Nkiru Doris Onyemachi
Biographic Data
| ID | 5140027 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nkiru Doris Onyemachi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nkiru Doris |
| FAMILY NAME | Onyemachi |
| SIGNATURE | ONYEMACHI N D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Edwin Clark University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4590-6776 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Culture and time
The African construction of time is enshrined in the discourse of signifier and signified. This means that time as a concept in the African milieu is founded on phenomenological interpretation; even chronological time derives its relevance in phenomenological discernment. Mbiti postulates that time in Africa is connected to the beliefs, attitudes, practices, and culture of the people. Achebe extends this objectification of time in his presentatio…
One voice, so many
Ecoaesthetics and the Trauma of Continuity in Akwanya’s Pilgrim Foot
The Freedman in Soyinka's "The Man Died"
The Nigerian Civil War fought from 1966 to 1970 has evoked emotions and enthroned writers that have either recaptured their experiences or told imaginative tales based on other’s experiences. But amidst the different structures, the horrific images captured in these works unify these texts as sharing a common interest and resonating a nation’s narrative. In The Man Died, Soyinka, while being held as a prisoner, revivifies his experiences of the w…
Weeping in the Face of Fortune
Scholarship on Niger Delta ecopoetry has concentrated on the economic, socio-political and cultural implications of eco-degradation in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of the South-South in Nigeria, but falls short of addressing the trope of eco-alienation, the sense of separation between people and nature, which seems to be a significant idea in Niger Delta ecopoetics. For sure, literary studies in particular and the Humanities at large have show…
Weeping in the Face of Fortune
Scholarship on Niger Delta ecopoetry has concentrated on the economic, socio-political and cultural implications of eco-degradation in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of the South-South in Nigeria, but falls short of addressing the trope of eco-alienation, the sense of separation between people and nature, which seems to be a significant idea in Niger Delta ecopoetics. For sure, literary studies in particular and the Humanities at large have show…
Weeping in the Face of Fortune
Scholarship on Niger Delta ecopoetry has concentrated on the economic, socio-political and cultural implications of eco-degradation in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of the South-South in Nigeria, but falls short of addressing the trope of eco-alienation, the sense of separation between people and nature, which seems to be a significant idea in Niger Delta ecopoetics. For sure, literary studies in particular and the Humanities at large have show…
The Freedman in Soyinka's "The Man Died"
The Nigerian Civil War fought from 1966 to 1970 has evoked emotions and enthroned writers that have either recaptured their experiences or told imaginative tales based on other’s experiences. But amidst the different structures, the horrific images captured in these works unify these texts as sharing a common interest and resonating a nation’s narrative. In The Man Died, Soyinka, while being held as a prisoner, revivifies his experiences of the w…
Ecoaesthetics and the Trauma of Continuity in Akwanya’s Pilgrim Foot
One voice, so many
Culture and time
The African construction of time is enshrined in the discourse of signifier and signified. This means that time as a concept in the African milieu is founded on phenomenological interpretation; even chronological time derives its relevance in phenomenological discernment. Mbiti postulates that time in Africa is connected to the beliefs, attitudes, practices, and culture of the people. Achebe extends this objectification of time in his presentatio…
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (5 works) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)