This study examined contemporary African cinema narratives with a view to guiding a socio-ideological reading of the narratives. Specifically, it has drawn connections between the film’s diegesis and the non-diegetic space to which the film addresses. The study addressed three key issues; social and ideological narratives, class struggles, and pluralism of narrative voices. The films analyzed were selected from East and West Africa. From West Africa, the study analyzed Kwaw Ansah’s Love B...
Abstract This study interrogates the directing techniques/styles used by three Kenyan stage directors: Joseph Murungu a guruin the Schools and Colleges and Universities Drama Festival director, Sammy Mwangi of Heartstrings Entertainment and Andy Ruri of Sparks Theatre Company. The study examines how these directors use their directing techniques to convey thematic concerns, and the factors influencing the techniques/styles used. The study has been informed by the Auteur Theory – a theory th...
ABSTRACT At independence and in post independent period, the people of Kenya had a vision that would guide them to pursue radical socio-economic changes for the common good. But after forty years into independence majority of the people living in Turkana District still lived in abject poverty. This study therefore attempted to examine the roles played by the State, the IGAD and the Civil Society Organizations in the socio-economic development of the people of Turkana District of north-western...
ABSTRACT The place of music in the Kenyan curriculum of education has for long not been assured as a result of curriculum review and changes. In order to understand how Kenya’s Curriculum Review Policies have impacted the stakeholders in the Public Primary Schools, this study examined the influence of Kenyan education policy and commissions of inquiry into the education system on the attitude /perception on the teaching and learning of Music as a subject in public primary schools in Kenya....
ABSTRACT This study focused on semantic oddities and manipulation of sound aspects in two of Kap-kirwok‘s poetry collections namely: Heartbeats of the Mind and Loud Monologues Silent Dialogues. The study was premised on the knowledge that style is an important element especially as far as delivering the message of a literary writer is concerned. The study thus sought to investigate the rationale behind Kap-kirwok‘s employment of the above mentioned devices in his poetry. In an environment...
ABSTRACT With the growth of entertainment education (E-E) serial dramas worldwide and the extensive evaluation research on their impacts on the audience, techniques employed during their production have received a short shrift in E-E research. One of the most noticeable techniques in a serial drama production is the mise-en-scene technique and this study examines the role of setting an element of mise-en-scene in a serial drama edutainment. In this study, it is argued that in the hands of sk...
ABSTRACT The study was an analysis of the verbal inflectional morphology of Lubukusu. The linguistic study sought to cross-examine the verbal templatic structure, which appears the same cross-linguistically within Bantu languages. The basis of this study is to focus on subject/object markers, negation, TAM, agreement and inflectional rules. The objectives that guided the research were to describe the order of morphemes in Lubukusu verbs, to find out the morphosyntactic properties of Lubukusu ...
ABSTRACT Music, just like other arts requires time for practice. Despite clearly outlined objectives about practical music in the curriculum by the Ministry of Education, several music education trainees do not consistently exhibit the ‘musical’ part of their training. They give their practical music abilities, especially aural musicianship, little or no attention even after spending quality time with their instructors/teachers. This translates to relatively poor performance at assessment...
ABSTRACT Despite advances in research and the constant support by the government and private partnerships on how to reduce the rate of maternal mortality among women in developing countries. Research still shows that there are still a lot of death associated with maternal care among both the mothers and the infants. This is an alarming situation to the community development agenda. Many maternal related projects continue to face a lot of challenges which are still to be addressed effectiv...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to establish the prevalence of drug abuse in Maasai Mara University, main campus and the adverse effects it has on the general wellbeing of students. The following objectives guided research: determining the effects of alcohol abuse to students, providing an in-depth study on the popularization of Marijuana abuse among youths, establishing the extent of tobacco smoking among students, availability of drugs close to the school premises and identifying the ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of alcoholism on the youths of Roka location, in Kilifi County. The study was guided by the research objectives which were; to identify the causes of alcoholism among the youths, to analyze the effects of alcoholism among the youths, to find out the measures that can be initiated to deal with the problem of alcoholism among the youths. The study will be of great significance as the effort to address alcoholism is the key for the co...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the social contexts and their influences on the developments of Yoruba traditional musical forms. Historical research design was adopted for the systematic and intensive enquiry into social events and development of musical experiences of the Yoruba people. Fieldwork was conducted in Oyo Alaafin, Ijio, Ketu Republic of Benin, Tube, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ijebu-Igbo, Kupalo Village in Ibadan and Ipaja Village. Data were collected through observations of musical per...
ABSTRACT Adolescents must deal with a range of biological, social, emotional, and psychological transitions in order to successfully enter the adult world. Yet, they lack the basic knowledge, skills and structural support to prevent themselves from becoming infected with HIV. Vulnerable children typically grow into vulnerable youth and vulnerable adults, who in turn have vulnerable children of their own. This reinforces a cycle of poverty and vulnerability for most families in Namibia. A clea...
.ABSTRACT For Namibia to become a developed nation by 2030, the government has pronounced in its vision 2030 document, the need to create jobs, provide infrastructure and develop human resources. A functioning film industry can stimulate all of the above as it does not only have the potential to return high profit on investment, but also to create employment (Cuff, 2013). Furthermore, cultural industries and film in particular can also play a role in education, raising consciousness and cultu...
Abstract People with physical impairments are entitled to using health facilities at least as much as the general population if not more. Inadequate health services coupled with the absence of a physical impairment-friendly health care system social environment in the developing nations make it difficult for them to access basic medical services. The study uses a qualitative research methodology to describe and understand rather than to explain and predict access to health facilities. The obj...