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African Literature

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

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...

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The Burden of Expectation: Religious Narratives, Reproductive Health and Gendered Agency in Ikwerre Culture

Wotogbe-Ozuzuma — Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

Igwechi Hope (Ignatius Ajuru University of Education

This paper examines the burden of reproductive expectation on women in Ikwerre culture, highlighting the interplay between religious narratives, patriarchal traditions, and gendered reproductive responsibilities. It crit...

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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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Gender, Ethnicity and Power in Nigeria’s Aviation Industry, 1960–2025

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...

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Structures, Irony, and Themes in Damilare Kuku's "Òdè-Pus Complex"

Adagogo C. Brown — Rivers State University, Nkpolu -Orowurukwo · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

Damilare Kuku’s “Òdè-Pus Complex” explores the psychological and emotional struggles of Uchenna, a young man caught between two powerful relationships — with his possessive mother, Mrs. Umeh, and his girlfriend, Jide. Th...

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Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow as Narrative of Kenyan Post-colonial Power Contestations

Bernard Otonye Stephen — Niger Delta University · Vol. 26, No. 1 · 18 June 2020

Chinyelu Florence Ojukwu

From Weep Not, Child (1964) to Wizard of the Crow (2007), Ngugi wa Thiong’o has remained deeply preoccupied with the fate of the Kenyan society in its transitions through different historical epochs. His interest in the...

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Gender & Identity Studies

A Feminist Film Reading of Julie Okoh’s Who is Afraid of Job Interview?

Ime Usen — University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 22, No. 2 · 20 June 2016

The emergence of feminist filmmaking in the Nigerian Video Film Industry collaborates with feminist literature to champion the cause of women in Nigeria. The focus of this paper is to examine how women are presented an...

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