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AFTER DECOLONISATION: WHOSE KNOWLEDGE, WHOSE FUTURE? Power, Technology and the Making of African Thought
Political independence did not erase the intellectual structures established under colonia...
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Call For Papers
AFTER DECOLONISATION: WHOSE KNOWLEDGE, WHOSE FUTURE? Power, Technology and the Making of African Thought
Political independence did not erase the intellectual structures established under colonia...
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Nimi Wariboko — Boston University
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 07 January 2026
Bringing Richard Kearney’s anatheisti philosophy into conversation with Nimi Wariboko’s account of African Pentecostal praxis, the paper argues that Pentecostal spirituality harbors a radical theological grammar beneath...
Eddy Azanor — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 07 January 2026
The seventeenth-century Jansenist controversy over grace and free will
is often framed as a closed European Catholic episode. Yet, its theological questions—human agency, divine sovereignty, moral rigor, and institution...
Lily Chimuanya — Covenant University
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 07 January 2026
Language is central to constructing presidential legitimacy. This study xamines how legitimacy is discursively established in inaugural speeches from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi, drawing on van Leeuwen’s (2007) and...
Ebere Celina Krisagbedo — University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 02 October 2025
Chris Uchenna Agbedo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria)
Walter Ugwagbo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria)
This study examines the pragmatic imports of the recurrent catchphrase “go to court” within the Nigerian sociopolitical context. Drawing on Mey’s Pragmatic Acts Theory (2001) to analyse eight media excerpts selected from...
Lola Akande — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
Nzube Nlebedim (University of Port Harcourt)
Most postcolonial African novels depict the city space in relation to smaller, less gentrified fields such as towns and villages. Such schemata unveil a wide range of complexities that lend themselves to spatial analysis...
Samson Osariemen Eguavoen — University of Benin, PMB 1154, Benin City.
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
This paper explores how poetry functions as a form of social therapy by examining the poetics of collective resistance in the works of Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo and Idris Amali. Drawing on psychoanalytic criticism and criti...
Achibi Samuel Dede — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
This paper critically examines Night of a Thousand Laughs (NTL), the landmark comedy platform created by Opa Williams, as a cultural and economic phenomenon that shaped contemporary Nigerian entertainment. Using a qualit...
Hopeful Honesty Bafamodei — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
How do sacred forests—long revered as the dwelling places of ancestors and spirits—sustain both ecological integrity and human wellbeing in the Niger Delta? Can indigenous custodial practices survive the pressures of ext...
Njoku Kenneth Iheukwumere — Wigwe University Isiokpo, River State, Nigeria
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
Obiora Anamaleze (Wigwe University Isiokpo
Studio-based research is increasingly acknowledged as a valuable approach in creative practice, yet its academic legitimacy remains contested. The challenge lies in its divergence from conventional scientific procedures,...
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...
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...
Church-Hill Amadi-Nche — Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
Wokama
Feminist theology critiques biblical texts as historically androcentric, privileging men’s status while marginalizing women. However, such critiques often overlook the active and transformative roles that women played in...
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...
Sydney Chigonum Imoh — University of Port Harcourt, Choba. Port Harcourt.
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global human rights crisis that disproportionately affects women and girls, with severe physical, psychological, and socio-economic consequences. In Nigeria, GBV persists despite legal re...
Mbadiwe Jeremiah — University of Port Harcourt, Choba. Port Harcourt.
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
Luke-Omenihu Esther (University of Port Harcourt
Since Nigeria’s independence in 1960, aviation has embodied the nation’s aspirations for modernity, progress, and global integration. Yet, the participation and recognition of women and ethnic minorities within this sect...
