1Dr. Patricia Mwuese Saluun, 2Luther Anum Timin, 3Rosaline Mnguhenen Sokpo, Ph.D., 4Sarah Terwase Shittu, Ph.D
1,2. Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, Benue State University, Makurdi
3. Department of Languages and Linguistics, Benue State University, Makurdi.
4. Department of English, Benue State university, Makurdi

MLA 8
Saluun, Dr. Patricia Mwuese, et al. "THE CHALLENGES OF WIDOWHOOD IN THE NIGERIA CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH." Int. J. Arts&Humanities, vol. 3, no. 12, Dec. 2019, pp. 438-454, journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=33. Accessed Dec. 2019.
APA
Saluun, D., Timin, L., Sokpo, R., & Shittu, S. (2019, December). THE CHALLENGES OF WIDOWHOOD IN THE NIGERIA CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH. Int. J. Arts&Humanities, 3(12), 438-454. Retrieved from journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=33
Chicago
Saluun, Dr. Patricia Mwuese, Luther Anum Timin, Rosaline Mnguhenen Sokpo, and Sarah Terwase Shittu. "THE CHALLENGES OF WIDOWHOOD IN THE NIGERIA CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH." Int. J. Arts&Humanities 3, no. 12 (December 2019), 438-454. Accessed December, 2019. journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=33.

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