Volume-5, Issue 6, Nov-Dec 2026

THE HUMAN PERSON AS A BEING-WITH-OTHERS IN THE AFRICAN MYTH OF CREATION: A READING IN CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART AND FLORA NWAPA’S EFURU

Title: THE HUMAN PERSON AS A BEING-WITH-OTHERS IN THE AFRICAN MYTH OF CREATION: A READING IN CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART AND FLORA NWAPA’S EFURU Authors: Doguema Bakpilna, Togo Abstract: The African myth of creation portrays the human person as intrinsically relational, a being-with-others. Nature is personified as a mother, the environment is revered as maternal, and … Read more

A PSYCHOANALYTIC READING OF SILENCE AS TRAUMATIC DISCOURSE IN SHELAGH STEPHENSON’S FIVE KINDS OF SILENCE

Title: A PSYCHOANALYTIC READING OF SILENCE AS TRAUMATIC DISCOURSE IN SHELAGH STEPHENSON’S FIVE KINDS OF SILENCE Authors: Joy Isa, Tanko Nancy Inyama and Azetu Azashi Agyo, Nigeria Abstract: Silence is a potent but neglected force in contemporary abuse drama. In Shelagh Stephenson’s Five Kinds of Silence (1996; staged 2000), speech, pause, and the unsaid become fields where … Read more

FROM SCREEN TO SPEECH: LEXICAL TRANSFORMATION IN HAUSA-DUBBED INDIAN FILMS AND ADOLESCENT PEER INTERACTION IN TARABA NORTH

Title: FROM SCREEN TO SPEECH: LEXICAL TRANSFORMATION IN HAUSA-DUBBED INDIAN FILMS AND ADOLESCENT PEER INTERACTION IN TARABA NORTH Authors: Blessing U. Ijem and Ishaq Isa El- Qassim, Nigeria Abstract: The circulation of transborder media has become a significant site for linguistic innovation, particularly among youth populations who actively appropriate foreign cultural resources. In Northern Nigeria, Hausa-dubbed Indian … Read more