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1. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 22, Issue 1 (September 2022)pp. 48–64PDF of Exploring the Polemics of Religion and Politics of Interest using Esiaba Irobi’s The Colour Of Rusting Gold

   Exploring the Polemics of Religion and Politics of Interest using Esiaba Irobi’s The Colour Of Rusting Gold

   Obiorah Ekwueme, Victor Onyedikachi Eze, Ikechukwu Erojikwe and John Uche Ngonadi

   Scholarship on the religion–politics nexus in Africa has shown that religious authority often extends into communal and political life, and that such authority can be appropriated for private advantage

2. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 2 (September 2025)pp. 333–359PDF of Between Survival and Shift: Hausa Language Dominance and Attitudes Toward Tangale and Fulfulde in Gombe State

   Between Survival and Shift: Hausa Language Dominance and Attitudes Toward Tangale and Fulfulde in Gombe State

   Aminu Saleh, Suleiman Muhammed Badamasi, Usman Abdullahi, Bernice Nonye Ogbochie and Isaiah Ifeanyichukwu Agbo

   linguistically diverse, Hausa increasingly serves as the main language of inter-ethnic communication, commerce, religion, and public interaction, placing minority languages under sustained pressure. Guided by the UNESCO Language Vitality

3. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 107–128PDF of The Novel as a Cultural Artefact in Africa

   The Novel as a Cultural Artefact in Africa

   Isaac Ojo Atere and Chukwunomsue Juliana Nwazodoni

   land, initiation rites, and communal identity; and Nwapa’s treatment of Igbo marriage, motherhood, religion, gender expectations and women’s economic agency. The analysis is grounded in Frantz Fanon

4. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 269–289PDF of Decolonial Ecology, Linguistic Hegemony and Indigenous Environmental Epistemologies in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness

   Decolonial Ecology, Linguistic Hegemony and Indigenous Environmental Epistemologies in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness

   Chidiebere Chukwuemeka Eze, Thomas-Michael Emeka Chukwumezie, Kenneth Ahaiwe C., Chinasa Abonyi and Henrietta Okafor

   with land, ecology and indigenous knowledge. While existing scholarship on the novels has emphasized religion, politics and identity, the ecological implications of linguistic dominance remain underexplored. Integrating coloniality of power

5. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 467–484PDF of Ideological Discursive Strategies in the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Categorisation on Twitter (X)

   Ideological Discursive Strategies in the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Categorisation on Twitter (X)

   TIAMIYU, Abiola Jamiu, AJAPE, Enitan Jamiu and Adelola Betty Amihere

   labelling of individuals and groups according to social identities such as ethnicity, region, and religion, is analysed as a key resource through which political actors and ordinary citizens construct legitimacy

6. Volume 22, Issue 2 (September 2022)pp. 25–49PDF of Stance, acts and identity construction in Christian response sermons on insecurity in Nigeria.

   Stance, acts and identity construction in Christian response sermons on insecurity in Nigeria.

   Nkechinyere Nwaegbe, Chidi Nwankwo and Chuka Ononye

   sermons: perpetrators versus victims of insecurity; supporters of insecurity versus adversaries; violent versus peaceful religion; marginalised versus privileged citizens; terrorists versus the terrorised; and predictors versus the condemned. These identities