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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Southeastern Nigeria

Faustina Chinwendu Amadi — Fidelity Bank Plc, Warri, Delta State | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

This study examines the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development in Southeastern Nigeria. Using a mixed-methods approach, combining survey data from 100 entrepreneurs and in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, this research investigates the entrepreneurial ecosystem, challenges, and opportunities in the …

Understanding Depression and Suicide: An Africanized/Dance Movement Therapy Education Approach

Gladys Ijeoma Akunna — Independent Researcher, Philadelphia, PA, USA | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

A global health philosophy articulates that health is wealth. On a personal level, Mathman Gandhi further emphasized that health is real wealth, not pieces of gold or silver. A healthy people build a healthy progressive society, hence the Igbo Ndu …

Omenala Arịrọ: Aka Mgba Chere Ọganihu Steeti Anambra

Esther Ogochukwu Akpulu — Ngalaba Amụmamụ Igbo, Afrịka na Kọminikeshọn, Mahadum Nnamdị Azikiwe, Ọka | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Ọtụtụ oge, ihe ọjọọ ụfọdụ na-amalite ma gaa n’ihu were ọnọdụ ka a ga-asị na ọ bụ ihe kwesịrị ekwesị ma ọ bụ dịkwa ka usoro iwu nabatara. Ihe kpatara nke a bụ ịnabata omenala arịrọ. Omenala arịrọ bụ mmadụ …

Non-Human Agency in Igbo Cultural History: Affective Entanglements between Humans, Animals, Spirits, and Technology

Rosemary Akpan — Department of History, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

This study examines the emotional connections between people, animals, spirits, and technology in Igbo cosmology, literature, and modern culture. The paper tends not to completely separate humans from non-humans in Igbo thought. It acknowledges the agency of spirits (mmụọ), sacred …

Continuity in Indigenous Institutions for Capital Formation among the Igbo in Post-Colonial Nigeria, 1970 - 2020

Ikechukwu Cosmas Ahamefule — Department of History and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, Akwa Ibom State University | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

For the capital formation among the Igbo of southeast Nigeria, there exist traditional institutions through which the people raised resources to attend to their community and individual needs. These included, among others, Contribution Clubs, Family and Extended Family Pools, Age …

Relics of the Biafran/Nigerian War: The Engineering Wonders of Colonel Ejike Obumneme Aghanya (Rtd) and the Research and Production (RAP) Group

Ikenna Obumneme Aghanya — Department of Fine & Applied Arts, Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

My late father, Col. Ejike Obumneme Aghanya (Rtd) was the commander of the Research and Production (RAP) group, during the thirty months Biafran war. As a trained Engineer and a military officer, himself and some notable Igbo scientists/engineers like Engineer …

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