Articles — Kiabara Journal of Humanities

Language & Linguistics

Narrating Precarity: Linguistic Fragmentation and Digital Aesthetics in Modern Nigerian Fiction

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...

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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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Political Thought

Face-Saving Strategies and Context Collapse in Nigerian Socio-Political Social Media Discourse

Marcillina Chidinma Ibe — University of Nigeria Nsukka · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 16 June 2026

Oluchi Esther Ifeanyi Walter Ugwuagbor

Public discourse in Nigeria’s digital sphere has increasingly become a site of political contestation and identity struggle. As social media users engage in critique of governance, they often confront the dual challen...

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Political Thought

Social Media Discourse and Yenagoa Youths Perceptions of INEC’s Credibility for 2027 General Elections in Nigeria

Innocent Hayford Kasarachi — University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 10 June 2026

Ekwuluo Precious Uche

Globally, the credibility of electoral processes is largely predicated on the level of independence of the electoral umpire. Again, the level to which the electorate perceive the electoral umpire as being credible det...

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