COMMUNAL CONFLICT: A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY AS EXEMPLIFIED IN TWO OF ONYEKAQNWX’S DRAMATIC WORKS NWATA RIE AWQ AND XWA NTQQQ

Abstract

For decades, nations, states as well as communities world wide have had to grapple with the prevalent phenomenon of communal conflicts or crisis which have plagued humanity. This bizarre situation and inhumanity of man against his fellow man inflicts alarming and severe consequences on the victims. This paper ex – rays communal conflict as a threat to national security causes and effects of the conflicts, using two of Onyekaqnwx’s dramatic works Nwata Rie Awq and Xwa Ntqqq as examples.