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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...
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Lily Chimuanya — Covenant University
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Onogbeye Vera Iruoghene
The removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria in 2023 marked a major socio-economic
and political turning point that generated widespread hardship and intense
public debate. Editorial cartoons, as a form of visual political d...
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...
Ebere Celina Krisagbedo — University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 02 October 2025
Chris Uchenna Agbedo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria)
Walter Ugwagbo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria)
This study examines the pragmatic imports of the recurrent catchphrase “go to court” within the Nigerian sociopolitical context. Drawing on Mey’s Pragmatic Acts Theory (2001) to analyse eight media excerpts selected from...
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...
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...
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...
Ndidi Justice Gbule — University of Port Harcourt. Nigeria.
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
The centenary of Frantz Fanon provides an opportunity to revisit his call for a “new humanism” against the backdrop of Africa’s contemporary religious and political landscape. Fanon’s vision of liberation as a radical ru...
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...
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...
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...
ThankGod Bekweri Amadi — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 26, No. 1
· 12 June 2020
This paper critically examines the roles and theories of prayer in human existence. It raises questions on the logicality of some theories of prayer such as petition, confession and thanksgiving; since according to some...
Obari Gomba — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 24, No. 1
· 05 July 2018
This paper examines the relationship between poetry and society as indicated by the creativity of poets. Poetry is an age-long form of art; it has existed across communities and cultures. Through its capacity to combine...
Ikwor Ibe Afiauwa — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 24, No. 1
· 18 May 2018
This paper examined the concern of the limitations of human language, which create a confusion of ideas and impairment of meaning, through a qualitative analysis of Willian Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The Ideational The...
Jones U. Odili — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 23, No. 1
· 02 July 2017
Adeline Iwo Lawson-Jack
Christian women associations in the 21st century are leading hundreds of community development programmes in line with the social gospel. Inherent in their style is their dedication in getting residents of their communit...
