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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Critical Essay
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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Critical Essay
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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Critical Essay
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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Critical Essay
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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Critical EssayFilm Criticism
A Review of Paul Ugor’s Critical Work: Nollywood: Popular Culture and Narratives of Youth Struggles in Nigeria | Tunde Onikoyi
Title: Nollywood: Popular Culture and Narratives of Youth Struggles in Nigeria Author: Paul Ugor Publisher: Carolina Academic Press Year: …
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Recent scholarship on contemporary Nigerian poetry has appropriately identified the Nigerian poet as a social commentator. In this regard, Sule Egya contends that …
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Introduction This paper discusses the possibility of applying certain language and literature strategies to achieve positive change in Nigeria. By strategies is meant …