Okwudiri Anasiudu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Okwudiri Anasiudu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Okwudiri |
| FAMILY NAME | Anasiudu |
| SIGNATURE | ANASIUDU O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Port Harcourt |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0312-1110 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Conflict and warfare metaphors in the Nigerian media conceptualization of corruption
The incidence of corruption in Nigeria is monumental, widespread, pervasive and endemic. Studies on corruption in Nigeria have been approached from diverse perspectives including insights from social sciences and humanities. This study is based on the tenets of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). The CMT approach expresses the role of language, culture and cognition in the communication of human experiences. The underlying motivation for conceptual…
Mimetic designs in Helon Habila’s Oil on Water
The stark condition of the Niger Delta region is a factual reality, and Helon Habila's Oil on Water has been read by several critics as a plausible reflection of this reality, glossing over the novel's fictive nature and the aesthetic choices of its configuration. This paper argues that what is perceived as plausibility in the representation of reality in Oil on Water is instead a simulated appearance of reality suggested by Habila's aesthetic ch…
Re-thinking Afropolitanism
Afropolitanism has become a very contentious keyword in the lexicon of current African cultural and literary studies. This is evident in several essays written on it which emerged in the 21st century. Two streams of Afropolitanism serve as take-off points for the debate and essays on the concept. The first is the perspective on the New African diaspora of Selasi. The second is Africa’s rhizomatic cultural ‘unity-in-diversity’ in the continent fro…
Nnimmo Bassey’s Aesthetic Imagination and Social Meaning in We Thought It Was Oil but It Was Blood
This paper explores Nnimmo Bassey’s poetry collection: We Thought it Was Oil but It Was Blood. It interrogates the aesthetic imagination and language use in the construction of the poem as a text, and the social meaning wrapped in such imagination and language use. This paper draws insight from postcolonial ecocriticism and critical functional linguistics as theoretical frameworks. The methodology this paper adopts is qualitative, descriptive, an…
Transcending Hegemonic Phallic-Culture and Imaginaries
The representation of the struggles of contemporary African women from low-income/middle-class families, and their attempt at breaking free from the hold of such struggles have not gained much attention in the criticism of recent African novels. To bridge this research gap, this study interrogates Helon Habila‘s Travellers; NoViolet Bulawayo‘s We Need New Names; and Chimamanda Adichie‘s Americanah. It underscores the experiences of Darling, Ifeme…
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Nnimmo Bassey’s Aesthetic Imagination and Social Meaning in We Thought It Was Oil but It Was Blood
This paper explores Nnimmo Bassey’s poetry collection: We Thought it Was Oil but It Was Blood. It interrogates the aesthetic imagination and language use in the construction of the poem as a text, and the social meaning wrapped in such imagination and language use. This paper draws insight from postcolonial ecocriticism and critical functional linguistics as theoretical frameworks. The methodology this paper adopts is qualitative, descriptive, an…
Transcending Hegemonic Phallic-Culture and Imaginaries
The representation of the struggles of contemporary African women from low-income/middle-class families, and their attempt at breaking free from the hold of such struggles have not gained much attention in the criticism of recent African novels. To bridge this research gap, this study interrogates Helon Habila‘s Travellers; NoViolet Bulawayo‘s We Need New Names; and Chimamanda Adichie‘s Americanah. It underscores the experiences of Darling, Ifeme…
Mimetic designs in Helon Habila’s Oil on Water
The stark condition of the Niger Delta region is a factual reality, and Helon Habila's Oil on Water has been read by several critics as a plausible reflection of this reality, glossing over the novel's fictive nature and the aesthetic choices of its configuration. This paper argues that what is perceived as plausibility in the representation of reality in Oil on Water is instead a simulated appearance of reality suggested by Habila's aesthetic ch…
Re-thinking Afropolitanism
Afropolitanism has become a very contentious keyword in the lexicon of current African cultural and literary studies. This is evident in several essays written on it which emerged in the 21st century. Two streams of Afropolitanism serve as take-off points for the debate and essays on the concept. The first is the perspective on the New African diaspora of Selasi. The second is Africa’s rhizomatic cultural ‘unity-in-diversity’ in the continent fro…
Conflict and warfare metaphors in the Nigerian media conceptualization of corruption
The incidence of corruption in Nigeria is monumental, widespread, pervasive and endemic. Studies on corruption in Nigeria have been approached from diverse perspectives including insights from social sciences and humanities. This study is based on the tenets of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). The CMT approach expresses the role of language, culture and cognition in the communication of human experiences. The underlying motivation for conceptual…
Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (2 works)