• Language: English
  • Established Year: 2015
  • Published Articles: 79
Igwebuike: An African Journal of Arts and Humanities

Executive Editor : Dr. Kanu, Ikechukwu Anthony
Publication Frequency : Quarterly
Publisher : The Augustinian Institute
Paper Submission E-mail :

The aim of founding IGWEBUIKE: AN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES is to make it a world class academic journal with a global brand that would thrive on standard, quality and originality. It is published twice a year with a maximum of ten (10) articles including book reviews in each volume. Articles are welcomed from any of the following areas: Anthropology, cross-cultural studies, education, ethics, history, international relations, law, linguistics, methodology, philosophy, political science, population Studies, psychology, sociology, social welfare, literature, performing arts (music, theatre & dance), religious studies, visual arts, women studies etc. It would be preferred if articles for publication address issues from an African perspective.
    • Vol-2 No-6 (2016)
    • - A Brief Account On Pupil Grouping Strategies In Primary Schools In The United Kingdom
  • - Museum Education In Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges
  • - Christianity and Religious Language In Human Development In Nigeria: An X-Ray
  • - Emmanuel Levinas’ Concept of Otherness and The African Existential Situation: A Hermeneutic Engagement
  • - A Reflection of Military Intervention In The Nigerian Prose Genre: A Sociopolitical Analysis of Enoch...
  • - Mercy: An Attribute of God, The Virtue of Human Persons
  • - Industrial Revolution: Policies, Structures and Industrial Design In Nigeria
    • Vol-2 No-5 (2016)
    • - Asouzu’S Being-In-Control (IMA-ONWE ONYE)
  • - Asouzu’S Notion of Unintended Ethnocentric Commitment As Further Critique of Value Oriented Bias In Inquiry
  • - Asouzu and Unity of Subject Matter of The Sciences
  • - Ambivalence of Human Existential Situation As An Index of Rational Explanation
  • - Kant’S Metaphysics of Subjectivity and Asouzu’S Idea of Joy of Being
  • - Social Engineering and Ambivalence of Human Interest: The Nigeria Experience
  • - The Problem of The Human Ambivalence Situation
  • - Ibanyidanda, Descriptive Statement and The Super Maxim.
  • - The Idea of Unintended Ethnocentric Commitment and Scientific Objectivity
  • - Descriptive Statements and The Super-Maxim
    • Vol-2 No-4 (2016)
    • - Some Important Ideas In Asouzu’S Philosophy
  • - Asouzu and Theory Formulation In African Philosophy
  • - Authentic Experience of Being Through The Process of Neotic Propaedeutic
  • - The Dimension of Necessity In Asouzu’S Ontology
  • - Realization of Being In Human Action In Asouzu’S Complementary Ontological Reflection
  • - Appraising The Osu Caste System In Igbo Land Within The Context of Complementary Reflection
  • - The Idea of Truth Within The Context of Ibuanyidanda
  • - Scientific Statements and The Problem of Human Ambivalence Situation
    • Vol-2 No-3 (2016)
    • - The North African Revolutions: The Genie is Out of The Bottle
  • - British Colonial Economic Policies and Infrastructure In Nigeria: The Rail Transport Example, 1898-1960
  • - Christian Social Capital As A Facilitator of Charitable Deeds and The Ugly Effects of Contempt In Society...
  • - African Culture As A Basis For Ecumenism
  • - Motivational Interviewing and Intimate Partner Violence Victims In Africa
  • - A Discourse On Globalization and Conflict In African Values
  • - An Integrated Problem-Solving Model of Crisis Intervension In Africa For Intimate Partner Violence
  • - Resolving The Problem of Africa We Know
  • - Religious Pluralism and Its Psycho-Philosophical Approach and Relevance
  • - Different Consciousness Created By Some Nigerian Female Writers To Combat Gender Discrimination: An Overview of...
  • - Complementary Ethics
    • Vol-2 No-2 (2016)
    • - Igwebuike As An Igbo-African Philosophy For Christianmuslim Relations In Northern Nigeria
  • - The Place of Africa In Globalization
  • - The Complementary Comprehensive Noetic Alternative
  • - Igwebuike As The Consummate Foundation of African Bioethical Principles
  • - Myths, Legends and Autochthonism In The Historical Reconstruction of The Nigerian Societies
  • - A Review of Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu’S African Philosophy: An Ontologico-Existential Hermeneutic Approach To...
  • - A Review of Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu’S Book: A Hermeneutic Approach To African Traditional Religion, Theology...
    • Vol-2 No-1 (2016)
    • - Igwebuike As An Igbo-African Hermeneutic of Globalization
  • - A Philosophical Inquiry On Immortality In Tiv Thought
  • - Why Study African Traditional Religion?
  • - Intermediaries In African and Western Thoughts: A Comparative Analysis
  • - The Logic of Symbolism In Igbo African Medicine: A Hermeneutical Approach
  • - The Consecrated Life: Its Place and Role In The 21St Century
  • - Good Governance and Effective Human Relations: Pathways To Fostering Ethno-Religious Harmony In
  • - The African Priest and The Imperativeness of An Inculturated Preaching
  • - Igwebuike As A Trend In African Philosophy
    • Vol-1 No-3 (2015)
    • - Augustine As A Luminary Among Ecclesiastical Teachers: Reflections On Pope Pius Xi’S Ad Salutem
  • - Augustine’S Idea of History: A Christian Historiography
  • - St. Augustine On Providence
  • - The Doctrine of The “Two Cities” In Augustine
  • - Augustine’S Search For God As Trinity
  • - Augustine As The Thought-Current of The Church’S Doctrinal Tradition: Reflections On Pope John Paul Ii’S...
  • - The Formation of Children and Youth In The Family and Educational Institutions: The Identification and...
  • - Pastoral Theological Approach For Admitting Some Divorced and Remarried Couples To Eucharistic Communion
  • - Care and Respect For Children In The Face of Modern Changes
    • Vol-1 No-2 (2015)
    • - The Life, Times and Works of Aurelius Augustine
  • - The Augustinian Mission To Nigeria: From 1938 To 2001
  • - Augustinian Mission To Nigeria: From 2001-2014
  • - Augustine’S Understanding of God and Humanity In De Trinitate
  • - Augustine’S Theory of The Just War: Its Legacy In The Church’S Teaching Today
  • - Augustine On Justice: Theory and Praxis.
  • - Sexuality and Intimacy In Christian Marital Life : A Pastoral –Psycho-Theological Approach
  • - Forgiveness That Overcomes Hate In Marriage
  • - Education In The School of Genuine Humanity: Pastoral Care For Persons Living With Disability and Their...
    • Vol-1 No-1 (2015)
    • - Christian Missionary Enterprise and The Background To Nationalism In Nigeria, 1870-1960
  • - African Philosophy As An Ontologico-Existential Hermeneutics
  • - Colonialism, Christianity and The Nigerian Dependent Economy
  • - The Relevance of St Augustine’S Teaching Theories In Twenty First Century
  • - Lenses of Selfhood In The Augustinian Tradition: A Psychospiritual Analysis
  • - Augustine’S Theology of Love: An Impetus For Christian Social Action
  • - Nature and Function of Logic In African Epistemology
  • - On The Possibilities of Practicing Participatory Democracy In Nigeria
  • - The Consecrated Life: Its Place and Role In The 21St Century Africa

All manuscripts must be original (hence, not under consideration anywhere) and submitted to the editor in MS word format via e-mail: or .  The entire work can range from two to fifty double-spaced pages with a concise title, abstract, and a standard scholarly citation: do not place page numbers or paper title (on each page) on the manuscript; articles (or parts of articles) in English and French will be considered. All submissions must list the author's current affiliation and contact points (location, e-mail address, etc.). Regarding style (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.), use what is standard in your area of study. Camera ready manuscripts will receive first preference in the publishing cycle. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed and those approved by the editorial board will be published free of any charges as quality and originality are the ONLY conditions for publication in this journal.


Generally, Editors should be able to reach a decision including recommending corrections if any or acceptance of any paper within two weeks of receipt which is communicated to the author subsequently. Authors are, therefore, advised to avoid needless correspondences. Contributors would receive a copy of the journal but additional copies may be obtained at the normal price. Copyright to articles published in the journal shall remain vested with the journal. All correspondences including subscription and sponsorship to the Editor via: or .


All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the e-mail to the editor at or .


Review and Publication Process

A full double-blind refereeing process is used that comprises of the following steps.
•    Paper is sent to 2 reviewers for review. The reviewers' recommendations determine whether a paper will be accepted / accepted subject to change / subject to resubmission with significant changes / rejected.
•    For papers which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to ensure that the quality of the revised paper is acceptable.
•    If the paper is accepted by the reviewers, author(s) will be notified to pay the author fee.
•    Acceptance letter will be provided after the payment has been made.
•    Author/Corresponding Author will be notified about the possible date of publication (both online and print).
•    One hard copy of the published journal (Print) for each article will be sent to the author/corresponding author. The review process takes maximum two weeks.

Copyright

Copyrights for articles published in IAAJAH are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author's responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author.

Publication Fee

If the paper is accepted for publication, author(s) will be asked to pay 100 USD or its equivalent in Naira as article publication fee in order to defray the operating costs. Waiver policy is not applicable. The payment method will be notified by the editor after the acceptance of the paper. Author(s) will be entitled to one copy of the printed journal with free of charge i.e. one printed copy is provided against one article disregarding the number of the authors .Authors can also get additional copies of the printed journal by paying 25 USD or its equivalent in Naira for each additional copy.

Dr. Kanu, Ikechukwu Anthony
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Kanayor Louis Nwadialor
Managing Editor
Dr. Elizabeth. O. Ezenweke
Editor
Dr. Ezichi Anya Ituma
Editor
Dr. Nneka Umera – Okeke
Editor
Dr. Paul. T. Haaga
Editor
Dr. Chiugo C. Kanu
Editor
Dr. Romanus Chukwuma Ejim
Editor
Dr. Ifeoma Obuasi
Editor
Dr. F.o.c Njoku
Editor
Dr. Ogechi E. Anyanwu
Editor
Dr. Bathalomew Chidili
Editor
Dr. Matthew Ananlogho
Editor
Dr. Emmanuel Ifeanyi
Editor
Dr. Adolphus E. Amaefule
Editor
Dr. Ejikemeuwa J. O. Ndubuisi
Editor
Dr. Anikwe Ferdinand,
Editor
Mr. Uchenna E. Kanu
Editor