@article{MAKHILLTSS20072321818,
    title = {The Concept of Planning in Yoruba Traditional Religion},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {2},
    number = {3},
    pages = {351-356},
    year = {2007},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2007.351.356},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2007.351.356},
    author = {T.F. Jemiriye and},
    keywords = {Concept,planning in Yoruba,traditional relegion,human resources},
    abstract = {Planning,  which  is a prepared set of attitudes and actions, requires forethought.  Forethought in turn  is a  characteristic  of  rational  man.   This  latter  is  what the  some imperialists and even missionaries deny of the African, before, during and even in the post colonial period of Africa.  This and many other characteristics of  humans,  such  as  the  concepts of  God  and time were denied of the African man.  However, scholars of religion and anthropologists, Western and African, had successfully established that Africans   have  explicit  and clear  concept  of  God.   The  wide-acclaimed  religiosity of Africans in the modern period  has  corroborated  their  efforts.   The  concept of planning, however, have not been so established.  The  failure  to  do  this  may  be a factor  in the economic, political and other prevalent problems in Africa.  Since the concept of planning s intricately linked with the concept of time, this was the first to be established in this study.  The traditional system of counting days and months in Yoruba has religious origin just like it is in the Gregorian calendar.  Three forms of management planning are then explored: Schedule of duties, management of human resources, and management of money and other material resources. Perhaps, if the Western form of planning that the Africans have been trying to copy unsuccessfully is fused with the traditional, the concept will become clearer.}
    }