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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"African Tradition"”.
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Hymnody of change: A study of classical African orature in a social justice context
… in particular for the generations of displaced Africans on American soil. The roots of this music, an amalgam of African tradition and a forced Christianity, have remained a constant companion to African American cultural response to inequity. Thus, it is imperative that communication tools be …
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Performance of activism: examining the use of Saya by Afrobolivian social activists
For almost a century, the African descended populations of Bolivia have preserved an exclusive traditional musical art known as the Saya. The Saya, an art form rooted in African tradition, consists of singing and dancing and is considered by many as a significant treasure of Afrobolivian heritage. …
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Making the Connection: J.B. Murray and the Scripts and Forms of Africa
… focuses on the artwork of J.B. Murray, an African American artist from Mitchell, Georgia. The goal of this dissertation is to explore J.B. Murray’s production of protective scripts and spirit figures. Murray created art works that served as the conduit for spiritual healing or protection …
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The sociological imagination of S.E.K Mqhayi: towards an African Sociology
… to effectively think about large areas of the African cultural and social world within our society. In search of alternatives this paper will explore the work of the prolific early 20th c. intellectual, S.E.K. Mqhayi. Mqhayi was a product of the complex social hybridity of his time, but …
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How did governance in Acholi dovetail with violence?
… within Peace Studies. One form, kaka, was “traditional”, featuring varied forms of “facultative mutualisms” among two or more gangi agnates – with one gang as dominant in the realm. Gangi were kinship-based polities. Like kaka, gangi manifested autopoietic attributes and strong internal …
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How did governance in Acholi dovetail with violence?
… within Peace Studies. One form, kaka, was “traditional”, featuring varied forms of “facultative mutualisms” among two or more gangi agnates – with one gang as dominant in the realm. Gangi were kinship-based polities. Like kaka, gangi manifested autopoietic attributes and strong internal …
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The early years of black radio broadcasting in South Africa : a critical reflection on the making of Ukhozi FM
… of these stakeholders-an area where 'African tradition' meets 'colonial modernity' (Mudirnbe 1988). I then proceed to show how their performative acts reveal multi-layered processes of redefinition and negotiation. A recurring thread in the entire dissertation is a quest to represent …
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The female fatale archetype in elechi amadi's the concubine and ferdinand oyono's hosueboy
… of the femme fatale in Western culture and in African culture, focusing on the treatment of the femme fatale in two novels: Houseboy and The Concubine, comparing their similarities and differences. The findings in the representation of the femme fatale in Western culture show her as beautiful, …
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The female fatale archetype in elechi amadi's the concubine and ferdinand oyono's hosueboy
… of the femme fatale in Western culture and in African culture, focusing on the treatment of the femme fatale in two novels: Houseboy and The Concubine, comparing their similarities and differences. The findings in the representation of the femme fatale in Western culture show her as beautiful, …
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Personal name and immortality among Shona people : an African philosophical inquiry
… are the by-product of what is commonly known as tradition; hence we focus on two opposing traditions: (1) the Western and (2) the African tradition, and the philosophical thought perspective from two geographical locations: (1) the North and (2) the South. Thusly, this research work argues that …
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An Analysis of Current Healing Practices Based on Selected Mega-Churches in the Vhembe District of Limpopo Province
… a vital role in most religious groups including African Traditional Religion, Christianity, Islamic and Hinduism. This phenomenon of healing has been a challenge to religious institutions as well as African based churches. This study examined and analysed the healing practices within …
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Black-Affirming Curriculum: An Analysis of the Pedagogy, Sociocultural Perspectives, and Ways of Being in Out-of-School Programming
… base of Black culture? (1a) What are examples of African tradition, history, language, and culture in the curriculum? (2) What elements of Black-affirming curriculum in OST contexts can be leveraged to disrupt curricular frameworks shaped by historical and current political efforts to erase Black …
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Remixing the tech: the digital media ecologies of the hip-hop artists from Grahamstown, South Africa
… and are informed both by knowledge of African tradition and language, and newly acquired competency in entrepreneurship, artistic genres and digital skills. The study argues that acquisition of digital skills in this space is best conceptualised through the community of practice …
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Feminist voice in african women novels: evidence from Flora Nwapa’s one is enough, Calitxhe Beyala’s the sun hath looked upon me and tsitsi dangaregmba’s nervous conditions
The study investigated the feminist voice in African female fiction. It was a feminist appraisal of Nwapa’s One is Enough, Dangaregmba’s Nervous Conditions and Beyala’s The SunHath Looked Upon Me. It cross-examines how the authors project the feminist voice(s) in their writing. The research sought …
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Determinants Of Infant Feeding Practices Of Hiv-Positive And Hiv-Negative Mothers In Pretoria, South Africa
… HIV-exposed and HIV-unexposed infants. The South African tradition of giving nutritive and non-nutritive foods to breastfeeding infants in the first few months of life is unique among African nations and warrants closer examination to identify maternal determinants that lead to early mixed feeding …
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The Africanization of the Methodist Church : with special focus on the Revs. Zaccheus R. Mahabane and the Rev. Seth Mokitimi
This thesis discusses two African church leaders, the Rev. Zaccheus R. Mahabane and the Rev. Seth Molefi Mokitimi, and the role they played in eliciting change in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. The thesis observes that social, political and economic factors influenced change in the …
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A Theological Appraisal of Marriage in Tiv Culture
… forms of polygamy long before its encounter with traditional polygamy in Africa. At the encounter of Christianity with African tradition, the former condemned polygamous marriage as a pagan practice and sought to bring it down. Although polygamy was permitted for a certain time, as it appears in …