http://repository.unn.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8806 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:21:21 GMT 2026-09-02T20:21:21Z http://repository.unn.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8826 Trafficking and Human Dignity: A Critical Appraisal of Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s Trafficked Asadu, Emmanuela Uzoma; Asadu, Victor Chinedu Human trafficking for commercial sex exploitation is a heinous crime against humanity. This modern-day slavery is particularly targeted at women and children and constitutes a greater percentage of the fastest growing criminal industry in the world today. The trafficked victims are often seen as mere chattels and are therefore objectified and treated as merchandise. They are deceived, drugged, coerced or even kidnapped before being trafficked. This study, however, critically analyzes Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s Trafficked and examines the ingrained social injustice in Nigeria and how the writer projects the image of the dehumanized woman. Using feminist and post-colonial theory, it gives an understanding of how systems of social inequality are created and sustained. It argues that the new wave of migration and the growing commodification of the female body sustain the increase in trafficking for sexual exploitation. Findings from this research further reveal that poverty, social inequality, exclusion, gender discrimination and power imbalance culminate in the increased vulnerability of these victims. The research identifies the causes of human trafficking and categorically states that it is an affront to human values and contrary to the principles of freedom and human dignity. It equally reinstates that the protection of humans particularly children and women from trafficking must be placed in the broader context of the promotion and protection of human rights. And in order to combat and eradicate this epidemic and social injustice, this paper concludes that state legislation with stiff penalties that criminalize this nefarious and barbaric act must be institutionalized Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.unn.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8826 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.unn.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8825 The Plight of Migrant Women in Selected Novels of Adimora-Ezeigbo and Unigwe Chinyere, Otuu Egbuta; Iro, Anya Lekwa Migration has continued to attract the interest of scholars and critics of Nigerian literature, especially as Nigerian migrants are constantly victims of xenophobia. The migrants, particularly the women, are grossly objectified and insufferably abused, both nationally and internationally. There have been spates of incarcerations, killings and deportation of migrant women in different parts of the world: Italy, Malaysia, Libya, to mention but a few. There have also been records of deaths and harrowing experiences of female migrants in the Mediterranean Seas and the Sahara Desert. It is against this backdrop that this study adopts Post-colonial Feminism to analyse the motivations and experiences of the female migrant characters as post-colonial subjects in the Diaspora. Female characters from Chika Unigwe’s On Black Sisters’ Street and Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s Trafficked are studied in order to ascertain the extent to which the cultural environment, legacies of colonialism and neo-colonialism interplay to influence the decisions taken by these women. It is discovered that the woefully pathetic plight of migrant Nigerian women is a product of a disordered psyche induced by the socio-political, economic and cultural realities prevalent in postcolonial Nigeria. This study recommends that women empowerment and sustainable developmental policy implementation can help to curtail the psycho-emotional realities that are capable of misleading young Nigerian women. Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.unn.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8825 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.unn.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8824 “The Forgotten Treasure in the Midst of Wants”: An Assessment of Igbariam Farm Settlement Scheme in Eastern Nigeria, 1961 – 1979 Chukwudi, Isiani Mathias; Igwe, Uche Augustine The 1946 constitution of Nigeria was the first to regionalize political power in Nigeria, followed by the 1951and 1954 constitutions; the later deepened the forms and shape of regional government in Nigeria. It was also the constitution that systematized the revenue system thus making derivative principle the cardinal revenue allocation format for the three regions. This economic principle spurred the colonial government to modify her agricultural policies as well as the regional governments of Nigeria at independence for a ‘sustainable and reliable economy.’ The Eastern regional government under Dr. M.I. Okpara inspired by the Israeli Moshavim Farm Settlement Scheme, pioneered the establishment of farm settlements in Abak, Erei, Boki, Igbariam, Ohaji, Ulonna and Uzo-Uwani areas of the region. These farm settlements were to stem rural-urban migrations, generate revenue, curb social vices and create employment opportunities. Sadly, the huge expectations its establishment raised were dashed following the horrendous Nigeria-Biafra Civil War and official neglect after the war as a result of the oil bloom of the 1970s and the systematic and total reliance on oil by successive governments. There appears to be lack of enthusiasm among scholars’, leaders and governments in the Region to push for the revival of the Farm Settlements across the Region and the rest of Nigeria. Ironically, scholars have neglected this area of scholarship over time thus making extant literature scarce. This work hopes to fill this obvious gap in historical knowledge by reappraising the achievements and challenges of Igbariam Farm Settlement between 1961-1979. Using archival sources for the interpretation of the study area, newspapers, journals, personal diaries and other extant secondary sources, the research suggests a reappraisal of Igbariam Farm Settlement Scheme in the defunct Eastern Nigeria. In this regard, qualitative and quantitative methodology will be used in the course of the interpretation of results. The theory of individual/opportunity nexus and population theory will be employed to ascertain which of the two will be dominant in the study as regards to the present economic situation in the country. Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.unn.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8824 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.unn.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8823 The Dispossessed in A. N. Akwanya’s Pilgrim Foot: A Collection of Poems Orabueze, F. O. The poetic collection, Pilgrim Foot: A Collection of Poems, was published by Rev. Fr Prof. A. N. Akwanya in 2005 to mark the silver jubilee of his priestly ordination. It is a ninety-three-paged work divided into six parts with a total of forty-one poems. This research seeks to unveil the fact that the journey of the pilgrim, which is an allusion to the Biblical journey of the three wise men to Bethlehem in order to witness the birth of the savior, Jesus Christ, is not the same. Ironically, the journey of the present pilgrim, who is the speaking voice in the poems, does not take the reader into a holy land but into the heart of a failed state and a dysfunctional family which is made possible as a result of failed leadership. The voice unveils to the reader a panorama and a plethora of dispossessed human beings that inhabit the state and the family systems. This study shall also examine the literary language with which the poet clothes and foregrounds his thematic preoccupation with the issue of dispossession, using nineteen poems randomly chosen from the six parts that the poetic collection is made of. Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.unn.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8823 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z