https://gphjournal.org/index.php/ssh <p style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #333;"><strong>GPH-International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research (e-ISSN <a href="https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/3050-9637" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3050-9637</a>)</strong> is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing high-quality research in the social sciences and humanities. The journal publishes original studies that explore diverse topics including Law, Anthropology, Archaeology, Geography, Regional Planning, History, Literature, Linguistics, Cultural Studies, Communication, and more. By fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and promoting innovative scholarship, the journal serves as a dynamic platform for researchers and practitioners worldwide.&nbsp;</p> Global Publication House en-US GPH-International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research 3050-9637 <p>The authors and co-authors warrant that the article is their original work, does not infringe any copyright, and has not been published elsewhere. By submitting the article to <a class="is_text" href="https://gphjournal.org/index.php/ssh/index">GPH-International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research</a>, the authors agree that the journal has the right to retract or remove the article in case of proven ethical misconduct.</p> https://gphjournal.org/index.php/ssh/article/view/2510 <p>This article examines the current state of and solutions for preserving and promoting the traditional rituals of the Dao Quan Chet people in La Bang Commune, Thai Nguyen Province, within the context of sustainable development. The Dao Quan Chet possess a rich repertoire of rituals. These are not merely acts of faith but also serve as mechanisms for regulating social relationships, fostering moral education, and cultivating environmental awareness at the foot of the Tam Dao mountain range. However, due to urbanization and strong trends of cultural integration, many of these rituals face the risk of fading away or becoming distorted. The findings confirm that preserving the cultural values of the Dao Quan Chet people not only safeguards their ethnic identity but also drives the creative economy, contributing to the realization of green growth and sustainable prosperity for the northern midlands and mountainous region.</p> Khanh Nhu Nguyen Ngoc Thu Trang Kim ##submission.copyrightStatement## https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-16 2026-07-16 9 6 01 11 10.5281/zenodo.21395016 https://gphjournal.org/index.php/ssh/article/view/2520 <p>A name is never merely a sound; it is a deliberate inheritance through which African communities have historically preserved ancestry, transmitted values and safeguarded communal memory across generations, a reality that gives rise to this paper on "More Than a Sound: Why African Parents Should Make Indigenous Names a First Priority." The paper was guided by three objectives: to examine the cultural and historical significance of indigenous names as carriers of ancestry, values and communal memory; to investigate the factors influencing African parents' preference for foreign names over indigenous names; and to assess the implications of declining indigenous naming for identity formation and cultural continuity among African children. The paper adopted Afrocentricity as its theoretical framework, and employed a systematic literature review methodology, drawing on recent, verifiable and peer-reviewed sources across African, and particularly Nigerian, naming contexts. The paper revealed that indigenous names function as structured cultural instruments encoding ancestry and moral values, that the preference for foreign names is driven by colonial legacy, religious conversion, social prestige and migratory pressure, and that declining indigenous naming weakens intergenerational transmission of cultural knowledge and generates unresolved tension in identity formation, particularly among diasporic youth. The paper concluded that indigenous naming warrants renewed priority as a safeguard for cultural continuity and recommended the primary use of indigenous names, cultural awareness programmes and institutional documentation of indigenous naming meanings.</p> Ejuchegahi A. Angwaomaodoko ##submission.copyrightStatement## https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-21 2026-07-21 9 6 12 26 10.5281/zenodo.21471381