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2018APAS International conference

Theme: African Ideologies in a World of Change

SCHEDULE FOR PARALLEL SESSION

GROUP ONE Chairman: Prof. NkechinyereNwokoye Rapporteur: Dr. ChukwugozieDonatusNwoye Venue: Main Hall (Podium)

S/N PRESENTER (S) TITLE OF PAPER

1. Prof. NkechinyereNwokoye Erosion of Igbo Folkloric Elements in a (Department of Igbo, African World of Change: A Way Forward &Asian Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka)

2. P.T. Haaga, PhD(Department of On the Dialectics of Leadership in African Philosophy, Federal University, and the World of Change: A Lafia,) Jurisprudential Perspective 3. Wariboko, Onyinyechi Priscilla Gender, Terminologies and the Relevance Christian (University of Port of Gender Studies/Discourses in Africa in Harcourt, Choba Port Harcourt) Contemporary Times 4. ChukwugozieDonatusNwoye, The Phenomenon of Ogwu (Charm) in PhD (Department of Philosophy Igbo Worldview: its Socio-Political ChukwuemekaOdumegwuOjukwu Implications in a World of Change University, Igbariam Campus, ) 5. NwaogaChinyere Theresa The Socio-Religious Dynamics of Domestic (Department of Religion and Migration in : Fulani Pastoralists Cultural Studies, University of and Middle Belt Inhabitants Nigeria, Nsukka)&Favour C. Uroko (Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, , Nsukka) 6. Amakiri, Metong Eustace Socialization of the Nigerian Child Betwixt (Department of Religious and and Between Tradition and Modernity: Cultural Studies, Ignatius Ajuru The Case of Obolo (Andoni), in Rivers University of Education, Port State, Nigeria Harcourt)

7. Ignatius C. UzonduPh.D The Relevance of African Ideologies of (Department of Philosophy and Development to Africa in a World of Religious Studies, Change , Umunya)

8. Peter Sunday Ejem (Saint Comparative Study of Igwebuike Augustine’s Major Seminary, Jos, Philosophy and Julius Nyerere‟s Plateau State) Philosophy of African Brotherhood

9. Glory OlaifeAnjorin (Theatre The Playwright as a Crusader of Societal Arts Department, Imo State Transformation: An Evaluation of Some University, Owerri.) &Cajetan Selected African Plays AnaetochukwuNwosu (Theatre Arts Department, , Owerri)

GROUP TWO Chairman: Prof. NkeonyeOtakpor Rapporteur: Prince Okwudili Vincent-Anene, Venue: Main Hall (Downside)

S/N PRESENTER (S) TITLE OF PAPER

1. ObodoegbulamAgi Otto, Ogba Religion, Food Security and the Ph.D. Influence of Change Dept. of Religious and cultural studies, I.A.U.E. Port Harcourt) 2. Dr. Patricia OPURUNUZOBURUMKPARA (One Who EbereNwazonobi (Dept. of Picked a Fiddlestick on the Road) Philosophy and Religion, , Abakaliki 3. Ejikemeuwa J. O. NDUBISI, Totemism and African Culture: A PhD(Department of Philosophical Evaluation of Its Significance Philosophy & Religious in a World of Change Studies, Tansian University, Umunya) 4. Dr. Clement The Rising Herdsmen Militancy and ChimezieIgbokwe Security Challenges in Nigeria (Department of History and International Relations, , Uturu)&Dr. Sr. Clara Austin Iwuoha (Department of Religious Studies, Imo State University, Owerri) 5. Vincent-Anene, Prince I Go Hopeless, I Come Hopeless: The Plight Okwudili (Department of of the Common in the Wee Years of History and International “Change” in Nigeria; 2015 to 2017 Relations, , Awka)

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6. Agi Otto, Ph.D. (Dept. of Traditional Dispute Resolution Religious and Cultural studies, Mechanisms in Ogba and Ikwerri (Nigeria) I.A.U.E. Port Harcourt) and the Influence of Change &Revd. F. A. Amadi, Stephen)

7. Martin F. AsiegbuPh.D African Consensual Rationality: Facing Up (Department of Philosophy to the Possibility of a World Government University of Nigeria, Nsukka)

8. Matthew Ikechukwu Pan-Africanism and African Sovereignty in Obijekwu, PhD (School of a World af Change General Studies, Philosophy Unit, Anambra State Polytechnic, Mgbakwu, Anambra State) &Charles K. Onebunne (Department of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka)

9. Gabriel Asuquo (Department Democracy and the Nature of African of Philosophy States: Towards an Institutional Reform for African Development Akoka –Lagos)

10. Martin F. AsiegbuPh.D Africanization and Decolonization in the (Department of Philosophy, Context of Intercultural Philosophical University of Nigeria, Dialogue Nsukka)

GROUP THREE Chairman: Prof. O. R. Adeniyi Rapporteur: Dr. Johnpaul ChineduEnemuo Venue: Main Hall (Upside)

S/N PRESENTER (S) TITLE OF PAPER

1. JimohBakare, Ph.D Development of Local Contents for (Department of Industrial Widening Occupational Opportunities of Technical Education, Electrical/Electronic Technology Graduates University of Nigeria, Nsukka) in African Environment to Cope with World of Change 2. Dr. Ngozi E. Okeke Critical Literacy: Implication for Academic (Department of English Achievement Across the Curriculum Language and Literary Studies, Paul University, Awka) 3. Ngozi Dora Ulogu,Ph.D. African Literature and the Changing (National Orientation Agency, World: The Antithetical Ideologies of

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Anambra State) Individualism and Communalism in Chinua Achebe‟s Novels 4. Enemuo, Johnpaul Chinedu Africa and Leadership in the World of (Ph.D Research Student, Change Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka)&Anselm C. ONUORAH (Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka)

5. Prof. Adeniyi O. R. African Culture in a World of Change (Department of Philosophy, ) &Ayedero, Taiwo Martins (Department of Philosophy, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti)

6. Agih, I. A. (Kogi State African History in a World Of Change College Of Education, Ankpa, Kogi State) 7. Igwilo Daniel Ikechukwu, African Culture and Values in a World of (Tansian University Umunya) Change: A Philosophical Appraisal &VitalisChukwunonsoOgbo ( Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Tansian University Umunya) 8. Iheanacho, Ambrose O. J. African Traditional Religion in a World Of Ph.D. (Department of Religion Change & Cultural Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka) 9. Sunday LayiOladipupo, An Existential Deconstruction of Yor b Ph.D(Department of Belief in the Notion of - (Inner-Head) Philosophy, AdekunleAjasin University, AkungbaAkoko, Ondo State) 10. Peter EchewijaSULE Not One of Us: Xenophobia and the Frailty (Department of Philosophy of Ubuntu as an African Communalistic Federal University Lafia) Philosophy

GROUP FOUR Chairman: Dr. Alex AmaechiUgwuja Rapporteur: Vincent Gerald Onwudinjo Venue: Main Hall (Up Gallery)

S/N PRESENTER (S) TITLE OF PAPER

1. Dr. Augustine ChidiIgbokwe Bergsonian Intuition and the Methods of (, Amorji – Nike, African Philosophy in a World of

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Enugu) Change

2. Alex AmaechiUgwuja, Ph.D. „Counting The Dead‟: Economic (Department of History and Recession, Arms Proliferation and their International Relations, Paul effects on Nigeria‟s Development in a University, Awka) Changing World

3. Emmanuel Uchenna Kanu Soft Skills for Effective Retailing of (Department of Industrial Design, Native Africa African Arts in the 21st ModibboAdama University of Century Technology, Yola) &Catherine Chiugo Kanu, Ph.D (Department of Business Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka) 4. Dr. (Mrs.) Veronica An Ethical Appraisal of an African (Tiv) UduakOnyemauwa (Department of Man, Work Ethics And Sustainable Religious Studies, Imo State Development: Tiv Experience University, Owerri) 5. Owoyemi Deborah Oluwasola Africa and War in the World of Change (Department of Philosophy, Ekiti Using Nigeria as a Case Study State University)&OkeFolasadeOdunayo (Department of Philosophy, Ekiti State University) 6. Ejikemeuwa J. O. Ndubisi PhD& Security Challenges in Africa in a Vincent Gerald World of Change: A Philosophical Onwudinjo(Department of Study of Nigeria Philosophy and Religious Studies, Tansian University Umunya) 7. Catherine Chiugo Kanu, Ph.D. Competitive Intelligence Framework for (Department of Business Education, Sustaining Growth in Small and University of Nigeria, Nsukka) Medium Scale Enterprises in Nigeria

8. Dr (Mrs.) Veronica Environmental Crisis in a World of UduakOnyemauwa (Department Of Change: An Ethical Persuasion for Religious Studies, Imo State Bible-Based Environmental University, Owerri) Management

9. Dede, Ososamine Christopher Developing African Christian Theology (Department of Religious and and How an African Theologian Can Cultural Studies, University of Port Contribute Meaningfully to the „Loci‟ of Harcourt, Traditional Christian Theology Port Harcourt, Rivers State) 10. Rowland Olumati, PhD Intercultural Communications: Boon or (Department of Religious and Bane in Ikwerre of the North Eastern Cultural Studies, University of Port Niger Delta Region of Nigeria Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State)

GROUP FIVE Chairman: Dr. Bonaventure ChikeAnetoh Rapporteur: Dr. Ekene Michael Mokwenye Venue: Room 2 (Upstairs) 5

S/N PRESENTER (S) TITLE OF PAPER

1. Anetoh, Bonaventure Chike, Ph.D. Scientific and Technological (Department of Philosophy and Religious Advancement Versus Studies, Tansian University, Umunya) African Traditional Values: A Philosophical Evaluation

2 Ejike, Emeka Cyril (Department of Philosophy Rethinking African Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka) Ideologies from the Perspective of Development in a World of Change

3. Onah Gloria Nkechi, Religion as a Tool for Peace AfunugoKenechiNnaemeka&MokwenyeEkene and Human Development in Michael Nigeria (Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka)

4. Solomon Ochepa Oduma-Aboh, PhD&RevFr. Reflections on Traditional James Dajuma Bako Tella (Department of Leadership in Idoma Land: Christian Religious Studies,Kaduna State A Model for the University, Kaduna) Contemporary Nigerian Leadership in a World of Change

5. ADIDI, Dokpesi Timothy Plato‟s Concept of Eugenic (Department of Philosophy, Benue State Breeding: A Philosophical University, Makurdi) &IRABOR, Benson Peter Interrogation into the (Department of Philosophy, University of Lagos) “Federal Character” Principle in Nigeria and the Quest for Justice and Fairness

6. Amiara, Solomon Amiara& Kenneth I. Nte-Oswina Oracular Deity Nwokike, Ph.D in Traditional Society: (Department of History and International A Historical Synthesis for Relations, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki) Conflict Resolution, 1800- 1970

7. AfunugoKenechiNnaemeka, Religion Without Morality: Onah Gloria Nkechi, &MokwenyeEkene South Africa and Michael Xenophobia in a World f (Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, Change University of Nigeria Nsukka)

8. Rowland Olumati, Ph.D The Relevance of Ali (Earth (Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, Deity): Ritual Forms and

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University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State) Processes in the 21st Century Ikwerre of North Eastern Niger Delta

9. Eugene Anowai, Phd& Festus Ojeli Globalization and (Department of Philosophy, Development of Human ChukwuemekaOdumegwuOjukwu University, Condition in Africa Igbariam, Anambra State)

10. Solomon OchepaOduma-Aboh, PhD & Rev. Interrogating African Fr. James DanjumaBakoTella(Dept. of Traditional Religious Christian Religious Studies, Kaduna State Culture for Ameliorating University, Kaduna) the Environmental Crisis in a World Of Change: The Idoma Experience of Nigeria

GROUP SIX Chairman: Dr. Jude IfeanyichukwuOnebunne Rapporteur: Dr. Jennifer Emejulu-Okeke Venue: Room 4 (Upstairs)

S/N PRESENTER (S) TITLE OF PAPER

1. Ogah, Arome Victor Political Marketing in Nigeria Democracy (Department of Marketing, and Changes in African Politics Federal Polytechnic, Ado- Ekiti, Ekiti State) &Sunday, AlewoOmale (Department of Business Administration Veritas University, Abuja)

2. Dr. Elu Eze Augustine Africa and Political Restructuring in a (Institute of foundation studies World of Change Federal University, Otueke, Bayelsa State) 3. Dr. Jones UgochukwuOdili Indigenous Agents and Social Change in (Department of Religious and Ukwuaniland, Delta State, 1911-1941 Cultural Studies, University of Port Harcourt) &Adeline I. Lawson-Jack (School of Foundation and General Studies, Capt. Elechi-Amadi Polytechnic, Rumuola, Port Harcourt) 4. Jude African Philosophy of Education in a IfeanyichukwuOnebunne, World of Change PhD (Department of Educational Foundations, Federal College of Education

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(Technical), Umunze, Anamabra State) 5. P.T. Haaga, PhD (Department Comment on the African Culture in the of Philosophy, Federal World of Change University, Lafia) &Ugwu Matthew Osita (Department of Religion & Philosophy, Nasarawa State University, Keffi) 6. Okanazu, Oliver Green Cultural Practices for Sustainable Okechukwu, (Department of Business Management in a World of Business Education, University Change of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State) &Akele, Francis Egberi (Department of Business Education, Bayelsa State College of Education) 7. Bartholomew Nnaemedo, African Traditional Media in the World of PhD (Department of Religious Change: A Critical Analysis Studies/Philosophy, Abia State University, Uturu)

8. Orji, Ugonwa Rhoda The Impact of Global Climate Change on A (Department of Sociology, Changing Africa Paul University, Awka)

9. Jennifer Emejulu-Okeke Political Leadership and Development in PhD Africa: A Paradigm Shift (St Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, Makurdi, Benue State)

GROUP SEVEN Chairman: Prof. KANU, Ikechukwu Anthony Rapporteur: Valentine EmekaAlalama Venue: Room 5 (Upstairs)

S/N PRESENTER (S) TITLE OF PAPER

1. Ushe Mike Ushe, Ph.D Participation of Women in Politics and (Department of Religious Leadership in Nigeria: Challenges and Studies, National Open Prospects University of Nigeria, Jabi, Abuja) 2. Prof. KANU Ikechukwu African Pantheon in a World of Change Anthony, O.S.A. (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Tansian University, Umunya)

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3. Tyogema Victor Ichiater Igwebuike Ontology as an African (Saint Augustine’s Major Philosophical Response to the Tiv-Fulani Seminary, Jos, Plateau State) Crisis in Taraba State 4. Valentine EmekaAlalama Igwebuike as an African Philosophy for (Saint Augustine’s Major Peace and Conflict Resolution in Obeama- Seminary, Jos, Plateau State) Nguru of Aboh-Mbaise L.G.A. Imo State 5. Prof. KANU Ikechukwu African Bioethics in a World Of Change Anthony, O.S.A. (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Tansian University, Umunya) 6. Ushe Mike Ushe, Ph.D Internally Displaced Persons and the Right (Department of Religious to Religious Education in Nigeria Through Studies, National Open Open and Distance Learning University of Nigeria, Jabi, Abuja) 7. Peter OkeyEjikeme, PhD Africa and Terrorism in Africa in a World (Department of Philosophy and of Change Religious Studies, Tansian University Umunya) 8. Michael BoniBazza(PhD Kamwe Origin(s), Migration(s) and Research Fellow, NDA; Settlement Department of History and International Relations, Veritas University, Abuja) &Prof. KANU Ikechukwu Anthony, (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Tansian University, Umunya)

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