Friday, October 16, 2026

Notices
Call For Papers AFTER DECOLONISATION: WHOSE KNOWLEDGE, WHOSE FUTURE? Power, Technology and the Making of African Thought Submit Now

Articles

11 published articles matching "negotiation"

African Literature

Spatial Negotiations: Anthropomorphism and the Niger Delta Landscape in Ebi Yeibo’s Poetry

Oziomachukwu Ejechi — University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria · Vol. 33, No. 2 · 08 September 2026

Psalms Chinaka University of Port Harcourt Oyeh Otu University of Port Harcourt

While much of the existing scholarship on the Niger Delta focuses on ecological degradation and environmental injustice, the role of anthropomorphism in shaping the region’s literary landscapes remains underexplored. Ant...

39 views 0 downloads
Read Article →
African Literature

Introduction: The Niger Delta in the Environmental Humanities

A. Chukwudumebi Obute — AFREXTRACT Project, University of Groningen, The Netherlands · Vol. 33, No. 2 · 08 September 2026

Iva Peša AFREXTRACT Project Jackson Tamunosaki Jack AFREXTRACT Project

Since the evolution of the Nigerian literary tradition in the 1950s, itself a successor to orature, numerous writers have consistently opted to make society the epicentre of their enterprise. In fact, a handful have even...

69 views 0 downloads
Read Article →
Religion & Spirituality

The Big Man of God: Power Dynamics, Status Symbols, and Financial Negotiations in Neo-Pentecostalism

Chigozie Samuel Nwaka — Covenant Theological Academy, Umunam-Atta Njaba LGA Imo State, Nigeria · Vol. 33, No. 1 · 05 September 2026

In the context of widening socio-economic inequalities, weakened state institutions, and growing conditions of global precarity, Nigerian Neo-Pentecostalism has emerged as a significant arena for negotiating religious au...

28 views 0 downloads
Read Article →
Religion & Spirituality

African Christianity in the Digital Age: Virtual Sacred Spaces and the Renegotiation of Religious Belonging

Nsikak Effiong Okon — Department of Religious & Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 33, No. 1 · 05 September 2026

Digital technologies have become part of everyday Christian life, but their growing influence continues to provoke debate about the nature of Christian presence and communal worship. As more churches move across physical...

29 views 0 downloads
Read Article →
African Literature

The Female Body in Nigerian Art: Negotiating Aesthetics, Morality, and Identity from Nok to the Contemporary

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...

8 views 0 downloads
Read Article →
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...

8 views 0 downloads
Read Article →
African Literature

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...

9 views 0 downloads
Read Article →
African Literature

Religious Competition and Urban Christianity: Mapping Denominational Switching in Port Harcourt Rivers State

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...

5 views 0 downloads
Read Article →