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

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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History & Memory

Aporia and Ambivalence in Armah’s and Kourouma’s Novels: A Deconstructive Study

Anthony Njoku — University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 25, No. 1 · 03 July 2019

Judith Ezeamaka

This paper discusses the digression of two postcolonial African novelists from their avowed philosophy of disillusionment which dominates almost all their writings. The novelists’ treatment of the precolonial African soc...

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Political Thought

Colonialism and the Minority Question in Nigeria

Kialee Nyiayaana — University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 25, No. 1 · 02 July 2019

The minority question has been an important issue in Nigerian politics, dating back to the colonial era. This article takes a look at the historical and social basis of the minority question in Nigeria. It analyzes how t...

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