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Opportunities and Challenges of Igbo Cosmology in Human Capital Development

John Okwudiri Obineche — Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

It remains obvious that the uniqueness of Igbo Cosmology which is rooted in the cultural, religious, spiritual and the philosophical world view of the Igbo people of Nigeria, offers unsurpassed opportunities and challenges in the ambiance of human capital development. …

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

Onyinyechi Priscilla C. Wariboko — Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

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, …

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

Innocent Ebere Uwah — Department of Film and Multimedia, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

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 …

By Hook or By Crook: Leveraging English-Igbo Scaffolding for Early Igbo Language Acquisition in Young Children

Dozie Chinomso Patricia — Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State Nigeria, Chimakpam Ugonna — University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria; Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Trust, Doncaster, UK | The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

The intergenerational transmission of the Igbo language is in critical decline, particularly in the diaspora. While pure immersion is often the pedagogical default, it can impose an overwhelming cognitive load on children in English-dominant environments. This paper introduces Engli-Igbo Scaffolding, …

Oso Ndu Agwuike: The Principle of Igbo Resilience and Survival

John Okwudiri Obineche — Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

This paper Osondu Agwuike: The Principle of Igbo Resilience and Survival, explores the concept of Oso Ndu Agwuike as a philosophical framework captioned here to encapsulate the principle of Igbo resilience, survival and existential reality: Drawing on recent empirical studies …

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