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African Literature

Night of a Thousand Laughs and the Making of Nigerian Stand-Up Comedy: Cultural Commodification, Neoliberal Performance, and the Digital Turn

Achibi Samuel Dede — University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

This paper critically examines Night of a Thousand Laughs (NTL), the landmark comedy platform created by Opa Williams, as a cultural and economic phenomenon that shaped contemporary Nigerian entertainment. Using a qualit...

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Studio As Site of Inquiry: Reconsidering Practice-Led and Artistic Research in The Visual Arts

Njoku Kenneth Iheukwumere — Wigwe University Isiokpo, River State, Nigeria · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

Obiora Anamaleze (Wigwe University Isiokpo

Studio-based research is increasingly acknowledged as a valuable approach in creative practice, yet its academic legitimacy remains contested. The challenge lies in its divergence from conventional scientific procedures,...

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The Female Body in Nigerian Art: Negotiating Aesthetics, Morality, and Identity from Nok to the Contemporary

Obiora Anamaleze — Department of Fine Arts and Design, Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State, Nigeria1 · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

Njoku Ken Iheukwumere (Wigwe University

The female body has remained a central motif in Nigerian art, symbolizing ideals of beauty, cultural identity, and social values from the traditional to the contemporary period. However, its representation continues to g...

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Negotiating Female Agency in Olú Ọbáfẹmí’s Wheels: A Critical Discourse and Stylistic Approach

Abubakre Samiat Olúbùnmi — University of Ilorin, Ilorin. Nigeria · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

Oyekulehin Abubakre

This study employs feminist stylistics and critical discourse analysis to examine the construction of gender identities in Olú Ọbáfẹmí's Wheels (2000). It investigates how the female characters, Àbẹkẹ and Kẹmi, are repre...

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Women’s Transformative Roles in Jesus’ Ministry and Ikwerre Society: A Feminist Theological Perspective

Church-Hill Amadi-Nche — Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

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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...

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Re-reading the Bible against Gender-Based Violence: A Feminist Hermeneutical Reappraisal in the Nigerian Context

Sydney Chigonum Imoh — University of Port Harcourt, Choba. Port Harcourt. · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global human rights crisis that disproportionately affects women and girls, with severe physical, psychological, and socio-economic consequences. In Nigeria, GBV persists despite legal re...

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Religious Competition and Urban Christianity: Mapping Denominational Switching in Port Harcourt Rivers State

Raphael Baribela Kpeden — University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Port Harcourt. · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

Christianity in Nigeria has undergone rapid expansion, diversification, and fragmentation, with denominational switching emerging as a prominent feature of urban religious life. Contrary to expectations that modernizatio...

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Art, Music & Performance

Of Monotypes, Counterproofs and Serigraphic Multi editioned Counterproofing: A Revisionist Studio-Based Printmaking Appraisal

Ogochukwu Violet Okoye — Imo State University · Vol. 23, No. 1 · 02 July 2017

Etiido EffiongWilliam Inyang

Printmaking as a dynamic and expressive art form has in recent times thrown up varying approaches to the making of multiple editioned original prints. The precursory developments of the printform and its adaptations in N...

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