ABSTRACT The study investigated the effect of polygyny on women’s rights in Nyarnagabe District Rwanda. The general objective of the study was to analyse the relationship between the practices of polygyny in Nyarnagabe District and its effects on women’s rights. The study population comprised of 151 respondents of Nyarnagabe District especially in three Sectors both qualitative and quantitative in nature. The study used questionnaire and interview method to collect data from the respond...
ABSTRACT Ethics as an aspect of axiology has always existed strictly as a human affair. This had given rise to the conclusion that human centered ethics, in its conception and articulation is insufficient in the face of the present day environmental problem; since humans neither consider the natural world nor its wild living beings as entity worthy of moral consideration. With the three main components of Taylor’s ethics, namely: the beliefsystem, the attitude of respect for nature and th...
This paper discusses contrastive analysis of language and meaning in Abiku child in two prominent Nigerian poems: J.P Clark's Abiku and Wole Soyinka's Abiku. The paper provides a detailed background of the poems, analyzes the language and meaning of each, and compares and contrasts the writers' approach to the theme. The analysis focuses on the language and literary devices used in the poems, including repetition, imagery, allusion, and personification. The paper also explores the cultural an...
The number of people killed by terrorist acts around the globe has decreased over the previous five years, while the number of incidents in this area has more than doubled since 2016. About half of all fatalities that were attributed to terrorism occurred in sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, with more than a third of those deaths occurring in just four countries: Somalia, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali. The expansion of violent extremism or terrorism to other regions of the continent, such as Mozamb...
ABSTRACTSome Organizations see communication as a normal routine of daily organizational activity. This study set out to explore ‘the impact of effective communication on organizational performance with NOUN as case study with 53 sample size selected at stratified random sampling. The study finds that: the extent to which communication techniques affects productivity in NOUN is high. (X2c = 40.8 > X2t = 9.49; α = 0.05)..Similarly, the extent to which communication channel affect efficiency...
The research study evaluates the effect of human rights and democracy in the Nigeria political system. It examines the possible link between human right protection, promotion and adherence to democratic tenets in the Nigeria political system.Survey research design. The study used both primary and secondary data as a source of data collection. The study reveals that human rights are the inalienable rights of people that promotes the dignity of human existence and it has become a global conce...
ABSTRACT People, communities, societies, and systems may become more resilient to many hazards by learning to resist, absorb, accommodate, recover from, and improve their wellbeing through DRRM activities. Risk-reduction and risk-management activities can thus be used to increase resilience to other hazards. In this study, the primary objectives are 1) to Identify the most effective Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Strategies used in times of calamity, 2) To obtain and assess the techni...
From the legacy of a stable democracy since her independence in December 9, 1961, which is a unique phenomenon in Africa, the United Republic of Tanzania has always lived up to the expectation of playing leading role in democratic governance in Africa. The recent convocation of an African dialogue to mark her 60th independence diamond jubilee anniversary, is a clear mark in this direction. Bordered by Lake Victoria in the North, Lake Tanganyika in the West, Lake Nyasa in the South and Indian ...
The Kolokuma are a clan of the Ijo ethnic nationality that inhabits the Central Niger Delta. This paper studies the burial systems of the Kolokuma people in Bayelsa State. The burial rites of the Kolokuma people forms a rich cultural heritage of the people. Hence, this paper aims to reveal the burial rites associated with the people of Kolokuma clan in the Central Niger Delta. This study will allow subsequent generations have a good understanding of the importance that the Kolokuma people att...
This paper is the second in our series on scientific method for the social sciences, and is presented in relation to what we call the “Globalization of science”. It is like our earlier works, designed to provide multi-vocality and multi-polarity to the sciences, and discourage Eurocentrism or any other form of ideology or centrism. It uses existing theories on uncertainty and incompleteness as a starting point and further utilizes them to construct an approach that can be used chiefly in ...
The study makes use of Efo Kodjo Mawugbe's "in the chest of a woman" in an effort to examine the effects of feminism and their effects on society. Finding the causes of racism, men's and women's oppression, and the never-ending disputes between genders in social life is the fundamental goal. The report also addresses the voices of women, who continue to call for their social rights. The data are examined using descriptive, analytical, and graphical analysis techniques. By relying on the theme...
introduction In this chapter we sketch the pronunciation system of English. We begin with phonetics, a system for describing and recording the sounds of language objectively. Phonetics provides a valuable way of opening our ears to facets of language that we tend to understand by reference to their written rather than their actual spoken forms. Phonology concerns itself with the ways in which languages make use of sounds to distinguish words from each other. Teachers should be knowledgeable a...
Introduction: Generally speaking, the linguistic discipline of morphology – the term is derived from the Greek word morphos meaning „form‟ – examines the internal makeup and structure of words as well as the patterns and principles underlying their composition. In doing so, morphology straddles the traditional boundary between grammar (i.e. the rule-based, productive component of a language) and the lexicon (i.e. the idiosyncratic, rote-learned component). Morphology looks at both sid...
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On the simplest level, deined as the knowledge of the world of nature. Human investigative endeavour (HIE) whose object is the natural world and natural phenomena A tool developed and employed to interrogate the natural world However, science generally is viewed in three main ways as; i. A method for acquiring knowledge or studying and understanding the world. o The steps of that method includes; observation, problem deinition, hypothesis formulation, experimentation, conclusion and theory fo...