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1. 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

   This paper examines the novel as a cultural artefact in Africa through

2. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 24, Issue 1 (September 2024)pp. 62–84PDF of Scavengers of Democracy: Political Satire and Poetic Resistance in Tanure Ojaide’s Democratic Warlords and The Fate of Vultures

   Scavengers of Democracy: Political Satire and Poetic Resistance in Tanure Ojaide’s Democratic Warlords and The Fate of Vultures

   Adaobi Constance Muonagor and Rhema F. E. Oguche

   postcolonial African leadership, particularly in the Nigerian democratic landscape. The analysis draws on postcolonial theory and sociopolitical criticism to demonstrate how Ojaide exposes the paradoxes of democracy hijacked by self … study employs the qualitative approach for textual analysis, in order to foreground the postcolonial theory and sociopolitical criticism that the study is anchored on. The paper thus, argues that Ojaide

3. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 43–55PDF of Religious Difference in Nigeria-Reappearing Shadows of Colonial “Us” Versus “Them”: A Reflection on Selected Novels

   Religious Difference in Nigeria-Reappearing Shadows of Colonial “Us” Versus “Them”: A Reflection on Selected Novels

   Ndukwe, Desmond Azoma and Ogheneruemu Akpore

   versus Them” divisions that manifest as dehumanization and stereotyping across religious communities. Drawing on Postcolonial theory, the research uses a qualitative, text-analytic approach to identify portrayals of religious alterity

4. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 147–167PDF of Identity (Re)construction: Postcolonial Identity and Mimicry in Sefi Atta’s A Bit of Difference

   Identity (Re)construction: Postcolonial Identity and Mimicry in Sefi Atta’s A Bit of Difference

   Joy I. Nwiyi and Esther M. Ibi

   challenge, and recreate a dynamic Nigerian identity. The study draws its interpretive framework from postcolonial theory, particularly the ideas of Homi K. Bhabha and Ashcroft et al. A close reading