Browse through all abstracts presented at past conferences.
Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)
Presenter(s): Onwubiko Agozino
Akwukwo nchoputa m ga egosi na ndi Bekee siri asi mgbe ha kwulu na imerekiti ndi Igbo ndi ntori resiri ndi na agbo ohu si kama ha ga abu ohu, ka ha danye na oshimiri welu nwuo, loghachi uwa na be anyi. Na uche m, nke ahu bu okwu aghugho …
Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)
Presenter(s): Laura Napoleon
This paper examines how political rhetoric becomes more than speech—it becomes policy, perception, and lived consequence for Haitian immigrant communities in the United States. Through Critical Discourse Analysis and Autoethnography, I explore how public statements made during the Trump administration framed Haiti and Haitian migrants through racialized and deficit-based language. …
Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)
Presenter(s): Ada Uzoamaka Azodo
The second quarter of the twenty-first century and moving forward towards a viable African future call for a speculative approach in African literature discourse to be placed on its traditional foundations. With advanced technological knowledge impacting social media, literature, science, culture, economy, politics, value systems, and more, it is time …
Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)
Presenter(s): Chinasa Ekeoma, Jane Nkechi Onuoha
This paper explores how Igbo oral and written literary traditions function as living records of communal memory, ethical teachings, directives, and cultural resilience. The study equally considers how such traditions mutually shape Igbo proverbs, folktales, masquerade performances, and ritual chants. The work argues that ancestral voices are encoded in language …
Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)
Presenter(s): Adaora Lois Anyachebelu
Indigenous African oral traditions have long articulated principles of sustainability, resilience, and ethical living through culturally embedded forms such as proverbs. Among the Igbo of southeastern Nigeria, proverbs function as condensed philosophical texts that transmit communal values, regulate social conduct, guide resource management, and equip communities with adaptive strategies for …
Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)
Presenter(s): Adaobi Muo
Waste pickers, though largely invisibilized, are vital actors within African urban societies such as Aba and Onitsha. In Nigeria, the waste-picking population is predominantly composed of women. These women, including those of Igbo origin, mobilize waste picking as a site of resilience and resistance in negotiating survival amid urban poverty, …