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      author: ADIELE, Promise O
       title: Nigerian Festivals: In Search of a New Identity
        date: 2022
       words: 6859
      flesch: 52
     summary: Aspects of the Nigerian world are mostly expressed through cultural festivals which constitute a cornerstone in the people's identity. There are three distinct types of festivals in Nigeria, they are, Religious festivals, Cultural festivals, and Secular festivals.
    keywords: african; coou; culture; eyo; festivals; gods; identity; igbo; journal; land; nigeria; people; world; yam
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      author: Atiku, Naziru Ahmad
       title: Storytelling and the Preservation of Indigenous Culture in Nigeria
        date: 2022
       words: 4726
      flesch: 62
     summary: Some stories put the children in a dilemma and deep melancholy which may cause sleepless night or terrible nightmare while other stories are hilarious and absurd but whatever phase the story takes lessons are grasped from it. Keywords: Storytelling, indigenous cultures, globalization, preservation Introduction Storytelling is as old as human endeavours since the creation of Adam and eve people began to narrate their story which can be found even in their scriptures.
    keywords: ant; coou; culture; journal; people; preservation; stories; storytelling; tortoise; vol
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          id: cooujofocus-1930
      author: Emelone, Chioma; Udogu, Christiana O.
       title: Satire in Igbo Oral Tradition: The Case of Ụmụada Songs
        date: 2022
       words: 5267
      flesch: 72
     summary: Some communities in Africa have some songs which are similar to Ụmụada songs in function and have been termed satirical songs and poetry by authorities in African literature. Such songs include Halo of Ewe people of Togo, Udje of Urhobo people of Nigeria (Ojaide 4), Nzema songs of Ghana, Egungun of Yoruba people of Nigeria (Kolawale 92), Zambo of Hausa people of Nigeria and such songs performed by the Kivu of the former Belgian Congo and Acoli people of Uganda (Darah 15).
    keywords: chorus; coou; igbo; poetry; satire; songs; women; work; ọlụ; ọnye; ụjọ; ụmụada
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      author: Enukora, Elizabeth N.; Okolo, Chinonso
       title: Hydro-Criticism, Symbolism and the Use of Water Imagery in Joe Ushie's Poetry
        date: 2022
       words: 8081
      flesch: 62
     summary: Hydro-criticism, an intellectual construct that captures and explores how human activities impact negatively on the ozone layer, which results into maritime and oceanic spin, whirl, turn, rise or growth in the sea level, is applied as a theoretical anchor to evaluate Ushie'sdeployment of water imagery and symbolism in dealing with and 73 74 COOU JOFOCUS: COOU Journal of Folklore and Cultural Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2021 Elizabeth N. Enukora, Phd & Chinonso Okolo: Hydro-Criticism, Symbolism and the Use of Water Imagery in Joe Uchie’s Poetry mailto:lizzyenukora@yahooo.com two major interventions. This paper therefore examines the symbolic use of water imagery in Joe Ushie's selected poems using hydro-criticism as a theoretical framework.
    keywords: coou; culture; environment; imagery; life; people; poet; poetry; rain; river; use; ushie; water; water imagery
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          id: cooujofocus-1933
      author: Ezeugo, Anthonia Erunyeluchukwu
       title: Cultural Discord, Hostility and Destructive Consequences: Dramatic Perspectives
        date: 2022
       words: 3877
      flesch: 57
     summary: They have been mentioned by anthropologist like George Murdock and others; and can be defined as anything common that exist in every human culture on the planet yet varies from different culture to culture, such as values and modes of behaviour.(Lumen Learning, Cultural Universals) Donald Brown calls it human universals. Multiculturalism as the Theoretical Anchor It is expected that people of different cultures can live in peace with each other even as matter of policy.
    keywords: consequences; coou; culture; discord; nwabueze; obiora; owa; people; society
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          id: cooujofocus-1934
      author: Ukah, Gabriel Oche
       title: The Dramatic Features of Alekwu Ohoweklokwu/Ije Uchulo (Dirge) Performance among the Idoma
        date: 2022
       words: 3335
      flesch: 58
     summary: The Alekwu Ohoweklokwu ritual dramatic performance can be divided into five parts of the same scene; these parts are hereby represented in the diagram below: Structure of Alekwu Ohoweklokwu Climax Owe Oheklokwu Exposition Resolution Alekwu's arrival Silent departure Source: Research's Diagramatic Description of Structure of Owe Oheklokwu The five parts of Alekwu Ohoweklokwu ritual drama are further divided into two parts in accordance with the interactions established by the Alekwu during his performance. It is upon the legacies of Abraham and Armstrong that Professor Shamsudean Amali and Professor Idris Amali anchored their intellectual bases which made them become the foremost intellectuals in the field of Idoma oral literature and Alekwu literature in particular.
    keywords: alekwu; alekwu ohoweklokwu; dirge; ichicha; idoma; literature; ohoweklokwu; performance
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          id: cooujofocus-1935
      author: ADEGOKE, Jude Zeal; OBADA, Grace; Otaru, Friday JOHN
       title: African Cultural Spatiality and the Ecocritical Praxis: An Insight into Tanure Ojaide's Delta Blues and Home Songs
        date: 2022
       words: 8683
      flesch: 52
     summary: African literary writers have also contributed significantly to its growth, just the same way the West has. But, this singular act, namely, the failure of Western ecocritics to integrate African ecological practices into what they term 'global' (which is by every means Western), makes ecocriticism a theory that could be fully realised based on cultural beliefs, values and practices, of the milieu of the text.
    keywords: african; blues; coou; delta; ecocriticism; ecology; environment; home; journal; literature; man; nature; ojaide; people; praxis; studies; vol
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          id: cooujofocus-1936
      author: Hashim, Nasir; Mohammed, Hajara B.K.
       title: The Refection of Voodoo in Toni Morrison's Sula and Tade Adegbindin's The Saint
        date: 2022
       words: 5284
      flesch: 59
     summary: The Refection of Voodoo in Toni Morrison's Sula and Tade Adegbindin's The Saint Nasir Hashim Department of English and Drama, Kaduna State University, Kaduna nasirhashimhydara78@gmail.com 08135295865 & Hajara B.K. Mohammed Department of Languages, College of Administrative Studies and Social Sciences Kaduna Polytechnic hbkmohammed@kadunapolytechnic.edu.ng Abstract Despite the existence of Islam and Christianity, lots of Africans and their displaced relatives in America tend to retain certain ideas associated with traditional religion, such as voodoo, occultism and magic. Many of them decided to change their religion when they got their freedom; some returned to Islam and others to traditional religion.
    keywords: african; agba; aremu; baba; christianity; god; ladepo; people; religion; saint; voodoo
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      author: Taofeek, Olatunbosun; Oyeyemi, Abigail
       title: Oríkì: A Modified Oral System of Myth and Realism
        date: 2022
       words: 5638
      flesch: 63
     summary: To this, Babalola opines that: There are various oríkì of people of diverse classes therefore for every individual, there is likely to be an oríkì that describes him in totality, taking into account physical, structural and even the natural construct or mien of the person. Etymologically, from the primitive societies the Yorúbà entrenched their beliefs system from one generation to another in the form of folktales, myths, story-telling, and dance as a modified oral system known as oríkì.
    keywords: african; contemporary; coou; journal; myth; oríkì; people; person; realism; times; vol; world; yorúbà
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      author: EYITUOYO, OVIE-JACK MATILDA
       title: Performance in Itsekiri Moonlight Games And Songs
        date: 2022
       words: 4725
      flesch: 67
     summary: Among the Itsekiri people of Nigeria, the several genres of oral performances that have been researched and documented include the Ife, Owe, The Itsekiri language and Umale Okere. While oral performance involves literature delivered by word of the mouth, there are varying typologies of performance from one community to the other, depending on such factors as age and energy of the performer, the nature of the occasion and audience.
    keywords: children; coou; games; itsekiri; moonlight; participants; people; performance; player; plays; songs; vol
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      author: Uwakwe, Uchenna David; Regis-Onuoha, Adaeze
       title: The Aesthetics of Orality in Ojukwu’s Biafra War Speeches
        date: 2022
       words: 6732
      flesch: 57
     summary: mailto:davdumga69@yahoo.com mailto:adaezeregiso@gmail.com Introduction Chukwuemeka Ojukwu’s Biafra War speeches remain a phenomenal influence on what is prevalent today as Biafra War Literature. Abstract One of the many apprehensions that attend the criticism of Biafra War literature is the certification of its artistic warrant, given the perceivable inclination to facts and historicity.
    keywords: african; biafra; biafra war; igbo; language; literature; ojukwu; oral; people; print; speeches; tradition; war; war speeches
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      author: Eruaga, Abigail Obiageli; Okeke, Ethel Ngozi
       title: Cultural Violation Crimes and Punishment in Abani's Graceland and Adichie's Purple Hibiscus
        date: 2023
       words: 5478
      flesch: 55
     summary: This essay focuses on cultural violation crimes and punishments in Chris Abani's Graceland(2004)and Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus (2003). EXCELLENCY COOU JOFOCUS JOURNAL 2022.cdr Cultural Violation Crimes and Punishment in Abani's Graceland and Adichie's Purple Hibiscus Abigail Obiageli Eruaga Department of English and Literature Faculty of Arts, University of Benin, Nigeria Emails: obiageli.eruaga@uniben.edu abigail.obiageli@yahoo.com & Ethel Ngozi Okeke, Department of English and Literary Studies Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu Emails: ngoziokeke@esut.edu.ng enoya22@yahoo.com
    keywords: abani; adichie; coou; eugene; gods; graceland; hibiscus; ngozi; punishment; society; studies; violation; vol
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      author: Anyokwu, Christopher
       title: Saints of Lucre, Salesmen of Faith: Denouncing Prejudice and Exploitation in Wole Soyinka's “Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known”
        date: 2023
       words: 8374
      flesch: 57
     summary: In stanza seven, Soyinka agrees that both Christopher Anyokwu (PhD): Saints of Lucre, Salesmen of Faith: Denouncing Prejudice & Exploitation in Wole Soyinka’s “Samarkand and other Markets I have Known”COOU JOFOCUS: COOU Journal of Folklore and Cultural Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2022 29 30 Beatrice, a comparison Adekoya finds inappropriate. Thus, Soyinka alludes to Dante's Divine Comedy, thereby comparing Princess Diana to Christopher Anyokwu (PhD): Saints of Lucre, Salesmen of Faith: Denouncing Prejudice & Exploitation in Wole Soyinka’s “Samarkand and other Markets I have Known”COOU JOFOCUS: COOU Journal of Folklore and Cultural Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2022 31 32 sequence starts thus: “O Samarkand.
    keywords: adekoya; coou; exploitation; faith; journal; life; market; place; poem; poetry; prejudice; religion; samarkand; soyinka; stanza; studies; vol; wole; wole soyinka; world
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      author: UGWANYI, DELE MAXWELL; Nnamani, Richard Ifeanyichukwu
       title: B e t w e e n O r a l a n d W r i t t e n L i t e r a r y F o r m s : (Re)Understanding the Dichotomy
        date: 2023
       words: 4583
      flesch: 48
     summary: Will a text become oral literature because it is written in, say, Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa?or any language that is not European? Oral literature scholars should, as a matter of necessity, be able to clearly distinguish oral literature from other fields of study like anthropology, music, archaeology and history. However, there are hardly studies on what primarily constitutes oral literature and the correctness and appropriateness of the phrase and the literariness of those constituents.
    keywords: coou; folklore; forms; language; literature; oral; orality; scholars; words
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          id: cooujofocus-2227
      author: Imoh, Philip Manda; Dansabo, Friday
       title: Basà Anthroponomastics: A Linguistic Study of Basa Death Prevention Names: Wishes and Lamentation
        date: 2023
       words: 7896
      flesch: 58
     summary: Hence, this study aims at exploring to fill the existing gap on the grammar of Basà names, especially, those that are ethno- pragmatic in nature as a way of contributing to the linguistic onomastic or the onomastic literature in general. The meaning of (i) is a command to the named child commanding it to go to the woods where it is believed the spirit of Philip Manda Imoh PhD & Friday Dansabo: Basà Anthroponomastics: A linguistic Study of Basà Death Prevention names: Wishes and Lamentation COOU JOFOCUS: COOU Journal of Folklore and Cultural Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2022 79 80 3SG out-APPL- NEG death anger-EMPH 'Getting offended with death is only futile' This category of Basà names is quite productive but those that are death related are quite scanty.
    keywords: basà; child; coou; cultural; death; derived; journal; language; names; personal; prevention; studies; study; table; verb; vol
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      author: Orie, Ndu Augustina
       title: Representation of Medical Practice in African Literature: A Comparative Analysis of Veronique Tadjo's En Compagnie Des Hommes and Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God
        date: 2023
       words: 6160
      flesch: 54
     summary: It indicates that there is marginalized presence of the education on African medical culture which seems to undermine the use of African traditional medicine in the texts. Traditional medical practice and modern medical practice are well represented in African literature as the two systems of health care delivery available to Africans but critiques often pay less attention to it because today Africans attach less importance to the practice especially the traditional medicine because of the dominance of the modern medicine practice.
    keywords: achebe; arrow; chinua; compagnie; coou; des; god; hommes; les; literature; medical; medicine; practice; representation; vol
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          id: cooujofocus-2229
      author: Nwafor, John Onyema; Emma-Agbiri, Nneka Augustina
       title: Embellishing Language in Oral Tradition through the Use of Proverbs in Akachi Adimora- Ezeigbo's The Last of the Strong Ones
        date: 2023
       words: 5445
      flesch: 56
     summary: What emerges effortlessly and convincingly here is the position that, to challenge Igbo patriarchy and transcend stifling authority successfully or even to express herself well a initiate the crucial dialogue of change in Igbo society, Adimora — Ezeigbo had to understand the need to cooperate with patriarchy. It can be rhetorical in nature, example of such proverbs are; “So you want to be more Catholic than the Pope”.
    keywords: adimora; coou; cultural; ezeigbo; language; literature; people; proverbs; society; tradition; use; works
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          id: cooujofocus-2230
      author: UGWANYI, DELE MAXWELL; Okeke, Ethel Ngozi; Okonkwo, Gabriel Kosiso
       title: Patriarchy as Infraction in Evelyne Accad's Wounding Words and Neshani Andreas' The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
        date: 2023
       words: 6811
      flesch: 61
     summary: Nayla symbolizes the voice of many women which has for long been stifled by oppressive cultures. In Wounding Words, Hayate who is a radical metaphor of freedom in the conservative Tunisian society transcends religious barriers to fight for and demand the liberation of women who were working under indecorous conditions in textile factories.
    keywords: accad; coou; feminism; husband; kauna; oshaantu; society; violet; women; words; wounding
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          id: cooujofocus-2231
      author: Lena, Osita Igwenagum Ijeoma; Udeh, Bryan .J.
       title: Fact versus Fiction: A Historical Reading of Chimamanda Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun
        date: 2023
       words: 6272
      flesch: 70
     summary: For E.H Carr in his book first published in 1961 with the title “What is History”, he wrote that history consists of a corpus of ascertained facts. By combining the personal and the political or historical in this way, Adichie makes the political developments of the characters felt personal history.
    keywords: adichie; coou; fiction; half; history; novel; odenigbo; olanna; past; radio; war
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        item: #20 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-2232
      author: Nnyigide, Nkoli Mercy
       title: Igbo Oral Literature in a Digital Age: An Appraisal of IgboRiddles and Tongue Twisters
        date: 2023
       words: 3651
      flesch: 59
     summary: These concepts are: Igbo oral literature, Igbo riddles, Igbo tongue twisters and digital age. These are forms of Igbo oral literature which embody rich Igbo values.
    keywords: age; digital; igbo; literature; riddles; tongue; twisters
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          id: cooujofocus-2735
      author: Atyev, Bem Collins
       title: Abjection and Relief as Panegyric Architecture in Tiv Praise Songs: Reflections on Targule's Oral Poems
        date: 2024
       words: 6443
      flesch: 63
     summary: The re-presentation of abjection and relief in Tiv praise songs therefore, is a poetic style, a manner of speaking, or an artistic demeanour; and this aids in critical access into the fundamental nature of Tiv praise song composition and study. In Tiv praise songs, the persona usually assumes a poverty-stricken, pitiable, vulnerable, abased, and needy posture that positions him or her for salvation or redemption from such unsavory ordeals.
    keywords: abjection; bem; coou; daughter; people; persona; praise; praise songs; relief; songs; targule; tiv; tiv praise; voice; want
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          id: cooujofocus-2736
      author: Ezennadiri, Chukwudi Samuel; Paschal-Mbakwe, Doris. O.
       title: The Use of Proverbs as Essential Ingredients for Communication in Igbo Culture: A Critical Approach to Ikechukwu Asika's Omalinze
        date: 2024
       words: 5869
      flesch: 59
     summary: Speaking about the nature of Igbo proverbs, Egudu says the characteristics of most Igbo proverbs possess “epigrammatic symmetry and pithiness, balanced structure and poetic rhythm” (77). The aim of this study is to explore the use of Igbo proverbs in Asika's Omalinze.
    keywords: african; asika; coou; culture; folklore; igbo; literature; omalinze; people; proverbs; use
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          id: cooujofocus-2737
      author: Longgul, Dakwom Makpring
       title: Njingkook: A Corollary of Tradition, Entertainment and Education among The Mupun People Of Plateau State
        date: 2024
       words: 6431
      flesch: 62
     summary: Common obstacles including fear, the display or exercise of power, mistrust, external influences, distractions, and poor communication conditions can all prevent dialogue from emerging. view, the Mupun world view is divided into two: a. Yill-grum- meaning human world inhabited by man, animals and plants. After Daboo left the shepherds, he went ahead and met a group of people gathering and performing marriage rites.
    keywords: coou; daboo; dialogue; education; mupun; njingkook; people; performance; story; theatre; tradition; world
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          id: cooujofocus-2738
      author: Okoye, Dan C.
       title: Voicing the Socio-Cultural Disciplinary Roles of Ụmụada in Ofomata's Ihe Ọjọọ Gbaa Afọ
        date: 2024
       words: 6462
      flesch: 69
     summary: In Awka a man must postulate in the form of kneeling down to greet an Ada who is married and has joined Ụmụada group. This was greatly seen in the novel during the funeral of Ikenna's father when Afụlụenu (Ikenna's Paternal Aunty) and other Ụmụada took the stage in given their 'brother' a befitting burial while exercising their authority.
    keywords: family; gbaa; igbo; ihe; ikenna; nkemdịlịm; ofomata; roles; socio; women; ọjọọ; ụmụada
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          id: cooujofocus-2739
      author: EKEH, GREG; IGWEDIBIA, ADAOMA
       title: African Ontology as a Cultural Datum in the Light of Intercultural Realities in Africa: A Philosophical Reflection
        date: 2024
       words: 7041
      flesch: 49
     summary: Objectively viewed, African ontology can be said to be authentic in that it has its root in African culture. Sticking to African culture alone is now a challenge to be overcome by African ontology.
    keywords: african; beings; coou; culture; datum; identity; journal; ontology; people; realities; world
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          id: cooujofocus-2740
      author: Odia, Clement Eloghosa; Okpalaku, Florence Osaguona
       title: An Ethnopoetic Interpretation of Ritual Acts in Soyinka's Abiku Poem
        date: 2024
       words: 4256
      flesch: 59
     summary: These acts include ritual fortification, ritual sacrifice, ritual identification, ritual burial and ritual libation. Ritual fortification, ritual identification and ritual libation deployed to stem, the Abiku child's reincarnation cycle, are ineffectual.
    keywords: abiku; abiku child; child; cycle; poem; reincarnation; ritual; soyinka
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          id: cooujofocus-2741
      author: Okoro, Ngozi Anchor-Lee; Onuegwunwoke, Cynthia Adaeze; Enwerem, Chioma Loveline
       title: The Potency of Folktales in Enhancing Students' Receptive Skills in Secondary Schools in Orlu Metropolis, Imo State
        date: 2024
       words: 4376
      flesch: 58
     summary: Over the decades, it has been observed that some language teachers still find it quite cumbersome to create enabling environment to The Potency of Folktales in Enhancing Students' Receptive Skills in Secondary Schools in Orlu Metropolis, Imo State Okoro, Ngozi Anchor – Lee Ph.D Department of English Language and Literature Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria Email:anchorlee54@yahoo.com Phone Number:08034983670 & Onuegwunwoke, Cynthia Adaeze Ph.D Department of English Language and Literature Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria Email:onuegwunwokeadaeze@gmail.com Phone Number:08037675151 & Enwerem, Chioma Loveline Department of English Language and Literature Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, Owerri,Imo State Nigeria Email:Chiomashedrach@gail.com Phone Number : 08065999837 Abstract This study focuses on the potency of folktales in enhancing students receptive skills especially in secondary schools in Orlu metropolis of Imo State. Findings from the study show that folktale has the potency to provide students with diversity of cultural experiences, values and societal norms; the ability to learn a second culture, understanding the basics that need not be ignored as a good language teacher or instructor, inculcating the virtues needed by the society and discouraging vices, and so on.
    keywords: coou; folktales; language; ph.d; potency; reading; schools; skills; students; teacher
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          id: cooujofocus-2742
      author: Nnalue, Anthony Odikpo
       title: The Place of Folklore in African Dramatic Literature: A Study of Akpakaland and Ozidi
        date: 2024
       words: 4969
      flesch: 58
     summary: CHAPTER THREE.cdr The Place of Folklore in African Dramatic Literature: A Study of Akpakaland and Ozidi Anthony Odikpo Nnalue Department of Theatre Arts COOU, Anambra State Abstract Folklore has projected the ideal life situations of folks and the cyclic continuity that links the past with the present to capture the attention of the world as it regards African dramatic literature. Audience: welcome ooo!
    keywords: akpakaland; audience; coou; folklore; literature; narrator; ozidi; people; song; stage
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          id: cooujofocus-2917
      author: Asika, Emmanuel Ikechukwu; Ewuzie, Olisa Felix
       title: The Enemy Within: A Hermeneutical Re-Reading of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
        date: 2024
       words: 7029
      flesch: 61
     summary: Without the various assistance rendered to the white men by the people of Umuofia, white men would not have succeeded in the incursion of Umuofia and by extension Igbo land. Therefore, this paper will explore several aspects of the text through the lenses of hermeneutics, highlighting the cultural implications of certain actions of Umuofia people to prove this point that the umuofians are the architect of their own downfall. Umuofians as Architects of the Cultural Pollution of Umuofia
    keywords: achebe; coou; culture; gods; igbo; men; people; society; things; umuofia; white; whiteman
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          id: cooujofocus-2918
      author: Emelone, Chioma
       title: Social Support as an African Norm: A Study of Ikenna Okeh's Deportee
        date: 2024
       words: 3833
      flesch: 62
     summary: Abstract This study specifically examines social support as a norm in the Igbo society of the western Africa using Ikenna Okeh's Deportee. With the use of Freud's psychoanalytic theory, this study explores the African standard of social support as portrayed in the novel.
    keywords: anayo; coou; deportee; family; ikenna; norm; okeh; study; support
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          id: cooujofocus-2919
      author: Ephraim, Nwangwu C.
       title: Unraveling the Complexities of Mysterious Suspense in What Sunny Saw in the Flames by Nnedi Okorafor
        date: 2024
       words: 5121
      flesch: 58
     summary: One of the key aspects of mysterious suspense in What Sunny Saw in the Flames is the enigmatic nature of Sunny's powers and the world she inhabits. Now, to COOU JOFOCUS: COOU Journal of Folklore and Cultural Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2024 39 unravel those extraordinary situations, one has to think beyond human comprehension to understand the occurrence of mysterious suspense.
    keywords: complexities; flames; leopard; mystery; okorafor; people; sunny; suspense; world
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          id: cooujofocus-2920
      author: Achebe, Anselm Nnamdi; Azichoba, Clara Oluchukwu; Orizu, Ruphina Chibugo
       title: Of Themes and Narrative Styles: Interrogating the Socio- Cultural Ethos of Igbo Folktales
        date: 2024
       words: 3973
      flesch: 67
     summary: The themes were classified into three major themes – oral stories, tortoise stories, and “why” stories. The second noticeable theme is tortoise stories.
    keywords: audience; coou; folktales; igbo; narrator; stories; themes; tortoise
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        item: #33 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-2921
      author: Fadare, Nureni Oyewole; Adamu, Shuaibu
       title: A Paremiological Analysis of Traditional Yoruba Proverbs with Sex Metaphor and the New Media Postproverbials
        date: 2024
       words: 7638
      flesch: 59
     summary: My discussion and intellectual engagement with Prof. Remy Oriaku, gave more insights into the nature of sex proverbs within the purview of the traditional society, According to Oriaku: Proverbs give dept/weight to communication. The previous efforts on sex proverbs can be traced to a symposium organized by The American Folklore Society on obscenity in Philadelphia, (USA) on 28 December, 1960.
    keywords: analysis; coou; facebook; fadare; journal; media; metaphor; page; people; postproverbials; proverbs; sex; sex metaphor; translation; yoruba; yoruba proverbs
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        item: #34 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-2922
      author: Ezennadiri, Chukwudi Samuel; Tony-Ugbeji, Nnemtem Olanikke
       title: Reaffirming Cultural Identity: Igbo Folksongs as Imperative Tools in Ikechukwu Asika's Omalinze
        date: 2024
       words: 6306
      flesch: 58
     summary: Akin to this fact, the use of African oral traditions such as proverbs, riddles, anecdotes, songs, tales, mythological narratives and poetry persisted and generally influenced contemporary African literature (drama, prose and poetry). Interestingly too, this consciousness exhibited by most African writers shows the need in the use of African oral traditions such as proverbs in creative works.
    keywords: african; anyi; coou; dike; folksongs; igbo; igwe; king; literature; music; people; samala; warrior
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        item: #35 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-2923
      author: Akporherhe, Friday; Udi, Peter Oghenerioborue
       title: Psychopathology, Mental Fragmentation And Subliminal Performance Poetry
        date: 2024
       words: 7378
      flesch: 53
     summary: Lead Singer: Obrare re masa me Chorus: Obrare re masa Lead Singer: Oshare me onana wo rue na Chorus: Obrare re masa Lead Singer: Emeya ritete na je ka gwa vwe orovwe na Gbe nughe, Emeya ritete na je ka gwa vwe orovwe na Chorus: Emeya ritete na je ka gwa vwe orovwe na Emeya ritete na je ka gwa vwe orovwe na Emeya ritete na je ka gwa vwe orovwe na Emeya ritete na je ka gwa vwe orovwe na Lead Singer: The young wives shall also get old in the marriage ooo!
    keywords: chorus; lead; lead singer; leader; masa; masa lead; masa song; master; master lead; master song; obrare; singer; song; song leader; urhobo
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        item: #36 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-2924
      author: Erojikwe, Ikechukwu; Nnanna, Ndubuisi; Ekwueme, Obiorah; Umezinwa, Richard; Ezeugwu, Cindy Anene; Chiwetalu, Ifunanya; Nwaozuzu, Uche-Chinemere
       title: Intersections of Cultural Dynamics and Igbo Spirituality In Ọdụnke Artists'Ojaadịlị
        date: 2024
       words: 6861
      flesch: 63
     summary: Corresponding Author: Obiorah Ekwueme,Ph.D Abstract In recent times, Igbo culture has evolved in dynamics and spirituality. This paper joins the growing awareness of the need to protect and preserve Igbo culture from extinction.
    keywords: chukwu; coou; culture; dibia; dynamics; god; igbo; life; man; people; ph.d; spirituality; studies; study; ọjaadịlị
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        item: #37 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-2925
      author: Udeh, Bryan Jachukwuike
       title: Interrogating the Poetics of Politics in Chuma-Udeh Ngozi's Chants of Despair and Asika Ikechukwu's Operation Python Dance
        date: 2024
       words: 2986
      flesch: 48
     summary: Nigerian poets over the years, have always drawn their themes and milieu from societal issues, political and situational changes in the country. However, most post- independence poets like Wole Soyinka, Maik Nwosu, Festus Iyayi, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ezenwa Ohaeto, Tanure Ojaide and a host of other Nigerian poets, has taken a similar stance on these predominant issues in the country.
    keywords: chuma; poetry; poets; poverty; society; udeh
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        item: #38 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-3187
      author: ADIELE, Promise O
       title: Igbo Identity: New Yam Festival as Cultural Drama
        date: 2025
       words: 6685
      flesch: 51
     summary: Indeed, Iri Ji Ohu festival as a symbolic identity of the Igbo and as a cultural drama merits a critical study as cultural drama. It deserves the same academic attention as the Greek Dionysian festival and other cultural festivals worldwide used to explain a people's history, identity, spiritual, and cultural provenance.
    keywords: cultural; drama; festival; identity; igbo; iri; iri ji; ji ohu; new; ohu; people; yam
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        item: #39 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-3188
      author: Ugwuja, Alex Amaechi
       title: 'For the gods and our pockets': The Beginning and End of the OtiteFestival in Awka
        date: 2025
       words: 6430
      flesch: 59
     summary: It was during Otite festivals that traders and blacksmiths resolved to increasethe use of the fame of the Agballa oracle of 35Awka and the 'Ushi' practice to protect their business interests. Traditional Awka society was known for its numerous social exhibitions manifested in group dances, title-taking, and religious and cultural festivals, among others.
    keywords: awka; christianity; coou; family; festival; gods; interview; missionaries; otite; people; society
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        item: #40 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-3189
      author: Kelechi-Ejingini, Amarachi Christiana
       title: Cultural Displacement, Hybridity and Postcolonial Mimicry in Selected Nigerian Migration Fiction
        date: 2025
       words: 5373
      flesch: 56
     summary: Based on this premise, one can state that mimicry, cultural displacement, hybridity and unhomeliness are common concepts which are associated with the experiences of postcolonial African migrants. These issues expose the failures of most postcolonial African societies for which individuals feel frustrated and prefer to engage in transnational migration.
    keywords: characters; coou; culture; displacement; hybridity; journal; migration; mimicry; nigeria; people
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        item: #41 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-3190
      author: Angya, Charity A.; Sambe, Iveren I.
       title: Ecological Justice and Human Struggles: An Eco-critical Study of Arnold Udoka's Long Walk to a Dream
        date: 2025
       words: 4060
      flesch: 41
     summary: Global Advocacy Platforms: Environmental NGOs, including Friends of the Earth and Climate Action Network, should use forums like the UN Climate Change Conference (COP) to highlight the plight of Niger Delta communities and lobby for global support. Their debate over strategy whether to adopt violent measures or seek dialogue points to the historical struggles of Niger Delta activists.
    keywords: coou; delta; dream; environmental; human; justice; niger; oil; play; udoka; walk
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        item: #42 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-3191
      author: Egbuta, Ikechukwu Otuu
       title: Root Identity as a Postcolonial Authenticity Crisis in Abdulrazak Gurnah's The Last Gift
        date: 2025
       words: 7241
      flesch: 57
     summary: This family lives in this circle of lost root identity in the text. Abstract This study adopts Martin Heidegger's concept of authenticity as its heuristic tool to investigate root identity as a postcolonial identity crisis in Abdulrazak Gurnah's The Last Gift through the lens of postcolonial literary theory as part of the main currents in the study and practice of African literature.
    keywords: authenticity; coou; crisis; existence; family; gift; gurnah; hanna; heidegger; identity; postcolonial; root; world
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        item: #43 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-3192
      author: Ewuzie, Olisa Felix; Chukwueloka, Christian C.
       title: Displacement and Quest for Survival in Migrant African Women in Bulawayo's We Need New Names and Aworanti- Ekugo's Lagos to London
        date: 2025
       words: 6322
      flesch: 52
     summary: The study revealed that migrant African women leave in droves owing to societal stereotypes, patriarchal structures, poverty, and unemployment in search of independence and financial freedom in foreign lands. This study examines the displacement, dislocation, and survival struggles of migrant African women in the world of Bulawayo's We Need New Names and Aworanti-Ekugo's Lagos to London.
    keywords: aworanti; bulawayo; countries; displacement; ewuzie; london; migrant; migration; need; quest; survival; women
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        item: #44 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-3193
      author: Ibeku, Chiemela Imelda
       title: The Representation of the Congolese and their Traditions in Alain Mabanckou's Novels
        date: 2025
       words: 5752
      flesch: 57
     summary: Keywords: Alain Mabanckou, Traditional Superstitions, Folklore, Congo region, Cultural Practices Chiemela Imelda Ibeku, PhD - The Representation of the Congolese and their Traditions in Alain Mabanckou’s Novels 116 Introduction African culture shares historical and cultural experiences which shape how they share and exchange intellectual concepts, material goods and cultural traditions. Using the Congo region as a sample of African folklore culture, this paper examines how Alain Mabanckou depicts the disharmonious behaviour of the Congolese in his novels (Demain, j'aurai vingt ans (2010), (translated as Tomorrow I' ll be Twenty) and Memoirs de Porc-épic (translated as Memoirs of a Porcupine) and Petit Piment (translated as Black Moses) through folklore and the presentation of the vices of some persons in the region, their belief in traditional superstitions as it relates to the progress of the region under study.
    keywords: alain; congolese; coou; folklore; mabanckou; memoirs; narrative; novels; people; porcupine; region; society; study; theory; traditions; épic
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        item: #45 of 46
          id: cooujofocus-3194
      author: Haruna, Idris Hashim; Yabo, Nafisat Umar
       title: Beyond Entertainment Value: The Impact of Sani Aliyu Dandawo's Farming Song on Economic Revolution
        date: 2025
       words: 5754
      flesch: 52
     summary: In furtherance of classification of Hausa songs, Gusau maintains that there are songs that deal with royal people. According to some scholars, Hausa song evolved through a praise singer called “Sasana” who lived in Asia from where he migrated to Hausa land Ibrahim, (1983:Vii).-
    keywords: aliyu; chorus; coou; country; dandawo; economy; farming; hausa; noma; oil; praise; sani; sector; singers; society; song
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          id: cooujofocus-3195
      author: Nwafor, John Onyema; Ibekwe, Thaddeus Osinachi
       title: Socioeconomic Exploitation in Kaine Agary's Yellow Yellow
        date: 2025
       words: 5425
      flesch: 60
     summary: It portrays the exploitative measures used by the eminent and the multinationals oil companies to oppress and silence the people of Niger Delta, which they use to oppress and silence the people of Niger Delta and uncovers the resistance and rebellion of the people. In a conversation with Ezechi Onyerionwu, Ojaide explains that: ... his point of view is to touch peoples mind about what is happening in Niger Delta through imaginative reconstruction of episodes, events and situations.
    keywords: agary; delta; exploitation; kaine; mother; niger; oil; people; women; yellow; zilayefa
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