Articles — Kiabara Journal of Humanities

African Literature

Reframing Revolution: Cultural and Ecological Reclamation in G'Ebinyo Ogbowei’s Marsh Boy

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

Dominant narratives often frame revolution, particularly insurgency, as chaotic, irrational, and destructive. In the Niger Delta, this framing continues to obscure the historical, political, and ecological contexts that...

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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...

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Religion & Spirituality

From Martyrdom to Mission: The Dynamics of Violence and the Reconstruction of Christian Identity in Nigeria

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...

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Political Thought

From Anti-colonial Revolutions to Postcolonial Implosions: Oil Politics, Discontent and Militancy in Niger Delta Drama

Oyeh O. Otu — University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 23, No. 1 · 01 July 2026

Obumneme F. Anasi

In our essay entitled “Oil Politics and Violence in Postcolonial Niger Delta Drama” we examined oil politics and violence in selected Niger Delta plays such as Ola Rotimi’s Ovoramwen Nogbaisi, and Akassa You Mi; Miesoin...

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Sociology & Anthropology

Social Media, Security Crises, and Critical Techno-Optimism in Nigeria

Orji Onyedikachi Chinyere — Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 18 June 2026

Social media has become central to communication in Nigeria, yet it also amplifies security crises, from terrorism and insurgency to communal conflicts and separatist agitations. While technological interventions such as...

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