Articles — Kiabara Journal of Humanities

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

Refracting the Cross: African Relational Thought as a Challenge to Western Christian Soteriology

Ebenezer Olawale Kayode PhD — UMCA Theological College, Ilorin, Kwara State1 · Vol. 33, No. 1 · 01 September 2026

Michael Abodunrin Olusegun PhD (UMCA Theological College Adeyinka Daniel Damilare (Ajayi Crowther University)

This study examines the marginalization of the Cross within African inculturation theology and argues for its reinterpretation through African relational ontology. While existing scholarship has largely focused on Christ...

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African Literature

Sacred Signs: Ontological Symbolism of Ritual Objects in Elele-Alimini Culture

Chibuike Chidi Egbua — Ignatius Ajuru University of Education · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

This study investigates the ontological symbolism of ritual objects among the Elele-Alimini people of the Ikwerre ethnic group in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. Employing historical and phenomenological approaches, it explores h...

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Religion & Spirituality

What Does Prayer Do? A Naturalistic Interpretation

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...

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