Journal of
Languages and Culture

  • Abbreviation: J. Lang. Cult.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6540
  • DOI: 10.5897/JLC
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 131

Table of Content: January-June 2022 ; 13(1)

January 2022

Complex gendered identity in Africa: Postmodern perspectives from Igbo and Yoruba Languages and Cultures

This is an attempt to address the complexities and paradoxes surrounding other forms of gender identity beyond the physical. These other forms of identities are considered metaphysical and practised within belief systems, cultures and traditions.  A postmodern approach lazed on the theoretical framework of inter-subjectivity is used to examine these women’s metaphysical identities from Igbo and Yoruba...

Author(s): Opeyemi T. Agoyi and Ucheoma C. Osuji