Jonas Akung
Biographic Data
| ID | 152751 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonas Akung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonas |
| FAMILY NAME | Akung |
| SIGNATURE | AKUNG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calabar |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3244-1161 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Won't You Come Home? Women's Linguistic Strategies in Negotiating Sexual Engagements in a Rural Context in Nigeria
Although there are studies that have investigated how urban women negotiate sexual intimacy, pleasure, and positions, how rural women negotiate sexual intimacy remains understudied. In an attempt to contribute to scholarship on African women's sexual experiences, this article examines how Bette‐Obudu women in northern Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria, negotiate sexual intimacy with their partners in romantic relationships. The ethnographic…
(Un)doing Gender
In Search of a Future
The contemporary Nigerian novel is much about the accentuation of the theme of despair, drawing on issues of unemployment, harsh economic realities, political crises, insurgency and corruption. It also explores this despondence and the search for a better life. The choice of Chika Unigwe’s On Black Sisters’ Street and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s I Do Not Come to You by Chance illustrates this point. The paper explores the despair that the youths enc…
I cannot baptize Satan
This article examines the communicative significance and sociolinguistic import of deathprevention names in Mbube, Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, Southeastern Nigeria. Naming in the Mbube cultural context reveals deep insights into the relationship between the name-giver and the cultural framework of the Mbube people. This study is an attempt to identify death-prevention names Mbube people bestow and what they communicate in te…
I cannot baptize Satan
This article examines the communicative significance and sociolinguistic import of deathprevention names in Mbube, Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, Southeastern Nigeria. Naming in the Mbube cultural context reveals deep insights into the relationship between the name-giver and the cultural framework of the Mbube people. This study is an attempt to identify death-prevention names Mbube people bestow and what they communicate in te…
(Un)doing Gender
I cannot baptize Satan
This article examines the communicative significance and sociolinguistic import of deathprevention names in Mbube, Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, Southeastern Nigeria. Naming in the Mbube cultural context reveals deep insights into the relationship between the name-giver and the cultural framework of the Mbube people. This study is an attempt to identify death-prevention names Mbube people bestow and what they communicate in te…
In Search of a Future
The contemporary Nigerian novel is much about the accentuation of the theme of despair, drawing on issues of unemployment, harsh economic realities, political crises, insurgency and corruption. It also explores this despondence and the search for a better life. The choice of Chika Unigwe’s On Black Sisters’ Street and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s I Do Not Come to You by Chance illustrates this point. The paper explores the despair that the youths enc…
(Un)doing Gender
Won't You Come Home? Women's Linguistic Strategies in Negotiating Sexual Engagements in a Rural Context in Nigeria
Although there are studies that have investigated how urban women negotiate sexual intimacy, pleasure, and positions, how rural women negotiate sexual intimacy remains understudied. In an attempt to contribute to scholarship on African women's sexual experiences, this article examines how Bette‐Obudu women in northern Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria, negotiate sexual intimacy with their partners in romantic relationships. The ethnographic…
Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works)