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Tales From the Dumpsite: Nigerian Women Waste Pickers’ Narratives of Resilience and Resistance

Adaobi Muo — Directorate of General Studies, National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN), Aba, Abia State, Nigeria | The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

Waste pickers, though largely invisibilized, are vital actors within African urban societies such as Aba and Onitsha. In Nigeria, the waste-picking population is predominantly composed of women. These women, including those of Igbo origin, mobilize waste picking as a site …

Igbo Fatherhood and peace building in the family: A Study of Nkamigbo’s Play ‘Agha Di’

Ihechi Nkoro — Department of Foreign Language and Translation Studies, Abia State University Uturu, Abia State, Nigeria | The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

To the Igbo, the journey from childhood to adulthood calls for determination, resilience, and persistence. The home is significant in that struggle as encapsulated in the Igbo proverb “Ana esi n' ụlọ mara mma pụọ ama,” that is to say, …

Omekanwanyị: Examining Softness, Effeminacy, and the Making of a Man

Chimeremeze Nwafọ — Independent Writer, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria | The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

This paper examines the cultural, psychological, and sociological dimensions of effeminacy and male softness within Igbo society. It argues that emotional gentleness, far from being a sign of weakness, constitutes an essential element of sustainable personhood. Drawing from precolonial ritual …

When the Ancestors Speak: Igbo Literary Wisdom and Resilience

Chinasa Ekeoma — OgbonnayaOnu Polytechnic, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria, Jane Nkechi Onuoha — Every Living Soul Church, Akesan, Lagos State, Nigeria | The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

This paper explores how Igbo oral and written literary traditions function as living records of communal memory, ethical teachings, directives, and cultural resilience. The study equally considers how such traditions mutually shape Igbo proverbs, folktales, masquerade performances, and ritual chants. …

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