Author Dr. Nicholas Chielotam AkasDepartment of Addiction and Community HealthSundance College, Calgary, Canada.akasdancescholar@gmail.com Abstract This study explores death rituals and cultural practicessurrounding the preparation of the deceased in long-termcare facilities in Canada’s Northwest Territories.Drawing on ethnographic observation and interviewswith caregivers and family members, the study examineshow Indigenous cosmological beliefs shape post-mortemrituals. The findings reveal that

Author Ejiofobiri Chidimma AnthoniaDepartment of Igbo, African & Comm. StudiesNnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Abstract This paper examines the transformation of Igbo culturalidentity from the pre-colonial period through colonialdisruption to the post-colonial and contemporary era. Itargues that Igbo identity has not been erased butfundamentally reconfigured through processes ofcultural negotiation, adaptation, and resistance. Drawingon postcolonial theory and

Author Fr Chikiadi J Anyanele, CMM (Ph.D)Congregation of Marianhill Missionaries CentralEuropean Province Wurzhburg Germany+2347025339574 Abstract This paper argues that the centralised model ofgovernance in the Catholic Church, rooted in medievalhierarchical structures and reinforced through centuriesof institutional development, has systematically excludedIgbo women from meaningful participation in Churchgovernance. Drawing on the Igbo Ohakrasi model ofdecentralised, participatory governance