Dr. Promise Okeadigwu Adiele

2026

2 publications

1

Beyond the Frontiers of Activism and Social Change: The Theatrical Components of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's Afrobeat Music

🏛️ Nordic Journal of African Studies 35 (2), 423-439, 2026 • Published 2026

Authors: P Adiele

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Artificial Intelligence and Animism: Explorations in Digital Humanities

🏛️ Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA. 28 …, 2026 • Published 2026

Authors: P Adiele, M Nwambam

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2025

6 publications

3

Omugwo Cultural Practice in Igboland: A Threat to Men or Advantage for Women

🏛️ Ogbazuluobodo: University of Nigeria Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies. 6 …, 2025 • Published 2025

Authors: P Adiele

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4

Independence or Conflict of Cultures in Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel and Death and the King’s Horseman

🏛️ Sokoto Journal of Language, Literature and Linguistics 4 (1), 125-142, 2025 • Published 2025

Authors: P Adiele

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5

“Resuscitating Africa’s Traditional Prophetic Essence: The Ifa Oracle in Rotimi’s The Gods Are Not to Blame and The Oracle of Hills and Caves in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart”.

🏛️ Benin Journal of Literary Studies, University of Benin 3 (1), 88-99, 2025 • Published 2025

Authors: P Adiele

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6

“Is Africa Going Mad Again? Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again as a Metaphor for Africa’s Political Realities”.

🏛️ Journal of English Studies, University of Port Harcourt 7 (3), 78-93, 2025 • Published 2025

Authors: P Adiele

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7

Gender superiority: self-sexualization and the victory of women in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata

🏛️ Cogent Arts & Humanities, Taylor and Francis UK 12 (1), 2438483, 2025 • Published 2025

Authors: P Adiele, H Eghagha

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Igbo Identity: New Yam Festival as Cultural Drama

🏛️ COOU Journal of Folklore and Cultural Studies 5 (1), 1-21, 2025 • Published 2025

Authors: P Adiele

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2024

6 publications

9

American Dream: The Dialectics of Illusion and Reality in Miller's Death of a Salesman and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

🏛️ Madonna Journal of English and Literary Studies 4 (2), 61-89, 2024 • Published 2024

Authors: P Adiele

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10

“Prostitution: The Illogicality of Morality in Bernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s Profession”.

🏛️ AWIYE Journal of Language, Literature and Communication Studies 4 (2), 18-33, 2024 • Published 2024

Authors: P Adiele

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The Dialectics of Politics and Religion in TS Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral

🏛️ Comparative Literature: East & West, Taylor and Francis UK 8 (2), 155-169, 2024 • Published 2024

Authors: P Adiele

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The Delphic Oracle and Ifa Oracle: Limits of Divination in Oedipus the King and The Gods Are Not to Blame

🏛️ Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, Pennsylvania State University USA 26 (1 …, 2024 • Published 2024

Authors: P Adiele

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Audience Participation: Avant-Garde in Bertolt Brecht's The Good Woman of Setzuan and Femi Osofisan's Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels

🏛️ Forum for World Literature Studies 6 (2), 321-339, 2024 • Published 2024

Authors: P Adiele

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Animist materialism in Femi Osofisan's No More the Wasted Breed (1983) and Once Upon Four Robbers (1980)

🏛️ Research Journal in Advanced Humanities 5 (1), 16, 2024 • Published 2024

Authors: P Adiele

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2023

6 publications

15

Poverty and Exploitation: Iyayi's Social Realism in Violence andHeroes

🏛️ Akshara: An International Refereed Research Journal of English Literature …, 2023 • Published 2023

Authors: PO Adiele

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Sexual Continence and Masculine Tragedy in Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman

🏛️ Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies 9 (1), 186-205, 2023 • Published 2023

Authors: PO Adiele

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The Trial of Religion and Politics in Soyinka's The Trial of Brother Jero and Ngugi and Mugo's The Trial of Dedan Kimathi

🏛️ HUMANITIES, MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, 35, 2023 • Published 2023

Authors: P Adiele

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Aesthetics: Redefining Femi Osofisan's Dramatic Commitment

🏛️ Ars Artium, Vol. 11, 2023 • Published 2023

Authors: PO Adiele

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Deconstructing Marxist/Revolutionary Labels in Femi Osofisan’s Plays

🏛️ Gombe Savanah: Journal of Language, Literature and Communication, 2023 • Published 2023

Authors: PO Adiele

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Poverty and Exploitation: Iyayi's Social Realism in Violence and Heroes

🏛️ Akshara, 29, 2023 • Published 2023

Authors: P Adiele

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2022

2 publications

21

Metastasised Characters as Hegelian Change Agents In Osofisan’s Morountodun and No More the Wasted Breed

🏛️ Ife Journal of Language and Literatures, 2022 • Published 2022

Authors: PO Adiele

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Tragedy as a Component of Liberation and Freedom In Ola Rotimi'sThe Gods Are Not to Blame

🏛️ AKSU Journal of English, 2022 • Published 2022

Authors: PO Adiele

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2021

6 publications

23

The Supernatural Realm and Physical Realm: Shakespeare’s juxtaposition of Opposites in Julius Caesar

🏛️ Jos Journal of the English Language University of Jos 4 (1), 352-361, 2021 • Published 2021

Authors: P Adiele

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Rethinking Suicide: Echoes in Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman and Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

🏛️ The Noun Scholar Journal of Arts and Humanities 1 (1), 78-89, 2021 • Published 2021

Authors: P Adiele

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Interrogating Hegel’s Levels of Consciousness as Factors of Change in Femi Osofisan’s No More The Wasted Breed

🏛️ Kalangu: Journal of Language and Literary Studies, 2021 • Published 2021

Authors: PO Adiele

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Yoruba Mythology: Osofisan’s Ideological Haven in Once Upon Four Robbers and Esu and The Vagabond Minstrel

🏛️ Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures, 2021 • Published 2021

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Nigerian Festivals: In Search of a New Identity

🏛️ Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Journal of Cultural Studies, 2021 • Published 2021

Authors: PO Adiele

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Masculinity in Chaos: Interrogating Gender Tensions in JP Clark’s Song of A Goat

🏛️ Ansu Journal of Language and Literary Studies 2 (1), 2021 • Published 2021

Authors: PO ADIELE

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2020

1 publication

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The Dialectic of Violence: Rethinking Armed Robbery in Femi Osofisan’s Once Upon Four Robbers

🏛️ Ogbazuluobodo. Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 1 (1), 70-86, 2020 • Published 2020

Authors: P ADIELE

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2019

1 publication

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Unity of Opposites in Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun and No More the Wasted Breed

🏛️ LARES: Lagos Review of English Studies. A Journal of Language and Literary …, 2019 • Published 2019

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2016

1 publication

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Self-Preservation as a Tragic Paradox in Death Not A Redeemer

🏛️ In Theory and In Practice: Engaging the Writings of Hope Eghagha Ed. Patrick …, 2016 • Published 2016

Authors: PO Adiele

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Beyond the Frontiers of Activism and Social Change: The Theatrical Components of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's Afrobeat Music

Artificial Intelligence and Animism: Explorations in Digital Humanities

Omugwo Cultural Practice in Igboland: A Threat to Men or Advantage for Women

Independence or Conflict of Cultures in Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel and Death and the King’s Horseman

“Resuscitating Africa’s Traditional Prophetic Essence: The Ifa Oracle in Rotimi’s The Gods Are Not to Blame and The Oracle of Hills and Caves in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart”.

“Is Africa Going Mad Again? Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again as a Metaphor for Africa’s Political Realities”.

Gender superiority: self-sexualization and the victory of women in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata

Igbo Identity: New Yam Festival as Cultural Drama

American Dream: The Dialectics of Illusion and Reality in Miller's Death of a Salesman and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

“Prostitution: The Illogicality of Morality in Bernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s Profession”.

The Dialectics of Politics and Religion in TS Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral

The Delphic Oracle and Ifa Oracle: Limits of Divination in Oedipus the King and The Gods Are Not to Blame

Audience Participation: Avant-Garde in Bertolt Brecht's The Good Woman of Setzuan and Femi Osofisan's Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels

Animist materialism in Femi Osofisan's No More the Wasted Breed (1983) and Once Upon Four Robbers (1980)

Poverty and Exploitation: Iyayi's Social Realism in Violence andHeroes

Sexual Continence and Masculine Tragedy in Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman

The Trial of Religion and Politics in Soyinka's The Trial of Brother Jero and Ngugi and Mugo's The Trial of Dedan Kimathi

Aesthetics: Redefining Femi Osofisan's Dramatic Commitment

Deconstructing Marxist/Revolutionary Labels in Femi Osofisan’s Plays

Poverty and Exploitation: Iyayi's Social Realism in Violence and Heroes

Metastasised Characters as Hegelian Change Agents In Osofisan’s Morountodun and No More the Wasted Breed

Tragedy as a Component of Liberation and Freedom In Ola Rotimi'sThe Gods Are Not to Blame

The Supernatural Realm and Physical Realm: Shakespeare’s juxtaposition of Opposites in Julius Caesar

Rethinking Suicide: Echoes in Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman and Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

Interrogating Hegel’s Levels of Consciousness as Factors of Change in Femi Osofisan’s No More The Wasted Breed

Yoruba Mythology: Osofisan’s Ideological Haven in Once Upon Four Robbers and Esu and The Vagabond Minstrel

Nigerian Festivals: In Search of a New Identity

Masculinity in Chaos: Interrogating Gender Tensions in JP Clark’s Song of A Goat

The Dialectic of Violence: Rethinking Armed Robbery in Femi Osofisan’s Once Upon Four Robbers

Unity of Opposites in Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun and No More the Wasted Breed

Self-Preservation as a Tragic Paradox in Death Not A Redeemer

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