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    Disregard of Civil Rights of Blacks and the African-American Female Identity in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple
    (Department of English, Nasarawa State Uiversity Keffi, 2023-02-02) Azan, Baba James; Adokwe, Grace; Muhammad, Idris Ladan
    The work discusses the disregard of the civil rights of blacks exploring the degrading conditions in which African-Americans lived when racism, citizenship identity and segregation went unchallenged in the United States. It also goes further to explore the identity of the African- American women who were mostly never passive and suffered both racism, sexism and sometimes poverty. The writer explores how unity can help a people to overcome their challenges and the joy they get from understanding and embracing their African cultural practices which the white saw as barbaric which were giving meaning to by the missionaries.
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    NEW HISTORICIST APPROACH TO HELON HABILA’S WAITING FOR AN ANGEL AND CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S HALF OF A YELLOW SUN
    (DEPARTMENT OF ENGISH FACUTY OF ARTS NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI, 2018-05-04) Adokwe, Grace
    The Nigerian nation was bedeviled shortly after independence by instability in governance and serious disagreement between its populace that led to an unfortunate development. This dissertation explored the Nigerian Civil War and the military rule saga in the country. This was undertaken by examining the novels of Helon Habila and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Using a New Historicist theory, the study delved into evaluating how certain developments in the Nigerian State provided materials for the novelists to deal with the thematic concerns mentioned above. It maintained that the stories of the novels were essentially premised on the history of Nigeria. It further revealed that history intercepted with literature to arrive at the creative rendition of events that happened in the time past. Debating that the authors portrayed this in the works, Waiting for an Angel and Half of a Yellow Sun, it relied on the portrayal of the history of the Nigerian nation to identify the causes and outcomes of the Civil War and military rule in Nigeria as the major themes from which sub themes were taken. These themes were skillfully created to make the storytelling potent. The final part of the work drew the conclusion on grievances that were left unattended to festered and degenerated into the ugly results in military rule and war. It suggests the need to build a new nation to be embraced by all, especially now that the nation was still witnessing agitations and cry of marginalization in some quarters.
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    Portrait of Lacanian Hero in Terhemba The Siege, The Saga
    (Department of English, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2021-01-01) Azan, Baba James; Adokwe, Grace
    Abstract This paper uses Jacques Lacan's concepts of the imaginary, the symbolic and the real order to explore the rise of the hero as a defining portrait in this novel. This work aims at helping the readers understand the state of mind of Shija's hero- Targema and factors that influences him in his heroic quest. Lacanian theory makes literary study a thing of interest because it provides the opportunity of dissecting a text and bringing out important aspects of the work. As a theory and practice, it is an aspect that provides therapeutic treatment and then also coordinates for thinking about the relationship the exists between illusion and social reality towards an illustration
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    RADICAL FEMINISM IN JP CLARK'S THE * WIVES' REVOLT
    (Department of English, 2021-01-01) Azan, Baba James; Adokwe, Grace; Muhammad, Idris Ladan
    Womens solidarity is founded upon rebellion. And rebellion, in its turn, can only find its justification in this solidarity- Ideological Reading of lyorwucse Hagher's Mulkin Mata, Akoh went further to state in his work that, 'Over time, women or feminism and revolution have come to be passengers in the same boat, heading for the same destination change; change that is achieved through an overthrow of a
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    SOCIETAL EXIGENCIES AND LITERARY TECHNIQUE (DRAMATIC TECHNIQUE)
    (Department of English, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2021-01-01) Azan, Baba James; Muhammad, Idris Ladan; Adokwe, Grace
    Like clay in the hands of highly experienced porters, the authors have laid bare the age-long relationship that has been in existence between arts and the society. The effect that societal norms exert on the structure, form and even style of a work of.art is elucidated. Drawing backups from Fugard's Sizwe Bansi is Dead and Thiongo's Tlte Trial of Dedan Kimathi, the authors have convinced us that the exigencies of the times in which their plays were written adversely affected the playwrights style. Not haying any camps in which they could pitch their tents, they had no option but to spend currency that was coined right out of their own mint by evolving styles that were non-existent in those days. Fugard for instance, resorted to the use of paucity of characters as a technique while Thiongo ......deployed the use of types as can be seen in the array of raggedly clad country side peasants that abound in the play, all these were meant to keep everything on the down low.
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    Symbols and Meaning in Tiv Oral Poetry: Amee Yongo in Performance
    (Department of English, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2021-01-05) Azan, Baba James; Kunde, Terver Pius; Adokwe, Grace
    Oral poetry k part of the great heritages of imaginative verbal creative songs of pre-literate societies, which have evolved and passed on from generation to generation. The oral poetry form is used for either the symbolic or realistic representation of human behaviour, thought and beliefs as experienced and shaped by the society and culture that produces it. The oral poetry form therefore constitutes authentic expression of the creative intelligence and world view of the traditional African societies as it provides an invaluable insight into the cultural life, beliefs, customs, values and aspirations of a people. It also represents the strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures and the general perceptions of life and living as viewed by a community. The intention of this paper is to look at the Tiv oral poetry with particular attention on symbols and their meanings as employed by the Tivoral poet in performance. Therefore, two songs, taken from a tape-recorded live performance ofa Tiv oral poet, Mr. Amee Yongo, are transcribed, translated and analysed for this study.