ABSTRACT The study focuses on the poor implementation of the CU of EA in Tanzania since 2005.As EAC approached a decade, trade across the community was hampered by trade barriers and hence no significant growth in trade was witnessed. Therefore, the study aims to examine the impact of NTBs on CU of EA in Tanzania since 2005 specifically to examine the general awareness on NTBs to Tanzanian, to assess the roadblocks, weighbridge and customs clearance procedures and to identify strategies to ...
ABSTRACT Notable research works have been conducted on sexuality and taboos in Igbo land. However not much work has been done on how sex taboos and their breach have become a norm or cultural model for the regulation and prevention of all forms of bad sexual behaviours and sexually transmitted diseases. This research, therefore, explored sex taboos in Igboland and the consequences of breaching them, with a view to determining how these sex taboos serve as a means of controlling sexual immoral...
Abstract Studies in mobile telephony have shown their relevance for Africandevelopment but little is known about the usage patterns andconsumption motivations of different groups in Nigeria. The study examinedthe phenomenon among University staff and students in Ota, with a view to describing the consumption motivations and patterns of mobile phone use. Survey, focus group discussions (FGDs) and in-depth interviews (IDIs)were used to generate data that explained the study problem. While the q...
ABSTRACT This paper studies about the absence of moral and religious professional ethics that is responsible for the Islamic ethical development paper as a matter of urgency will ill the remaining sections attempts as' it affects professional ethics, the contents and contexts of the curricular that
ABSTRACT Sexual discourse refers to sex-related verbal activities that many Nigerian tertiary institution students engage in. Existing studies have addressed sexual discourse from socio-cultural, sociolinguistic and critical linguistic perspectives but have not adequately studied its pragmatic import, especially in relation to encounters centering on sexual intercourse. This study, therefore, investigates the discourse forms, contextual features, pragmatic functions, and attitudes to and perc...
Abstract The study aimed to find out how much residents in Akwa Ibom knew about the sickle cell disorder. In a survey of 300 people, we discovered that only few people (32.9%) had adequate or fairly adequate knowledge of sickle cell disorder (SCD); only about 45% were definite that they would not marry a carrier if they too were carriers. Radio, the most important source of health information for about 73% of our respondents and though praised for health education and information in Nigeria, ...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the use of print library materials in institutions of higher learning in Namibia. The main objective was to establish the extent to which students prefer print resources in the digital era. A mixed-method research approach was adopted, with the use of a self-administered survey questionnaire and a semi-structured interview guide to gathering data from the participants. The population comprised of the University of Namibia and Namibia University of Science and ...
Abstract Looking at the need for leadership ability from a more global perspective, it is evident that organizations worldwide are undergoing changes. To remain competitive and relevant, Namibian organizations must change to survive in an increasingly globalised and hyper-turbulent global market. Effective leadership is seen as one of the elements that can alter behaviour and make change happen. This study explores the relationship between emotional intelligence traits and leadership among 1...
Abstract The focus of this study was on code-switching that occurred in the Namibian Parliament as observed from the volumes of parliamentary Hansards from the year 2015 to 2017. This was a desktop study that employed a qualitative design to determine the patterns and reasons for code-switching in the Namibian Parliament. Content analysis was used to analyse data collected from the 10 volumes of printed parliamentary Hansards. Data was further interpreted using Myers-Scotton's Matrix Languag...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at assessing the trend of endangerment in the Kinga Ethnic language spoken at Makete District in Njombe Region Tanzania. The specific objectives of this study were; to evaluate intergenerational transmission of Kinga, to examine the attitude of Kinga speakers towards their own language as well as to assess the extent to which Kinga language is used in various domains. The study was guided by Language Vitality and Endangerment framework by UNESCO (2003) and emplo...
ABSTRACT This study investigated on the role of Christianity (Roman Catholic Mission) and the extent to which it influencedin the socio-economic development of the Matengo Highlands. This study analyzed the evolution, existence, practice and role of traditional religious values and missionary (Germans nationals) strategy of conversion through the support of German colonial administration.The study further investigated why during the British colonial rule up to 1945 there was phenomenal expan...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the role of East African Community Integration in promoting Immigration Policies in Tanzania. The study sought to achieve the following specific objectives: To investigate the effectiveness of East Africa integration to the immigration policies in Tanzania. To examine the awareness of the EAC common market protocol among the people of East Africa. To establish the linkage between the Regional economic Integration and migration policies. The research desig...
ABSTRACT Even though there are several studies in the field of literature that looked at violence, most researches did not necessarily concern political violence which cast across any human being. Political and electoral violence are pernicious vices that continue to afflict most African states, with Kenya and Zimbabwe, included. It is a truism that these two are mother and baby, with political violence being the umbrella under which electoral violence shoots itself. The motivation behind th...
Abstract The study examined the performance of Nigerian print media, in the context of neoliberalism, regarding their coverage of the less-urban sections as compared to the attention given to the urban centres. The social responsibility, developmental media, and social exclusion theories provided the theoretical framework for the study. The Guardian, The Nigerian Tribune and The Vanguard—out of the national quality newspapers in Nigeria—were randomly selected for content analysis, while s...
Abstract The North-West Akokoid speech forms are spoken by over 250,000 people in Akoko North-West Local Government of Ondo State, Nigeria. The origin of these people, as well as their speech forms