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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

   these culturally stigmatized sexual deviations in their stories. Emezi’s works’ frequent depiction of taboo relationships: spiritualizing the crossing of cultural boundaries; use of sexual preferences as justification and, celebrating … freedom” beyond moral and family constraints, suggest a systematic effort to normalize sexual taboos considered culturally unacceptable in the African socio-cultural context. The paper concludes by reiterating that Emezi

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

   This work infers that Chinelo Okparanta, in her book, Under the Udala

3. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 318–342PDF of Multimodal Sacralisation of Everyday Nigerian Experience in Pentecostal Poster Discourse

   Multimodal Sacralisation of Everyday Nigerian Experience in Pentecostal Poster Discourse

   Dilichukwu Lilian Efobi and Toyin Deborah Olatunji

   analytical concept. Poster-by-poster analysis shows that Nigerian Pidgin, colloquial English, interrogatives, imperatives, taboo language and culturally familiar references are coordinated with portraiture, gaze, gesture, typography, colour and composition