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Ethical dilemmas of social science research on AIDS and orphanhood in Western Kenya
(Pergamon, 2008-09-01)
This paper is based on the experiences drawn from a long-term social science research programme on the impact of the AIDS pandemic on orphanhood in western Kenya. It discusses the ethical dilemma of maintaining a delicate ...
Sharing Food: Grandmothers and “The Children of Today” in Western Kenya
(2008)
This chapter1 shows how HIV/AIDS has affected child exchange practices and grandmother-grandchild relationships in contemporary Luo society in western Kenya. Intergenerational relations between grandmothers and grandchildren ...
Changing patterns of orphan care due to the HIV epidemic in western Kenya
(Pergamon, 2003-07-01)
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has given rise to major demographic changes including an alarming number of orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. The study describes a rural community in western Kenya in which one out of three children ...
Children and Hiv/aids: Questioning Vulnerability in Western Kenya
(Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2006)
Policy implications of the inadequate support systems for orphans in western Kenya
(Elsevier, 2001-10-01)
This paper describes the support systems available for orphans in a rural Luo community in Nyang'oma sub-location in Bondo District of Western Kenya. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with orphaned ...
Changing place, changing position
(Psychology Press, 2003)
Omondi, a Luo boy living in western Kenya, lost his mother in July 1998. At the time of his mother’s death he was 15 years old and attending fifth grade at a local primary school, but he dropped out immediately afterwards. ...
Parenting stress and self-reported discipline strategies of Kenyan caregiving grandmothers
(Psychology Press Ltd, 2003-11-01)
The present study examined the discipline methods used and personal and social determinants of power assertive strategies amongst 113 part-time and 128 full-time adoptive grandmothers of Kenyan children aged 1–10 years. ...
Stress related factors among primary and part-time caregiving grandmothers of Kenyan grandchildren
(SAGE Publications, 2005-06)
The present study examined whether the total stress experienced by 241 caregiving grandmothers was linked to levels of care provided, child behavioral difficulty, and perceived availability of emotional and instrumental ...
The cultural marriage music of the Abaluhya: Song text as a mode of discourse
(Centering on African practice in musical arts education. Edited by M. Mans. Cape Town: African Minds, 2006)
In this chapter, I discuss how the indigenous marriage music of the Abaluhya takes a special role in relaying messages to the bridal couple. Through song, performers acquire special licence to use some text, which in ...
Political influence on music performance in Kenya between 1963-2002
(Council for Research in Music Education, School of Music, University of Illinois, 2004)
This historical study attempts to relate how politics has influenced music performance education in Kenya between 1963 - 2002. The study is based on the historical period studied, Educational Syllabuses, Commission Reports, ...