Human rights violation and redress are dominant issues in literary works from the colonial to the post-colonial Nigeria. Previous studies on Yoruba written plays have focused largely on socio-cultural affairs, with little ...
Career women constitute a group of upwardly mobile individuals contributing to societal development in Nigeria. Nollywood films have variously portrayed career women on different light. However, the perception of Nigerian ...
Nollywood films are marked by characterology that portrays the man and woman either negatively or positively. Existing studies on the representation of the woman have largely been from the feminist and womanist perspective ...
Production management is an aspect of Theatre Mmanagement (TM) dealing with the procedures and processes beginning from concept development to the realisation of a production. Extant studies in Theatre Management have ...
Abánibímọ, the Yoruba practice of surrogacy, is an alternative procreative method informed by family exigencies in Yoruba culture. Previous studies, which are largely Western, have focused mainly on the legality of ...
The verb phrase (VP) layer is the domain of clausal event and the argument structure of the verb.
Extant works on Urhobo, an Edoid language, have listed lexical and phrasal categories and types
of sentences in the ...
Corrupt political leadership and other issues related to misgovernance are some of the motifs in both pre-independence and post-independence Yorùbá novels. Existing studies on the novels have focused more on political ...
The interaction between rural and urban settlements, people and enterprises are major components of livelihoods and production systems in Africa Although, historical studies have been carried out on urban-rural interface ...
The Arogbo Ijo, a sub group of Ijo of Niger Delta, are located in the Western Delta region of Southwestern Nigeria. Existing studies on the Ijo groups of the Niger Delta have focused mainly on the Ijo in the Central and ...
Kingship and power dynamics remain significant in governance discourse in Africa. Existing studies on kingship generally have portrayed the institution as a subordinate agent in colonial administration and modern power ...
Lagos, since its annexation by the British in 1861, has remained Nigeria’s economic centre. Existing studies on Lagos have focused on its transformation and growth, particularly its economic prominence and political ...
The production and sales of cocoa were critical factors in rural development in pre-colonial Nigeria, with Idanre being one of the foremost centres of cocoa production in the country. Although literature exist on the ...
Reproductive challenges, like infertility, and depression constitute some of the thematic concerns in African literature. Existing studies in Francophone African literature have examined various social problems like ...
The quest for freedom and identity connotes a desire for rebirth and an assertion of a people’s ‘raison d’être,’ as evident in various Caribbean literary texts. Existing studies on Caribbean literature have focused mainly ...
Globalisation constitutes a time-space transformation of human societies. This
phenomenon, which affects cultural formations, has been depicted in African literature,
and especially the novel. Existing studies on ...
Writing skills are taught to equip students with reading and literacy skills to solve
communication problems. However, reports have shown that undergraduates‟
achievement in writing is poor in Federal University of ...
The discourse of nomadism and its attendant socio-economic implications is a central
theme in the ethnography of the Fulani. Existing anthropological studies have focused on
the socio-economy of cattle herding and ...
Akokoland, a frontier area in north-eastern Yorubaland, faced numerous security challenges during the 19th century, which had lasting impressions on the pre-existing socio-political structure. Existing literature on ...
Oke Ogun in Oyo North region of Oyo State has been one of the largest producers of food crops in the pre-colonial and early period of British colonial rule in southwestern Nigeria. Existing historical studies on Oke Ogun ...
Socio-historical realities such as wars, colonisation and migration are significant events in North African literature. Leïla Sebbar's creative writings are suffused with the socio-historical realities of Algeria. Previous ...