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The general global leadership literature has had little to say about African models of leadership. Despite this, the continent of Africa has deep and rich traditions of relational leadership that have been practiced over centuries to honor individuality, broker difference, and foster unity. This chapter shares a number of these practices and illustrates how they have been used to nurture community at the African Leadership Academy and the African Leadership University. We conclude with our...

The aim of this study was to explore career construction of a man with dysarthria and how he resiled to the golden age of 50 despite disability and illiteracy. Through a qualitative idiographic case study, three members of Seithati’s family were interviewed: the mother, a sister and a brother. The interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed and three themes that emerged were: Exclusion/inclusion dynamic, Biopsychosocial model of support and Informal/formal careers. The article...

Abstract Reservoir fluid characterization is critical to understanding the nature and phase behavior of reservoir fluids. This process has typically been undertaken using laboratory analyses, a time-intensive and costly process which also provides compositional data. Over time, correlations have been developed to predict the PVT properties of crude oil based on parameters such as solution gas-oil ratio, saturation pressure, viscosity, and density. These correlations have had shortcomings...

Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) and, its variant, Standard Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) are among the most commonly used drought assessment indices worldwide. SPI uses precipitation as its only input to assess drought. Unlike SPI, SPEI uses both precipitation and temperature, thereby considering the influence of global warming to some extent. Assessments of performance between SPI and SPEI is well addressed. However, no adequate literature was found on the assessment...

Health professional students frequently use alcohol and narcotics. The potential impact on academic performance and professional behaviour is concerning.This study aimed to determine self-reported use of alcohol, illicit substances (e.g. cannabis, lysergic acid diethylamide [LSD], magic mushroom, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, methamphetamine and heroin), prescription medication and smoking habits, correlating academic performance.Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State.An...

The microplastics in the environment is a novel problem to scientists, public media, governmental and non-governmental organizations. The major problem is from the difficultness of removing them from the ecosystem. Elsewhere studies are being conducted while in Nigeria studies are relatively lacking. Production (10.3 %) and consumption (6.5 %) of plastics are on the increase annually, thereby, causing an increase in the amount of plastic waste generated annually. Finally, from such studies,...

ICT acronymically stands for information and communication technology. Specifically, ICT is the use of electronic computers, communication facilities, and application software to access, create, store, improve, download, upload, share, update and retrieve information, data, and records anywhere anytime. ICT has affected every aspect of our life and nothing is immune. Particularly, ICT is revolutionizing and improving the modern education system by making learning flexible, easier, and...

This mixed-methods study stems from the poor learner performance in secondary schools in Tororo District, Uganda, which connoted low teacher role performance and gaps in headteachers’ management styles. Management styles of 28 headteachers and role performance of 294 teachers were investigated. Headteachers mainly used democratic management style, 21 (75.0%); followed by balanced-oriented style, 6 (21.43%); and laissez-faire style, 1 (3.5%). Teachers’ role performance was moderate ( M =...

Education and counselling for people with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is recommended by the World Health Organization, given the arduous treatment journey. A model of education and counselling involving counsellors and peer counsellors, standard sessions and novel education tools was piloted in the high DR-TB burden context of Daru, Papua New Guinea. The pilot contributed to high retention in care, highlighting the need for investment in scalable models. Future models will need to be...

This study assessed external debts and the financing of education in Nigeria using time series data obtained from World Bank, and CBN Statistical Bulletin covering a period of 31 years from 1988 -2018. The model of the study was derived, while the data collected were analysed using the Ordinary Least Squares. Diagnostic tests such as Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) unit root test, Johansen co-integration, Vector Error Correction (VEC) techniques of estimation, and Granger Causality tests were...

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) has risen up the global advocacy agenda and is recognized as an important child-safeguarding issue. The topic crystallizes key debates in my module, Culture and Development in Africa, and enables Geography undergraduates to explore complex intersections of childhood, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity in diverse African communities. In this paper, in light of in my efforts to teach for social transformation, I reflect on the inquiry-based learning...

This study assessed the administration of punishment, students’ test anxiety, and performance in mathematics in secondary schools of Cross River State. Three null hypotheses were formulated following a correlational research design. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was employed in selecting a sample of 2,554 respondents representing 5% of the population of 51,097 junior secondary school students distributed across 271 public secondary schools in Cross River State....

This study assessed students’ perception of teachers’ effectiveness and learning outcomes in mathematics and economics in secondary schools of Cross River State, Nigeria. Two null hypotheses were formulated to direct the study. The factorial research design was adopted for the study. Cluster and purposive sampling techniques were however employed in selecting a sample of 1,800 students from the three education zones in Cross River State. “Students’ Perception of Teachers Effectiveness...

Subject Education and language. Significance Education Minister Said Amzazi has urged schools to implement effectively an education law passed last month promoting the use of French at pre-university level with the start of the 2019-2020 educational year, which began on September 12. The law triggered anger from pro-Arabic activists and politicians and led to a clash within the governing Islamist party. Morocco’s not-so-new language debate is also reopening old colonial wounds and fears...

Subject Education and language. Significance Education Minister Said Amzazi has urged schools to implement effectively an education law passed last month promoting the use of French at pre-university level with the start of the 2019-2020 educational year, which began on September 12. The law triggered anger from pro-Arabic activists and politicians and led to a clash within the governing Islamist party. Morocco’s not-so-new language debate is also reopening old colonial wounds and fears...

Emerging accidentally from an array of political and legal contestations is a fourth-tier government unit in Lagos state – Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). The LCDAs have survived almost two decades of existence without the ’traditional’ monthly federal allocation, which has been the mainstay of the existing 774 LGAs in Nigeria. This study attempts an explanation of this apparent survival by examining the institutional structure of the LCDAs vis-à-vis their service delivery...

New technologies and consumer engagement will be key to addressing plastic pollution