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IGBO STUDIES REVIEW: A DECADE OF PUBLISHING IGBO SCHOLARSHIP
By Chima J. Korieh
May 10, 2026
When the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) was formed in 1999 at the African Studies Association (ASA) Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the rationale behind in formation was to “promote and encourage …
READING CHINUA ACHEBE’S ARROW OF GOD AS IGBO SPECULATIVE FICTION
By Ada Uzoamaka Azodo
May 10, 2026
The second quarter of the twenty-first century, moving forward towards a viable African future repositioned on its traditional foundations, calls for a speculative approach in African literature discourse. It is …
MARRIAGE, PATRIARCHY, AND FEMALE AGENCY IN IGBO LITERARY CRITICISM: READING SELECTED AFRICAN AUTHORS THROUGH AZODO
By Chidi Igwe
May 10, 2026
In Literary Criticism Reevaluated: Challenging a Rigid Creative-Critical Dichotomy, African literary critic Ada Uzoamaka Azodo argues that literary criticism should be recognized as a creative literary genre. Her work demonstrates …
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RICE INDUSTRY IN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA, 1976-1993
By MATHIAS IKECHUKWU ASADU
May 10, 2026
This study investigated the origins, implementation, and impact of post‑civil war agricultural initiatives in southeastern Nigeria, focusing on the Lower Anambra Irrigation Project. The objective is to examine how post‑1967–1970 …
INSTITUTIONAL DIVERGENCE AND POLICY EVOLUTION IN POST-BREXIT UNITED KINGDOM AND NORTHERN IRELAND: EXPLORING THE NEW INSTITUTIONALISM PERSPECTIVE
May 10, 2026
This study explores institutional divergence and policy evolution in the post-Brexit United Kingdom, with a focus on Northern Ireland’s distinctive governance. It analyzes how Brexit reshaped regulatory alignment, trade policy, …
WHEN WOMEN REBEL: CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL AUTHORITY IN THE GENDER RELATIONS OF OZUITEM, SOUTHEAST NIGERIA
By VICTOR UKAOGO, OGECHI UKAOGO
May 10, 2026
Central to issues of male domination and female marginalization in Igboland are cultural attitudes associated with political authority. This study examines the unexamined intrinsic nexus between social and political authority …
RETHINKING MANDATORY IMPACT FACTOR JOURNAL PUBLICATION IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES AS SYMBOL OF POST-COLONIAL SELF-ENSLAVEMENT
By ELIKE IKECHUKWU, NATHAN OGUCHIE
May 10, 2026
Introduction In recent years, journal impact factor has been one major issue scholars have considered in a bid to make public their research. The Impact Factor (IF) of a journal is …
[Book Review] Literary Criticism Reevaluated: Challenging a Rigid Creative-Critical Dichotomy. ByAda Uzoamaka Azodo. London: GlobeEdit, 2026
By Rosemary Akpan
May 10, 2026
How best can learners get the most out of their readings if not through analysis and interpretation of the works and authors they read (9)? How can Africans be sure …
Ireland and Biafra Compared: Historical Hatred for Empires and Veneration of Nation-states in the 1900s
By Kingsley C. Ezeuwa
April 14, 2022
The inherent violence, exploitative nature, and unscrupulous expansionism of empires accounted for their remarkable global chastisement in the 20th century. Diplomatic architects of the fall of empires perceived the nation-state …
The devastating cycle: the Impacts of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s Sit-at-Home protests on the informal economy of northern Igboland
By Chima J. Korieh, Uzodimma Samson, Kenneth Chinedu Asogwa
April 14, 2022
This article examines the connection between the Sit-at-Home protest of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the impact on the informal economy of rural dwellers in Enugu State, Nigeria. …