Table of Contents :

Indigenous Storytelling and Cultural Transmission in Kenya's Rift Valley: A Decolonial Ethnographic Study
Swati Mittal, Swati Chauhan and Shivani Vashist7

The Place and Stylistic Features of Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle's Works in the English Literary Tradition
Jo‘raboyev Ilhomjon33


Intellectualization of indigenous languages as academic languages: The case of Sesotho in one University in South Africa
Ntsoaki Teresa Mokala and Soyiso Godsave Khetoa53


Morphological Dynamics: Transformation and Drivers of English and Arabic Neologisms from Formation to Acceptance
Emad Ali Alawad73


Arewa Symbol as a Language of Transcendence: Exploring the Intersection of Art and Spirituality
Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu, Michael Paul Pilani and Emmanuel Uchenna Kanu99


Leadership Crisis and the Futility of Power in Tewfik Al-Hakim's Fate of a Cockroach
Augustine Obiajulu Eziechine and Florence Etuwe Oghiator113


Masculinity, Philosophy, Existential Morality: Narrating of Colonial Nigerian Men in Fiction Things Fall Apart
Anas Ahmadi129


Beyond Grammar: A Literary Life of Punctuation in Ewe
Cosmas Rai Amenorvi and Benjamin Kubi145


Nwana a sa pfi o dzhia mme awe": A Literary Analysis of Maternal Responsibility in Biblical and Vhavenda Texts
Tshinetise David Raphalalani and Ndidzulafhi Mudau165


The Metaphor of Blood: A Textual Analysis of Victor Kojo Yankah's Dear Blood
Judith Sena Agbevenu, Jonas Agyemfra and Konadu Adam189


Negotiating Women's Sexual Agency and Cultural Identity in AmaXhosa Song: A Textual Analysis of Ndodam Iyalinda
Benjamin Obeghare Izu and Andiswa Mvanyashe213


The Limits of 'Functional Multilingualism' as a Decolonial and Transformative Imperative in the Language Policy of a South African University
Busani Maseko and Liqhwa Siziba231


The Contribution of Sentence Forms to Narrative Meaning: A Study of the Zulu Novel
Sizwe Zwelakhe Dlamini253


Exploring the Role of Translanguaging Pedagogy in Fostering Social Sensitivity among isiZulu Language Learners
Melusi Ernest Msomi and Bongani Sbiya277


Interconnectedness of Literature and Medicine: A Critical Appraisal of Female Personality Disorders in Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister the Serial Killer
Ijeoma Ann Ngwaba, Adachukwu Okafor, Chiemela Imelda Ibeku and Ijeoma Marycynthia Odoh299


Language, Culture, and Identity in Contemporary Fiction: A Reading of Ngugi WA Thiong'o's decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
Likha Caral and Ipshita Nath317

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