Articles — Kiabara Journal of Humanities

Political Thought

From Anti-colonial Revolutions to Postcolonial Implosions: Oil Politics, Discontent and Militancy in Niger Delta Drama

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...

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African Literature

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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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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Cultural Studies

‘Palmwine is as good as St Rémy’: Leke Ogunfeyimi’s example in Weaker Sex

Lekan Balogun — Victoria University · Vol. 22, No. 2 · 19 June 2016

In this paper, I examine the tension between traditional African value-system on marriage and gender relations and Western perception and its interrogation often described as feminism. Since the contact with the European...

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