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The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven proofreading tools has fundamentally altered the landscape of written communication across academic, professional, and creative domains. This study investigates the dual challenge faced by such tools:...
Contemporary African diaspora fiction increasingly interrogates migration as a complex condition of displacement rather than a triumphant narrative of arrival. This article offers a comparative analysis of Teju Cole’s Open City (2011) and NoViolet Bulawayo’...
This paper analyzed the marketisation strategies deployed on the website of TUM in
Germany using theoretical principle of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The data
were mined on 8th of April, 2023 from the official website of TUM, Germany.
Rhetorical m...
This paper explores the socio-cultural relevance of traditional musical
instruments in Ejagham culture, describes the types of traditional musical
instruments in Ejagham society, investigates the role of traditional musical
instruments in Ejagham culture...
Author(s):ITIVEH JOHN OGHENORO Published: Issue: Vol.3 No.1, 2025 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15792656
This study investigates the pragmatic functions of deictic expressions
and illocutionary acts in sports headlines, with a focus on the Soccer
Star newspaper—an African publication centered on football reporting.
Headlines in sports journalism serve not o...
Author(s):Itiveh John Oghenoro Published: Issue: Vol.3 No.1, 2025 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16982008
This study explores the complexities of mother–daughter relationships
in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s short story Zikora (2020), focusing on
the interplay of generational tensions, maternal silence, and diasporic
identity. Drawing on African feminist theor...
Author(s):Itiveh John Oghenoro Published: Issue: Vol.3 No.1, 2025 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16967731
This paper examines the Victorian era (1837–1901) as a defining period in English literary and cultural history, shaped by the leadership and rulership of Queen Victoria. The study highlights how political stability, industrial growth, and imperial expansio...
Author(s):Asuelinmen Glory, Dr. Aniekan Nyarks & Dr. Iniobong Nyarks Published: Issue: Vol.2 No.1, 2025
Active listening is the core of effective counselling, serving as a powerful
tool for healing and growth. This article explores the complex nature of
listening in therapeutic counselling practice, examining its historical
roots, theoretical foundations, ...
This paper argues that migration exerts a lot of influence on the migrant
and that personality construction is the tool utilized by the migrant to
adapt to the diasporic culture. Some of the influences like identity switch
comes naturally as the migrant ...
The study analyzed the nature of urbanization and industrialization in Africa with special focus on the countries Guinea and Kenya. The study established that urbanization in Africa has not delivered the expected structural transformation, rather it has cre...