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Showing 1 to 20 of 135 for “"Post-independence"”.
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Archaeology and politics in post-independence Malta
… of the discipline since the early 1970s. This post-processual direction in archaeological theory has led to many historiographies on the development of archaeology being written. The study of Malta’s archaeological history and the role that politics has played in its development in the years …
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White discourse in post-independence Zimbabwean literature
… the U.D.I. era of the 1960s and 1970s. Since Independence, however, not much more than a handful of literary texts have been produced by whites in Zimbabwe. This dissertation, therefore, involves an interrogation of both white discourse and the (reduced) space for white discourse in …
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Mining, dependence, and post-independence urbanisation in Botswana : sustainable development?
Botswana has been considered as one of the few post-independence development successes in Africa. The country's recent status is attributable to the growth of the minerals sector, with diamonds and copper/nickel matte forming the basis of exports and government development revenues. Mining has not …
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The human lefts series: postmodern self-reflexivity and post -independence Singaporean theater
… as a significant formal documentation of the postmodern self-reflexive theatre in the postmodern and post-independence Singapore. Through the Human Lefts Series, which I conceptualised and performed between 2005 and 2009, we are able to look at postmodern Singapore theatre beyond issues …
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Southern Irish Unionism during the revolutionary and post-Independence periods, 1912-1932
This research focuses on the role of the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy and commercial interests from the southern 26 counties of Ireland in determining southern unionist policies and political strategies in the early 20th century. The specific time frame under examination extends from the beginning of the …
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Poverty reduction with high inequality and growth : evidence from post-independence Namibia.
… changes in Namibia following the country's independence in 1990. Having emerged from decades of South African rule and Apartheid policies, Namibia presents an interesting case for this kind of applied research. The country is defined by widespread poverty and one of the highest degrees of …
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Subjectivities in Decolonisation: The Post-Independence Film and Novel in Africa and South Asia
This thesis investigates post-independence African and South Asian film and literatures for their attention to the fraught relationship between subjectivity and historic decolonisation. Amidst social, political and economic obstacles in the 1950s–80s, a pioneering generation of novels and films …
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From Direct Carving to Récupération: The Art of Moustapha Dimé in Post-Independence Senegal 1974-1997
… analysis of the artist and his contributions to post-colonial art and scholarship in Senegal. Over the course of a sustained professional career, Dimé engaged with multiple aspects of the practice of sculpture. He apprenticed with street carvers and furniture makers and then enrolled at the …
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The effects of post-independence reform policy on public education in Africa: the case of Tanzania
The purpose of this study was to examine Nyerere's educational thought in relation to his four reform proposals: integration of the educational system, education for manpower and for self-reliance, and the decentralization of school decision making. Also, it was intended to determine the extent to …
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Corruption as a rational choice: The case of the first post-independence government of Ghana: 1951-1966
Nearly half a century into the post-independence history of Sub-Saharan Africa, the continent continues to wallow in poverty, underdevelopment and misery. Many wonder why the vast natural resources the continent is endowed with have not been tapped to turn the fortunes of the respective countries …
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An analysis of the social vision of post-independence Zimbabwean writers with special reference to Shona and Ndebele poetry
… published after the attainment of political independence in 1980. The research tries to establish the close link between poems in the two national languages and post-independence Zimbabwean history in order to examine the link between creative writing and nationalism, which is the context in …
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Ubwinga, a subset of Bemba indigenous knowledge systems : a comparative study of pre-colonial and post-independence wedding ceremonies in Lusaka and Kitwe, Zambia
… white wedding ceremonies performed during the post-independence era. It has further investigated the nature and existence of Bemba IKS. This study employed qualitative research methods involving extensive fieldwork in Lusaka and the Copperbelt. Apart from audio-visual recordings and analysing …
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Resource Depository and Knowledge Creation: The role of the National Archives of Zambia, 1935-2006
… provided in all the three territories. In the Post-Independence period archival legislation was much more detailed because of changing ideas on how archival services were to be provided. The legislation only guided the management of public records, archives and printed publications created …
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Resource Depository and Knowledge Creation: The role of the National Archives of Zambia, 1935-2006
… provided in all the three territories. In the Post-Independence period archival legislation was much more detailed because of changing ideas on how archival services were to be provided. The legislation only guided the management of public records, archives and printed publications created …
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The State Centralization and Control of the Broadcasting Media in Algeria From 1962 to 1982: Application and Shortcomings
This is a case study of the post-independence Algerian broadcasting media from a cultural-critical perspective. The detailed analysis evidenced that the RTA (Radiodiffusion Television Algerienne) developed five main characteristics: (a) a failure of the elites to re-think broadcasting in the …
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Unearthing Vietnam: Archaeology and the making of a nation
… Lang were considered legends. However, in the post-independence period, archaeological artefacts from the Bronze Age, first unearthed during the colonial period and studied further by archaeologists in the Democratic Republic of Via>?t Nam, were used to demonstrate their historical reality. The …
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Traditional and hybrid leadership styles in Rwanda: examining the common leadership styles, influencing factors, and culture in post-genocide Rwanda.
For most of Rwanda's post-independence past, the country has been marked by ethnic feuding, mass population movements and long exiles in neighbouring countries, and civil wars that culminated in the genocide in 1994. As this research shows in its review of literature of the history of Rwanda's …
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Storying disillusionment : a decolonial reading of selected plays by Cheela Chilala, Blessing Hungwe, and Dunduzu Chisiza Jr
… Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. With the independence of the two countries in 1964 and Zimbabwe in 1980, I considered a duration of at least ten years of post- independence to bring these contexts to bear on the selected plays. Therefore, the study examines play texts written or performed …
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In The Shadow of God
… of stories exploring the lives of women in post-Independence and contemporary Botswana, as they navigate love, relationships, traditions disease, caretaking and grieving in a rapidly changing world.
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A study of the pre-independence psychological experiences of the Namibian children of the liberation struggle
… struggle to free the country and its people. The independence of Namibia in 1990 witnessed the voluntary repatriation of exiled Namibian people back home. Children of the liberation struggle (CLS) is the term used to refer to the children of veterans who were under the age of 18 years before …
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