Mathias Chukwudi Isiani
Biographic Data
| ID | 679143 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mathias Chukwudi Isiani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mathias Chukwudi |
| FAMILY NAME | Isiani |
| SIGNATURE | ISIANI M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2202-6634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The tapestry of city life: Colonial modernity and everyday urban experiences in twentieth-century Onitsha, Nigeria
Dark Humour, Social Media, and Everyday Violence in Nigeria: Gbaa ya ọkụ in Onitsha city
The roots of aggression and revolt in Nigeria, as in many African countries, can be traced to urban areas. Cities have also become vibrant environments where citizens openly express humour about their everyday lives, engage in ridicule regarding their economic and social challenges, and share jokes about society, government, and the credibility of institutional agencies in safeguarding lives and property. Urban Onitsha, a city populated by migran…
The City of Boys: An ethnographic survey into the experiences of apprentices and urbanization of Onitsha City, Nigeria
No religion is superior”: History, culture, politics and heritage preservations of Ogwugwu Mmiri deity
Purpose The main objective of this research is to interrogate the cultural and historical significance of deities in Igbo land, using the Ogwugwu Mmiri deity in Okija as a case study. The study presents evidence that the Ogwugwu Mmiri in Okija has helped preserve the Igbo cultural heritage and traditional values, norms and precepts, which counters the narrative that Christianity undermined these aspects of Igbo society in the past. Design/methodo…
Not all deities were transformed in Igboland: A cultural history of the Api-Opi deity
Purpose This study examines the cultural history of the Api-Opi deity in Opi, Nsukka, Enugu State of Nigeria. The study sets out to examine the re-emergence of youthful worshippers of Api-Opi, despite the penetration of Christianity in the area. Design/methodology/approach The study employed ethnographic observation and field visits to the shrine of Api-Opi in Opi community of Enugu State, Nigeria. In addition, this study uncovers new information…
Socio-Economic Transformations in Nigeria: The Role of Church Missionary Society (CMS) Schools and Social Stigmatization in Onitsha Province, 1904 – 1975
The missionary education curriculum had been hotly debated among African scholars. They argued that they taught subjects which subverted African indigenous knowledge and culture. Thus, in their haste to produce court clerks, interpreters and catechists, they produced alienated Africans who looked down on their culture and tradition as “barbaric and heathen.” However, at the outset of the missionary educational establishment, the pioneer students …
Covid-19 pandemic and The Nigerian primary healthcare system: The leadership question
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the pathetic nature of the Nigeria healthcare system has become more glaring. In First World countries, the ravaging nature of the pandemic, marked by a high death toll, elicits trepidation among Nigerian citizens. What is more, these fears are not necessarily as a result of the lethal nature of COVID-19 but rather, they are consequent of certain conditions amongst which include: an inept and unconcern…
Interrogating the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Policies in Nigeria, 1986–2018
From the 1980s, Nigeria’s economy has witnessed severe stagnation. While Eurocentric literature pinpoint the Nigerian civil war and her leaders’ corruptive tendency as the prima facie, Afrocentric literatures trace the country’s economic woes to her historical processes of colonial domination and economic exploitation. Nevertheless, none of the above arguments underpin more firmly as being the catalyst to the country’s economic dysfunction especi…
Creativity, spirituality and society: A study in preservation of Ikenga and Ọfọ sculptures in contemporary Igbo society
Purpose The overall aim of this research is to interpret Ikenga and Ofo creativity as it is revered in Igbo societies. Igbo creativity, especially interpreted through material culture, suffers the threat of extinction resulting from the forces of modernity. Forces of modernisation, which appear in the personae of Christianity, education, urbanisation and industrialisation, denigrated indigenous creativity, brandishing them as devious, fetish and …
Presumed urbanization”: The experiences of Onitsha city slums dwellers
Social media and the Covid-19 pandemic: Observations from Nigeria
Social Media is an invaluable means of disseminating information to the citizenry; hence it is a powerful tool of propaganda. In lieu of the Nigerian situation, it acts as a two-edged sword as it allows citizens to be privy to information without impediments. However, this same tool has been used to misinform the populace and to circulate unverifiable and deceptive messages to citizens. As regards this, the basic question becomes: what are the ad…
A historical perspective of Nigerian immigrants in Europe
The world is gradually shrinking that at the press of a button events happening in a far-flung part of the earth could be followed live via a cable network. Globalization or capitalist penetration of every economy is a new phenomenon. Industrialized nations of the West are growing richer and having access to natural resources of the third world. Most of the third world countries are experiencing a harsh economic turn. World trade organization (WT…
Urbanization in Nigeria: The Onitsha experience
Social media and the Covid-19 pandemic: Observations from Nigeria
Social Media is an invaluable means of disseminating information to the citizenry; hence it is a powerful tool of propaganda. In lieu of the Nigerian situation, it acts as a two-edged sword as it allows citizens to be privy to information without impediments. However, this same tool has been used to misinform the populace and to circulate unverifiable and deceptive messages to citizens. As regards this, the basic question becomes: what are the ad…
A historical perspective of Nigerian immigrants in Europe
The world is gradually shrinking that at the press of a button events happening in a far-flung part of the earth could be followed live via a cable network. Globalization or capitalist penetration of every economy is a new phenomenon. Industrialized nations of the West are growing richer and having access to natural resources of the third world. Most of the third world countries are experiencing a harsh economic turn. World trade organization (WT…
Urbanization in Nigeria: The Onitsha experience
Socio-Economic Transformations in Nigeria: The Role of Church Missionary Society (CMS) Schools and Social Stigmatization in Onitsha Province, 1904 – 1975
The missionary education curriculum had been hotly debated among African scholars. They argued that they taught subjects which subverted African indigenous knowledge and culture. Thus, in their haste to produce court clerks, interpreters and catechists, they produced alienated Africans who looked down on their culture and tradition as “barbaric and heathen.” However, at the outset of the missionary educational establishment, the pioneer students …
Covid-19 pandemic and The Nigerian primary healthcare system: The leadership question
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the pathetic nature of the Nigeria healthcare system has become more glaring. In First World countries, the ravaging nature of the pandemic, marked by a high death toll, elicits trepidation among Nigerian citizens. What is more, these fears are not necessarily as a result of the lethal nature of COVID-19 but rather, they are consequent of certain conditions amongst which include: an inept and unconcern…
Interrogating the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Policies in Nigeria, 1986–2018
From the 1980s, Nigeria’s economy has witnessed severe stagnation. While Eurocentric literature pinpoint the Nigerian civil war and her leaders’ corruptive tendency as the prima facie, Afrocentric literatures trace the country’s economic woes to her historical processes of colonial domination and economic exploitation. Nevertheless, none of the above arguments underpin more firmly as being the catalyst to the country’s economic dysfunction especi…
Creativity, spirituality and society: A study in preservation of Ikenga and Ọfọ sculptures in contemporary Igbo society
Purpose The overall aim of this research is to interpret Ikenga and Ofo creativity as it is revered in Igbo societies. Igbo creativity, especially interpreted through material culture, suffers the threat of extinction resulting from the forces of modernity. Forces of modernisation, which appear in the personae of Christianity, education, urbanisation and industrialisation, denigrated indigenous creativity, brandishing them as devious, fetish and …
Presumed urbanization”: The experiences of Onitsha city slums dwellers
Not all deities were transformed in Igboland: A cultural history of the Api-Opi deity
Purpose This study examines the cultural history of the Api-Opi deity in Opi, Nsukka, Enugu State of Nigeria. The study sets out to examine the re-emergence of youthful worshippers of Api-Opi, despite the penetration of Christianity in the area. Design/methodology/approach The study employed ethnographic observation and field visits to the shrine of Api-Opi in Opi community of Enugu State, Nigeria. In addition, this study uncovers new information…
No religion is superior”: History, culture, politics and heritage preservations of Ogwugwu Mmiri deity
Purpose The main objective of this research is to interrogate the cultural and historical significance of deities in Igbo land, using the Ogwugwu Mmiri deity in Okija as a case study. The study presents evidence that the Ogwugwu Mmiri in Okija has helped preserve the Igbo cultural heritage and traditional values, norms and precepts, which counters the narrative that Christianity undermined these aspects of Igbo society in the past. Design/methodo…
The City of Boys: An ethnographic survey into the experiences of apprentices and urbanization of Onitsha City, Nigeria
Dark Humour, Social Media, and Everyday Violence in Nigeria: Gbaa ya ọkụ in Onitsha city
The roots of aggression and revolt in Nigeria, as in many African countries, can be traced to urban areas. Cities have also become vibrant environments where citizens openly express humour about their everyday lives, engage in ridicule regarding their economic and social challenges, and share jokes about society, government, and the credibility of institutional agencies in safeguarding lives and property. Urban Onitsha, a city populated by migran…
The tapestry of city life: Colonial modernity and everyday urban experiences in twentieth-century Onitsha, Nigeria
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Economics (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (5 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works)