INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES
NO.23 SEPTEMBER 2019
P-ISSN: 0855-9740 E-2773-837X
TABLE OF CONTENTS
An Analysis of the Communicative Skills of Undergraduate Students of the University of Cape Coast from a Linguistic Perspective 1
Richard T. Torto
History and Culture as Catalysts for Socialisation in Olu
Obafemi’s Ogidi Mandate 20
Adeyemi Oluwadamilare Oresanya
Tone in the Nyifon and Igbo Languages: A Preliminary
Comparative Study 33
Ebele Deborah Uba and Cecilia Amaoge Eme
The Post-Colonial Dilemma, Impact and Implications on African Art Culture: Functional Shift in Lineage Woodcarving Art in Iseyin, Nigeria 48
Otonye Bille Ayodele and Samson Adekunle Babalola
Constructing National Identity through Music: Examples from Selected Nigerian Musical Composition 64
Chukualuka Akoni and Ogochuku Anigala
Contemporary Historiography and Realism: The Postmodernist Question 77
Oluwaseyi Paul Adebile
Management of Departmental Theatrical Productions in Selected Nigerian Universities 87
John Ndubuisi Bardi and Bashiru Akande Lasisi
A Critique of John Rawls’ Theory of Justice and its Relevance to Nigerian Politics 97
Daniel Obasooto
Religious Hypocrisy and Extremism: Bane to Good Governance in the Selected Novels of Two Francophone African Writers 116
Sikiru Adeyemi Ogundokun
Women and the Girl Child: Creating a Conversational Space of Equality 128
Chinyere Lilian Okam
Significance of Vocal Art Pedagogy Module Offered by the Tshwane University of Technology 148
Sakhiseni Joseph Yende and Mhlabuhlangene Buthelezi
Financing Community Development: “Nkushi-Nkwu” – A
Self-Help Fund-Raising Activity Among the Igbo of Nigeria 160
Obi Iwuagwu
Professionalising the Management of Nigeria’s Public
Performing Arts and Culture Institutions 176
Stanley Timeyin Ohenhen
Aesthetics used in Directing Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman 202
Isaiah Ode and Thomas Onyonyor
“Yeah I Said It”: Rihanna, the Real Rap and the Parable of the Trickster 223
Tanji Gilliam
Biblical Intervention in the Reconciliation of the Misconstrued Understanding of Gender Complex in Marriage 231
Clement Temitope Ogunlusi and Ibiyinka Olusola Adesanya
Film and Aesthetics: Reflecting Yoruba Cultural Heritage in Tunde Kelani’s Saworo Ide, Agogo Eewo and Arugba 244
Olugbenga Elegbe and Sunday Benjamin Adepoju
Political Vision and Creativity in Selected Plays of Contemporary Nigerian Dramatists 260
Benji N. Egede and Kingsley I. Ehiemua
Effects of Socio-Indices on Intonational Patterns in English Discourses 280
Uchechukwu Ifeoluwa Nnamdi
Emblematic Analysis of APC “Broom” and PDP “Umbrella” Logos as Symbols of Communication 306
Daniel Ofomegbe Ekhareafo and Oluwaseyi F. Victor
The Trajectory of Conflict and Child Abuse in Contemporary Nigeria 320
Friday Ifeanyichukwu Ogbuehi
Baptismal Rite and Decimation of Christianity: An Expository Study of Acts 19:1-7 331
Samson Bisi Oladosu
Historiographical Understanding of Group Perceptions:
The Ijaw and their Neighbours in the Niger Delta 342
Ezuwobomude Emmanuel Eweke
Abi Alabo Derefaka and the Reconstruction of the Cultural History of the Niger Delta 363
Charles O. Asuk
Nollywood Narratives on Social Exclusion and the Challenges of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria 383
Ambrose Oroboh Uchenunu and Comfort Ene Obaje