Pub Date : 2013-03-20DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.020313425
C. Dube, Jenet Mudekunye
This research went beyond the anecdotal to the empirical vis-a-vis an analysis of identity politics and its meaning within a university context. Premising politics on a particular collective identity has often been perceived as the basis for dissociation, defeatism, exclusion, and separatism. This has resulted in a skeptical reception of groups that base their politics on a collective identity, be they movements based on feminism, general workers’ movements or students’ movements. Based on the case of Matabeleland Development Society (MDS), this study employed Erving Goffman’s Dramaturgy and Manuel Castells’ ‘Power of Identity Approaches’ to unearth the above assumptions that underlie the political critics of identity politics. The said organization is a social movement that was formed in 1992 at the University of Zimbabwe by, and for, students originating from Matabeleland and some parts of the Midlands Province. Matabeleland is a province in Zimbabwe, and the underpinning objective of the MDS, as stated in its Constitution, is to champion the socio-politico-economic development of their regions of origin. Members of the MDS base their politics on a collective ethnic identity that stems from their belonging to the Matabele ethnic group. Research findings in this treatise are based on in-depth unstructured personal interviews that were conducted among some selected members of the MDS through snowballing. The research also utilized documented evidence such as the MDS Constitution, which contains the history of the MDS. Findings from this study revealed that criticisms levelled against social movements have often missed their real nature. Presupposing politics on a collective identity is not synonymous with separatism. Neither is it an attempt to overemphasize difference. The practical significance of the treatise is in its original contribution to the field through the edition of the MDS case material, an arguably novel case inasmuch as research on social movements is concerned.
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Pub Date : 2013-03-20DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.011613388
Kasowe Rittah
Men’s practices in children’s lives Current practices have shown that most of coupled families are manned by mothers. The majority of fathers are engaged at workplaces. During their free time drinking holes have proved to be men’ entertainment place. The small house issue has also robbed some of the father’s time from their children. Whenever at home fathers appear to dedicate time to media, soccer, politics, and deals or are tired. In this scenario one wonders if men have influence on their children’s upkeep. This paper therefore seeks to establish whether fatherhood is still critical in the development of children. It would be proper to use a descriptive survey in order to establish views of randomly selected men, children and women, on the role being played by fathers in this present scenario. The main question being raised is do men still have time and great influence in their children’s lives, and what values are they inculcating to them?
{"title":"Access, quality and equity in education for sustainable development in Southern Africa: Child Development","authors":"Kasowe Rittah","doi":"10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.011613388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.011613388","url":null,"abstract":"Men’s practices in children’s lives Current practices have shown that most of coupled families are manned by mothers. The majority of fathers are engaged at workplaces. During their free time drinking holes have proved to be men’ entertainment place. The small house issue has also robbed some of the father’s time from their children. Whenever at home fathers appear to dedicate time to media, soccer, politics, and deals or are tired. In this scenario one wonders if men have influence on their children’s upkeep. This paper therefore seeks to establish whether fatherhood is still critical in the development of children. It would be proper to use a descriptive survey in order to establish views of randomly selected men, children and women, on the role being played by fathers in this present scenario. The main question being raised is do men still have time and great influence in their children’s lives, and what values are they inculcating to them?","PeriodicalId":145745,"journal":{"name":"Greener Journal of Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125374224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-03-20DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.021213446
G. O. Adigun, J. A. Kotso, F. S. Kolajo
{"title":"Changing Roles of Academic and Research Libraries in Scholarly Information Communication Landscape: Case Study of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria","authors":"G. O. Adigun, J. A. Kotso, F. S. Kolajo","doi":"10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.021213446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.021213446","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":145745,"journal":{"name":"Greener Journal of Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130000784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-03-20DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.122112339
C. Ojo, L. Chuffor
The objective of this study was to analyze the accessibility of rural household to fuelwood in Dambao Wagaram Ward of Borno State, Nigeria. Forty households were randomly selected from where respondents for the study were obtained. Data obtained from the study were analyzed by the use of descriptive statistics. The result showed that 97.5% of respondents used fuelwood solely or complimented with other sources of domestic energy like cow dung or corn stalk. The quantity of fuelwood consumed by respondent households was an average of 6.8Kg/household/ day and 1.1Kg/person/day. When determined in monetary terms, it was found to be an average consumption cost per household per day of N81 while the average cost per person per day was N13.5. Kerosene, which was more available than other substitutes of fuelwood as domestic energy had very low sole demand (2.5%). This was as a result of its cost (N275/household/day), compared to that of fuelwood. It was recommended that more sustainable ways of consuming fuelwood should be encouraged. Furthermore, Other sources of domestic energy such as kerosene, liquefied natural gas and electricity will need to be introduced to rural women in order to reduce the rate of loss of the natural forest in the study area.
{"title":"Accessibility to Domestic Energy among Rural Households: Case Study of Damboa Wagaram Ward of Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria","authors":"C. Ojo, L. Chuffor","doi":"10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.122112339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.122112339","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study was to analyze the accessibility of rural household to fuelwood in Dambao Wagaram Ward of Borno State, Nigeria. Forty households were randomly selected from where respondents for the study were obtained. Data obtained from the study were analyzed by the use of descriptive statistics. The result showed that 97.5% of respondents used fuelwood solely or complimented with other sources of domestic energy like cow dung or corn stalk. The quantity of fuelwood consumed by respondent households was an average of 6.8Kg/household/ day and 1.1Kg/person/day. When determined in monetary terms, it was found to be an average consumption cost per household per day of N81 while the average cost per person per day was N13.5. Kerosene, which was more available than other substitutes of fuelwood as domestic energy had very low sole demand (2.5%). This was as a result of its cost (N275/household/day), compared to that of fuelwood. It was recommended that more sustainable ways of consuming fuelwood should be encouraged. Furthermore, Other sources of domestic energy such as kerosene, liquefied natural gas and electricity will need to be introduced to rural women in order to reduce the rate of loss of the natural forest in the study area.","PeriodicalId":145745,"journal":{"name":"Greener Journal of Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122732576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-03-20DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.012813412
Cotties Adetiba Toyin, R. Aminur
The realism of how best to ensure the participation of every ethnic group in governance has been a very big political challenge to successive governments since returning to democratic governance in 1999. This is because the exclusion of groups from the political process has made socio-political and economic crises a regular feature of the country. This paper examines the adoption of inclusive governance in Nigeria (federal character and power sharing formula). These principles have helped to ensure the socio-political integration of the various ethnic groups in the country and as well serve as a balancing mechanism over conflicting socio-political demands of every ethnic group.
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Pub Date : 2013-02-18DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.2.011313376
F. Sibanda
The belief in the existence of witchcraft and magic still runs strong in the African context. Because of this, early anthropologists, missionaries and colonial administrators tended to describe African indigenous religion and culture through misleading terminologies such as ‘primitive’, ‘superstition’, ‘magic’, ‘witchcraft’ and ‘fetish’. The westerners misunderstood and misinterpreted African religion and sought to pursue the philosophy of the centre to displace everything African. Nevertheless, good and bad heritage exists in African religion and culture. The paper explored the nature, use and impact of mubobobo, a magical remote sexual intercourse, metaphorically called ‘blue tooth sex’, in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe. The study posited that there are some unscrupulous individuals who practice mubobobo on unsuspecting people that results in detrimental socio-psychological experiences. The research corroborated methods to gather data and established that mubobobo is seen in ambivalence with some regarding it as an outrageous magical spiritual experience whilst others including the legal fraternity consider it as unfounded and illusionary. In the final analysis, the study concluded that mubobobo is a mysterious and mystical practice that is true to the Shona believers in phenomenological terms in the Zimbabwean context.
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Pub Date : 2013-02-18DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.2.011213366
Sam Masinire, B. Mudzanire, Kudakwashe Mapetere
This study examines the reliability and utility of Chakaipa and Zvarevashe’s old world novels; Pfumo Reropa and Gonawapotera respectively as historical novels. The novels were examined with the view to making an academic interrogation of how chieftainship, law courts and polygamy institutions which formed the soul of the Shona people’s culture in pre-colonial Zimbabwe are portrayed. An afro-centric analysis of the disparity between novels and other researches was done and it revealed a glaring distortion of the Shona people’s culture in pre-colonial Zimbabwe. The study therefore, argues that Pfumo Reropa and Gonawapotera are far from pleasing when it comes to their historicity, authenticity of psycho-social thought and philosophy of the Shona people on the practices of chieftainship, law courts and polygamy. The article maintains that not all novels that are regarded as historical are really historical. There is therefore, need to be critical about the novels that are selected for use in Zimbabwean schools so that children are exposed to quality literature that helps them to appreciate that the Shona people had a systematic and elaborate system of role relationship, conflict resolution, social, economic and political control from which lessons can be taken to build confidence in our cultural heritage.
{"title":"Unpacking the Eurocentric Indictment of Pre-colonial African Socio-political Institutions in literary works; Pfumo Reropa and Gonawapotera","authors":"Sam Masinire, B. Mudzanire, Kudakwashe Mapetere","doi":"10.15580/GJSS.2013.2.011213366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15580/GJSS.2013.2.011213366","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the reliability and utility of Chakaipa and Zvarevashe’s old world novels; Pfumo Reropa and Gonawapotera respectively as historical novels. The novels were examined with the view to making an academic interrogation of how chieftainship, law courts and polygamy institutions which formed the soul of the Shona people’s culture in pre-colonial Zimbabwe are portrayed. An afro-centric analysis of the disparity between novels and other researches was done and it revealed a glaring distortion of the Shona people’s culture in pre-colonial Zimbabwe. The study therefore, argues that Pfumo Reropa and Gonawapotera are far from pleasing when it comes to their historicity, authenticity of psycho-social thought and philosophy of the Shona people on the practices of chieftainship, law courts and polygamy. The article maintains that not all novels that are regarded as historical are really historical. There is therefore, need to be critical about the novels that are selected for use in Zimbabwean schools so that children are exposed to quality literature that helps them to appreciate that the Shona people had a systematic and elaborate system of role relationship, conflict resolution, social, economic and political control from which lessons can be taken to build confidence in our cultural heritage.","PeriodicalId":145745,"journal":{"name":"Greener Journal of Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130082583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-02-18DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.2.111612268
Nyongesa Ben Wekesa
Politics is marked by power play among the politicians themselves and between the politicians and their subjects. When no amicable solution is arrived at, an uprising is eminent. During such uprisings, discourse plays a key role in either restoring peace or fuelling animosity. This paper explores the zoosemy in Qaddafi’s speeches with the view of attempting an explanation to what metaphors accomplish in political discourse in our troubled times. The paper, from a socio-cultural perspective, explains why metaphorical language use failed with the Libyan case. The paper argues that the effectiveness of metaphorical language depends heavily on the socio-cultural context in which it is used. Any language use that is outside the society’s habitus gets suppressed and resisted. Secondly, when a metaphor becomes too common, it loses its metaphorical touch among the audience. Lastly metaphorical language use depends on power play between interlocutors. When it becomes apparent that you are manipulating the language for personal interests, however, powerfully you chose and use metaphors, you are pound to meet resistance.
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Pub Date : 2013-01-20DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.1.112012274
A. Adedeji
The development of any nation depends on how she handles, manages, coordinates and regulates the tripod concepts of justice, equality and peace. The three concepts work in tandem. The principle of justice simply explained is to give each person, or group of persons whether weak or strong what is his/her due and to demand the contribution of each on the basis of equal contribution. Equality in the same vein focuses on treating equals equally and unequal’s unequally. Peace, which serves as the end result of the first two, is connected with a situation where there is no war, no crisis or fighting; it is a pleasant situation that encourages positive thinking. This paper examines justice, equality and peace as the necessary conditions for national development with particular reference to Nigeria.
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