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Volume 40 (2012): Issue 1 (Dec 2012)

in Matatu
Publisher:
Brill | Rodopi
Parody of the Shakespearean Fool Tradition in an African Society
By: Durotoye A. Adelek
Pages: 3–19
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
“Breaking the Head of the Masquerade” Tracie Utoh–Ezeajugh's “Out of the Masks” and Theatre of Exclusion
By: Nick Mdika Tembo
Pages: 21–32
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Aesthetic Metamorphosis Oral Rhetoric in the Poetry of Tanure Ojaide
By: Ogaga Okuyade
Pages: 33–50
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
The Quest for Diplomatic Leadership in the Poetry of Tanure Ojaide
By: Kola Eke
Pages: 51–60
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Earth in the Balance The Commodification of the Environment in and
By: Uzoechi Nwagbara
Pages: 61–79
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Motherhood and Sundry Preoccupations in Hope Eghagha's
By: Sunny Awhefeada
Pages: 81–101
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Assessing the Dilemma of a Nation at the Crossroads Protest as Landscape in Chinua Achebe's
By: Niyi Akingbe
Pages: 103–121
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Autobiographical Memory, Identity Re/Construction, and Stylistic Creativity in Tayo Olafioye's
By: Adeyemi Adegoju
Pages: 123–141
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Ayi Kwei Armah's Professional Correspondence Unveiling the Ordeals of a Gifted African Author
By: Ode S. Ogede
Pages: 143–158
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
War and Absurdity Viewing the Manifestations of Trauma in Uwem Akpan's “Luxurious Hearses”
By: H. Oby Okolocha
Pages: 159–172
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Ethnic Conflict and the Politics of Greed Rethinking Chimamanda Adichie's
By: Nick Mdika Tembo
Pages: 173–189
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Situational Variables in Chimamanda Adichie's and Chinua Achebe's
By: Faith O. Ibhawaegbele and J.N. Edokpayi
Pages: 191–208
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Interview with Jumoke Verissimo
By: Nereus Yerima Tadi
Pages: 209–217
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Two Thieves
By: Benjamin Panulo
Pages: 221–226
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Three Poems
By: H. Oby Okolocha
Pages: 227–229
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
The Changing Status of Historical Sites in Ilé-IfÀ Implications for the Contemporary Study of Yorùbá History and Culture
By: Abimbola O. Adesoji
Pages: 233–243
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Magic, Witchcraft, and Sorcery in Warfare The Experience of the Etsako of Nigeria
By: Anthony Afe. Asekhauno and Valentine Ananafe Inagbor
Pages: 245–256
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Islam and Culture Two Epistemic Catalysts for Moral Dilemmas in the African Democratic Experiment
By: Anthony Afe. Asekuno and Matthew Izibili
Pages: 257–273
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Dialectics of African Feminism A Study of the Women's Group in Awka (the Land of Blacksmiths)
By: Clifford Nwanna
Pages: 275–283
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
'Acquisitive Culture' and its Impact on Nigeria's Socio-Economic Development
By: Adebisi Ademakinwa
Pages: 285–300
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
The Decline of the Nigerian Educational System Its Impact on the Younger Generation
By: Tomi Adeaga
Pages: 301–317
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Grapho-Syntactic Analysis of Selected Political Speeches of Some Nigerian Heads of State
By: Moses Omoniyi Ayeomoni
Pages: 319–339
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
The Structure of Yorùbá Local Drug Advertising
By: Moji A. Olateju
Pages: 341–359
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Tokens of Metaphoric Expressions in Yorùbá Anthroponyms Wole Soyinka's Poetry and the Dialectic of Liberal Humanism
By: Joshua Abiodun Ogunwale
Pages: 361–372
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Public Spectating and Political Undertones in Durbar The Emirate Court Art of Northern Nigeria as Instrument of Governance
By: Mohammed Inuwa Umar–Buratai
Pages: 373–399
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Exploiting Resources of Yorùbá Drum Poetry for Contemporary Global Relevance
By: Mobolanle Ebunoluwa Sotunsa
Pages: 401–410
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Singing and Suffering in Africa A Study of Selected Relevant Texts of Nigerian Gospel Music
By: Femi Adedeji
Pages: 411–425
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
The Indigenization of Military Music in Nigeria Issues and Perspectives
By: Michael Olútáò Olátúnjí
Pages: 427–446
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Modern Trends in the Islamized Music of the Traditional Yorùbá Concept, Origin, and Development
By: Michael Olútáò Olátúnjí
Pages: 447–455
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Reels of Conflicting Paradigms The Black Filmmaker and Africa's Transitional Dilemmas
By: Lifongo Vetinde
Pages: 457–488
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Biographical Notes
Pages: 489–493
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012
Books Received
Pages: 495–496
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Notes for Contributors
Pages: 497–498
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012