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Abstract This article explores theories and methodologies for an activist teaching and reading of Palestinian literature, including Susan Abulhawa's novel Mornings in Jenin and Remi Kanazi's poetry. Based on student responses — empathy with individual Palestinian characters but not resistance to Israeli settler colonialism — the author suggests that empathetic identification, often perceived as a means of comprehending the other, instead blocks political and historical understandings....

Sudan is characterized by frequent droughts, high rainfall variability and fragile economy that depends on agricultural production, Sudan is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate variability and climate change, with the recurrent natural disasters and long standing and recurrent intercommunal conflicts and armed conflicts that jeopardizes the development the livelihood of people of the Sudan and make the step out of this situation is impossible without having a sustainable and...

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The Inaouene river, a tributary of the Oued Sebou, is subject to the effects of drought in the Mediterranean climate and pollution from raw wastewater. Assessment of water quality in this hydrosystem using the water quality index (WQI) calculated from 19 physico-chemical parameters (pH, T°, EC, DO, MES, NH4 + , NTK, NO 3 - ,SO 4 -- , PO 4 -- ,PT, COD, BOD 5 , Cl - , Cr, Zn, Pb, Cu and Fe) over 3 hydrological cycles (May 2019 to June 2022) showed that upstream, water quality remains very...

Structural response under strong ground motion has always been of concern in engineering seismology due to low predictability of seismic events and their devastating impact. The energy-based seismic design (EBSD) is proposed to capture the cumulative damage of the structure in terms of evaluating hysteretic energy, which is a more reasonable design method considering inelastic deformation of structures. On the other hand, structural ductility demand is another significant aspect of design....

This study sought to assess teacher qualification in public primary schools in Bomi and Margibi Counties, Liberia. Teacher Qualification in this study is considered as Academic Qualification and Teaching Experience. Participants were 133 teachers and 8 principals from 16 public primary schools in Bomi and Margibi Counties. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the teachers, while a purposive sampling technique was used to select the principals for the study. A cross-sectional...

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Total quality management (TQM) and innovation are complementary concepts that drive organisational success. Similarly, based on previous studies' findings, TQM and innovation are predictors of firm performance. However, past studies reveal this tripartite relationship with mixed results. The current study predicts organisational learning mediating effect in the relationship between TQM, innovation and firm performance. The study collected empirical data from 385 manufacturing SMEs in Kano...

Climate change represents one of the most challenging threats to sustainable development in Africa where over 70% of the people derive their livelihoods from agriculture. The interactions of food security and climate change are affected by a wide range of factors including religion. Women play a vital role in food security hence the agency of rural female farmers is essential for enhancing agricultural productivity and realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including ensuring...

Climate change emergency and crop failure constitute urgent maladies in the African context. Paradoxically, Africa possesses vast tracts of land but continues to suffer from food shortages. Along the same lines, it is absurd that the western anthropogenic greedy consumerism that endangers the ecosystem through climate change crisis tend to harm the least industrialized African states as compared to their western counterparts. This chapter seeks to examine the Nyahbinghi Rastafari...

This paper strategically employs the Diffusion of Innovation Theory to advocate for sustainable climate change approaches within Northern Kenya pastoralist communities. Originating from Gabriel Tarde and popularized by Everett Rogers, the theory emphasizes that innovation adoption is not solely dependent on technological competency but also on a collaborative process influenced by adopters' characteristics and social class.The advocacy strategy focuses on three objectives: raising awareness...

While several studies have been done on parental involvement in early childhood education, gaps still exists relating to the conceptualisation of play and play-based learning in different contexts. The various perceptions of play and play- based learning have a strong influence on their involvement in play-based learning activities involving children in Early Childhood Education. Using a qualitative approach, framed within the interpretive research paradigm, this study revealed a disjuncture...

Purpose This study aims to assess barriers in accessing and uptaking climate change adaptation information among smallholder tomato farmers in Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted in Iringa and Morogoro regions, Tanzania. It adopted cross-sectional research design. Multistage, purposive and random sampling techniques with a sample size of 183 smallholder tomato farmers were used. Questionnaires containing closed- and open-ended questions, interview guide and focus...

Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania is part of a globally important archeological and paleoanthropological World Heritage Site location critical to our understanding of modern human evolution. The Ndutu Beds in the upper part of the geological sequence at Olduvai Gorge represent the oldest unit to yield modern Homo sapiens skeletal material and Middle Stone Age technology. However, the timing of the deposition of the Ndutu Beds is poorly constrained at present, which limits our understanding...

The National Numeracy framework document (2015) highlighted the consistent poor performance in mathematics. The document cited the National Assessment surveys results, noting that the trend of poor performance by learners at all levels of our educational system has remained the same. The National numeracy framework documented and itemised a number of challenges that could be contributing to poor performance by pupils in schools among them attitude of learners towards mathematics. This study...

Rwanda, like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, is still relatively early in development. Industrialization and urbanization are major drivers of the county's economic growth. Rwanda is also undergoing an epidemiological transition, from a pattern of morbidity and mortality dominated by infectious diseases to a pattern shaped by non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The rise in NCDs is due, in part, to increasing exposures to environmental hazards. These include emissions from the growing...