This study deploys Historicism as a literary discourse to the analysis of the selected writings of Isidore Okpewho, Elechi Amadi and Biyi Bandele. The study argues that Historicism emerged in the 19th Century as a method of investigating how texts of all kinds come to terms with their putative contexts. In spite of this, the application of Historic... Continue Reading
This Work shows how AhmadouKourouma uses his skills of applying ``Ivorian French´´ in his writings.In our work titled, `` Sentence Structures ´´ in Allah n’est pas obligé,we looked at how Kourouma puts into writing his own Africanized French in different structures through the voice of a child soldier called Birahima.This work tries to illu... Continue Reading
Equality between the sexes is an issue that has been discussed over the years. In spite of the various solutions that have been proffered to bridge the equality gap between men and women, the problems still persist. There has been insufficient emphasis on the relevance of literary works, in particular, theatrical works, in solving the socio-politi... Continue Reading
The study surveyed the level of the use of Portfolios as a method of assessment in Selected Courses of the Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The study investigated the types of Portfolio use by lecturers and students; it also examined the lecturers‟ and students‟ understanding of the concept of Portfolio Assessme... Continue Reading
This study investigates the nature and effectiveness of drama (Television drama) as a tool for communicating development. The study argues that beyond entertainment, drama has a revolutionary impulse to engender social development. The theoretical framework for this research is hinged on the ―Social Development Theory of Biliance (1997) Amartya S... Continue Reading
Newspapers serve as a useful tool in promoting literate communities. The success of a good article is therefore predicated on how the writer is able to manipulate the different categories within the sentence structure to captivate as well as inform their target audience. This study analyses the patterns of appositional occurrences in the language ... Continue Reading
The study examined testimonial advertising and consumer behaviour of Chief Zebrudaya advert as a frame for analysis. Documentary methods of data collection as well as self -administered structured questionnaire were used to elicit information from the respondents. From the descriptive statistical techniques used it was observed that the majority o... Continue Reading
Access to the television set is prominent among young people. However, due to the influence of television, some of its programmes/contents have been linked to incidents of social vices such as open violence, illicit sex, drug abuse and other related immoral acts. The study therefore setsout to establish the effects of television viewing on habit fo... Continue Reading
This work explores Migration and Displacement in Afolabi‘s A Life Elsewhere and Adichie‘s Americanah.It investigates migration and the attendant displacement of the third world countries which is often premised on the illusion of the search for a good life. Migration is here explored in the light of how its attendant realities; of stereotypes, ... Continue Reading
This research is titled: “ANALYTICAL AND LITERARY STUDY OF EMOTION AND ITS ARTISTIC EFFECT IN ANTHOLOGY OF QHADI UMAR IBRAHIM „HADIQATUL AZHAAR”‟” the research comprises four chapters and a conclusion. It contains a study of artistic effect of passion in the formation of poem. In chapter one, the reasons, objectives, importance, scope of ... Continue Reading
HIV/AIDS has remained a major threat to population health in developing countries and Nigeria in particular. The 2013 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) says though mortality rates differ by zones, the under-five mortality rate for the ten-year period before the survey ranges from 185 deaths per 1,000 live births in North West Zone to 90... Continue Reading
Rap music as one of the elements of hip hop culture originated in New York’s South Bronx neighbourhood in the late 1970s. Its lyrics provide a powerful lens through which to view the many dimensions of the African American predicament. As a form, Rap music is for African Americans the means to pen down their history and social circumstances and f... Continue Reading
The creative abilities of humans have allowed them through time to manipulate and control their mental and physical environment. An artefact is what man created or made from the natural recourses around him (Ahmad, 1989).This study is on the Niger State Museum in Minna .The problem of this study therefore, is the contextual articulation of selecte... Continue Reading
This dissertation literary and Analytic studies of a poem „masarratull khawadir fi tarikh sheikh Balarabe bin Abdulkadir Gusau‟ has an introduction of the work and literature revie and a discusson on the history of the poet and his literarty works in poems and prose. Studies on the poem wich. Comprises of the definition of the poem, its topics,... Continue Reading
“The Impact of Colonialism on the Sarauta Sytem in Kano Emirate, 1903-1960” is a dissertation that demonstrates the systematic denuding of the essence of the Sarauta during colonialism. It conceptualizes the Sarauta as an indigenous social system evolved by the Hausa. The Sarauta was as fully developed in Kano as elsewhere, if not more so. Ther... Continue Reading