses on the Yorùbá verbal arts used in indigenous healthcare system.  By verbal arts, we mean the various literary genres used in reflecting and expressing the belief, religion, worldview and values of the society.  Specifically, the verbal arts under study are the genres used among the Yorùbá people to manage their physical, [...]