SUMMARY OF “SUNDIATA: AN EPIC OF OLD MALI” The epic of Sundiata is told by the griot (storyteller and keeper of history) Djeli Mamadou Kouyaté. He begins with details of Sundiata’s ancestors, as the force of history is important in the tale of the man whose victory will create the Mali Empire. Sundiata’s father, Maghan … Read more
An Analysis of Themes in African Literature, the Case of Nigerian Literature Themes of Colonialism, Liberation, Nationalism, Tradition, Displacement and Rootlessness in African Literature This paper deals with some of the themes in African literature such as colonialism, liberation, nationalism, tradition, displacement and rootlessness. First of all, it is necessary to have an idea about … Read more
An Examination of the Language of Sport in Nigeria ABSTRACT The issue of the existence of a language synonymous with sport often generates debates amongst scholars. Many regard it as simple an aspect of a language that describes sporting events as perceived by the language users and not as a full-fledged specialized language variety. This … Read more
An Examination of the State of the English Sentence in Conformity to Societal Standard ABSTRACT Information communication technology continues to play an ever increasing role in information dissemination. In this regard, this study seeks to examine the state of the English sentence as regards conformity to standard in a society where emphasis is concentrated on … Read more
An In-depth Study of Lexical Borrowing from English to Hausa CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction This project is centered on An In-depth Study on Lexical Borrowing from English to Hausa, with the aim to study the English and Hausa lexical loan words. The concept borrowing has been defined and explains by different scholars. It is a universal socio-linguistic … Read more
Analysis of Sophocles’ Antigone and the Level of its Influence on Femi Osofisan’s Tegonni, An African Antigone Tegonni, Femi Osofisan’s Adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone: A Work on the Interface Between Antigone and Tegonni Abstract This paper examines Sophocles’ Antigone to determine the level of its influence on Femi Osofisan’s Tegonni, an African Antigone. The study … Read more
Analyzing Oby Ezekwesili and Abike Dabiri Speeches from a Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study The major thrust of this dissertation is to analyze the speeches of two of Nigeria’s frontline women, Oby Ezekwesili and Abike Dabiri from a Critical Discourse Analysis perspective. The study is motivated by the fact … Read more
Comparative Study of Morphological Processes in English and Hausa Languages ABSTRACT This work aims at investigating the relationships that exist between the English and the Hausa languages at the level of their morphological processes; and the implication this relationship will have on the teaching and learning situation. The study adopted a contrastive analysis theory cum contrastive analysis … Read more
Contemporary African Poetry “To have any sense of evolving African poetics, one must be aware of the socio-political significance of literary expression and the ideological character of literary theory.” Thomas Knipp (1985: 117) The inaugural moment of the scholarly engagement with modern African poetry is best seen as coinciding with efforts at making modern African … Read more
A Pragmatic Study of Selected Utterances in Asare Konadu’s a Woman in Her Prime ABSTRACT This research is a pragmatic study of selected utterances in Asare Konadu’s A Woman in Her Prime. In focus, the study discusses the application of the conversational maxims in the text to interpret the implicatures arising from the breaches in … Read more