Taboos in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State: Sociolinguistic interpretation
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NgoUch
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This paper investigates the prevalence of taboos in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State. The study aims to document the taboos prevalent in Orlu, Imo State. The groups involved in this study are Orlu indigenes from different communities. The corpus of this study was collected through participant observation, oral interview and document observation and subjected to Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA) and interpretation. This study adopts the theory of Cultural Relativism. The findings revealed that taboos prevalent in Orlu are gender biased against women, societal norms and unequal power relations between males and females.
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