Extant studies on Nigerian insurgencies have focused on either its historical trajectory, economic implications, or its socio-political impacts on the society, neglecting the ideological representatio...

Nollywood films serve as means for vilifying domestic violence. However, not much research efforts have been directed towards exploring how domestic violence is represented in Nollywood movies. Theref...

This study is a sociolinguistic investigation into a Nupe song titled Ta’aziya (condolences) by DJ Zubis. Ta’aziya is a track in the Nupe musical artist’s album titled “Boro toh Elu”. A total of twelv...

This paper examines Lola Shoneyin’s Mayowa and the Masquerades through the lens of Cultural Studies, exploring how the text negotiates the intersection of modernity and tradition within the context of...

Nigeria is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-religious society confronted with different crises. The social media have also become important part of Nigerians. They offer a digital space for f...

This paper examines the role of semantic-stylistic expressive means, such as paradox, pun, metonymy, and metaphor, in articulating repressed desires and psychological conflicts in selected Nigerian li...

Onomatopoeia constitutes a vital expressive strategy in African literature, yet critical attention to this feature in Dul Johnson’s Deeper into the Night remains scarce. While existing scholarship has...

This paper explores the role of storytelling as a tool for moral education in Adamu’s Clever Squirrel and the Great Wedding Contest, a contemporary African children’s story that draws inspiration from...

Communication with Nupe social symbols is a sophisticated system that involves the use of objects, gestures, artefacts, and sounds to convey meaning, maintain social hierarchy, and preserve secret inf...

This paper examines female characters engaged in marriage or polygamy in Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives and Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come, interrogating how they navigat...