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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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Hopeful Honesty Bafamodei — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
How do sacred forests—long revered as the dwelling places of ancestors and spirits—sustain both ecological integrity and human wellbeing in the Niger Delta? Can indigenous custodial practices survive the pressures of ext...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Blessing Uenosen Okoh — University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
This study explores John 4:13–14 through African cultural perspectives on water, emphasizing its significance for both individual spirituality and communal life. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines theologi...
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...
Chibuike Chidi Egbua — Ignatius Ajuru University of Education
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
This study investigates the ontological symbolism of ritual objects among the Elele-Alimini people of the Ikwerre ethnic group in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. Employing historical and phenomenological approaches, it explores h...
George Esebameh — University of Benin, Benin City.
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
This paper investigates the key elements that contribute to visual impact in poster design, emphasizing the roles of typography, imagery, colour, composition, and time management in achieving communicative effectiveness....
