ABSTRACT This study investigated the writings of Alain Mabanckou, the giant Congolese literary writer for mystification and demystification as a trope he employs in his writings. It was guided by two theoretical underpinnings which are Roland Barthes‘ perspectives on myth: myth as a type of speech and myth as a semiological system. It was also guided by the post-colonial theory with leanings on Homi Bhabha‘s Hybridity, Mimicry and Ambivalence. Three specific objectives guided this study....
ABSTRACT This thesis reports the findings of the ethnolinguistic study of the use of space in communication in Maasai society. It examined how Maasai use genealogical and geographical space to construct social and linguistic categories which affect communication among the society members. The findings of the study are presented from the transcriptions of the participant observation made in the natural settings of occurrence and supported by the information from face-to-face and group intervi...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to examine issues related to morpho-syntactic errors among secondary school students in Tanzanian English Language Classrooms. Specifically, the study aimed at: identifying common morpho-syntactic errors committed by students in English language classrooms, finding out possible factors for students‟ errors and assessing the corrective feedback techniques that teachers use to correct their students‟ errors (both written and spoken errors). The study employ...
ABSTRACT When a woman is faced with an unintended pregnancy the onus lies on her to either carry the pregnancy to term or terminate it, and in the developing world the majority of these are terminated unsafely. The problem of induced abortion can further be exacerbated when they become repeated. Women who have previous records of induced abortion stand a greater risk of resorting to it again when the need arises. It is therefore necessary to note the factors that serve as contributors to the...
ABSTRACT For understanding the formation of public opinion or citizen action which appears in the form of anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear movements, there is the need to analyse media content for the development of this subject matter over a period of time as the media influences public awareness of issues through framing of news. This study examined the frames, direction of story, placement of story and sources cited in the newspaper coverage of nuclear issues in Ghana. Data was collected by me...
ABSTRACT This study report has shown the findings of the study of the Gogo fairy tales in Gogo community of Dodoma Region. In particular, the study makes a description and analysis of the linguistic practices and language used in Gogo fairy tales. In doing so, the study collected the fairy tales of Gogo community, and creates a data base of Gogo fairy tales drawing extensively from the theory of communicative genres that helped in the analysis of the linguistic and structural communicative f...
ABSTRACT The subject of this research is ‗An Exegetical and Theological Study of the Institution of the Lord‘s Supper: Luke 22:7-23‘. With a background of meals from the socio-cultural and religious perspectives, the dissertation talks about the social and religious significance of meals in both ancient and modern cultures. As one of the important institutions of Jesus before his demise, the Supper is affirmed to have been taken after the Jewish Passover meal. The thesis first investi...
ABSTRACT This study examined coverage of Boko Haram by local and international media between April 2014 and March 2015. Backgrounded in the theories of agenda-setting and framing, the study undertook a quantitative content analysis of online news reportage of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) to ascertain the differences in coverage as well as the sources of news on Boko Haram, and how these determ...
ABSTRACT The study set out to investigate the place of military coup d`etat in the conduct of world politics and the level of impression to which military coup d`etat has had on the development of contemporary African politics, with special focus on the 2013 Egypt military coup that led to the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi. The study is on the context of the local, regional and international socio-political, economic, and psychological factors which appeared to have tremendously influenced th...
ABSTRACT The continuous migration of health professionals, including medical students after school has negative effects on the health system in Ghana. The role of doctors is very paramount in health care delivery as it is reflective in the quality of services given. It is in this vein that a study was conducted to examine the migration intentions of final year medical students and the factors that influence their intentions. The research design that was adopted for the study was mixed method...
ABSTRACT Social change is causing great transformation in every area of society. The objective of this study was to examine how this transformation is affecting the traditional role of extended family to provide support and care to the elderly in rural Ghana. Bamang; a small rural community in Ashanti Region, was used as research site to collect data for the study. Methodologically, a qualitative research technique was employed, including; face to face interviews and observations as methods...
ABSTRACT The historical subordination of women especially in public life has been widely discussed and efforts are being made globally to reverse this trend. Ghana is not insulated from this global trend. Thus, this study selectively focused on examining women’s participation in national politics in Ghana, an attempt to find out factors accounting for their low participation and the opportunities that exist to promote their effective involvement. The methodology was qualitative in design a...
ABSTRACT The study assessed language endangerment in Tanzania, specifically the case of Nyamwezi in Tabora region. The study aimed at assessing the way Ethnic community languages are perceived by the native speakers in relation to wide expansion of powerful and prestigious languages like English and Kiswahili. The study also assessed the domains (areas) associated with the use of the respective language. Further, the study aimed at careful investigation of the following objectives, mapping t...
ABSTRACT This study set out to examine the determinants of infant mortality in Tanzania. Data from the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS), 2010 were used. A total number of 2,976 children who were born to women aged 15-49 years during the period of one year preceding the survey were involved during the study. The specific objectives of this study were; to describe the mothers‘ background characteristics, to establish the relationship between mothers‘ background variables and i...
ABSTRACT “Though ERP has gained some importance in the IS literature over the past few years and is a major phenomenon in practice, through a) historical analysis, b) meta-analysis of representative IS literature, and c) a survey of academic experts, we divulge unorthodox views on the phenomenon. Given this variety of perspectives, it is unlikely that at this stage a generally agreed definition of ERP can be achieved” (Klaus, Helmut et al, 2000).This research seeks to primarily ascertain...