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SOCIO-CULTURAL SHOCKS AND DIFFERENTIALS IN HER MAJESTY’S VISIT: PLAY BY ADINOYI OJO ONUKABA | Tunde Olusunle, PhD & Stephen Adewumi, PhD
ABSTRACT This paper explores the concept of socio-cultural shocks and differentials by utilizing a play text as a case study. The chosen play …
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Postmodern-Secular City-Life Sexual Relations in Contemporary Urban Nigerian Writings | Yinka Adetu
Postmodernism in Urban Nigerian Writings In contemporary discussions on Nigerian urban literature, much has been said about how postmodern city life has been …
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Born on 9 March 1968 in Katsina State, Yusuf Adamu hails from Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. He graduated from Giginyu …
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Worlds Without Border: Discourse On The Interface Between The Physical And The Metaphysical Realms In African Literary Arts
Abstract Literary artists draw inspiration from their immediate environment. The environment supplies the artistic raw material ranging from the language of literary composition, …
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Reappraising the Aesthetics of Metaphor and Imagery in Sophia Obi-Akpoko’s Tears in a Basket and Floating Snag
Abstract This essay examines the aesthetics of metaphor and imagery in Sophia Obi- Akpoko’s Tears in a Basket and Floating Snags. In this …
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Ahmed Yerima’s new play Haze questions the meaning of death and man’s existence. An existentialist play, Haze is an incursion into the innermost …
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Reflecting the Times in Humphrey Dibia’s A Drop of Mercy: A Sociological Review by CHIDIEBERE ENYIA
Humphrey Dibia is a Nigerian writer who x-rays the society he knows very well. The society that is ridden with corruption, bribery, exploitation …
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Abstract This article critically examines how Chinua Achebe, one of the foremost and prolific Nigerian novelist, portrayed his female characters in his novels- …
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Xenophobic Experiences of Females in Phaswane Mpe’s Welcome to Our Hillbrow By Oni, Afolabi Ajibola
Oni, Afolabi Ajibola PhD Student Language and Literary Studies Department, Babcock University, Ilisan, Nigeria oniafolabiajibola@yahoo.com 08036126690 & Professor Mobolanle Ebunoluwa Sotunsa …
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Amatareotubo Mozimo Media & Public Affairs Department, Post-Primary Schools Board (PPSB) Education House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. E-mail: mozimoamas@gmail.com +234-80-6600-1713 Abstract This article attempts …
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Abstract Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus has been discussed largely as a feminist text by scholars and critics alike; however, I have argued …
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