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Igbo Studies Review, 9, 2021

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Issue Number: 9

Publication Date: May 21, 2021

ISSN: 2325-0801

Editor: Dr. Chima Korieh

Publisher: Goldline & Jacobs Publishing

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Issue Number 9 (2021) of the Igbo Studies Review arrives at a moment of global reflection, bringing together scholarship that interrogates the intersections of tradition, modernity, and resilience within Igbo communities. This volume features a rigorous examination of digital media’s role in reshaping contemporary Igbo identity, an oral‑history project tracing pandemic‑era responses in rural southeastern towns, and an insightful study of transnational artistic collaborations by Igbo diasporans in Europe. Also included is a landmark analysis of indigenous legal practices under Nigerian constitutional reform, alongside a piece on youth‑led language revitalization efforts in urban centers. Richly illustrated and grounded in archival as well as field‑work research, Issue 9 underscores the Review’s dedication to pushing disciplinary boundaries while amplifying voices from across the Igbo world.

Articles in This Issue

Onye Aghana Nwanne Ya: Trading Boundaries for Bridges: A Study of Edgell’s Beka Lamb and John’s Unburnable

By Adaobi Muo

Published May 21, 2021

One of the primary markers of the Igbo nation is the belief in the necessity, potency and supremacy of the group. The Igbo person draws essential identity, value, support and …
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The Biafra Army: A Historical and Epistemological Study of the Nexus Between War and Diplomacy in Igboland, 1967 – 1970

By Williams E. Orukpe, Osorgu A. Obiajulu

Published May 21, 2021

This paper examines the nexus between war and diplomacy from a historical perspective. The Igbo people of Nigeria are one of its three dominant ethnic groups. The 1959 National Council …
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An Anthropological Perspective to Wealth–Based Names in Igbo

By Chiamaka Ngozi Oyeka

Published May 21, 2021

Names are linguistic expressions, which reveal much about the bearer but also the culture where the bearer comes from. Considering that Igbo is a patriarchal society, this study aims at …
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Tracing the Ancient Landmark: ISŪ Ọ́GWỤ̀ in Abatete

By Adaora Lois Anyachebelu

Published May 21, 2021

Abatete, a town in Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State of the Igbo cultural area in Nigeria, like other African traditional communities, engages in various festivals, one of which …
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Colonialism and Anioma Strides in Nigeria up to the Nigeria-Biafra War

By Odigwe A. Nwaokocha

Published November 22, 2021

The story of European colonialism and the forces it let loose in modern Nigeria can never be over-emphasized as they continue to shape and define socio-political developments in many ways. …
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Buchi Emecheta’s Feminism of Selfhood: Self-Concept, Gender, Marriage, and Sexuality

By Ada Uzoamaka Azodo

Published November 22, 2021

Today, there is a multiplicity of intriguing, complicated and complex feminisms in the globe that has resulted from individual women’s search for answers to their peculiar experiences, advocacy for general …
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Nollywood and Women: Reading Gender in Nigerian Cinema Through ‘Snail-Sense’ Feminism

By Chijioke Azuawusiefe

Published 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, …
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