Inscribing Women in Literary Canon: Agenda for Igbo Women Novelists / Okafor Ebele Eucharia Part III: Exploring Igbo Worldview through Literature -- Pentecostalism, Miracle and 'Prosperity' Gospel / Ojiako Victoria Uloma -- Money God-Talk: Reading Proverbs 30:7-9 in a Milieu of Opulence Religiosity / Caroline N. Mbonu -- Deities in Indigenous Religion: A Critical Inquiry into the Nature and the Divinity of the Devil / Anselm C. Onuorah -- Agbara Na Mmuo as Agents of Development in Indigenous Cosmology / George Ogbonna Mbarah -- Harnessing Igbo Traditional and Biblical Environmental Ethics to Confront Ecological Challenges / Ernest O. Anyacho -- Part II: Women and Gender Issues in Contemporary Igbo Society -- Masquerade and Women Spectatorship in AkpoĐha-Afikpo: The Demystified Affront / Mazi Ben Orji -- Contributions of Women in Governance and Community Development: A Case Study of Awka-Etiti in Idemili South Local Government of Anambra State / Nkiru Christiana Ohia and Uchenna Mariestella Nzewi -- Inter-Female Hostility as a Cultural Behavior in Freud's Theory of Aggression / Ujubonu J. Okide -- Igbo Marriage Procedure: A Panacea to Frequent Divorce and Broken Homes / Benedict N. Igbokwe -- Sexism in Lyrics: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Flavour's 'Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix)' and 'Ada Ada' / Chiamaka Ngozi Oyeka -- Part III: Exploring Igbo Worldview through Literature -- Chinua Achebe's Historical Novels and Igbo Value System Today: A Dialectical Discourse / Sheila I. Njemanze -- The Significance of Cosmic Objects in Traditional Burial Rites as Represented in African Literature / Evelyn Nwachukwu Urama, Albi-Oparaocha, and Florence Chiji -- Novel and Film: Tales of the Python in Two Media and Four Narratives / Okwuchukwu Otti -- Loan Words in Igbo Drama Texts: Implications for an Endangered Language / Adaora Anyachebelu -- Inscribing Women in Literary Canon: Agenda for Igbo Women Novelists / Okafor Ebele Eucharia
Summary:
"This book examines the social, cultural, economic, political, and aesthetic cultural practices that make the Igbo of southeastern Nigeria unique. The essays discuss various aspects of the Igbo experience from multi- and cross-disciplinary perspectives"-- Provided by publisher.
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