Social Anthropology Research Papers/Topics

ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY LOCAL PEOPLE OF GORO DISTRICT, BALE ZONE OF OROMIA REGION, ETHIOPIA

Abstract: Ethiopia has rich flora with different plant species having use in health care system based on local indigenous knowledge. In this study, plants of traditional medicinal use and their associated indigenous knowledge in Goro district were investigated. A total of 100 informants (age≥25) were selected to collect information on medicinal plant use from three sampled kebeles. Of these, 10 key informants were selected purposively based on recommendation by local elders and authorities...

ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS OF BURKA DHINTU DISTRICT, WASTE HARARHE ZONE OF OROMIA REGION, ETHIOPIA

Abstract: Ethobotanical study of medicinal plants was conducted to document the indigenous plant-based medical knowledge of people in Burka Dhintu District, Waste Hararghe Zone Ethiopia from January to May, 2018. A total of 80 informants (age≥25) were selected to collect information on medicinal plant use from four sampled kebeles. Of these, 15 key informants were selected purposively based on recommendation by local elders and authorities. The rest were selected randomly. Data were collec...

Big Five Personality Traits, Educational Level and Marital Satisfaction: The Moderating Role of Spousal Social Support Among Workers in Nsukka Local Government Area.

ABSTRACT This empirical study investigated big five personality traits, educational level and marital satisfaction: the moderating role of spousal social support among workers in Nsukka local government area. Two hundred and thirty two (232) married workers, comprising 122 males and 110 females were randomly selected using cross sectional design from workers of different sections in Nsukka Local Government Area. Their ages ranged between 18 to 65 years. Three instruments that were locally sta...

Critical Reflections on the Impact(s) of the So-Called ‘Teacher Incentive’ on Zimbabwe’s Public Education

Abstract For some decades, Zimbabwe’s public education has been ranked one of the best in Southern Africa, Africa and the world-over. This was chiefly a result of high quality teachers, high quality supervision of examinations adopted from its colonial master (Britain), and good working conditions for education practitioners, among other reasons. This reality, however, has turned the otherwise since the turn of the new millennium and especially in the recent years due to economic meltdown i...

Ethnography Of ‘Herero Mall’ (Windhoek) As A Postapartheid Social Space

Abstract The post-apartheid city represents an important reflector of a society in transition. Urban space as a mixture of complex interrelations and social interactions provides a prism through which society in transition is illuminated. This transition is captured in social spaces. Yet, there is a dearth of studies focusing on locating the meaning of social spaces in post-apartheid urban Namibia. Employing ethnography as a methodological choice, participant observation combined with in-dep...