INTRODUCTION This research work titled "Portrait of Feminism and Social Change in Selected Novels of African Female Writers' seeks to evaluate the commitment of African female writers to the deconstruction and reconstruction of the image of the African woman in the African novel. Feminist scholars (Helen Cixous, Mariama B4, Akaci Excibo, Chikwenye Okonjo Oyunyemite) have urged female writers to use their writing as oppositional discourse to the stereotyped portraiture of women by male a...
ABSTRACT The subject of gospel music has generated intellectual discourse researchers in the field of etlmomusicology. This is due to the sporadic development of the genre and the unique position it occupies in the field of popular music in Nigeria. Furthermore, the music has witnessed several innovations from music artistes leading to its transformations over the years. A musical genre that was initially the exclusive reserve of the church has now become an entertainment form that has recei...
ABSTRACT The study set out to establish why there seemed to be contrasting discourses emanating from The Herald and Newsday’s framing of a proposed opposition alliance prior to the 31 July 2013 elections. While polarisation of the media in Zimbabwe had been documented before, the period in which this study takes place was unique in that the country was in a dispensation of a government of national unity (GNU). The previous polarised environment was expected to have been corrected or at leas...
ABSTRACT This is an original documentation of the system entitled Harare city council interdepartmental office automation system. The system has been designed under the software development life cycle standards and has been development from the current problems currently encountered within this organisation. The Harare city council is relatively a very large organisation and operates under a number of departments and divisions. The offices a distributed around Harare and inter departmental co...
ABSTRACT Several studies have been devoted to the narratives of Camara Laye. None of them, as far as we have been able to determine, has examined his novels as a unit whole, with the same protagonist who changes his name from time to time only to reflect the level of his spiritual and psychological attainment. This thesis contends that the novels of Camara Laye, that is L'Enfant noir, Le Regard du roi and Dramouss, seen as the creations of the imagination of the one and only mind of the autho...
Abstract The system will permit the network administrators to stay informed about the network behavior at the organization, that is to say it will determine and keep track of network traffic statistics, Further to that the system will also be in a position to calculate network speed at any given time, In addition to that, the software package will also push for notifications on network summary. Moreover the system will gather network statistics for easy troubleshooting by IT Technicians .The ...
Introduction The library as an organisation is primarily charged with the responsibility of selecting, acquiring processing, preserving and disseminating different forms of information. Over the years, the scope of the work of librarians and library services in general are becoming vast in nature. The world is in the age of information explosion hence, the need for information to be classified and stored in a way that could facilitate easy retrieval and utilization by potential users. The exp...
ABSTRACT The support base of the opposition political parties in Zimbabwe has not been reaching out to the rural populations, which has taken a drastic toll on their political victories. The rural populations have either been uninformed or misinformed on issues concerning the political situation and developments in the country and the power party has taken full advantage of that situation. It should be noted that, rural areas have up to 70% of our population, and in these areas there is rampa...
Table of Contents ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................. i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................... ii ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... v CHAPTER ONE .............................
ABSTRACT I Melody Mogane being a candidate for the Master of Leadership and Change Management accept the requirements of the Polytechnic relating to the retention and use of Master’s thesis deposited in the Library. In terms of these conditions, I agree that the original of my thesis deposited in the Library will be accessible for the purposes of the study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the Librarian for the care, loan or reproduction of thesis.
ABSTRACT The study is an assessment of the methods adopted by Faith Based Organisations (FBOs) in reducing poverty in Zimbabwe using Diocese of Mutare Community Care Programme (DOMCCP) as a case study in Nyanga, Nyakomba ward 11. The research findings show that DOMCCP‟s interventions as a Faith Based Organisation impacted positively on the rural livelihood of the people who live in Nyakomba ward 11. DOMCCP addressed poverty through livelihood projects, capacity building and community health...
ABSTRACT This dissertation makes an assessment of Zimbabwe’s Diplomatic Communication Strategies and analyse the impact exerted by these strategies on the political, social and economic welfare of the country. Over the years diplomacy has been regarded as a less important aspect of a country’s development since the way states and their subjects communicates to the outside world have been trivialised and thus side-lining the power of actions and the spoken word. Zimbabwe among ot...
ABSTRACT This thesis is an analysis of the representation of Zimbabwe‟s socio-political and economic climate in P.O Box‟s skits entitled Anotenga here? Chaunoda chii? and Hatiuye ikoko! It looks at the background of comedy highlighting how this genre of comedy is different from other comedy genres such as stand-up comedy. The methodology used to obtain data is the qualitative research method. The study also made use of the constructionist approach which examines the way representations ar...
Abstract The main aim of the research is to explore the challenges and prospects in the uptake of citizen journalism. The study also seek to explain the extent to which the uptake of citizen journalism by The Manica Post has promoted democratic participation of citizens and the contribution of the phenomenon to the production of news. The mainstream media have embraced the use of ICTs and this witnessed by the mainstream having their own social media pages and online websites where they publi...