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ABJHUM

Abia Journal of Humanities

ABIA JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES

ISSN: 1597-411

About the Journal

A publication of the MJC Echeruo Faculty of Humanities Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria.

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Aims & Scope

The journal, published by the MJC Echeruo Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria, aims to promote high-quality scholarly research and interdisciplinary discourse in the humanities and social sciences, with emphasis on African contexts and global issues.
It publishes original articles, reviews, and essays in disciplines including linguistics, literature, history, philosophy, religious studies, mass communication, sociology, anthropology, political science, fine and theatre arts, cultural studies, and gender/diaspora studies. Contributions engaging African traditions, postcolonial themes, and contemporary issues are encouraged. All submissions undergo peer review and adhere to copyright restrictions.

EDITORIAL BOARD

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF/DEAN

Samuel N. Agu

EDITOR

Monday C. Onukawa

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Godwin I.N.Emezue
Ejitu N. Ota
Ihechi O. Nkoro
Kingsley C.Izuogu
Aloysius O. Dimgba
Isaac M. Udoh

EDITORIAL ADVISERS

Geoffrey I. Nwaka Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria
Afam N. Ebeogu Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria
Eno Nta University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
Mbok Mboho Akwa Ibom State University, Obio-Akpa, Nigeria
Gideon S. Omachonu National Open University, Abuja, Nigeria
Francis Offor University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Euginia Mbanefo University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Latest Articles

WITCHCRAFT AND SPOUSAL DYNAMISM IN AFRICA

Ahmed Tanimu Mahmoud | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

A TRILINGUAL GLOSSARY OF DIET AND NUTRITION TERMS IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND IGBO

Nkechinyere O. Chidi-Mbah | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

APPLICATION OF BONHOEFFERIAN RESPONSIBILITY ETHICS AS A FRAMEWORK FOR GENDER JUSTICE: A CASE STUDY OF OHUHU CLAN

Emmanuel M. Omekara | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

A REVIEW OF EVOLUTION OF TRANSLATION AND TOURISM MARKETING (2016-2025)

Anthonia Adaobi Ekuerhare & Irene Elohor Efeakpor | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

THE AMBIVALENCE OF THE PROLIFERATION OF CHURCHES IN NIGERIA

Faith Nkem Okobia | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

FOCUSING VERSUS TOPICALISATION IN GHÒTÙỌ̀

Deborah Omolara Olaitan | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

USORO NJỤAJỤJỤ NA AJỤJỤ N’ OLU NZỤ NA IGBO IZUGBE: NDEKỌ NTỤLEKỌRỊTA (INTERROGATIVE STRUCTURES AND QUESTION FORMATION IN THE NSỤ DIALECT AND STANDARD IGBO: A COMPARATIVE DOCUMENTATION)

Chuks Favour Demson & Gloria Nkiru Egwuonwu-Chimezie | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

HISTORICIZING INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN NIGERIA: STATE RESPONSE AND THE KAMPALA CONVENTION, 1967 – 2020

Margaret Chijioke Ibeku | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

AUGUSTINIAN THEODICY AND POLITICAL EVIL: A PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF NIGERIA’S SOCIO-POLITICAL CRISIS

Barnabas E. Izegede & Judemary Ikechukwu Anyigor | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

ASPECTS OF DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION IN ÍGÁLÂ

Sunday Abraham Unubi & Ojonugwa Johnpaul Naomi | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

THEOLOGY OF SATANIC CAUSATION IN NIGERIAN PENTECOSTALISM: A CRITICAL ECCLESIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Oliver C. Igwe | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

IGBOLAND BEFORE 1800: AN OVERVIEW OF POLITICS, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE.

Ejitu Nnechi Ota, Cosmas Odinaka Onozie & Eziaha Onwutebe | July 28, 2026 | Vol. 9 Issue 2

RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM AND IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT IN AHMED YERIMA’S ATTAHIRU AND ODENIGBO

Michael O. Ejiodu, Divine O. Ogede | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

THE IMPACT OF CHANGE ON AYELALA (GODDESS OF JUSTICE) DEITY IN ILAJE KINGDOM OF ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

Bukola A. Folaranmi, Olusegun A. Harmona | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

GENESIS’ WIFE-SISTER EPISODES: LESSONS FOR NIGERIA

Michael, N. Nwoko | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

TWITTER, THE YOUTH AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN SOUTHEAST NIGERIA

Obiageri L. Oduh, Kingsley C. Izuogu, Walter Ihejirika | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA: INTERROGATING THE PAST AND RESHAPING THE FUTURE

Ejitu N. Ota, Tournaregha Akposiemokumo, Ikechukwu, Adiele | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

KING SOLOMON'S QUEST FOR WISDOM AND IT'S APPLICATION IN GOVERNANCE (1Kings 3:9): IMPERATIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA

Emmanuel C. Agoha | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

MUSIC AS AN ART AND INSTRUMENT FOR NATION BUILDING

Enoh J. Okafor, Patricia N. Oyibo | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

AN APPRAISAL OF THE MEANING OF BEING

Aloysius O. Dimgba | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

The Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Nigerian Theatre: An Exploration of Stage Directors’ Experiences in Creative Production

Olumide J. Oki | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

CARNIVAL FLOATS AND THE RE-EMERGENCE OF THEATRE-ON-WHEELS

Success Ebipade Perefagha, Adikiba G. Boyle | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

TACTILE DEMOGRAPHICS IN NURUDDIN FARAH’S CROSSBONES

Isaac M. Udoh | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

CONSTRAINTS ON IGBO COMPLEMENTISERS

Chinyere B. Onyemaechi, Onyedikachi C. Orji | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

MANY IMAGES IN ONE MIRROR: A Critical Discourse on the Philosophical Foundations of Maazi

Samuel Ngozi Agu, Reason Emma Abajuo | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

Preserving Igbo Culture Through Digital Media: A Review

Onyedikachi C. Orji | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

CHALLENGES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CHRISTIANITY

Mary I. Egwuanikwu | July 16, 2025 | Vol. 9 Issue 1

COVENANT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION

Samuel M. Onwuka | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2

A SOCIOLINGUISTIC EXPLORATION OF LANGUAGE AND THE NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN ROY C’S “PEEPING THROUGH THE WINDOW

Samuel Edem and Patience O. Solomon-Etefia | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2

HUMAN AND SPIRIT SYMBOLIC COMMUNICATION IN THE IGBO CULTURE

Edith N. Ọnụkawa | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2

BOKO HARAM INSURGENCE AND THE TRAUMA OF THE FEMININE FOLK IN ORDINARY SAVIOUR, NEW STORIES FROM NIGERIA’S NORTHEAST

Chinwendu A. Nwizu | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2

AN ONTOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU’S CHILD - CENTRED THEORY OF EDUCATION

Aloysius O. Dimgba | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2

PROPAGANDA, NARRATIVES, AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE NIGERIA-BIAFRA WAR OF 1967-1970.

Ejitu N. Ota and Cosmas O. Onozie | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2

IGBO PREFERENCE OF OIL PALM (NKWỤ) TO RAFFIA PALM (NGWỌ): EVIDENCE FROM THE CULTURE

Monday C. Ọnukawa, Chinwendu A. Nwizu and Edith N. Ọnụkawa | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2

TEACHING FOLKLORE IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY: A TENTATIVE MODEL

Afam N. Ebeogu | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2

DOING PRAGMATICS: AN ILLOCUTIONARY ACT ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ GRAFFITI INSCRIPTIONS IN ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Kenneth O. Patrick, Godwin I.N. Emezue | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2

A STUDY OF PROHIBITED ANIMALS IN THE IGBO CULTURE

Chijioke Soroibe | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2

ASPECTS OF VERBAL TABOOS AND THEIR ALTERNATIVES IN IGBO: A FOCUS ON TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA

Ihemamma U. Osonwa | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2

Book Review: TRADITIONS OF IGBO ORIGIN: A Study of Pre-Colonial Population Movements in Africa

Samuel N. Agu | June 14, 2024 | Vol. 8 Issue 2