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Lorraine Meyer, Brandon University Copyright 2020© the quint for the contributors. No part of this publication may be reproduced. 2 Vol. 12.4 (September 2020) the quint : an interdisciplinary quarterly from the north 3 Ray Merlock, University of South Carolina Upstate Antonia Mills, Professor Emeritus, University of Northern British Columbia contents Ikuko Mizunoe, Professor Emeritus, Kyoritsu Women’s University Avis Mysyk, Cape Breton University EDITORIAL..........................................................................................................8 Hisam Nakamura, Tenri University Andrew Patrick Nelson, University of Montana Africa by Anne-Marie Moscatelli............................................................................11 Julie Pelletier, University of Winnipeg Petite marchande de bananes by Anne-Marie Moscatelli.......................................12 Vincent Pitturo, Denver University ‘ELEYI TU LE JU FAA—INDEED! THIS IS BEYOND US’: THE IMPACT OF COV Frances Pheasant-Kelly, University of Wolverhampton Christian Riegel, University of Regina ID-19 ON WOMEN’S ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN ILORIN, NIGERIA by Bashi Steve Roe, Northern Lights College ru Olaitan Ibrahim................................................................................................14 Dan Smith, University College of the North Little banana seller by Anne-Marie Moscatelli........................................................35 Robert Spindler, University of Innsbruck Africa #2 by Anne-Marie Moscatelli.......................................................................37 Nicholas Tyrras, Independent Scholar Darrell Varga, NSCAD PROSTITUTION IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA: A CASE OF DESPERATE Gene Walz, University of Manitoba JOURNEY, 1900-2000 by Justus Adim Nzemeka.................................................38 Robin Waugh, Wilfred Laurier University Douce maman d’Afrique by Anne-Marie Moscatelli..............................................68 David Williams, University of Manitoba Africa #3 by Anne-Marie Moscatelli......................................................................70 Assessment of Rehabilitation Effectiveness in a Digital World: Case of the Nigerian Prisons Service by Adeniyi John Ogunwale..........................................................71 Les Piroguiers by Anne-Marie Moscatelli..............................................................99 PERCEIVED LEVEL OF AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE OF MEDIA AUDIENCE TOWARDS ACTUALISATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) IN NIGERIA by Festus Prosper Olise and John Ndubuisi Bardi..........100 Africa #4 by Anne-Marie Moscatelli.....................................................................124 The dugout (boatmen) men by Anne-Marie Moscatelli.......................................125 4 Vol. 12.4 (September 2020) the quint : an interdisciplinary quarterly from the north 5 contents contents ICT Psychomotor Teaching Strategy in Oral English Class in Akure, Nigeria by Is FILM REVIEW: Investigating Fame in Mark Lewis’s Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting real Babatunde Awe and Adekunle Ajasin Thompson O. Ewata..........................126 an Internet Killer by Julia Anna Makkai............................................................276 Le Paysan by Anne-Marie Moscatelli...................................................................150 Light Waves by Rebecca Matheson.....................................................................283 Africa #5 by Anne-Marie Moscatelli.....................................................................151 Theatre Practice and Festivals in Nigeria: A Focus on aTheatre Festival of Barclays CONTRIBUTORS.............................................................................................284 Ayakoroma’s Plays by Nwagbo Pat Obi..............................................................152 Against the Grain by Rebecca Matheson.............................................................288 The farmer by Anne-Marie Moscatelli..................................................................185 A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Male Youth Slang in the Nenwe-Igbo Speech Community SUBMISSION....................................................................................................289 of Enugu State, Nigeria by Ogbonna Anyanwu and Kevin Egbo........................187 GUIDELINES....................................................................................................289 A une petite fille by Anne-Marie Moscatelli........................................................234 CALL FOR PAPERS...........................................................................................289 WHEN RELIGION THREATENS A NATION: ISLAMISATION AGENDA AND THE HIJAB CRISES IN NIGERIA by A. S. Afolabi, M. A. Y. Lew and O. O. Thompson...........................................................................................................236 Africa #6..............................................................................................................261 FILM REVIEW: The Night, Angel and Our Gang by Atif Yilmaz by Süleyman Bölükbaş..............................................................................................................262 Old Eagle by Rebecca Matheson..........................................................................269 FILM REVIEW: Cruel Cure in a Russian Metropolis: A Review of Trigger by Orsolya Karacsony...........................................................................................................270 Splitsville by Rebecca Matheson..........................................................................275 6 Vol. 12.4 (September 2020) the quint : an interdisciplinary quarterly from the north 7 EDITORIAL Practice and Festivals in Nigeria: A Focus on a Theatre Festival of Barclays Ayakoroma’s Plays" examines the backdrop for and issues involved in theatre festivals held to celebrate a Nigerian playwright and his plays, using the example of Barclays Ayakoroma and Once again, it is September. Once again, the frost has been delayed, and the leaves the Festival of his plays produced by Arojah Royal Theatre in Abuja. Then Ogbonna are slow to turn color this year. The sandhill cranes have come and gone. The geese Anyanwu and Kevin Egbo's "A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Male Youth Slang in the have yet to arrive. As the weather cools, our thoughts turn to Africa. This, the quint's Nenwe-Igbo Speech Community of Enugu State, Nigeria” considers the phenomenon forty eighth issue showcases the excellence and diversity of Nigerian scholars. We begin of male youth slang usage in Igbo speech communities with special focus on the Nenwe- with Bashiru Olaitan Ibrahim's revealing examination of the pandemic in "‘ELEYI TU Igbo speech community located in Enugu State, Nigeria., and how this slang is a part LE JU FAA—INDEED! THIS IS BEYOND US’: THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 of the process of creating a distinct group identity and the platform for the creation of ON WOMEN’S ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN ILORIN, NIGERIA." Justus Adim a youth sub-culture. Following, in "WHEN RELIGION THREATENS A NATION: Nzemeka’s fascinating "PROSTITUTION IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA: A CASE ISLAMISATION AGENDA AND THE HIJAB CRISES IN NIGERIA A.S. Afolabi, OF DESPERATE JOURNEY, 1900-2000" outlines the history of Nigeria's flesh trade M.A.Y. Lew and O. O. Thompson investigate the tensions in Nigeria created by the and investigates the rise in human trafficking during the 1980s and 1990s in South-South Hijab. Their study reveals that the rejection of the Hijab in public institutions and spaces Nigeria. Next, in "Assessment of Rehabilitation Effectiveness in a Digital World: Case of in Christian populated