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Civil conflicts in Africa range from few interstate wars to several intrastate conflicts characterized by secessionist movements, irredentism, coups and counter coups, genocide, wars of liberation to resource-based wars. The varied causes of conflicts in the continent's diverse and complex social formations are seen in ethnic terms and include struggles for economic/environmental resources, poor institutions of governance and issues of identit...

It has been a serious issue that most youths of the 21st century access the internet through their phone including laptop at the expense of their spiritual growth and development. In essence, they do not regard religious activities when compared with using the internet. The methodology used in this work includes questionnaire, books and internet sources which were used to get responses from the students in Babcock University and information fr...

Dass in der bildenden Kunst seit den 1960er Jahren serielle und standardisierte Verfahren das Gebot der Originalität von Werk und Künstler unterwandern, ist wohlbekannt. Die Performance hingegen galt bislang als letzte Bastion einmaliger Kunst. Joy Kristin Kalu enttarnt dieses Postulat als Fortschreibung des Mythos der Originalität der Avantgarde. Ihr Buch widmet sich jenen aufgeführten und verkörperten Wiederholungen, die in den Studien zur U...

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In recent years, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) witnessed an unprecedented growth in market capitalization, membership, value and volume traded. By December 2007, the All-Share Index has grown massively to 57, 990 from 1, 113 in January 1993. This rising interest in investment opportunities in the NSE raises questions about its efficiency. Why do we care if a stock market is efficient or not? The stock market acts an intermediary and channe...

Everyone has a specific purpose for which they were born. However, we don't arrive with a manual telling us what it is or how to go about finding it. We must discover it. The process can be drawn out and sometimes very discouraging. It's like going to school, where you learn, then do a test to confirm that you have actually imbibed what has been taught. There are high and low points in this learning process. There are many unexpected turns alo...

Given the amazing interest in interfaith relationships among the religions in Nigeria, and the desire to proffer a better approach to these relationships, this book proposes a trialogical approach as a solution to the religious conflicts and crises that have become the order of the in Nigeria. In this approach, no religion is left out, all (ATR, Islam, and Christianity) are treated as equal partners in seeking and offering solutions towards be...

This book, which is the first of a-three-volume series of interfaith relationships in Nigeria, presents Nigeria as a multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation, with religion controlling almost every aspects of life. It highlights the deep-rooted religious divide in Nigeria and looks into various ways that we can move beyond the religious bitterness existing among the three dominant religions in Nigeria: African traditional religion, Islam, and C...

The Nigerian religious landscape is characterized by series of violence leading to bloodshed, loss of thousands of life and property worth billions of Naira. This unfortunate situation raises much concern in the minds of well-meaning Nigerians. Hence, this book raises such crucial questions as: How can Nigeria remain a secular state, and still maintain its plurality of religion and at same time survive disintegration because of religious viole...

This book is a collection of essays on religious thoughts across various religious traditions and belief systems in the world. It covers essays on Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, African Traditional Religion, Mythology, and Philosophy of Religion from a comparative perspective. It offers the reader an insight into the thoughts of these religions, where they relate to each other and how they differ from each because of many factors, wh...

In our age and time, many Igbo Christians are faced with crises of faith and identity as to whether they are Christians, faithful to the teachings of their religion, or Igbos, loyal to their native customs and cultures. Addressing these crises, this book identifies and proposes ways of incorporating the Christian message, through a systematic process of inculturation, into the life of the Igbo people so that they can be at home with the messag...

This book is comprised of a collection of original poems written by me. Most of the topics are designed for advanced readers, while a smaller portion is slated for the reading pleasures of the very young and adults, respectively. I dedicated my thoughts and journalistic instincts delving into issues that affect our lives on earth every day. The collection includes poems about people, love, heartbreak, deception, memorable events, interesting p...

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This book explores theories of citizenship, its relevance to the lives of a populace, and how it might be used to address critical issues of state, identity, and the human condition. In stark contrast to previous scholarship about citizenship as a construct, this book covers the full spectrum of literature from classical Greco-Roman foundations to the postmodern turn and contemporary critical social theory as a way of illuminating, on the one ...

Start Here is a step between where you are and where you want to be. Start Here is about helping you make simple changes to improve your health through lifestyle tips one path at a time. The focus of Start Here is on taste and quality. Dr. Kalu promotes that to eat healthfully you do not have to sacrifice taste and fun. You can still have the pleasure and joy of eating a tasty meal well prepared. Twelve years in the making, Start Here brings t...

This book, Delay Not Denial, is about the unfailing power of God towards all. God is able to bring all his promises to pass in our lives if we can patiently wait to see God's mighty move on our behalf at the appointed time. God's promises may be delayed, but will never be denied. "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31). When we face trials and temptations, we should realize that God will...

A novel following an aspiring footballer who discovers that he's going deaf. Explores issues of disability and the different ways we choose to handle it.

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Leonard is sat on the substitutes' bench, but never asked to play ... and it's not even as if the Ducie High football team is any good: they get beaten, time after time. Then everything changes after he meets the 1996 England World Cup team.

Heavy metals are bio-accumulative and cause a lot of health related problems. It is therefore necessary to ascertain the potential public health and toxicological hazards of some of these heavy metals in food meant for human consumption. This book thereby investigates into the presence and concentration of different heavy metals in cattle hides singed with wood fueled with different substances such as tyres, plastics, engine oil and polystyren...