Pub Date : 2024-07-10DOI: 10.37284/eajass.7.1.2039
Daniel Tia, Akissi Nexe Octavie N’Guessan
The colonial and postcolonial are two different ideological eras in the colonized peoples’ history, which are taken up by post-colonial literature. Without rehashing the ex-colonized beings’ painful past from a rebellious and revanchist perspective, postcolonial writers’ literary projects aimed at revitalizing the ex-colonized beings’ experience in the form of collective memory. In such a creative art, the narrative devices in force decry retrograde and dehumanizing practices. In terms of vision, the call for improving the relationship between ex-colonizers and ex-colonized subjects is highly prescribed. All neocolonial policies and related influences are systematically proscribed, thus favouring the creation of a global village free from inequalities, exclusions, and other injustices. In essence, the poetization of “Bournehills” in The Chosen Place, The Timeless People and “Kosawa” in How Beautiful We Were is part of those narrative techniques. Today, in a disguised form, Westerners, with their seducing offers or projects, corrupt tiny groups of undeveloped people won over to their cause and keep the masses in misery. In this context of political paradigm shift and sociocultural mutation, the study of the forms of life in the post-colonies remains a challenge. This helps to disclose on the one hand how the former colonial maintains their ex-colonies in perpetual dependence and on the other hand, highlight how the ex-colonized beings or heirs react and overcome neo-colonial policies. To account for the features of neo-colonialism, the use of Perussetian semiotic approach will be helpful. This will contribute to looking into the prevailing forms of life in both fictional imaginaries. Two points of interest will be scrutinized: “post-colonial order features” and “ex-colonized beings’ resilience”
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Pub Date : 2024-07-03DOI: 10.37284/eajass.7.1.2018
J. Ojok, Arthur Owor
This study argues that Public Communication in Refugee Settlements, when managed professionally and structurally with a deliberate open feedback mechanism for the end-users of services provided by the government and its development partners, could be a great tool for the evaluation and enhancement of public services provided in Refugee Settlements. The study analyses the education and health sectors as parameters for the government’s service delivery in the case of the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement. Taking a qualitative research methodology approach with the case of Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, the study found that the Uganda Refugees Act (2006), which authorises service provision by the government to the refugees, has no specific public communication strategy or policy clearly spelled as a communication framework to support service provision feedback. Therefore, the study recommends a direct public engagement communication strategy involving refugees and relevant stakeholders in the public service provision with the ultimate goal of improving service delivery at Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement
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Pub Date : 2024-02-18DOI: 10.37284/eajass.7.1.1725
Helena Gabriel
This article aims to analyse the domains of language choice and use of the Sangu language among Sangu speakers in Tanzania in relation to its endangerment. The study used quantitative approach to assess the four domains of sangu language of home/family, religion, market, and traditional functions. The study was guided by domain analysis theoretical framework by Fishman (1972). Data were collected through questionnaire method from 50 Sangu speakers and were computed and analyzed quantitatively by the assistance of SPSS programme. The research outcomes portrays the domination of Swahili, the national language in almost all domains along with a noticeable interference of it in the intimate domains of Sangu language use. The choice and use of Sangu language have turned out to be minimal in almost all domains. The research results points towards one conclusion that Sangu language is in the danger of disappearing because the presence of Swahili in the intimate domain indicates that the coming generations will lack intergeneration language transmission and become endangered
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Pub Date : 2024-01-26DOI: 10.37284/eajass.7.1.1724
M. Julius, Andrew Peters Yigga, Joyce Bukirwa Rebecca
Sexual violence has often caused distress to many people, and a lot has been written proposing solutions to this vice. Restoring hope among people who have been affected by sexual violence in Secondary schools in Bundibugyo District requires concerted effort and adopting ways that help to relieve the affected people of stress resulting from their experience with sexual violence. The current study focused on how therapeutic painting can be utilised to describe in detail lived experiences relating to ever-increasing sexual violence in secondary schools in the Bundibugyo district. Despite the various forms of violence that affect secondary school students, sexual violence seems to be a vice that greatly affects school children, and young children are always shy to verbally express how they are affected. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between Visual art therapy and sexual violence expression by students in selected Secondary Schools in Bundibugyo District. The following objective guided the study: To examine the statistical relationship between therapeutic painting and sexual violence expression by students in selected Secondary Schools in Bundibugyo District. 400 S2 students participated in this study, these included; Semuriki High School-Izahura-163, Bukonjo Seed School-17, Bundikahungu Seed school-75, St Mary’s Simbya Secondary School-145. Methodology entailed methods such as in-session semi-structured interviews, observation methods, and focus group discussion. An explanatory sequential design was adopted in this study. The study established that there was a statistically significant difference in means; thus, there was a relationship between therapeutic painting and sexual violence expressed by students in selected Secondary Schools in Bundibugyo District (z =-6.736, p <0.0001). Hence, the null hypothesis was rejected. The findings led to the conclusion that therapeutic painting intervention helped to improve the expression of sexual violence among victims, helped them to gain relaxation, lost hope, and lessened the anxiety that had resulted from their experience with sexual violence
性暴力常常给许多人带来痛苦，已经有许多文章提出了解决这一恶习的办法。要让本迪布格约区中学的性暴力受害者重燃希望，就必须齐心协力，采取各种方法帮助受影响者缓解因性暴力经历而产生的压力。本研究的重点是如何利用治疗性绘画来详细描述与本迪布京区中学中日益增多的性暴力有关的生活经历。尽管影响中学生的暴力形式多种多样，但性暴力似乎是一种对学童影响极大的恶习，而年幼的学童总是羞于用言语表达他们受到的影响。因此，本研究旨在调查视觉艺术疗法与本迪布格约区部分中学的学生所表达的性暴力之间的关系。研究目标如下研究治疗性绘画与本迪布约地区部分中学学生的性暴力表达之间的统计关系。400 名中二学生参与了这项研究，其中包括：Semuriki High School-Izahura 163 人、Bukonjo Seed School 17 人、Bundikahungu Seed School 75 人、St Mary's Simbya Secondary School 145 人。研究方法包括现场半结构式访谈、观察法和焦点小组讨论。本研究采用了解释性顺序设计。研究结果表明，平均值之间存在显著的统计学差异；因此，治疗性绘画与本迪布格约区所选中学的学生所表达的性暴力之间存在关系（z =-6.736，p <0.0001）。因此，否定了零假设。研究结果得出的结论是，治疗性绘画干预有助于改善性暴力受害者的表达方式，帮助他们获得放松、失去希望，并减轻他们因遭受性暴力而产生的焦虑。
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Pub Date : 2024-01-19DOI: 10.37284/eajass.7.1.1700
Eyankuaire Moses Darah, Godwin A. Ivworin, Idigun Mathew Agbogun
This paper posits that every language is characterized by linguistic codes needed by speakers for their security, identity, and social stability in today’s doubtless several security issues. In Urhoboland, such codes manifest in spoken and extra-linguistic forms with varying degree of meanings to different people at various times and places. The paper explores, among other conceivable objectives, some salient linguistic codes which the forebears of the Urhobo people did not pass on the younger generations as well as their translatability. The theoretical framework underlying the discussion hinges on Bernstein (1971) sociolinguistic theory of language codes which is cognate with language use. Taking cognizance of Urhobo believe systems, their social-cultural and religious practices continue to exert considerable challenges in translation studies as well as their importance to the people in contemporary times. Moreover, a large corpus of interviews and participant observation methods subsist in gathering and analysing relevant data for the research. Finally, the paper concludes that all linguistic codes in Urhoboland manifest themselves in socio-cultural contexts through which the people gather experiences for concentration, attention, and as a panacea for staying out of trouble
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Pub Date : 2024-01-08DOI: 10.37284/eajass.7.1.1684
Aleu Garang Aleu
The occurrence of flooding in the East African region has increased over the past twenty years. This has come with a lot of public health risks and loss of lives and livelihoods among the communities affected. South Sudan is one of the African countries prone to flood disasters. Jonglei State is one of the states that are frequently hit by flooding because of its proximity to river Nile. Bor County in Jonglei State is reported to be experiencing the highest rate of flooding in the country with devastating effects on the livelihoods and public health patterns. The study employed a qualitative study using Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs)to explore Community Engagement Strategies for coping with effects of flood disasters in Bor, Jonglei State. The study established that some of the coping strategies against the impact of flood disasters adopted by the communities in Bor were positive as they helped in improving the general wellbeing of the communities. These coping strategies include diversification of livelihoods, use of traditional knowledge to predict weather forecast, getting donations in terms of money and materials from funders such as NGOs and government and use of modern techniques of farming. However, some of the coping strategies were regarded negative and not effective. These include building temporary shelters, constructing dykes from mud instead of using concrete, and displacement of people
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Pub Date : 2023-11-27DOI: 10.37284/eajass.6.2.1601
Nason Vundi, Peter Koome
This study aimed to assess the current practices, challenges and prospects of nomadic pastoralism and sustainable livelihoods in the 21st Century in Samburu Pastoralists in Samburu County, Kenya. Nomadic pastoralism describes a season-based lifestyle that entails a random, irregular, and intentional movement of livestock and people to new places in search of a better supply of pastures and water. The sustainability of nomadic pastoralism in the 21st century is doubtful due to the factors militating against the system. For example, there are threatening factors like global warming, prolonged implications of climate change, unstable utilisation of natural resources like land and water, and the environmental degradation arising from uncontrolled extractive industries and urbanisation. This study utilised a mixed method approach with quantitative data collected from a random sample of 140 households and supplemented by two focus group discussions. Analyses found that households that exhibit the least livelihood diversification, as reflected by reliance on pastoralism as the main source of livelihood, are more likely than others to experience negative outcomes. This study recommends concerted efforts in support of livelihood diversification that the County Government of Isiolo should necessarily spearhead
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Pub Date : 2023-11-22DOI: 10.37284/eajass.6.2.1587
Kyomuhendo Sarah
Exile as a key feature in Leila Aboulela’s Minaret (2005). Also prevalent is the theme of dispossession in exile. This article discusses the experiences of exiles in Leila Aboulela’s (2005) Minaret; it investigates the depiction of exile as dispossession in the mentioned novel. It traces why and how exile becomes a subject of dispossession due to the undesirable but sometimes inevitable experiences associated with exile. The study was premised on the postcolonial theory – which seeks to deconstruct the legacy of colonialism and is concerned with the impact of European imperialism on both the colonised and coloniser. Texts based on this theory were used to analyse the novel under study. The data was obtained by a close reading of the primary texts along with secondary texts from the internet and others in print. A textual checklist was used to guide and organise the data collection stage. The study found that forms of dispossession include displacement and rootlessness, identity crisis, cultural loss, and Islamophobia. It was seen that most of these forms were a result of the attitudes and structures that were developed during European imperialism and have been perpetrated by the imbalance of power that existed between the colonisers and the colonised. It was also revealed that these negative experiences are brought about by a cultural and power dynamic that makes an exile an outsider and inferior in society; the exile, thus (exiles), lacks representation and a voice. This hinders the integration into the new society and leaves an exile without a concrete sense of belonging or identity
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Pub Date : 2023-11-22DOI: 10.37284/eajass.6.2.1586
Nelly C. Andiema
The attainment of education for all objectives ensures that girls participate in education across the academic year even during their menstrual period. The menstrual health and hygiene management requires provision of adequate toilets, water, and sanitary pads for girls. Data from Sub-County Director of Education for Kacheliba showed that the retention and completion rate of girls for 2022 in primary school was below that of boys. This paper sought the head teachers’ opinion regarding girls’ menstrual hygiene and sanitation and its influence on girls' participation in primary school education. The study was conducted in 39 public primary schools in Kacheliba Sub-County (North Pokot), West Pokot County Kenya. The study adopted both qualitative and quantitative approaches. A sample size of 12 schols representing 30.0% were selected using simple random sampling technique. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire administered to head teachers in the selected schools. Analysis of data was done using descriptive statistics and thematic content analysis for qualitative data. Research results showed that majority of schools had inadequate toilets to be used by girlsas they ended up sharing the available ones with boys. This made it uncomfortable for them to share the toilets during their menstrual period. Considering being semi-arid, water availability was inadequate as only 1 out of 11 schools was found to have water supply during the whole academic year. The government of Kenya programme of providing free sanitary pads to girls across public primary schools in the country was found to be irregular. This state of affairs made most girls in Kacheliba sub countyabsent from school during their menstrual period. The paper concludes that menstrual hygiene and sanitation negatively affected girl child participation in primary education because incidents of absenteeism were high, truancy cases and retention was low. The the government should provide capitation funds vote for schools to purchase sanitary towels, partner with other organisations to set up hygiene and sanitation facilities, and educate the community on the need for supporting girl child menstrual hygiene and management
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Pub Date : 2023-11-22DOI: 10.37284/eajass.6.2.1582
Philip Keter, Williter Rop, Hellen Sang
Performance of manufacturing firms has been highly influenced by macro environmental factors ranging from political instability and socio-economic factors. As a result, knowledge management has increasingly become crucial in reducing the impact on both internal and external factors. The study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge management capacity building and productivity of sugar companies in Kenya. The study assessed the moderating effect of transformational leadership on the relationship between capacity building and the productivity of sugar companies. This was anchored on the theory of change which explains the need for knowledge management in managing business dynamic external environment. The study adopted a positivist research philosophy and correlational research designs. Questionnaires were administered in a census survey to 218 managers working in 8 sugar companies in Kenya. Mean and standard deviation was utilized with frequencies as descriptive statistics. A simple regression was adopted to establish the relationship between knowledge management capacity building and productivity of firms. The finding revealed that the sugar firms shared knowledge, however, there was need to improve knowledge management system, knowledge retrieval and knowledge acquisition. There was significant relationship between innovative capacity building and productivity. The study concludes that there was statistically significant relationship between knowledge management capacity building and organization productivity. It is recommended that there is a need to improve the knowledge management system and policies to enhance productivity of organizations
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