LAJOFRELLTS
LAJOFRELLTS
Lafia Journal of French Language, Literature and Translation Studies
A PUBLICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH, FACULTY OF ARTS, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LAFIA
ISSN:2240-4671 | Volume 1, 2025
Current IssueLafia Journal of French Language, Literature and Translation Studies (LAJOFRELLTS) is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to advancing research and scholarship in the fields of French language, literature, linguistics, and translation studies.
Published by the Department of French, Faculty of Arts, Federal University Lafia, LAJOFRELLTS serves as a platform for both emerging and established scholars to share original, high-quality academic work that contributes meaningfully to the discourse in Francophone and translation-related fields.
Our mission is to foster academic excellence, promote scholarly exchange, and highlight interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives that reflect the evolving nature of language and translation in both African and global contexts.
LAJOFRELLTS is published twice annually and welcomes the following types of contributions:
All submissions undergo a rigorous peer-review process to maintain academic integrity and excellence.
Author: Casimir Houenon
Department: Dept. of Linguistics, Foreign and Nigerian Languages, NOUN, Abuja
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: African authors are increasingly turning the barrel of their guns on the African man who is said to have been freed from the burden of colonization... Read More
View PDFAuthors: Ibrahim Ya'u, Ijah Gideon
Department: Dept. of French, FCT COE Zuba / NSU Keffi
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: During the colonial period, the African literary world witnessed a surge in anticolonialism novels... Read More
View PDFAuthors: Musa Yusuf Ya'u, Mohammed Yusuf, Ahmad Umar Sanda
Department: Dept. of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri / Dept. of French, Federal University Dutsin-ma / Dept. of French, Federal University Dutsin-ma
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: Literature is a reflection of the society at a given period of history. The present study looks into the question of leadership... Read More
View PDFAuthor: Harrison Gowon Ugbijeh
Department: Dept. of French, Fed. Univ. of Education, Kontagora
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: Francophone African literature promoted by female writers is principally concerned with the condition of the African woman... Read More
View PDFAuthors: Musa Samuel, Yunusa Olaitan Aremu
Department: Dept. of French, Federal University of Education Pankshin / Dept. of Foreign Languages, University of Jos
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: The role of women in the Francophonie is central to the evolution and enrichment of Francophone cultures... Read More
View PDFAuthors: Tolbert Terdue Abutu, Ibrahim Ya’u, John Ogidi Acha
Department:Dept. of Languages and Linguistics, Benue State University, Makurdi / Dept. of French, School Languages, FCT College of Education, Zuba-Abuja / Dept. of Modern Languages and Translations, University of Calabar
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: This study examines the question of lack of democratic ideology in running the affairs of the state and vindictiveness... Read More
View PDFAuthor: Agbor Agbor Enu
Department: Dept. of French, Federal University of Lafia
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: This article seeks to raise awareness to the rapidly increasing rate at which boy children are sidelined, neglected and stereotyped... Read More
View PDFAuthor: Ibrahim Ya'u, Tolbert Terdue Abutu, Joy Yuadoo Anja
Department: Dept. of French, School Languages FCT College of Education, Zuba-Abuja / The Dept. of Languages and Linguistics, Benue State University, Makurdi / Department of Languages and Linguistics, Benue State University, Makurdi
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: Many studies on Ahmadou Kourouma's Waiting for The Vote of The Wild Beasts exist. Some seek to determine... Read More
View PDFAuthor:Rasheed Bakare
Department: Dept. of French, FCT College of Education, Zuba-Abuja
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: In Africa, women have long been dominated and oppressed by men. He relied on traditional conventions to... Read More
View PDFAuthor: Ishola B. Rafiu
Department: Dept. of French, Federal University of Lafia
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: Today, the literature teacher no longer focuses solely on the use and exploitation of the traditional forms of literary works. The new... Read More
View PDFAuthor: Joseph Igono
Department: Dept. of French, Federal University of Lafia
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract:Translators are often considered as secondary term formators given the compétences they possessed and the nature of their profession. But this... Read More
View PDFAuthor: Grace Bunmi Sanni, Dinatu Iwala
Department: Department of French, Nasarawa State University, Keffi / Department of French, Nasarawa State University, Keffi
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: False friends are a major obstacle and trap for secondary school students who are learning French as a second language (L2) at... Read More
View PDFAuthor: Gold Iwala, Joseph Igono
Department: Dept. of French, Federal University of Lafia / Dept. of French, Federal University of Lafia
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: During the Norman Conquest, the French language was for a long time the official language in England. There was, therefore, mutual contact that... Read More
View PDFAuthor: Queen Nguhemen Jebe-Tume, Joseph Igono
Department: Dept. of Languages and Linguistics Benue State University, Makurdi / Dept. of French, Federal University of Lafia
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract:The learning of French as a Foreign Language (FFL) faces new challenges as well as stimulating and promising opportunities through pedagogical innovations. This study explores... Read More
View PDFAuthor: Edo Akanimo Duke, Joseph Igono
Department: Dept. of French, Federal University of Lafia, Dept. of French, Federal University of Lafia
Date: 16/06/2025
Abstract: Phonic interference is a phenomenon that permits the transfer of sounds of a mother tongue into a newly learnt language. This engenders... Read More
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Federal University Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.