Table of Contents :

Male-Bodied Yet Effeminate: Reimagining Masculinity in Sembene Ousmane"s Xala and Fatou Diome"s Celles qui attendent
Uchenna Bethrand Anih5

Love and Mother Nature: Ecological Aesthetics in Naivo"s Beyond the Rice Fields
Ephantus W. Kamuhuro, Justus Kizito Makokha and Eunice Wanja Kangangi23


Tradition, Culture, and the Female Experience in Igbo Society: An Exploration of Buchi Emecheta's the Bride Price
Chioma Patricia Onuorah, Adaobi Constance Muonagor and Chinelo MaryJane Onuorah37


Exploring Pain and Trauma in Ngugi WA Thiong'o"s A Grain of Wheat
Manshok Konyak and Sujata57


Women Oppression in When the Village Sleeps: A Critical Reading of What Went Wrong
Motlatjo Ntatamala73


Decolonizing Africans of Western Hegemony and Imperialism: A Reflection on Ahmed Yerima"s Historical Drama Attahiru and The Trials of Oba Ovonramwen
Joseph Agofure Idogho, Hannah Modupe Akpodiete, Toyin Abigail Feranmi-Ojo, Isaac Terkimbi Gondo and Timi Hadiza Kayode95


Coloniality, Aspiration and Family Language Policy: Understanding Parents and Caregivers" Complex Dispositions towards Children"s Translanguaging
Busani Maseko113


Integrating Hausa as an Official Language of the African Union: Implications for African International Relations
Muhammad Reza Suleiman137


Creative imaginings of early anti-colonial resistance in African novels
Maurice Taonezvi Vambe155


Indigenous Music as a Catalyst for Linguistic Diversity and Multilingualism in South African Schools: An Epistemological Perspective
Sakhiseni Joseph Yende175


Sustaining IsiXhosa Through Music: A Content Analysis of Vusi Nova"s 'As"phelelanga
Benjamin Obeghare Izu and Zakhile Somlata195


The Ndau Syllable
Lovemore Mutonga and Patricia Ruramisai Mabugu225


A Sociocultural Investigation of Culture and Language Change Among amaXhosa in Rural and Urban Communities
Anele Gobodwana and Ncedo Mtsi257

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