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The place and prospects of indigenous theatrical performances in peacebuilding in Kenya
(Indiana University Press, 2015-04-01)
This article examines the role and future of indigenous theatrical performances (ITPs) in peacebuilding in Kenya. It focuses on the Kikuyu, Luhya, and Luo communities' traditions of ritual, storytelling, proverb, and song ...
Valence Decreasing Processess in Lutsotso
(Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015)
This paper analyzes valence decreasing process in the sentence of Lutsotso. Lutsotso is a dialect of the larger Luluhyia, an agglutinative Bantu language of Kenya with very rich morphology. The paper shows how verbal ...
Gender differences in the predictors of career indecision of secondary school students in Kenya
(2015)
The purpose of this study was to determine the predictors of career indecision by gender. A
sample of 359 (162 male and 197 female) secondary school students were surveyed on career
indecision, career readiness, locus ...
The self-who am I?: Children’s identity and development through early childhood education
(MCSER Publishing, 2015)
Children develop self-identity, who they believe themselves to be, and begin to form relationships through play and peer
relations which contribute to their emotional, social and cognitive development. Theories of self ...
Fallacious Sexuality Knowledge and its Implications Among the Akamba Adolescents in Machakos County, Kenya
(2015)
Current statistics show that urban growth rates are relatively higher in the Small and Intermediate urban centres in Kenya. This study sought to analyze the impacts of urbanization driven land use changes within the Mara ...
Teachers’ Perception on Observation as a Method of Assessment of Holistic Development among Kenyan Lower Primary Schools Learners
(Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2015-09-04)
The purpose of the study was to establish Teachers’ Perception on observation as a Method of Assessment of Holistic
Development among lower public primary school learners in Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kenya. The personal ...
Sigendni Luo (Luo proverbs) as Communication Intervention Tool in the Fight against HIV/AIDS among the Luo of Western Kenya
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND HEALTH, 2015)
In Kenya, HIV/AIDS information and skills dissemination has been mainly through modern communication
systems, such as the use of mass media — television, radio, internet, newspapers, and leaflets more than indigenous
modes ...
What Gets Mapped onto What in the SEX IS A FOOTBALL GAME Metaphor in Kenyan HIV/AIDS Campaign Posters?
(The Stockholm 2014 Metaphor Festival, 2015)
Susan Sontag, the prolific author of AIDS and its Metaphors, subscribes to the school of thought
that life-threatening ailments such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, syphilis and tuberculosis are rich in
conceptual metaphors by which ...
Hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior in global context
(National Academy of Sciences, 2015-07-28)
We tested a model that children’s tendency to attribute hostile intent to others in response to provocation is a key psychological process that statistically accounts for individual differences in reactive aggressive ...
The influence of information technology on the socio-political song in Kenya
(Routledge, 2015-07-04)
This article examines how the growth of socio-political songs in Kenya reflects the effect of the evolution of information technology (IT). The unprecedented proliferation of IT – especially mobile telephony, the Internet ...