Culture, Precepts, and Social Change in Southeastern Nigeria

Introduction

Apollos O. Nwauwa and Ogechi E. Anyanwu



PART I: Religious Diversity and Cultural Values in Igboland



Chapter 1: Pentecostalism, Miracle and 'Prosperity' Gospel

Ojiako Victoria Uloma



Chapter 2: Money God-Talk: Reading Proverbs 30:7-9 in a Milieu of Opulence Religiosity

Caroline N. Mbonu



Chapter 3: Deities in Indigenous Religion: A Critical Inquiry into the Nature and the Divinity of the Devil

Anselm C. Onuorah



Chapter 4: Agbara Na Mmuo as Agents of Development in Indigenous Cosmology

George Ogbonna Mbarah



Chapter 5: Harnessing Igbo Traditional and Biblical Environmental Ethics to Confront Ecological Challenges

Ernest O. Anyacho



PART II: Women and Gender Issues in Contemporary Igbo Society



Chapter 6: Masquerade and Women Spectatorship in Akp?ha-Afikpo: The Demystified Affront

Mazi Ben Orji



Chapter 7: Contributions of Women in Governance and Community Development: A Case Study of Awka-Etiti in Idemili South Local Government of Anambra State

Nkiru Christiana Ohia and Uchenna Mariestella Nzewi



Chapter 8: Inter-Female Hostility as a Cultural Behavior in Freud's Theory of Aggression

Ujubonu J. Okide



Chapter 9: Igbo Marriage Procedure: A Panacea to Frequent Divorce and Broken Homes

Benedict N. Igbokwe



Chapter 10: Sexism in Lyrics: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Flavour's 'Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix)' and 'Ada Ada'

Chiamaka Ngozi Oyeka



PART III: Exploring Igbo Worldview through Literature



Chapter 11: Chinua Achebe's Historical Novels and Igbo Value System Today: A Dialectical Discourse

Sheila I. Njemanze



Chapter 12: The Significance of Cosmic Objects in Traditional Burial Rites as Represented in African Literature

Evelyn Nwachukwu Urama, Albi-Oparaocha, and Florence Chiji



Chapter 13: Novel and Film: Tales of the Python in Two Media and Four Narratives

Okwuchukwu Otti



Chapter 14: Loan Words in Igbo Drama Texts: Implications for an Endangered Language

Adaora Anyachebelu



Chapter 15: Inscribing Women in Literary Canon: Agenda for Igbo Women Novelists

Okafor Ebele Eucharia