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Navigating Constraints: Mobility, Agency, and Possibility in Nwaubani’s I Do Not Come to You by Chance

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Mary J. N. Okolie

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s I Do Not Come to You by Chance explores the interplay between mobility, agency, and possibility within contemporary Nigeria’s socio-economic challenges. This paper expands the concept of mobility beyond physical movement, incorporating economic and social transitions that reveal the promises and perils of navigating an inequitable world. …

Reclaiming Igbo Cultural Heritage: Leveraging Traditional Practices to Address Gender Inequality in Enugwu-Ukwu, Anambra State

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Onyinyechi Priscilla C. Wariboko

While considerable progress has been made in the quest for gender parity in Igboland, some issues of concern have remained recalcitrant and traced to the assumed sacrosanctity of culture. Igbo women therefore, continue to face significant challenges, including domestic violence, limited access to economic opportunities, education and decision-making positions. Hence, …

Encounter as Capital: Catalyst for Peacebuilding with Focus on Igbo Cross-Cultural Marriages in the Diaspora

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Amaka P. Q. Uzodinma

Encounter as a capital is an invaluable resource that can not be over emphasised in view of it's impact on social cohesion , mobility and socio economic development. Encounter as a capital being a catalyst for peacebuilding with a focus on Igbo Cross-Cultural Marriages in diaspora is found as a …

“Pacification” and the “You Personality” in Chimamanda Adichie’s “The Thing Around Your Neck”

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Uchenna David Uwakwe, Omeh Obasi Ngwoke

Chimamanda Adichie demonstrates a compelling consciousness of the epochs of the African history along with its besieging conflicts. Her literary engagements come with certain symbolic echoes of the cultural values associated with Africa’s eventful past, some of which she only came to discover in their dissipating status. The focus in …

Untying Colonial Knots Around Film in Africa: The Entrepreneurial Culture of Nollywood

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Innocent Ebere Uwah

Cinema in Africa took off as an anti-colonial movement. Its vivifying oxygen at the time was pan-Africanism as a way of giving voice to the continent while decolonizing the western gaze on screen. So long as the struggle was ideologically foregrounded, it remains a tough turf to unpack in arguing …

The Igbo Love for Money: Advocating for Youth Leadership as Human Capital

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Nneka Umejiaku, Ngozi Chisom Uzoka

Leadership as a human capital entails investing in youths through education, vocational studies, apprenticeship and mentoring for the purpose of development. While, Igbo's love for money is simply their culture, that propels them to work hard , create wealth and enjoy financial success. This study aims to strike a balance …

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