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1. Critical Review·Vol. 1 No. 1 (2027)Sample

   The Weaver and the Word: Akwete Cloth as Metaphor in Modern Igbo Poetry

   Chiamaka R. Obi

   Akwete cloth, woven by women in south-eastern Nigeria, recurs in modern Igbo poetry as an image of memory, labour and continuity. This review traces the motif through the work of several poets writing in Igbo and English since the 1970s, reading the loom as a …

   Language, Literature and Linguistics