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Dissent and denunciation in ebi yeibo's the fourth masquerade
(2016) Akinsete, C. T.
One of the socio-political conditions affecting the African society right from the twilight of the twentieth century is the overwhelming widespread of terrorism. Nigeria too has been on the front page of world news due to the irascible activities of the notorious sect called Boko Haram. This research therefore investigates how Ebi Yeibo, a contemporary Nigerian poet, in his collection The Fourth Masquerade, has portrayed and reacted to the nefarious ordeals of this sect. The theoretical framework intended for the analysis of this collection a sub-tenet of postcolonialism, which is colonial mentality. While the proponents of this critical perspective argue that a homogenous group of people often associate themselves with foreign ways, this paper examines the anti-colonial mentality attributes that the Boko Haram sect claims to promote to the world as one of its key creeds, arguing that the sect exhibits principle of colonialism, such as control, power, and so on. An overview of the different perspectives of the poet's portrayal of the Boko Haram sect will certainly be the thrust of this research. Attention will be paid to the dissent and denunciative voice of the poet expressed in viciously stem tone through which the poet questions, ridicules and eventually castigates the very identity of the sect.
Exploring a language-based solution to the problem of insecurity in Boko Haram dominated North Eastern Nigeria
(International Institute for Science, Technology and Education, 2017) Oluwadoro, J. O.
For a couple of years, linguists in Nigeria have proposed language-based solution(s) for social integration and national development in Nigeria. However, to the best of our knowledge, none has suggested such for peace and security, especially in the turbulent and crises-ridden North-Eastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram insurgency has been the order of the day for some time now. This paper therefore explores the possibility of harnessing our linguistic resources through aggressive language planning to tackle this problem, with a view to attaining peace and security in Nigeria. The socio-linguistic theory of language planning which sees language as a national resource that can be used in improving social life, forms the theoretical framework for this paper. Data were collected from existing literature and interactions with students and lecturers from different geo-political zones in Nigeria. Knowing fully well that ethnicity-induced problem is invariably tied to the language question, a number of proposals are prescribed along this dimension. Some of them are an aggressive language planning, backed up by strong political will; the use of mother tongue as medium of education; the recognition of regional lingua francas and languages of Local Government Areas as official languages of government business; provision of compulsory pass in a second Nigerian language at WASCE; a deliberate policy of reward for scientific and technological research in local languages and the implementation of an obligatory language learning component as part of the mandate of the NYSC scheme. Rather than seeing our multilingual complexity as a curse from the tower of Babel, our languages should be seen as natural resources with which Nigeria is blessed for peace, security and national development.
Nigerian newspapers’ use of euphemism in selection and presentation of news photographs of terror acts
(Sage Publications, 2018-03) Ojebuyi, B. R.; Salawu, A.
Selection of photographs is part of the complex process of creating the multimodal textual elements that news editors use to represent and interpret social reality. This article, guided by Aristotle’s golden mean and Halliday’s theoretical notion of metafunctions, used critical visual analysis to examine the nature of photographs that news editors of Nigerian newspapers selected and used to frame news stories about acts of terrorism by the Boko Haram sect. The pattern established through the visual analysis shows that, although the stories of terror act by the Boko Haram sect present deviant and negative social realities, news editors of the selected newspapers exercised ethical restraint by choosing images with nuanced configurations that are less likely to amplify moral panic or intensify horrid feelings. Using euphemistic photographs to tell stories about terror acts is a demonstration of ethical responsibility that has great implications for public peace especially in an African country like Nigeria with security concerns.
The faces of muslim/christian peaceful coexistence and shariah application in Nigeria
(2015-09) Uthman, I. O.||Abbas, L. O.
This paper focuses on the complexity of peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria and how this affects their understanding of the place of the Shari' ah in modern Nigeria. This paper questions the popular reading of the origin and development of the Shari'ah imbroglio in Nigeria and locates this in the desires of both Muslims and Christians to claim their portions of the "national cake" or the nation's resources. Though the paper agrees that there are indeed elements of what can be termed 'political Islam and Christianity' in Muslim/Christian relations in Nigeria, it explains how the prevailing Boko Haram quagmire can be traced to the dangerous play with politics in Nigerian recent history. It finally shows how this menace can be curbed through the application of some principles that intersect with Muslim/non-Muslim peaceful coexistence, pluralism and religious dialogue as being realized in Malaysia today. It also explains how this Malaysian example can help in re-directing the future relations of Muslims and Christians in Nigeria towards a sustainable, peaceful, multicultural, religious and equitable Nigerian society.

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