ThankGod Bekweri Amadi — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 26, No. 1
· 12 June 2020
This paper critically examines the roles and theories of prayer in human existence. It raises questions on the logicality of some theories of prayer such as petition, confession and thanksgiving; since according to some...
Laurel Chikwado Madumere — Imo State Polytechnic
· Vol. 25, No. 1
· 03 July 2019
African modern literature is fraught with protests. At first it was the protests against imperialism; later it became a protest against African postcolonial elites and neo-colonialism. The literature, at the stages above...
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...
Kennedy O. Edegbe — College of Education, Ekiadolor- Benin
· Vol. 25, No. 1
· 03 July 2019
Patience E. Urhiofe
Effurun
This paper seeks to interrogate the problem of oil politics and nationhood in the Niger Delta leveraging on the subaltern strand of postcolonial theory. Peter Omoko’s Crude Nightmen (2015) and Stephen Kekeghe’s Pond of L...
Salem Ochala Ejeba — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 25, No. 1
· 03 July 2019
Certain segments and tones in Igala are better viewed as phonologically underspecified for an appropriate account of the surface phonetic specification. This paper establishes the phenomenon of phonological underspecific...
Demola Lewis — University of Ibadan
· Vol. 25, No. 1
· 03 July 2019
Sulaiman Ayegboka
AGREEment and ALIGNment approaches have been deployed in mutual exclusivity to evaluate total, opaque and transparent vowel harmony patterns in language, with problems arguably associated with each approach. The AGREEmen...
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...
Imomitimi Armstrong — Niger Delta University
· Vol. 24, No. 1
· 07 July 2018
This paper begins on the contention that scholars of African oral literature have exhibited a “best avoided” approach towards formula, the most important aspect of the oral-formulaic theory of Milman Parry and Albert Lor...
Baridisi Hope Isaac — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 24, No. 1
· 05 July 2018
This paper discusses word order in the object position of basic sentence constructions in Gokana. The paper adopts a descriptive analysis. Given the level of relatedness between Kana and Gokana, it is often assumed that...
Obari Gomba — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 24, No. 1
· 05 July 2018
This paper examines the relationship between poetry and society as indicated by the creativity of poets. Poetry is an age-long form of art; it has existed across communities and cultures. Through its capacity to combine...
Jude Chinweuba Asike — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 24, No. 1
· 01 July 2018
One of the most important areas of philosophy is that of the relationship the life after death. Quite often this has become a very important issue in the life of Igala people. They have an allowed interest in the concept...
Nasir Muhammad Abdulhameed — University of Jos
· Vol. 24, No. 1
· 18 May 2018
The practice of female circumcision started in ancient Egypt and spread to other parts of the world. It was imbued in the cultures of different communities long before the coming of Islam. Female circumcision is carried...
Ikwor Ibe Afiauwa — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 24, No. 1
· 18 May 2018
This paper examined the concern of the limitations of human language, which create a confusion of ideas and impairment of meaning, through a qualitative analysis of Willian Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The Ideational The...
Adiele, Chidi — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 25, No. 1
· 03 July 2017
The initiation ceremony involves elaborate dances. Lifestyle after the initiation process is what matters most in men’s initiation ceremony. This research aims at documenting men’s initiation process and songs used in Ig...
Jones U. Odili — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 23, No. 1
· 02 July 2017
Adeline Iwo Lawson-Jack
Christian women associations in the 21st century are leading hundreds of community development programmes in line with the social gospel. Inherent in their style is their dedication in getting residents of their communit...
