Solomon Osuokam Ogbeh — University of Benin
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Globally, the credibility of electoral processes is largely predicated on Constitutions promise democratic inclusion while simultaneously creating unequal experiences of citizenship through the language of authority, rig...
Victory Ogochukwu Okpala — University of Nigeria, Nsukka
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Akogwu James Abah - University of Nigeria
This paper attempts a review of the novel, Kintu, by Makumbi Jennifer Nansubuga. The review employs the descriptive review technique to explore the African cultural traditions captured in the Ugandan traditional society....
Onyemachi Nwabueze — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Cornelius Ebeobari Ngalaka - University of Port Harcourt
Magnus Ndubuisi Attah - Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education
A photograph can expose an encounter without settling what that encounter means. What becomes visible, remembered and contested depends on how an image is framed, interpreted and circulated. This article examines photogr...
Favour Obirinma Nwanne — Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State.
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
The ways Africa is represented shape how its histories, cultures and identities are understood. The contemporary African graphic novel provides a space where such representations can be questioned, recovered and reimagin...
Lilian Nwobiandu Maxwell-Akani — University of Africa, Toru-Orua
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
This article examines how seven works of contemporary Nigerian fiction encode precarity as a master condition that produces linguistic fragmentation, mediated through digital aesthetics and ecological collapse, generatin...
Christian Uchegbu — University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Madiode Fortune Walter - University of Port Harcourt
Disability raises questions that extend far beyond the body. It reveals how communities construct personhood, negotiate belonging, and affirm or deny human dignity through their cultural and religious worldviews. Despite...
Chibuike Chidi Egbua — Ignatius Ajuru University of Education
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Maureen Wubi Worlu Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Wubi.maureen@iaue.edu.ng
The persistence of indigenous knowledge systems in postcolonial Africa continues to expose unresolved tensions between state-centred legal systems and locally grounded traditions of knowing. These tensions have become mo...
Sunday Abayiga Needam — Hassan Odukale Methodist Theological Institute
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Why do some societies build resilient institutions while others falter under the weight of concentrated power? The answer may lie not only in constitutional reforms but also in enduring governance traditions that distrib...
Onyewuchi Christopher Opara — University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Amaechi Goodwin Chukwuma Heart University of Port Harcourt
Contemporary scholarship has explained the remarkable growth of African Pentecostalism through prosperity theology, charismatic leadership, public religion, and the social consequences of economic insecurity. While these...
Igbani, Robbins Owede — Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Scholarly literature on the Presidential Amnesty Programme as peacebuilding strategy abounds, leaving institutionalized corporate peacebuilding comparatively underexplored. Thus, this study examined the Partnership Initi...
Prof. Ndidi Justice Gbule — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Where access to public infrastructure is uneven or unreliable, religious institutions may become part of the arrangements through which everyday participation is sustained. In Nigeria, Pentecostal churches increasingly c...
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...
Obiora Anamaleze — Department of Fine Arts and Design, Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State, Nigeria1
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Anaele Lucky - Department of Fine Arts and Design
Visual culture is a critical site where power, identity, and knowledge are negotiated. Within contemporary African art, materiality has emerged as a powerful means of challenging colonial and patriarchal constructions of...
Paul Adedotun Adesupo — Department of Christian Religious Studies, Faculty of Education, Emmanuel Alayande of Education, Oyo, Oyo State. Nigeria.
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Christian marriage continues to be framed theologically through covenant, yet it is increasingly practised within social environments marked by uncertainty, mobility, and structural precarity rather than stability and pe...
Henry Eshiole Matthew — Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Violence has become one of the defining historical realities shaping the trajectory of Christianity in contemporary Nigeria. While existing scholarship has extensively documented insurgency, communal conflicts, attacks o...
