Articles — Kiabara Journal of Humanities

Cultural Studies

Complementizers as Functional Heads in Urhobo-English Code Switching

Akpofure Oduaran — Delta State University · Vol. 23, No. 1 · 01 February 2017

Pidgin and creoles, mixed languages and code-switching are some of the main outcomes of language contact. In Nigeria, as well as other ex-colonial countries in sub-saharan Africa, code-switching between the ex-colonial...

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Cultural Studies

Neo-Gerontocracy and Western Democracy: An Analysis of the Impact of Tiv Culture on Western Democracy in Benue State

Jordan Samson Rengshwat — University of Jos · Vol. 22, No. 2 · 20 June 2016

A century and a half ago, Western democracy was unknown in many parts of the world. Towards the end of colonialism this form of government began to emerge in the non-Western world. As time went by, this form of gover...

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Gender & Identity Studies

A Feminist Film Reading of Julie Okoh’s Who is Afraid of Job Interview?

Ime Usen — University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 22, No. 2 · 20 June 2016

The emergence of feminist filmmaking in the Nigerian Video Film Industry collaborates with feminist literature to champion the cause of women in Nigeria. The focus of this paper is to examine how women are presented an...

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Language & Linguistics

Exploring the dynamics of concept maps in ESL phonetics and phonology: The Nigerian case

Emmanuel Uba — Covenant University · Vol. 22, No. 2 · 20 June 2016

Edwin Onwuka Oluwasegun Omidiora

The traditional teaching strategies adopted by many phonology teachers in Nigeria are teacher-centric; students in this mode scarcely get the main idea, rarely interact with the supporting ideas, and seldom grasp the...

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Political Thought

Analyzing the Problem of Electoral Violence in Nigeria

Diana-Abasi I. Francis — University of Calabar · Vol. 22, No. 2 · 20 June 2016

The paper analyzes the trend and nature of electoral violence in Nigeria. It places electoral violence in the context of Merton’s strain theory, Vold’s conflict theory and Hirschi’s social control theory in order to dete...

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Sociology & Anthropology

Navigating the Imperilled: Academic Press Development and Challenges in the University of Port Harcourt (1975-2015)

Etiido Effiong Inyang — University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 22, No. 2 · 20 June 2016

This article focuses on the creation, development and sustenance of the University Press and scholarly publishing in Nigeria using the growth challenges and peculiarities of the University of Port Harcourt Press as a cas...

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