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The Coscharis Model and Local Rice Production in Anambra State

Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

Presenter(s): Cosmas Onyekachi Agubueze

This paper examines Ọsọ Ndu Agwụ Ike—the philosophy of perseverance and Endurance—as a framework for understanding economic resilience in local rice production in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria. The study analyses qualitative data from interviews with employees and consumers alongside quantitative data from government publications, statistical records, industry webinars and …

Re: Accent Adaptation and Migrant Integration: A Linguistic and Social Perspective in Igbo Land

Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

Presenter(s): Queen Esther Chioma Eneremadu

Migration into Owerri Municipal, Imo State, has created a multilingual environment where non-Igbo-speaking Nigerian migrants and French- and Spanish-speaking African migrants navigate linguistic and social adaptation. This study examined how accent adaptation influences migrants’ integration, identity, and belonging in the host community. A mixed-methods design was employed, combining quantitative …

Household Financial Sustainability through Continuous Income Regeneration: Evidence from Rural Entrepreneurs in Nigeria

Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

Presenter(s): Gilbert Ogechukwu Nworie, Nworie, Joseph Ogonna

In many rural Nigerian households, income from seasonal farming, trading, or casual labor is irregular, often falling short of ongoing expenses. Limited savings mean that money spent on basic needs or business inputs is rarely replenished quickly, leaving families exposed to sudden financial shocks. Thus, this study aimed to …

Ịmụta asụsụ Igbo, ịmụta ụwa Igbo: Researching Igbo spatial poetics through a diasporic epistemology of repair

Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

Presenter(s): Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye, PhD

This presentation advances diaspora repair as an epistemological framework for engaging Igbo heritage, language, and culture from my positionality as a US-born, second-generation Igbo diasporan, Igbo language learner, and Black Geographies researcher. I theorize diaspora repair as a mode of knowledge production: In response to my lived experience of …

Ònyéàyànà and the Foundations of Resilience: Recovering an Original Igbo Ethico-Ontological Principle and Its Contribution to Global Philosophy

Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

Presenter(s): Jude Dunkwu

This paper recovers Ònyéàyànà — the Category 1 prefix short form of Ònyéàyànànwánnéyá, "thou shalt not abandon thy relation" — as an original Igbo ethico-ontological principle whose structure provides a rigorous philosophical foundation for the relational resilience articulated in Ọsọ Ndụ Agwụ Ike. Building on two companion papers in African Notes(Dunkwu 2026a, in press; Dunkwu …

We Dance Before Our Feet Touch the Earth: Defining Otubere (Detachment) Theory, and Play (Egwu) in Africanized Dance /Movement Therapy (ADMT)

Conference: The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)

Presenter(s): Gladys Ijeoma Akunna

This analytical research examines detachment as a critical philosophy in the African worldview and Africanized DMT. Insights from my pioneering research reveal that detachment resonates deeply in the Igbo language, art symbols, and akuko iho (enlightening conversations), linked to cognition, bodily integration, and the expression of creativity in …

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