Re-Defining The Image Of Nigerian Woman: A Case Study Of Zainab Alkali’s The Descendants Abstract: This study examined Re-Defining the Image of Nigerian Woman: A Case Study of Zainab Alkali’s The Descendants. In 1835, Auguste Conte, in his treatise on The Positive Philosophy, stated that “the essence of God’s wisdom in creating Eve (woman)…
Abstract: This research examined the Influence of Family Background on the Academic Performance of Biology Students in Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. To guide the study, research questions were formulated. Ten public secondary schools in Ikono Local Government Area were used for the study. Instrument used for the study was a questionnaire…
Abstract: This study Peer Group Influence and Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students in Economics in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area. A review of related literature was used as a guide in establishing principles for the study. In other to achieve the stated objective, two research hypotheses were formulated for the study. A survey…
Abstract: The study was to find out the Visual Material Utilization and Academic Performance in Biology among Secondary School Students in Abak Local Government Area. The population of the study comprised of all the Senior Secondary School (SS2) students in the eleven (11) public secondary schools. A sample size of 120 SS2 students was chosen…
ABSTRACT: This research investigated “Family size and Academic performance in social studies among primary school pupils in Oruk Anam Local Government Area”. The population for the study consisted of 2,760 primary school pupils in Oruk Anam Local Government Area. The research design adopted was survey method. Simple random sampling was used to select 276 pupils…
Abstract: This research work is on the Dispossessed and Dispossed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s purple Hibiscus and Ngugi Wathiongo’s Petals of Blood. There are three forms of dispossession which are identified in these two selected novels. They are psychological, political and cultural dispossession. In Purple Hibiscus for instance, the author writes about the obnoxious cultural…
Abstract: This research work examined Perceived Factors and Parents Attitudes towards Girl Child Education in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. A survey research was conducted using a self-developed and validated instrument. Copies of the questionnaires were administered to teaching and non-teaching staff of five (5) secondary schools and the hypotheses formulated…
Abstract: This research examined the Socio-Cultural Discrimination in Buchi Emecheta’s the Joys of Motherhood and Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. Buchi Emecheta is one of the most important female writers to emerge from Nigeria. She is distinguished for her vivid description of female subordination and conflicting cultural values in modern Africa. In Emecheta’s The Joys of…
Abstract: This research examined Parental Styles and Academic Performance of Junior Secondary School Students in Uyo Local Government Area. Three null hypotheses was stated and tested at 0.05 level of significant and was analyzed using independent t-test statistics. The result obtained reveals that parenting style such as: democratic and permissive home, high parental and low…
FEMALE SUBJUGATION IN SOME FEMALE WRITERS; AN EXAMINATION OF MARIAMA BA’S SO LONG A LETTER AND BUCHI EMECHETA’S SECOND CLASS CITIZEN CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Traditionally, African women have experienced low status of subjugation, oppression, cultural domination and patriarchal suppression. Looking at female subjugation as portrayed by Mariama Ba and Buchi…