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Download full textBula, Andrew – Journal of Practical Studies in Education, 2021
Reverend Father Professor Amechi Nicholas Akwanya is one of the towering scholars of literature in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world. For decades, and still counting, Fr. Prof. Akwanya has worked arduously, professing literature by way of teaching, researching, and writing in the Department of English and Literary Studies of the University of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Literary Criticism, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedOsa, Osayimwense – Journal of Reading, 1985
Drawing from examples in Nigerian junior novels, explains how didacticism is an integral part of Nigerian juvenile literature. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Developing Nations, Didacticism, Fiction
Peer reviewedBabalola, C. A. – Phylon, 1986
Offers a new perspective on the novel, "No Longer at Ease," and comments on its sub-themes: the clash of two civilizations, the antipathy between youth and old age, human fallibility, social and moral decadence. In contrast with his earlier novel, Achebe writes topical satire for educated Africans. (LHW)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, African Literature, Colonialism
Peer reviewedOsa, Osayimwense – Reading Teacher, 1984
Notes that Nigerian children's literature, long neglected, is beginning to receive its due scholarly attention. Summarizes its characteristics and cites popular examples. (FL)
Descriptors: African Literature, Books, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis
