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Nollywood and Women: Reading Gender in Nigerian Cinema Through ‘Snail-Sense’ Feminism
By Chijioke Azuawusiefe
November 22, 2021
From its inception in the early 1990s, Nollywood, the cinema of Nigeria, has complicated the representations of women in popular media, expanding, in the process, Nigeria’s discourse landscape for scholars, …
Ikenga: Reimagining an Iconography of Cultural Achievement
By Chijioke Azuawusiefe
May 21, 2020
The traditional concept and imaginary of ikenga encapsulates the Igbo essence of male good fortune, economic achievement, and sociocultural advancement. This paper explores ways that elements of Ada Uzoamaka Azodo’s …