EXAMINING THE COLONIAL LEGACIES IN STORIES FROM BLUE
LATITUDES

Title: EXAMINING THE COLONIAL LEGACIES IN STORIES FROM BLUE LATITUDES Authors: Christopher Abul Yar , Teryange Agir and Neema Langa, Ph.D. ,Nigeria Abstract: This paper examines the ugly effects of colonial legacies on Caribbean women. It adopts the postcolonial feminist theory and textual analysis method to analyze five selected stories from Stories from Blue Latitudes. These stories … Read more

HELON HABILA’S OIL ON WATER AND CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S (Purple Hibiscus) THROUGH THE FIRST-WAVE ECOCRITICISM LENS

Title: HELON HABILA’S OIL ON WATER AND CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S (Purple Hibiscus) THROUGH THE FIRST-WAVE ECOCRITICISM LENS Authors: Iorwuese Gogo ,Nigeria Abstract: This paper is an ecocritical examination of Helon Habila’s Oil on Water and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus through the first-wave ecocriticism lens. First-wave ecocriticism is a strand of ecocriticism – the literary study of … Read more

MASCULINITY CONUNDRUM AND HICCUPS IN MARJORIE OLUDHE’S COMING TO BIRTH

Title: MASCULINITY CONUNDRUM AND HICCUPS IN MARJORIE OLUDHE’S COMING TO BIRTH Authors: Violet Nasambu Barasa , Kenya Abstract: This paper interrogates the contradictions in the presentation of masculine identities in African literature and Kenyan literature in particular. This is done through a critical reading of Marjorie Oludhe’s Coming to birth. In the main, the paper examines the … Read more

A PARAMETRIC VARIATION OF ENGLISH AND EKPARI INFLECTION SYSTEM

Title: A PARAMETRIC VARIATION OF ENGLISH AND EKPARI INFLECTION SYSTEM Authors: Opeyemi Emmanuel OLAWE Abstract: Inflectional morphemes perform grammatical functions. It is often added to a root word to show a particular grammatical function. The inflection system varies from one language to another. Second Language Learners of English tend to encounter problems due to this variation. Guided … Read more

COVID-19: IMPACTS AND CHALLENGES FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MALI AND AFRICA

Title: COVID-19: IMPACTS AND CHALLENGES FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MALI AND AFRICA Authors: Dr Cheick Oumar Kangama Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID619° is an infectious disease that refers to « CoronavirusDiseases ». The disease caused by a virus of the family Coronaviridae.This infectious disease is a zoonosis, the origin of which is still debated, emerged … Read more

US HOMELAND SECURITY AND DEMOCRACY IN THE FACE OF VIOLENCE

Title: US HOMELAND SECURITY AND DEMOCRACY IN THE FACE OF VIOLENCE Authors: Didier Arcade Ange LOUMBOUZI and Prefere Gildas OLENGA ,Congo Abstract: This study investigated the time budget on internet-based social networking and tendency for deviance interaction among students of various tertiary educational institutions in Jigawa state Nigeria (N=600), living in different accommodation system. The study purports … Read more

AN ONLINE SPACE-TIME BUDGET AND PROPENSITY FOR CYBERCRIME BY STUDENTS OF TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA

Title: AN ONLINE SPACE-TIME BUDGET AND PROPENSITY FOR CYBERCRIME BY STUDENTS OF TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA Authors: Dr. Danladi Sa’adu Ibrahim and Mohammed Mamun Usman , Nigeria Abstract: This study investigated the time budget on internet-based social networking and tendency for deviance interaction among students of various tertiary educational institutions in Jigawa state Nigeria … Read more

LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN TEACHING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION

Title: LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN TEACHING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Authors: Jerome A. Puntod ,Philippines Abstract: The teaching of pronunciation is one integral component in English instruction. This phenomenological inquiry, anchored on Blumer’s theory of Symbolic Interactionism, explored the elementary teachers’ lived experiences on the teaching of English pronunciation. Results of the interview and focus … Read more

THE STYLOMETRY OF RETROSPECTIVE MODEL NARRATIVE AND THE TELEGRAPHIC STYLE OF EXPERIENCE IN NAWAL EL SAADAWI’S WALKING THOUGH FIRE: THE LATER YEARS OF NAWAL EL SAADAWI (2002)

Title: THE STYLOMETRY OF RETROSPECTIVE MODEL NARRATIVE AND THE TELEGRAPHIC STYLE OF EXPERIENCE IN NAWAL EL SAADAWI’S WALKING THOUGH FIRE: THE LATER YEARS OF NAWAL EL SAADAWI (2002) Authors: Souleymane Diallo ,Senegal Abstract: Through a multidimensional model’s analysis, inside a multifunctional narrative organization and within a multiform structural analysis, the framework of stylistics in the esoteric knowledge … Read more

CONGOLESE LANGUAGES VIS-À-VIS FOREIGN LANGUAGES: STATUS, FORMS AND FUNCTIONS

Title: CONGOLESE LANGUAGES VIS-À-VIS FOREIGN LANGUAGES: STATUS, FORMS AND FUNCTIONS Authors: KIMBOUALA NKAYA*, Didace MOUHOUELO and Merveille NGOULOU ,Republic of Congo Abstract: The existence of African native languages deteriorates vis-à-vis foreign languages such as English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. The former colonies keep using the later as their official languages. The status of the African native languages … Read more