Abstract The transformation of society towards modernity and the attendant socio-economic challenges it has imposed on African societies have compelled insensitive traditional structures of governance to hijack traditional customs and practices to serve their ulterior motives. Thanksgiving to chiefs (kubika chiutsi, in Shona language), is one such traditional practice that has been manipulated to serve the self-aggrandizement of Zimbabwean traditional chiefs in rural areas under the guise of ...
Abstract Though physicians strike provides an opportunity to generate more knowledge about the process in which legitimacy of an organization can be restored, it meets with a great deal of resistance not only by the public but from within the medical profession. This paper critically examines the legitimacy of strike by medical doctors heretofore referred to as physicians. Though critically reflecting on strikes of physicians in general, the paper makes more emphasis on Africa where physician...
ABSTRACT This paper examines the customary marriage practice of kuzvarira among the Ndau people of Mozambique. It investigates the perception of the Ndau people towards the customary practice of kuzvarira. Kuzvarira is a traditional customary practice of marrying off, without her consent, an underage girl (sometimes as young as eight or even before birth) to a rich man who already has another wife or wives in exchange for money, food and other material possessions that guarantee the girl’s ...
ABSTRACT The study seeks to provide a solution on how media organizations can employ marketing strategies to survive the economy. With the advent of new trends in the global marketing world, this study explored the implementation of the holistic marketing concept and its effectiveness in a crisis-ridden Zimbabwean economy by Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd. It addresses the gap on how print media organizations can best utilize marketing to stay viable in an unstable economic environment. The ...
Abstract While global corporations and western governments have subtly and systematically peddled the utopia and hype about the capacity of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to radically transform learning and pedagogy and African governments have unquestionably acquiesced with heft investments in ICTs the education sector, few academics and policy makers have ever questioned and taken stock of the contribution of technology to online learning. More importantly, the heavy inve...
Abstract The green revolution program (GRP) in Mozambique has taken centre stage in academic circles, and academics and researchers have tussled with various aspects of this subject. While the GRP is meant to reduce the country’s food insecurity and was successfully implemented in some countries like India (Arundhati, 2004), the results have been different in many African countries. In Mozambique, GRP has dramatically impacted on the rights of non-human animals and the physical environment....
ABSTRACT There has been conflict in the fishing industry world over. Fisheries conflicts are among the persistent problems affecting the security of food, livelihoods and fishing environments crucial to poor fishing communities in developing countries. In Kenya, the same has been a major problem and it has taken government’s efforts to curb. One of the strategies introduced more so in Homa Bay County is the Co-Management Strategy in which all stakeholders are involved. Although this co-mana...
ABSTRACT Computer vision syndrome (CVS) is a multi-factorial condition of the eye that results in symptoms of stress and eye discomfort among electronic device users. It causes considerable chronic vision-related morbidity and reduced work productivity. Ninety percent and 75% of computer users globally and in Africa, respectively, suffer from CVS. The risk factors for CVS include prolonged period of electronic device use, glare, refractive error, short viewing distance and inappropriate seati...
ABSTRACT Ethnic conflicts have been witnessed world over; where, different communities fight each other over territorial boundaries, limited natural resources and political supremacy. This worrying trend disturbs livelihoods, access to social amenities and affects local and international economies. As a limited resource, with cultural and economic value, land has generated inter-ethnic conflicts across the world. In Kenya, communities like the Maasai and Kipsigis have recently fought over lan...
ABSTRACT State-sponsored electoral violence targeting opposition political party supporters prior to and in the aftermath of elections remains a recurring phenomenon in post-independence Zimbabwe. Significant literature shows that the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party are the main engineers and beneficiaries of this culture of electoral violence. Much scholarly work has focused on the violent side of Zimbabwe’s electoral contests. This paper, however, f...
ABSTRACT The environment in which libraries operate has changed significantly with the advent of information age. Technological advancement has compelled libraries to adopt interactive online media for their survival mainly because of its profound influence to the functions of libraries and the information seeking behavior of the readers. However, the proliferation of new technologies opens a number of challenges for libraries in institutions of higher learning which include; inadequate infr...
IKISIRI Utafiti huu unahusu kuchunguza mielekeo ya watumiaji lugha ya Kiswahili kuhusiana na ukinzani katika methali. Kwa mfano methali, Fuata nyuki ule asali na Fuata nyuki ufe mzingani. Utafiti huu umeongozwa na nadharia mbili; nadharia ya mguso na nadharia ya umaanishaji. Katika upande wa ukusanyaji data, utafiti huu ulitumia hojaji kwenda nyanjani na udurusu wa kina kuhusu methali za Kiswahili. Lengo kuu la utafiti huu lilikuwa kubaini na kuchanganua mielekeo ya wanafunzi na walimu wa fas...
ABSTRACT Football or soccer is the most followed sport across the globe, Zimbabwe included. It is plausible to submit that football has evolved from being a mere source leisure animating lives of millions across the world, to become both big business and an industry. While there is a significant number of studies exploring the nexus of football, politics and identity in modern Zimbabwe, studies on the interface between football and communication media are scarce. Dynamos Football Club, Zimba...
ABSTRACT The study sought to evaluate the impact of the African Union (AU) in combating Al Shabaab terrorism in Somalia and proffer recommendations on how the AU‟s counter-terrorism mission could lead to peace and stability in Somalia. The study was prompted by the escalating incidents of terror attacks and activities which include suicide bombings, killings of civilians, military assaults and destruction of property. This research was accomplished through qualitative methods of data colle...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to investigate the “perception and knowledge of Maasai Mara university students on gambling among Maasai Mara University students.” The involvement of students in gambling has been considered as a serious concern to parents, government, university authorities and to the entire society in general. The objectives of the study were to establish student’s perceptions of gambling in universities, to find out why students gamble and what makes them gamb...