• The Diversity of Igbo Myth of Origin: A Brief Survey 

  Iwu, I. (Journal of Igbo Studies, 2006-07-03)

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• Fostering National unity using parallel motifs in Nigerian mythology 

  Iwu, I. (Publisher of An Agenda for a New Nigeria: The Imperative of Transformation, 2006-08-15)

  This paper intends to explore how the parallels in Nigerian Myths, with particular reference to the Igbo and Yoruba myths, may be exploited to emphasize the all-important issue of Nigeria's unity. it is hoped that if ...

• Destiny of Freewill as the Architect of Human Fate: Perception in the Odunke Artists Ojaadili 

  Iwu, I. (Network 2000: In the Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance, 2008-10-19)

  In "The Carrier Ritual as Medium of Vision in Nigerian Drama: The Examples of Soyinka Osofisan" Chris Egharevba rightly observes that early pre-occupation of writers like Chinua Achebe. John Pepper Clark. and Wole Soyinka ...

• National Development: Igbo Literature as instrument of mobilisation and orientation 

  Iwu, I. (Journal of Nigerian Languages and Culture (JONLAC), 2002-06-03)

  To sensitize the people to the desirable political climate needed by our nascent democracy to survive, a mass mobilization and orientation of the Nigerian populace is essential. Successive governments have at different ...

• Igbo Riddles and the Education of the Igbo Child 

  Iwu, I. (African Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, Department of Curriculum Studies, University of Lagos, 2002-06-01)

  It is believed that apart from formal education, there are various inform always through which one could be educated. The concept of education itself entails more than the deliberate processes of school and college training. ...

• Myths as a genre of Igbo Oral Literature 

  Iwu, I. (Igede Igbo. Journal of Igbo Studies, 2000-06-19)

  Oral literature is one area that has for many years captured the interest of' scholars and students, especially within the African continent. Akporobaro (200 1 : 36) offers six variant definitions of' oral literature. ...

• 100 years of Literary Enterprise in Indigenous Nigerian Languages: Trends, Challenges and Prospects 

  Iwu, I. (Journal of the School of Languages, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo, 2015-06-14)

  Early this year, Nigeria celebrated her first centenary of nationhood. It afforded her an opportunity to appraise the level of development she has, over these years of nation building, attained in various spheres politics, ...

• The Kinship System 

  Iwu, I. (Nigerian Heritage: The Igbo Culture, 2007-02-07)

  In this paper, we shall first make a brief exposition of the two key concepts in the title, namely, the Igbo and kinship, and secondly, examine the nature of kinship relations that exist in Igbo society

• The Myth of a Black God In Chukuezi's Poetry 

  Iwu, I. (Literature, Language and National Consciousness: A Festchrift in Honour of Theo Vincent, 2006-05-04)

  Anaelechi Chukuezi is one writer who, in spite of his primary professional engagement as a medical doctor, has shown a tremendous interest in the growth and survival of Igbo literature. He is a playwright and poet who has, ...

• Igbo Oral Literature and the Youths Today: What Literary Legacy for prosperity? 

  Iwu, I. (Udezuluigbo: A Festchrift in Honour of Sam Uzochukwu, 2008-07-04)

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• Revisiting the Question of Tragic Protagonist in Onyekaonwu's Plays 

  Iwu, I. (The Eagle of Igbo Literature: A Feschrift in Honour of Prof. G.O Onyekaonwu, 2014-07-03)

  Tragedy as a dramatic form has been popular from the classical period especially with the prominence Aristotle gave it in his theory or concept of the tragic hero in Poetics which scholars, over the years, have used as ...

• Language of Law: Imperative for Linguistic Simplicity 

  Folarin, P; Sobola, E (IUCDS, 2019-11)

  Language is a veritable tool of the legal profession as a lawyer's proficiency is sometimes measured in terms of his linguistic dexterity: both verbal and written. However, over the centuries, there seemed to have evolved ...

• Pentecostal Challenges in Africa and Latin America: A Comparative Focus on Nigeria and Brazil 

  Adeboye, O.A. (Afrika Zamani, 2004)

  Latin America and Africa are among the continents that have experienced a Pentecostal explosion within the last half century. In fact, each of the case studies for this paper, Nigeria and Brazil, has a very vibrant and ...

• Reading the Diary of Akinpelu Obisesan in Colonial Africa 

  Adeboye, O.A. (African Studies Review, 2008)

  This article considers the private diary not just as a historical source or literary text, but mainly as a symbolic cultural creation with sociological and psychological dimensions. The multiple identities of Akinpelu ...

• The Changing Conception of Elderhood in Ibadan, 1830-2000 

  Adeboye, O.A. (Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2007)

  This article investigates the changes in the local conception of elderhood and the deployment of the idiom of age in Ibadan. It identifies the factors responsible for the changes: namely, militarism and patronage (in the ...

• Home Burials, Church Graveyards and Public Cemeteries: Transformation in Ibadan Mortuary Practice, 1853-1960 

  Adeboye, O.A. (Journal of Traditions and Beliefs, 2016)

  The issue of death and burial was, and still is, important in Ibadan as in other Yoruba communities. Previous scholarship on the introduction of Christianity to Yorubaland has emphasized the theme of “clash of cultures,” ...

• J.F. Ade-Ajayi, 1929-2014 

  Adeboye, O.A. (Africa, 2015)

  The news of the death of Professor J. F. Ade Ajayi, the foremost African historian, on 9 August 2014 came as a shock to many in the academic community. Ajayi had distinguished himself as a historian of note and had come ...

• Religion and Violence: Historical Appraisal of the Activities of the Boko Haram Insurgence in Nigeria, 2009-2012 

  Falako, F. O. (NJSE: Nigerian Journal of Sociology of Education, 2013)

  One of the realities of the 21 Century is intense religious radicalism with every nation having its own share of fear as religious reasons are being invoked to cause collectivel violence. In the case of Nigeria, cases of ...

• Transposing Islamiyyah Schools for Effective Performance in the 21st Century, South-West Nigeria 

  Abdul-Raheem, B. (University of Ilorin, 2020)

  Islamiyyah schools play a distinct and significant role in the preservation and spread of Islam not only in Nigeria but all over the world especially where Islam is practised as religion. In Nigeria, Islamiyyah schools are ...

• Faith-Based Organizations and Environmental Hazards: A Study of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria 

  Falako, F. O. (Nkumba Business Journal: A Publication of Nkumba University, Uganda., 2017)

  This paper looked at the proliferation of religious enclaves along the ever busy Lagos- Ibadan Expressway and analyzed the attendant hazards. The aims were to identify the attractions the highway offers; the ensuing ...

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