A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF MOROA FOLKTALES

ABSTRACT The research tittled, “AFunctional Analysis of Moroa Folktales”provides insights into the status and nature of African traditional oral art as a literary form for…

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A MORPHO SEMANTIC STUDY OF TOPONYMS LULOGOOLI PLACE NAMES

ABSTRACT   This study discusses the meanings and morphology of Lulogooli placenames in Sabatia constituency, using the Causal theory of Names as proposed by Gareth…

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THE SOCIETY AND THE GIRL CHILD IN THE BLUEST EYE BY TONI MORRISON AND KAINE AGARYS YELLOW YELLOW

ABSTRACT The research work reviews the historical encounter between the whites and Africans and argues that the challenges or problems evident in the black society…

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CORRUPTION AND VICTIMIZATION IN ISIDORE OKPEWHOTIDES AND ANTHONY ABAGHA’S CHILDREN OF OLOIBIRI

ABSTRACT This project is on Corruption and Victimization in Isidore Okpewho’s Tides and Anthony Ndubuisi Abagha’s Children of Oloibiri. It is a study of the…

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SEXISM AND POWER DOMINANCE IN FEMI OSOFISAN’S ALTINE’S WRATH AND WOLE SOYINKA’S A PLAY OF GIANTS: A SOCIO-DISCOURSE ANALYTICAL STUDY

ABSTRACT As a social phenomenon, language reflects all aspects of human endeavor. The various reflections have been investigated in different sociolinguistic studies. However, few of…

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THE PORTRAYAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN SELECTED AFRICAN PROSE

ABSTRACT Feminism(s) and masculinity(ies) are central concerns in gender studies, while queer studies, initially marginalised, is currently receiving greater attention in the West. But, in…

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PORTRAYAL OF GENDERED EXPERIENCES IN SELECTED AFRICAN MIGRANT NARRATIVES

ABSTRACT Migration over the years has become a recurrent theme in contemporary African literature. Existing studies on migration have focused mainly on the female gender…

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CONFLICTS IN PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP SELECTED AFRICAN TEXT

ABSTRACT Existing studies in different spheres of human endeavour have focused on the negative and destructive potentials of conflict. The scanty attention by literary scholars…

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A SOCIO-PRAGRAMATIC STUDY OF AMA ATTA AIDOO’S CHANGES AND CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE’S HALF OF A YELLOW SUN

ABSTRACT Gender and language differences are integral field of study in sociolinguistics that accounts for the way language is used in the society and the…

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A CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF MUYIDEEN ADIO JAJI’S STUNTED SCULPTURES

ABSTRACT Muyideen Adio Jaji is a contemporary sculptor, who has been producing sculptures, both in naturalism and abstraction. He has also delved into the exploration…

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