In 1958, Kwame Nkrumah, the Prime Minister of Ghana, called for a conference of
independent heads of state in Africa. It was a novelty in Africa. The conference was to provide a formal continental platform for the political ...
Mdlongwa, Theresia; Moyo, Thamsanqa; Ncube, Bhekezakhe(University of Namibia, 2015)
Hegemonic state grand narratives are often absolutist in ways in which they insist on particular ways of viewing the past, present and the trajectory to the future. They canalize society’s attention to certain ways of ...
Manyarara, Barbra C.; Gora, Ruth B.(University of Namibia, 2015)
Naming aesthetics in Zimbabwe as in the rest of African cosmology have always been incident-based and this trend somewhat persists. The aesthetic of naming is a parent or guardian’s prerogative and expresses that individual/s ...
Motherhood is a concept that is shunned and criticised by Western feminists as one of the root causes of a woman’s subordination, dis-empowerment, lack of freedom and independence. It is also frowned at for binding her to ...
Urban master plans play a critical role in the environmental management of urban
landscapes in that they guide the physical developments that take place on and in them. In spite of this important role, there is limited ...
Lumbu, Simon D.; Smit, Talita C.; Hamunyela, Miriam N.(University of Namibia, 2015)
This paper relates to the findings of a study on the constraints encountered by teachers in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in rural combined schools in the Oshana region. Errors and mistakes are as some the ...
Since Independence Afrikaans lost its status as official language. However, it is still used as lingua franca in parts of the country. In some schools Afrikaans is used as medium of instruction and also offered as a subject ...
Kimaro, Mary-Ellen; Lendelvo, Selma M.; Nakanyala, Jesaya(University of Namibia, 2015)
Although tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world and contributes to socio-economic development, most tourist destinations are faced with the challenge of ensuring tourist satisfaction. Understanding ...
Kauari, Lydia N.; Kaundjua, Maria B.; Mufune, Pempelani(University of Namibia, 2015)
Alcohol consumption is said to constitute an emerging social problem among adolescents and youth in Namibia with one study estimating that 53.5% of youths aged 13-30 use alcohol (Barth and Hubbard, 2009). It is also said ...
Kangumu, Bennett; Likando, Gilbert N.(University of Namibia, 2015)
The historiography of the nineteenth century Christian mission in Southern Africa focused mainly on South Africa and then spread to Southern Rhodesia. The above assessment by (Oermanns, 1999, p.19) resulted in the cases ...
Kadhila, Ngepathimo; Nyathi, Sifiso F.(University of Namibia, 2015)
Internationally, higher educational institutions have adopted students’ evaluation of
teaching as a normative practice. Such student evaluations are normally used for ma king decisions on monitoring teaching and course ...
School counselling is an important aspect in education. This paper evaluates students’ perception of school counselling in Cameroon using a quantitative research design (Z test) with a purposive probability sample of 150 ...
Haimbodi, Frans N.; Kasanda, Choshi D.; Kapenda, Hileni M.(University of Namibia, 2015)
This study sought to determine the effects of cooperative learning on the performance of the Grade 11 learners doing Mathematics on higher level in the Oshana Education Region. The study used a quasi-experimental design. ...
Freeman, Rachel J.; Kamwanyah, Ndumba J.(University of Namibia, 2015)
In this manuscript insight about working women’s perceptions of power, gender-based violence and HIV-infection risk within intimate relationships in an airline business is provided. The manuscript is based on the findings ...
The Zimbabwean challenges witnessed between 1998 and 2008 brought about various survival strategies. Whereas some sought to create coping mechanisms within Zimbabwe, others went into exile. These two groups, nonetheless, ...
Chapanga, Evan; Choto, Isaac(University of Namibia, 2015)
Players in the telecommunication sector are embroiled in mobile wars which have spilled over onto the broadcast platform. Intermittent power struggles that have rocked the mobile industry ad infinitum have largely been ...
Amukugo, Hans J.; Van Dyk, Agnes; Chipare, Mwakanyadzeni A.(University of Namibia, 2015)
This paper aims at describing the findings of a health education programme that enhances the knowledge and communication skills of health care workers who serve people living with HIV/AIDS on HAART in Namibia. Namibian ...
/Ucham, Emelda U.; Kangira, Jairos(University of Namibia, 2015)
This paper discusses the representation of Afropolitan identity formation in Taiye Selasi’s debut novel Ghana must go (2013), and Chima manda Adichie’s novel Americanah (2013). The aim of the paper is to discuss Afropolitan ...
In its exploration of childhood, this article navigates the contours of the notion “girl-child” as the “sulbatern” or the “other” in Mahachi-Har per’s narrative, Echoes in the shadows. Also, in its articulation of the ...
This paper analyses the discourse of HIV and AIDS in the Nyanja speech community of Zambia. Specifically the paper critically analyses the concepts that this speech community uses to refer to the pandemic so as to try and ...
Nengomasha, Cathrine T.; Abankwah, Ruth M.; Uutoni, Wilhelm; Pazvakawambwa, Lillian(University of Namibia, 2015)
This article presents the findings of a study on the health information literacy of students at the University of Namibia main campus. The study was conducted between 2013 and 2014 and consisted of two hundred and seventy ...
National archives inherited from former colonial regimes suffer from a distorted record that marginalised the colonised people, and ignored or misrepresented their efforts for self-determination. The Archives was further ...
The thrust of this paper is to make an exploration of the literary representation of the black family under slavery. How the family fared under the peculiar institution of slavery was determined by the social system of the ...