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17 published articles matching "Knowledge"

African Literature

Vanity on vanity, may all I do become, if I lie ... : A Discourse­stylistic Analysis of Abakaliki Ritual Oath in Obinna U denwe' s Years of Shame

George Chidiebere Umeh — Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 09 September 2026

Ikenna Kamalu (Walter Sisulu University

Previous scholarship on ritual oath-taking in Africa has largely been from the perspective of anthropology, history, religion and philosophy, whereas its linguistic representation in African literary discourse and imagin...

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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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African Literature

From Historical Memory to African Futurity: Visual Culture and Epistemic Resistance in Roye Okupe's Graphic Novels

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...

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Cultural Studies

Disability and Dignity: Relational Ethics and Bodily Difference in Ikwerre Religious Thought

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...

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Cultural Studies

Ritual, Resistance and Epistemic Sovereignty: The Practice of Ngígé Ówhór in Modern Indigenous Jurisprudence

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...

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Religion & Spirituality

The Big Man of God: Power Dynamics, Status Symbols, and Financial Negotiations in Neo-Pentecostalism

Chigozie Samuel Nwaka — Covenant Theological Academy, Umunam-Atta Njaba LGA Imo State, Nigeria · Vol. 33, No. 1 · 05 September 2026

In the context of widening socio-economic inequalities, weakened state institutions, and growing conditions of global precarity, Nigerian Neo-Pentecostalism has emerged as a significant arena for negotiating religious au...

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Art, Music & Performance

Materiality, Gendered Precarity and Structural Resistance in Contemporary Nigerian Art

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...

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Art, Music & Performance

Filmic Discourse of Tradition and Change in the Igbo Apprenticeship System (Igba Boi): A Critique of Kayode Kasum’s Afamefuna

Chisimdi Udoka Ihentuge — Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 10 June 2026

In the spheres of work and business, apprenticeship has been acknowledged as the oldest form of training. The Igbo apprenticeship system (Igba Boi) is a form of training which originated in South-East Nigeria and has...

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African Literature

Studio As Site of Inquiry: Reconsidering Practice-Led and Artistic Research in The Visual Arts

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,...

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