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AFTER DECOLONISATION: WHOSE KNOWLEDGE, WHOSE FUTURE? Power, Technology and the Making of African Thought
Political independence did not erase the intellectual structures established under colonia...
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Call For Papers
AFTER DECOLONISATION: WHOSE KNOWLEDGE, WHOSE FUTURE? Power, Technology and the Making of African Thought
Political independence did not erase the intellectual structures established under colonia...
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Ebidenyefa Charity Nikade — Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island
· Vol. 33, No. 2
· 08 September 2026
For several decades, the Niger Delta region has stood as a global emblem of environmental injustice and ecological fraud, a consequence of its fabled wealth in oil and gas—a paradox where the benefactor of golden riches...
Okwudiri Anasiudu — University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
· Vol. 33, No. 2
· 08 September 2026
Principles of mimesis play crucial roles in the narrative design in Chimeka Garricks’ Tomorrow Died Yesterday. Garricks deploys them to create a fictive world in which images of oil, the environment, and coloniality of p...
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...
Sunday Abayiga Needam — Hassan Odukale Methodist Theological Institute
· Vol. 33, No. 1
· 05 September 2026
Why do some societies build resilient institutions while others falter under the weight of concentrated power? The answer may lie not only in constitutional reforms but also in enduring governance traditions that distrib...
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...
Emmanuel Chijioke Agoha — Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education
· Vol. 32, No. 1
· 10 June 2026
Grace C. Kokey
This paper investigates how the ethical teachings of Old Testament
Wisdom Literature—particularly from Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and
selected Psalms—can inform models of ethical leadership relevant to
the challenges fac...
Ebere Celina Krisagbedo — University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 02 October 2025
Chris Uchenna Agbedo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria)
Walter Ugwagbo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria)
This study examines the pragmatic imports of the recurrent catchphrase “go to court” within the Nigerian sociopolitical context. Drawing on Mey’s Pragmatic Acts Theory (2001) to analyse eight media excerpts selected from...
Adagogo C. Brown — Rivers State University, Nkpolu -Orowurukwo
· Vol. 31, No. 2
· 01 October 2025
Damilare Kuku’s “Òdè-Pus Complex” explores the psychological and emotional struggles of Uchenna, a young man caught between two powerful relationships — with his possessive mother, Mrs. Umeh, and his girlfriend, Jide. Th...
Tamunosiki V. Ogan — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 23, No. 1
· 02 July 2017
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the rational foundation of utilitarianism and the place of minorities in pursuance of their overall happiness. To this end, the paper juxtaposes the assumption of utilitarian princ...
Akpofure Oduaran — Delta State University
· Vol. 23, No. 1
· 01 February 2017
Pidgin and creoles, mixed languages and code-switching are some of the main outcomes of language contact. In Nigeria, as well as other ex-colonial countries in sub-saharan Africa, code-switching between the ex-colonial...
Ime Usen — University of Port Harcourt
· Vol. 22, No. 2
· 20 June 2016
The emergence of feminist filmmaking in the Nigerian Video Film Industry collaborates with feminist literature to champion the cause of women in
Nigeria. The focus of this paper is to examine how women are presented an...
Chinedu B. Ajuruchi — Imo State Polytechnic
· Vol. 22, No. 2
· 20 June 2016
Harm to human life and the environment has been identified as a recurrent concomitance of many developmental projects in human society. Hence, to safeguard human life and the environment from development-induced harm, th...
