"From May 22 to May 25, 2019, the Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria held the third reincarnation of its annual Chinua Achebe International Conference. ... The conference was such a success that the conveners wanted to extend the conversation to a wider audience and invited a selected group of conference participants to further reflect on their topic areas and assimilate the ideas garnered from the plenary sessions into chapters in this book. This book extends their findings by offering additional perspective on the implications of their findings."--Page xi. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
A practical and original guide to African unity / Kijem Joseph Yuh. The question of the African question : literature in an age of sepsis / John S. Illah, Fsonta -- Painting with words : exploration of scenic elements in selected works of Chinua Achebe / Uche-Chinemere Nwaozuzu & Richard N. Umezinwa -- Shades of non physical violence in Nigerian literature : a psychoanalitical study of Osofisan's Once upon Four Robbers and Nwabueze's Echoes of Madness / Cindy Anene Ezeugwu -- Beyond the façade : gender and queer identities in African studies / Henrietta Okafor -- The green alternative : herdsmen and food scarcity in Uzo-Uwani, Nsukka Division, Nigeria, 2016-2018 / Mathias Chukwudi Isiani and Ngozika Anthonia Obi-Ani -- Yam as a symbol of social stability in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God / Azuka Onwuka -- Talking from the margins : race and sexuality in Alice Walker's The Color Purple / Stella Okoye-Ugwu -- African studies and culture promotion : achievements and future prospects / Maureen Nwando Onyejegbu -- Contemporary studies on Africa : from claims of uniqueness to cultural complementarity / Josephine Ngozi Akah & Anthony Chinaemerem Ajah -- An inquiry into the effects of language(s) of communication and translation challenges on judicial proceeding and justice delivery in South East Nigeria / Peter N. Nwokolo -- Terrorism and dictatorship in African fiction : a comparative study of Ngugi's Wizard of the Crow and Richard Wright's Blackboy / Ogechukwu A. Ikediugwu -- Patterns of lexical innovation in Nigerian English / Jane Chinelo Obasi -- Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Igbo feminist world view : putting the record right / Oguejiofor V. Omeje -- Migration, the Igbo world view : a case study of Nsukka environs / Joy Ifeadikanwa Obayi & Peace Eberechukwu Udensi -- Critical analyses of the technical and artistic aspects of pioneer Nollywood and the new Nigerian cinema : a study of selected Nigerian films / Ebele Geraldine Ojukwu -- Gender sensitivity and the traditional breaking of kolanut in Igboland / Matthew Ikechukwu Eze (Rev. Fr) -- Art and talent : the challenges and achievements of some contemporary African artists in diaspora / Martins N. Okoro & Foster C. Emefesi -- The role of the Grassfield women of Cameroon in traditional conflict resolution practices / Dora Nyuykighan Mbu -- Religion education : a cornerstone for national cohesion in Nigeria / Nkechi G. Onah & Ola Okali Kalu -- Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah and Ngugi's Petals of Blood : an intertextual discourse / Nkama Obo Akaji -- African worldview and the fourth industrial revolution : exploring how Africa should respond / John E. Opara -- Achebe's political stance : the case with The Trouble with Nigeria / Ogochukwu A. Agbo -- African leadership and political direction / Anthony Ugwu Onyishi & Kingsley Chukwuku Ezechi -- Religious assumptions and cognitive processes : the dilemma of decision making in African traditional beliefs / Chidubem J. Nwaogaidu -- Creativity and understanding of art education for national development in Nigeria society / Francisca Chinweoke Onwuasoanya -- The challenges of urbanization in developing countries / Noah L. Abanyam, Solomon E. Ahima and Dankano Edwe -- Aziza as a concept and principle : a basis for a formidable African society / Emmanuel Ikenna Okafor & Nneka Nkiru Ani-Amaechi -- Complementary dualism of two cultures : Oduche's box and the snake in Arrow of God / Alex Animalu, Jeff Unaegbu & Jude Ani -- Nollywood movie, Dry and reconstruction of new African woman identity / Agatha N. Nwanya & Don Saa-Aondoiorngurum -- Retreat to Mother Idoto : towards a mythic interpretation of the poetry of Christopher Okigbo / Stella Okoye-Ugwu -- Religious pluralism : a tool for stability and national peace in Nigeria / Chioma Patricia Onuorah -- Waste management through artistic productivity for a better conducive environment / Livinus Kenechi Ngwu and Sabastine Ibekwe Ugwuoke -- Between dualism and stereotype, images of women in Yerima's plays / Kenechukwu U. Okongwu -- A practical and original guide to African unity / Kijem Joseph Yuh.
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