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...
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...
Oremire Judith Ehibor — Edo State University
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Salome Hosea Achi - Covenant University salome.achipgs@stu.cu.edu.ng
Theresa Adetola Adewumi - Covenant University adetola.adewumipgs@stu.cu.edu.ng
C. U. C. Ugorji - University of Benin ugorjicuc@uniben.edu
Navigating between two distinct language systems often subjects bilingual speakers to a form of communicative vulnerability, an instability that defines the experience of linguistic precarity. This precarity manifests cl...
Chisom Paula Ogamba — Babcock University, Illlisan Remo, Ogun, Nigeria
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Blessing Chidinma Aaron - Babcock University aaronb@hs.babcock.edu.ng
Olubunmi Idowu - Babcock University idowuo@babcock.edu.ng
Goodseed Ochulor - Babcock University ochulorg@babcock.edu.ng
This study interrogates how Nigerian newspaper reportage linguistically constructs the “perfect victim” and produces a hierarchical representation of rape victims. While prior studies have examined rape narratives throug...
Jeremiah Felix Nwachukwu — Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Ibinabo Samuel Igonikon - University of Port Harcourt ibinabosamuel98@gmail.com
Political transitions generate democratic precarity when governments seek legitimacy through communication while citizens confront institutional uncertainty. Under Ibrahim Babangida’s military administration, Nigeria’s t...
Solomon Osuokam Ogbeh — University of Benin
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Globally, the credibility of electoral processes is largely predicated on Constitutions promise democratic inclusion while simultaneously creating unequal experiences of citizenship through the language of authority, rig...
Lilian Nwobiandu Maxwell-Akani — University of Africa, Toru-Orua
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
This article examines how seven works of contemporary Nigerian fiction encode precarity as a master condition that produces linguistic fragmentation, mediated through digital aesthetics and ecological collapse, generatin...
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...
Anthonia Molokwu Nwaukoni — Delta State Polytechnic
· Vol. 26, No. 1
· 19 June 2026
Anthonia Anukwu
The activities of a teacher undergo major changes with the delivery of a multidimensional second-language program. As training advances from teacher-centred to student-centred and from a language-based to a needs-based a...
Chile A. Oparaocha — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Salem Ǒchála È̩jè̩bá
This study investigates the semiotic functions of saliva in Ígálâ and
Igbo ritual speech, highlighting the intersection of embodiment,
symbolism, and communicative practice in cultural meaning-making.
Focusing on the...
Eunice Chidinma Osuagwu — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Olaide Deborah Brown
This study presents a phonological analysis of the tonal system of
Opobo-Igbo, an under-documented variety within the Igbo dialect
continuum. Although Igbo is widely described as a two-tone language
with downstep, exi...
Remigius Achinike Obah — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
This paper did a critique of Wittgenstein’s critique of Metaphysics in
the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Wittgenstein, in this book dictates
that the sole function of philosophy is to monitor the bounds of sense,
to...
Abinye Titus-Green — Rivers State University
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Oluchi Stephanie Onuabuobi
This paper employs Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to interrogate
how Achebe, Habila, and Nwabueze deploy narrative language and
symbolic representations to expose ideological contradictions within
postcolonial Nige...
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...
Dean Odeh — Niger Delta University
· Vol. 26, No. 1
· 19 June 2020
Language is an integral part of culture. It expresses a cultural reality and speakers identify themselves and others through their use of language which is the index or symbol of their social or cultural identity. Human...
