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Identity Crisis: An Enigmatic Wrench of Fatherlessness in Igbo Cultural Cosmology in Chukwuemeka Ike’s Conspiracy of Silence

Alexander A. Onwumere, Laurel C. Madumere & Ugochukwu Iwuji · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2023

This article examined identity crisis as an enigmatic wrench of fatherlessness in Igbo cultural cosmology as explored in an African novel, Conspiracy of Silence. The research is predicated upon contemporary prevailing identity crisis being experienced by individuals even after su...

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Getting Out of the Dark: Assessing the Role of Radio Political Programmes in Improving Political Awareness among Residents of Owerri

Iheanacho O. Cajetan, Akwari Chika Onwukwe, Esther Abimbola Damisa & Etumnu, Emeka Williams · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2023

This study assessed how radio political programs influenced the people of the Owerri metropolis' level of political awareness. The Agenda-setting theory served as the foundation for the investigation. For this study, the descriptive survey research methodology was used. The Wimme...

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The Lost Place: A Study of the Images of Place in Palestinian Children’s Literature between 1967 and 2001

Hanan Mousa · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2023

This article attempts to read the phenomenon of place in Palestinian children’s stories between 1967 and 2001, within a political and cultural context that had an impact on Palestinian literary production. To the best of our knowledge, there is no study related to place in Palest...

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E-Learning in Rural Secondary Schools under Sarpang Dzongkhag: Opportunities and Challenges

Kelzang Dorji, Neten Zangmo & Yangchen Norbu · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2023

This study investigated the opportunities and challenges of E-learning associated with its implementation. In this qualitative study, a total of 32 participants were selected through purposive sampling (24 students participated in a focused group with mixed grouping—six from clas...

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Prevalence of Young Person Involvement in Smuggling of Goods in the Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos, Nigeria

Adedeji Oyenuga, Oluwatoyosi W. Idowu, Kudirat A. Badmus, Iyanuoluwa J. Falana, Omobolanle M. Akanbi & Hamirat O. Bakare · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2023

This paper presents a qualitative investigation into the prevalence of young persons' involvement in smuggling goods within the Badagry Local Government Area, a border community between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. Drawing on the Anomie Theory, the study focused on individu...

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Commentary on the Need for Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine Legislation in the Gambia

Raphael Nyarkotey Obu · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2023

Background: The Gambia, a country of over two million people with a deep history of traditional medicine in the African Continent still has no legislation to regulate the practice and promotion of traditional medicines. The striking thing is that it is the only country on the Afr...

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Diaspora African Women Writers and Postcolonial Thought: A Structural Comparison of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits and Americanah

Alou Yacoubou · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2023

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits (hereafter refers to as Hope) and Americanah display some striking similarities in terms of setting and characterization while they portray some provocative postcolonial preoccupations in terms of human displacement and the question of identity w...

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Storytelling of the Religious Meaning of Sunan Kalijaga’s Heirloom Washing Tourist Attraction: A Phenomenological Perspective

. Fatkurrohman, Muhammad Baiquni, Mukhtasar Syamsuddin & Hendrie Adji Kusworo · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2023

The tourist attraction of the heirloom washing ceremony is very popular in Indonesia, but few researchers know about the meaning contained in each heirloom washing symbol. Based on a phenomenological perspective, this research sought to analyze the meaning of symbols, especially...

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