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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Freetown"”.
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The Development of the Creole Society of Freetown, Sierra Leone
… analysis of the social stratification system of Freetown society from 1787 onwards in terms of Max Weber's three orders of the economic, (to which he limited the term 'class'), the social (which is composed of status groups based on differential honor), and political power (which Weber associated …
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Ecological Determinants of Anemia in Pregnant Women Living in Freetown: Urban Western Area, Sierra Leone
… of anemia status of pregnant women living in Freetown, Sierra Leone. <bold>Method</bold> This was a mixed-method, retrospective, unmatched case-control research study based on the Modified Ecological Model for Health Behavior and Health Promotion. One hundred and seventy one pregnant women, …
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Consumers in informal settlements and their water source choice: Evidence from a two-season survey in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-11 without embargo terms
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Understanding Thermal Conditions, Thermal Comfort and Adaptive Behaviours in Naturally Ventilated Multi-patient Wards in Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone
… was informed by archival evidence from Freetown State Library, the National Archives in London, and the British Library, and by a thorough building survey. Empirical and experimental findings were produced through descriptive and non-parametric inferential statistics, predictive …
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Mission Education in Early Sierra Leone, 1793-1820
… helped to transform the small colony at Freetown and mission outposts at Rio Pongo, the Bullom Shore and elsewhere on the upper Guinea coast into a center of regional development. Freetown was a focal point of migration from North America, England and various parts of Africa that provided …
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From Wronged to Rights: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Freetown, through the lens of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
… In this qualitative research, conducted in two Freetown slum communities, girls and young women faced sexual and gender-based violence in both their private and public spheres: in their homes, where girls are burdened with domestic duties and where desperate parents push their daughters into …
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Understanding and accelerating innovation driven ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa - towards a research and technology organization for North-South Cooperation
… ecosystems of Accra, Ghana; Nairobi, Kenya; and Freetown, Sierra Leone. It then explores if Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) could be introduced as innovation intermediaries in the context of nascent African innovation ecosystems. RTOs are a category of organizations present in many …
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Freemasonry and the Political History of Sierra Leone: 1890 – 1992
… and provides the first account of a lodge in Freetown in the early 19th Century. Re-established in 1890, when the vectors of transmission were both African and British, it illustrates how Freemasonry assimilated itself into part of Krio elite culture in Freetown. It uses the three principles …
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Human Code Exchange (HCX) : A Community-Value-Driven Framework for Data Governance in Humanitarian Crises
… affected communities[1]. Interviews conducted in Freetown communities allowed us to identify common themes across community principles and norms [values] toward data collection activities. Identified principles held by communities were subsequently contrasted with how data collection activities …
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The Sierra Leone Creole Language: Exploring the Influences of Sierra Leone Creole Language in English and Native Languages
… the 1808 Act of Amendment, the resettlement in Freetown, and the need for daily survival, contributed to the development of Creole. The Creole language developed its vocabulary from input vocabulary from various languages, including French, Portuguese, Yoruba, and English. These languages aid …
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"Here in the Queen's Territory, Every Man and Woman are Free": Slavery and the Lives of the Enslaved in Late Nineteenth Century Sierra Leone
… fled their masters and claimed their freedom in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. This documentation is found in the Sierra Leone Registers of Escaped Slaves for 1874 to 1894, which features the largest, most comprehensive, and longest continued record of self-liberated slaves from the …
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Disrupting the Narrative: Labor and Survivance for the Montauketts of Eastern Long Island
… are also compared with documentary sources from Freetown, a multicultural neighborhood in nineteenth-century East Hampton. This regional analysis emphasizes the local and extra-local opportunities for work, the multiple possibilities for access to goods (local and non-local), networks of kin and …
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The effect of collectivism on family meal consumption behaviour and its implications on food companies in Sierra Leone
… in the four provincial headquarter towns of Bo, Freetown, Kenema and Makeni. The data was collected using snowballing, experiential and convenience sampling techniques. The researcher used qualitative research in explaining the behaviours of families and businesses. The data was analysed …