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1. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 24, Issue 1 (September 2024)pp. 47–61PDF of Normalizing Taboo: Homosexual Advocacy in Emezi’s Fiction

   Normalizing Taboo: Homosexual Advocacy in Emezi’s Fiction

   Dina Yerima-Avazi and Chigbu Andrew Chigbu

   This paper interrogates the manner in which African fiction portrays homosexuality and other non-normative sexual orientations, with a focus on Akwaeke Emezi’s “Who is like … emphasizing characters’ sexual experiences. A third group of writers simply depict the struggles of homosexual characters without moral judgment or celebration. Using the phenomenological approach and aspects of Freudian

2. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 23, Issue 2 (September 2023)pp. 80–93PDF of Foregrounded Margin in Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala Trees

   Foregrounded Margin in Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala Trees

   Henrietta Ifeoma Okafor and Chidiebere Chukwuemeka Eze

   immanence in Nigerian literature, as a background not only to brace up marginalised homosexual love but also to historicize it. War novels are often accompanied by all kinds of sexuality