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Notes from the Editor-in-Chief

I am thrilled to write this brief for the Third Issue of Planeyo Journal of Arts and Humanities (PLANJAH) in 2025. In this edition, which is the Volume 2, Number 3, of the journal, we have eight papers spread across the humanistic disciplines such as Literature and Criticism, Philosophy, Language, History and Theatre Arts.

Of the eight papers, three form a body of works on Akwa Ibom indigenous literature. These papers are authored by Eyoh Etim, Ekikereobong Aniekan Usoro and Imikan Nkopuruk. Eyoh Etim writes on ‘Poetry as Social Signification in Ime Ikiddeh’s The Vulture’s Funeral and Reincarnation’, Ekikereobong Usoro writes on ‘Arnold Udoka and the Non-polar Gender Approach to Niger Delta Postcolonial Ecocritical Problems’, while Imikan Nkopuruk’s paper is on ‘Context, Pragmatic Acts and Educational Implicatures in Annang Proverbs in Selected Songs of Uko Akpan’. I believe that the publication of these papers will contribute significantly to the existence of secondary data sources for the future critiquing of Akwa Ibom indigenous literature. The rest of the five papers are authored by scholars spread across the fields in the Humanities. For instance, Mopelola Rachael Olayiwola has a paper on Literature and Gender Studies entitled ‘Subversion of Marginality in Gendered Role Representation in Goretti Kyomuhendo’s Secret No More and Moses Isegawa’s Abyssinia Chronicles’. Kehinde Oyetimi’s paper is based in Literature and is entitled, ‘Allegory of Leprosy and the Metaphor of Isolation in Ngugi wa Thiong’O’s Petals of Blood’. Given that Ngugi wa Thiong’O passed away recently, this paper allows us to reflect on the greatness of Ngugi and the legacy he has bequeathed the literary landscape. Oluwaseyi Paul Adebile has a paper in History and International Relations, ‘Mirroring the Present from the Past: Diplomatic Reflections on Totalitarian Challenge in Twentieth-century Europe’, while a paper in Religious and Cultural Studies authored by Peter Tavershima Kumaga et al is entitled, ‘Religion and African Identity in a Globalised World’.

All the papers published in this edition went through double blind peer review process as stipulated in the Journal’s policy statements. I am grateful to all the reviewers and editors for their selfless service, especially in their timely and thorough reviews and reportage.

I am most grateful to the NLNG whose support has made it possible for the papers in this edition to be published without Open Access Publication Charges (OAPC). Because academics in the 21st century rely on Open Access publication to achieve visibility and citation for their works, the support of the NLNG for the journal is laudable as it has relieved academics the burden of paying for their publications.

I want to most sincerely thank the entire membership of the journal’s Editorial Board for their hard work, patience and commitment, which have seen to the stable development of the journal thus far. I invite the readers to dive into the content of the journal with excitement as the authors are adept at their work.

Dr Romanus Aboh,

Associate Professor of English,

University of Calabar,

Editor-in-Chief, PLANJAH.

June, 2025.

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