Journal of African Studies

July 2013
Volume 2

ISSN: 2346-7126

Published by
The African Arts Documentation Project
Department of Fine and Applied Arts
Nnamdi Azikiwe University,
P.M.B. 5025, Awka.
Nigeria.

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ISSN: 2346-7126

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Editorial Note

Journal of African Studies

Aims and scope:

Mgbakoigba welcomes original and incisive contributions engaging historical and
contemporary issues relevant to the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Environmental
Sciences, especially as they affect the field of African Studies. Its main emphasis is to
generate and construct a new agenda for approaching history, methodology and theory in
African knowledge production. Considering new frameworks for reflecting and addressing
issues arising from the present context of economic, political, cultural and technological
changes, the journal aims to establish a platform to revisit the grand teleological narration of
progress and modernity where Africa has always been denied intellectual agency and
subjectivity. The editors seek research papers and innovative essays engaging new debates,
exhibition review essays, cultural events, responses to contemporary cultural criticisms in the
relevant disciplines. All work submitted are subject to peer review. All submissions must not
exceed 6, 000 word papers. Authors are free to use a reference style relevant to their
disciplines.
All manuscripts and inquiries should be directed to:
Dr. Okechukwu Nwafor
Editor
Mgbakoigba
Department of Fine and Applied Arts
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Email: penncils@yahoo.com
Phone: +2347060445288

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Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of Editorial Board

Professor Matthew Ono
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.

Founding Editor/Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Okechukwu Nwafor
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Editors
Dr. Terence Mashingaidze
Midlands University, Zimbabwe
Dr. Ngonidzashe Marongwe
The Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo,
Zimbabwe.
Dr. Charles Kabwete
National University of Rwanda.
Dr. Vilho Amukwaya Shigwedha
University of Namibia.
Dr. Oluchukwu Asadu
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Dr. Ngozi Ezenwa-Ohaeto
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Dr Ikechukwu Okodo
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Dr. Ifedioramma Dike
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Dr. Ozioma Onuzulike
University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Dr. JohnBosco Ojiakor
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Dr. Kevin Chuks Okolie
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Chu Krydz Ikwuemesi
University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
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Advisory Board
Professor Emman Okunna
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Professor Tracy Utoh-Ezeajugh
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Professor Clifford Ezekwe Nwanna
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Professor Chinedu Valerie Nnodu
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Professor Joanne Eicher
University of Minnesota, USA.
Professor Obiora Udechukwu
St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, USA.
Professor Ike Odimegwu
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Professor C. C. Egolum
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Professor J. Obi Oguejiofor
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Professor Frank Ugiomoh
University of Port Harcourt.
Professor Osa Egonwa
Delta State University, Abraka.
Professor Dan Agu
Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka.
Professor Ola Oloidi
University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Professor Leonard Muoghalu
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Nigeria.

Professor Alex Asigbo

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Nigeria.
Professor Jerry Buhari
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Professor Tonie Okpe
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Professor Joel Igbokwe
Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka.

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Contents

Archetypal Symbols of Modernity: Revisiting the Works of the Independence Decade in

Modern Nigerian Art.
A. Augustine-Neto Emiemokumo.....................................................1-17
Indigenous Dance as a Medium for Participatory Learning: A Study of A Dance
Into Manhood as a Paradigm.
Nicholas Chielotam Akas..18-23
Cane Weaving in Onitsha: Processes, Techniques and Market Potentialities.
Azuka Nzoiwu..........................................................24-28
A Reflection on African Developmental Predicament.
Charles C. Nweke...................................................29-33
Determination of Water Absorption Rate of Palm Kernel Shells as an Alternative Pore
Agents in Insulating Refractory Bricks.
Clement Etim Ekong...34-39
The Bird Flu Campaign in Kwara State of Nigeria: A Critical Examination of its
Graphics Communication Development.
Sylvester Zifegha Ebigbagha .............................................................40-51
Kiln Efficiency and Insulation.
Anthony Obiy Etuokwu..................................................................................................52-62
Between Advertising Practitioners and Academics in Nigeria: Bridging the Gap.
Gordy A. Iyama...............................................................................................................63-70
What is Postcolonial Intellection to Us: A White Scarecrow in the Field?
Obari Gomba..................................................................................................................71-81
Speech Act Analysis: Hosni Mubaraks Speeches in Pre-Crises and in-Crises Egypt.
Oluchukwu Asadu..........................................................................................................82-88
Criticism of Visual Expressions: The Meta-Cognitive Perspective.
Stanley Golikumo Mangiri............................................................................................89-97
Female Virginity and Marital Honour as Cultural Values among the Ijaw People in
Akpos Adesis Ebidein-Ere.
Tam Gordon Azorbo and Ifure Ufford-Azorbo............................................................98-104
Issues of Security and Insecurity in Boko Haram Era: A Contextualization of Moyo
Okedijis Explosive Images.
Tobenna Okwuosa........................................................................................................105-117

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An Assessment of the Readership Base for Nigerian Blogs.

Allen Nnanwuba Adum and Anastacia Chukwulete.........118-131
Woman as Object of Male Gaze in some works of Nigerian Artists.
Nkiruka Jane Nwafor............................................................................................132-146
Between the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C and Ghanas Cape Coast
Exhibition: Contestations over Memory and Heritage.
Okechukwu Nwafor................................................................................................147-151
The Necessity of Public Sociology in South Africa.
Okechukwu Nwafor.................................................................................................152-156

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Notes on Contributors
A. Augustine-Neto Emiemokumo, Ph.D, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Fine,
Industrial and Theatre Arts, Niger Delta University
Nicholas Chielotam Akas is a lecturer in Theatre Arts Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, Awka.
Azuka Nzoiwu is a lecturer in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Nnamdi
Azikiwe University, Awka.
Charles C. Nweke, Ph.D, is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Nnamdi
Azikiwe University, Awka.
Clement Etim Ekong is a lecturer in the Department of Fine and Industrial Arts,
University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
Zifegha Sylvester Ebigbagha, PhD, is a lecturer in the Department of Fine, Industrial
and Theatre Arts, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State-Nigeria.
Anthony Obiy Etuokwu, Ph.D, is a lecturer in the Department of Fine, Industrial and
Theatre Arts, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State-Nigeria.
Gordy A. Iyama is a lecturer in the Department of Industrial Design, Modibbo Adama
University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State.
Obari Gomba, Ph.D, is a Nigerian poet and literary scholar who currently teaches
Literature and Creative Writing in the University of Port Harcourt.
Oluchukwu Asadu, Ph.D, is a lecturer in the Department of Modern European
Languages, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Stanley Golikumo Mangiri is a lecturer in the Department of Fine, Industrial and
Theatre Arts, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State-Nigeria.
Tam Gordon Azorbo is a lecturer in the Department of Fine, Industrial and Theatre
Arts, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State-Nigeria.
Ifure Ufford-Azorbo is a lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Uyo,
Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
Tobenna Okwuosa is a lecturer in the Department of Fine, Industrial and Theatre Arts,
Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State-Nigeria.
Allen Adum, Ph.D, is a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Nnamdi
Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.
Anastacia Chukwulete is a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication,
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.
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Nkiruka Nwafor is a Ph.D student of Art History in the Department of Fine and
Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a technologist with the Centre for
Excellence in the Arts and Humanities of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka,
Anambra State.
Okechukwu Nwafor, Ph.D, is a lecturer in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts,
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.