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Engendering development: Demystifying patriarchy and its effects on women in rural Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2011-02-28)
The paper examines the effects of the culture of patriarchy on the development process, and particularly its effects on women. This is borne out of the perceived concerns and challenges of the third millennium development ...
Face Threatening Acts and Standing Orders:‘Politenedd’or ‘politics’ in the Question Time Discussion of the Kenyan Parliament
(International Journal of Humanities ad Social Science, 2011)
This paper examines politeness in the context of politics during question time discussions of the Kenyan
Parliament; politeness is an attempt by the speaker to linguistically show he cares about the others feelings.
Question ...
Inscribing memory, healing a nation: post-election violence and the search for truth and justice in Kenya Burning
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2011)
The violence in the wake of the Kenya general elections in December 2007 found one of its most profoundly haunting, provocative and creative expressions in a photographic text called Kenya Burning. This article renders a ...
Historical Manifestation of Ethnocentrism and its challenges Today
(International Journal of Applied Sociology, 2011)
In this article we have begun by defining ethnocentrism. According to anthropologists, the concept combines
the belief that one’s own culture is superior to other cultures, with the practice of judging other cultures by ...
Verbal-Text as A Process of Compositional and Improvisational Elaboration in Bukusu Litungu Music
(University of south africa, 2011)
The Bukusu community is predominantly found in Bungoma district of Western Kenya. The Litungu is a word referring to a lyre among the Bukusu community. Music accompanied by this instrument is what is referred to as Litungu ...
Organizational cultural factors hindering women ascending to top management positions in public universities in Kenya: a case of Moi University
(IISTE, 2011)
It is observed that the major setback to economic development in Kenya is stagnation in industrial development.
To overcome these, Kenya plans to be a middle level income nation by the year 2030. These plans are to ...
Mwanamke angali tata katika ushairi wa kisasa?
(Academic Journals, 2011)
Sanaa ya ushairi inajisawiri kama nyenzo muhimu katika maendeleo na ukuaji wa binadamu ulimwenguni. Mtunzi wa ushairi hupata ilhamu na tajriba zake kutokana na mitagusana na mivutano ya mijadala ya kimaendeleo inayotokea ...
The Media, Terrorism and Political Mobilization of Muslims in Kenya
(2011)
Muslims constitute just about 10% of Kenya’s population and their perceived marginalization
in the country’s politics since the colonial period has often led them to
retreat from the political scene. However, the ...