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1. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 168–187PDF of Environmental Destruction as a Colonial Residue in Nnimmo Bassey’s I Will Not Dance to Your Beat and Richard Inya’s Katakata

   Environmental Destruction as a Colonial Residue in Nnimmo Bassey’s I Will Not Dance to Your Beat and Richard Inya’s Katakata

   Fater VANGER and Chika O. OSE-AGBO

   enduring power structures, while also making eco-destruction a site of active political resistance

2. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 188–210PDF of Trauma, Memory, And Rhetorical Construction In The War Declaration Speeches of Putin, Zelenskyy, Netanyahu, Abbas, And Haniyeh: A Caruthian Reading

   Trauma, Memory, And Rhetorical Construction In The War Declaration Speeches of Putin, Zelenskyy, Netanyahu, Abbas, And Haniyeh: A Caruthian Reading

   Onesimus Azunwanna and Comfort Adeleke-Adeniji

   record of suffering but as a rhetorical resource through which political leaders legitimise resistance and reinforce ideological positions. The speeches recurrently invoke historical wounds, national insecurity, and existential threats

3. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 234–247PDF of Microaggressions and the Negotiation of Black Identity in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah

   Microaggressions and the Negotiation of Black Identity in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah

   Eze Nnaemeka Richard and Obasi Ngozika Linda

   identity, including accent, hair, language, appearance, and cultural belonging, resulting in conformity, internalised racism, resistance, and identity reconstruction. The paper contributes to existing scholarship by foregrounding racial microaggressions

4. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 248–268PDF of Yoruba Epistemology: A Holistic System of Knowledge Acquisition

   Yoruba Epistemology: A Holistic System of Knowledge Acquisition

   Olugbenga Seminapa Okesola

   that Yoruba epistemology constitutes a sophisticated, internally coherent system of knowledge acquisition that fundamentally resists reductionist methodologies characteristic of modern Western philosophy of science. Where reductionism operative in disciplines such

5. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 290–317PDF of Socio-semiotic Study of Family Dynamics in Selected Taaooma’s Youtube Comedy Skits

   Socio-semiotic Study of Family Dynamics in Selected Taaooma’s Youtube Comedy Skits

   Bukola Alfred, Morenike, Elizabeth Kolapo and Beke-ere Mienbi Singer

   skits functions as social commentary that critiques everyday social tensions: parental control versus youthful resistance, religious ideals versus moral lapses, and shifting gender expectations within the Nigerian household. The research

6. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 24, Issue 1 (September 2024)pp. 116–140PDF of African And Global Crises In Wale Okediran’s Strange Encounters And Emmanuel Ojukwu’s Sunset For Mr Goodman

   African And Global Crises In Wale Okediran’s Strange Encounters And Emmanuel Ojukwu’s Sunset For Mr Goodman

   Philip Umaru and Esther Temitayo Adelana

   literature remains relevant in addressing contemporary global crises, by serving as a voice of resistance, advocacy for justice, accountability and social criticism

7. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 23, Issue 1 (September 2023)pp. 1–20PDF of Spatial Mobility and Female Agency in Aiwanose Odafen’s Tomorrow I Become A Woman

   Spatial Mobility and Female Agency in Aiwanose Odafen’s Tomorrow I Become A Woman

   Ugomma Divine Iroakaze and Chiamaka Amalachukwu Ugoka

   normalise female subordination. At the same time, spatial shifts enable moments of negotiation, resistance, and autonomy. By foregrounding the tension between spatial constraints and spatial possibility, the study conceptualises female

8. Volume 22, Issue 2 (September 2022)pp. 1–24PDF of Colonial Othering, Fractured Identity, and the Ethics of Reconciliation, A Re-reading of Veronique Tadjo’s The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Hearts of Rwanda.

   Colonial Othering, Fractured Identity, and the Ethics of Reconciliation, A Re-reading of Veronique Tadjo’s The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Hearts of Rwanda.

   Anthonia-Greg Nwanekwu Chibuoke, Caroline Olubunmi Nwaka and Goodluck Chinenye Kadiri

   recovery of suppressed experiences, the narrative transforms witnessing into a form of resistance to historical erasure. Drawing on the scholarship of Pierre Nora and Paul Ricoeur on memory, the study

9. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 21, Issue 2 (September 2021)pp. 142–168PDF of Impoliteness in Online Reactions to Media Reports of the 2019 Nigerian Presidential Election

   Impoliteness in Online Reactions to Media Reports of the 2019 Nigerian Presidential Election

   Chidi Nwankwo, Kenneth Ahaiwe and Chuka Ononye

   where majoritarian hegemonies, ethno-political affiliations, and democratic legitimacy are continuously negotiated, enforced, and resisted