A Critique of Wittgenstein’s Critique of Metaphysics in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Remigius Achinike Obah — University of Port Harcourt
The Rainfall Edition
The Rainfall Edition of KÍÀBÀRÀ brings together twenty-seven articles that arrive not as a pre-planned programme but as a response to intellectual and social pressures. Drawing from Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, Linguistics, Communication, Philosophy, History, Ethics, Film and Theatre, Fine Arts, and Literary Studies, these contributions converge around questions of human significance—power, belief, legitimacy, agency, representation, and consent—rather than disciplinary loyalty
Volume 32, Number 1
2026
Published January 2026
28 articles
Articles in This Issue
28 articlesAn Analysis of the Tonal System of Opobo-Igbo
Eunice Chidinma Osuagwu — University of Port Harcourt
Artificial Intelligence and the Ethics of Storytelling: Towards a Communitarian Model of Smart Filmmaking in Nollywood
Achibi Samuel Dede — University of Port Harcourt
Between Here and Nowhere: Migration, Belonging, and Nationality in Segun Afolabi’s Goodbye Lucille
Julius Nsirim Akani — University of Port Harcourt
Beyond Consent: Reclaiming the Digital Subject in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Tamunosiki Markson — University of Port Harcourt
Beyond Secession: Understanding Separatist Agitations and the Search for Good Governance in Nigeria
Tajudeen Odebode Ishola — Lagos state university
Biblical Wisdom Literature as a Model for Ethical Governance in Nigeria
Emmanuel Chijioke Agoha — Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education
Christian Ethics and the Paradox of Economic Development in Nigeria: A Moral Economy Perspective
Eunice Chidinma Osuagwu — University of Port Harcourt
Depicting Failed Governance in Postcolonial Nigeria: A Critical Reading of Achebe, Habila and Nwabueze
Abinye Titus-Green — Rivers State University
Discursive Construction of Presidential Legitimacy in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Inaugural Speeches
Lily Chimuanya — Covenant University
Divided by Grace, United in Experience: Rethinking Jansenism for African Christianity Today
Eddy Azanor — University of Port Harcourt
Divine Panegyric: Unveiling Yahweh’s Origins in Deuteronomy 33:2 to 3
Elkanah Oluwaseun Grillo — Osun State University
Face-Saving Strategies and Context Collapse in Nigerian Socio-Political Social Media Discourse
Marcillina Chidinma Ibe — University of Nigeria Nsukka
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
How Editorial Cartoons in Nigerian Newspapers Critique Leadership and the Socio-Economic Implications of the 2023 Fuel Subsidy Removal
Lily Chimuanya — Covenant University
Myth and Ideological Resistance in Nigerian Meme Culture: A Semiotic Analysis of “No Gree for Anybody"
Lily Chimuanya — Covenant University
Prosperity Theology and Women’s Religious Agency in Rural Assemblies of God Church
Nsikak Effiong Okon — University of Port Harcourt
Proverbs and Ecological Wisdom: Recovering Environmental Insights from Hebrew Wisdom Traditions
Kolade Samuel Oluwasegun — Glorious Vision University, Ogwa
Role of Islamic Inclusive Education in Socio-Economic Empowerment of Students with Disabilities in Nigeria
Oni Idris Ajani — Crescent University, Abeokuta
Social Costs and Benefits of Atonement: A Sociological Study of Catholic, Aladura, and Pentecostal Churches in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Gloria Njideka Ayantayo — Ajayi Crowther University
Social Media Discourse and Yenagoa Youths Perceptions of INEC’s Credibility for 2027 General Elections in Nigeria
Innocent Hayford Kasarachi — University of Port Harcourt
Social Media, Security Crises, and Critical Techno-Optimism in Nigeria
Orji Onyedikachi Chinyere — Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education
Socio-semiotic persuasion in Nigerian political cartoons: Visual discourses of the 2023 fuel subsidy removal
Lily Chimuanya — Covenant University
The Body-Mind Dualism: An African Response
Emmanuel Adetokunbo Ogundele — Augustine University
The Pentecostal Art of Anatheism: Response to Richard Kearney’s “God Making: Theopoetics and Anatheism”
Nimi Wariboko — Boston University
The Semiotics of Saliva in Ígálâand Igbo Ritual Speech
Chile A. Oparaocha — University of Port Harcourt
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
Yoruba Symbolism as Indigenous Knowledge in Amos Tutuola’s The Palm Wine Drinkard
Lotachukwu Cynthia Ononaiwu — Rivers State University
