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AFTER DECOLONISATION: WHOSE KNOWLEDGE, WHOSE FUTURE? Power, Technology and the Making of African Thought
Political independence did not erase the intellectual structures established under colonia...
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Call For Papers
AFTER DECOLONISATION: WHOSE KNOWLEDGE, WHOSE FUTURE? Power, Technology and the Making of African Thought
Political independence did not erase the intellectual structures established under colonia...
Submit Now
Sophia Obi — Ministry of Information, Orientation and Strategy, Bayelsa State
· Vol. 33, No. 2
· 08 September 2026
Oil was first discovered in commercial quantities in Oloibiri, in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria (then Rivers State, currently in Bayelsa State) and was exported in 1958. It was followed by Ogoni (Rivers State) in 195...
A. Chukwudumebi Obute — AFREXTRACT Project, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
· Vol. 33, No. 2
· 08 September 2026
Iva Peša AFREXTRACT Project
Jackson Tamunosaki Jack AFREXTRACT Project
Since the evolution of the Nigerian literary tradition in the 1950s, itself a successor to orature, numerous writers have consistently opted to make society the epicentre of their enterprise. In fact, a handful have even...
Solomon Osuokam Ogbeh — University of Benin
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Globally, the credibility of electoral processes is largely predicated on Constitutions promise democratic inclusion while simultaneously creating unequal experiences of citizenship through the language of authority, rig...
In the context of widening socio-economic inequalities, weakened state institutions, and growing conditions of global precarity, Nigerian Neo-Pentecostalism has emerged as a significant arena for negotiating religious au...
Igbani, Robbins Owede — Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Scholarly literature on the Presidential Amnesty Programme as peacebuilding strategy abounds, leaving institutionalized corporate peacebuilding comparatively underexplored. Thus, this study examined the Partnership Initi...
Oyeh O. Otu — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 23, No. 1
· 01 July 2026
Obumneme F. Anasi
In our essay entitled “Oil Politics and Violence in Postcolonial Niger Delta Drama” we examined oil politics and violence in selected Niger Delta plays such as Ola Rotimi’s Ovoramwen Nogbaisi, and Akassa You Mi; Miesoin...
Eunice Chidinma Osuagwu — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Onuegbu Isaac Ameme
Nigeria presents a striking paradox: despite being one of the most
Christian-populated countries in Africa, the nation continues to
experience persistent economic underdevelopment, systemic
corruption, deep inequality...
Lily Chimuanya — Covenant University
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Onogbeye Vera Iruoghene
This study investigates socio-semiotic persuasion in political cartoons
published in selected Nigerian newspapers during the 2023 fuel subsidy
removal. Drawing on a socio-semiotic approach to multimodality, the study...
Oni Idris Ajani — Crescent University, Abeokuta
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Nigeria’s special education system faces significant challenges, including
inadequate funding, untrained educators, and societal stigma, limiting access
for 15 million people with disabilities, with only 2% of disabled...
Nsikak Effiong Okon — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 03 June 2026
John O. Obineche
Ben O. Onu
This article examines how prosperity theology shapes women’s religious agency within Assemblies of God churches in rural Rivers State, Nigeria. Rather than treating the prosperity gospel as either purely liberative or ex...
Tajudeen Odebode Ishola — Lagos state university
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 07 January 2026
This paper explores the underlying factors for separatist agitations in
Nigeria. It is an exploratory study that used qualitative method of
secondary source of data collection from text book, peer review
journals with...
Church-Hill Amadi-Nche — Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
Wokama
Feminist theology critiques biblical texts as historically androcentric, privileging men’s status while marginalizing women. However, such critiques often overlook the active and transformative roles that women played in...
Mbadiwe Jeremiah — University of Port Harcourt, Choba. Port Harcourt.
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
Luke-Omenihu Esther (University of Port Harcourt
Since Nigeria’s independence in 1960, aviation has embodied the nation’s aspirations for modernity, progress, and global integration. Yet, the participation and recognition of women and ethnic minorities within this sect...
Innocent Karibo — University of Port Harcourt, Choba. Port Harcourt.
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
Ndidi Justice Gbule (University of Port Harcourt
This article revisits the revivalist ministry of Garrick Sokari Braide (1882–1918) as a lens for critically engaging the development of contemporary African Pentecostalism. Braide’s campaigns against charms, moral corrup...
Kennedy O. Edegbe — College of Education, Ekiadolor- Benin
· Vol. 25, No. 1
· 03 July 2019
Patience E. Urhiofe
Effurun
This paper seeks to interrogate the problem of oil politics and nationhood in the Niger Delta leveraging on the subaltern strand of postcolonial theory. Peter Omoko’s Crude Nightmen (2015) and Stephen Kekeghe’s Pond of L...
