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Man is the Price: Exploring Gender Ideologies in Igbo Personal Naming Practices

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Akumjika Chikamma Michael

Igbo of southeast Nigeria is a patriarchal society, and this is evident in every aspect of the cultural practices of Igbo people, including naming practices. A name is a significant aspect of Igbo culture that communicates the society's values and belief system. The paper adopts an ethnopragmatics approach, which studies …

Conflicts in Ancestry and Alien Urban Climate Governance Strategies: The Metaphor of a Successful Paradox in Igboland, Nigeria

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): John D. Njoku, Francis Vincent C. Njoku

In southern Nigeria, city climate governance strategies are in transition, and showed conflicts of alien and ancestry cultures, norms and mores. As cities grow, expand and metamorphose to bigger urban milieu, the micro and macro climates vary and change overtime. The city infrastructures and amenities exemplify admixture of alien and …

Challenges and Opportunities of Old Age: A Comparative Study of La Fontaine’s Fable ‘Le Lion devenu vieux’ and Ezeuko and Anowai’s Poem ‘Agadi Nwoke’

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Ihechi Nkoro

Living and non-living things co-exist to make life worthwhile. Human capital and non-human capital interact in various ways in different places to sustain life. Whereas plants, animals and humans belong to the class of living things and grow from being young to being old, only humans can share the life …

Nzipụta Omenala na Ụkpụrụ Ndị Igbo n’Egwu Igbo:Ntụcha Ụfọdụ Akụkọnegwu Mike Ejeagha

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Nkoli Mercy Nnyigide

Ederede a na-eleba anya n’ụfọdụ akụkọnegwu Mike Ejeagha. Akụkọnegwu bụ otu n’ime akụkọ ọdịnala Igbo a na-ejikarị ngwa egwu ezipụta. Mike Ejeagha bụ otu n’ime odogwu ndị Igbo e ji akụkọnegwu mara. Akụkọnegwu ya na-agbadokarị ụkwụ n’akụkọ ọdịnala Igbo ma na-ezipụtakwa omenala, nkwenye na ụkpụrụ ndị Igbo dị iche iche. …

Didactics of Igbo Arts as Indigeneous Knowledge Systems: Modern, Postmodern Meanings and Permits, Enjoyed as Co-Planetaries in the Art and Design World

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Chibuenyi G. Nwala

Actively, the importance of synergies and synthesis in art created as a result of planetary influences from traditional Igbo art forms in their cultural entities and harmonies, are culturally set as art canons that survives for art and design implications. Which by foremost is focused on the encounters that determines …

Exploring the Interplay of Culture, Religion, and Human Capital in 21st Century Nigerian Society

Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Presenter(s): Chinyere Theresa Nwaoga

This study examines the interplay between culture, religion, and human capital in 21st-century Nigerian society, focusing on the opportunities and challenges inherent in this relationship. The aim is to explore how cultural and religious practices influence the development and utilization of human capital and to assess their impact on Nigeria's …

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