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An examination of recent research on African-American women in higher education demonstrates that the literature holds a minority position not unlike that of African-American women in society. There is not a great deal of research on African-American women in higher education. Yet, the current and developing body of research on African-American women in higher education provides groundwork for realizing our history, dispelling myths, relating our experiences, formulating theoretical...

SUMMARYA review of 965 children with neurological disorders, seen at the Paediatric Neurology Clinic of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, over a 3-year period (1985–1987), revealed that epilepsy was the most common neurological problem affecting 60% of the children, followed by cerebral palsy (16%), speech disorders (8.3%), mental retardation (7.2%), behaviour disorders (2.2%), paralytic poliomyelitis (1.55%), premature craniosynostosis (1.0%), visual and auditory...

This study concerns the perceptions of African educators concerning the role of higher education in Africa. The study investigates African educators' awareness, understanding, opinions, and reactions to the role of higher education as defined by the Tananarive Conference on the development of higher education in Africa. The data were collected through personal interviews with 80 educators affiliated with the universities of the English—speaking countries in Middle Africa. The findings of...

This book embodies the results of thirteen years of research in drought-prone rural areas in the semi-arid zone of northern Nigeria. It describes the patterns of adaptive behaviour observed among Hausa, Ful'be and Manga communities in response to recurrent drought in the 1970s and 1980s. The question of desertification is explored in an area where the visible evidence of moving sand dunes is dramatic blame are examined in relation to the field evidence. A critique is offered of deterministic...

ABSTRACT— The sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 84 adolescents admitted to the psychiatric unit of a teaching hospital in Nigeria were studied. Their ages ranged from 12–20 years (mean 17). The pattern of psychiatric disorders in this population reflected the pattern in the adult population. Major psychoses comprising schizophrenia (44%), organic brain syndrome (23%), and affective disorders (16%) predominated. Infections and drug abuse are preventable causes of organic brain...

The paper outlines some alternative education financing strategies for South Africa that need considering given the growth in enrolments at all educational levels, particularly in the face of the continued recession. It is argued that in the long term, while the eradication of apartheid and the creation of a single education ministry undoubtedly will generate resources that currently are being wasted on a multiplicity of education systems and a bloated bureaucracy, the magnitude of the task...

ABSTRACT The objective is to introduce a special collection of papers on Third World urbanization which aims to offer certain policy lessons for South African policy-makers concerning issues of managing urban growth. Two sections of material are presented. First, the basic challenge of urban management for South African policy-makers is set forth in respect of rectifying past policy omissions and of tackling future needs. In addition, signposts are provided to important sources of...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether nutritional factors, family characteristics, and the duration of schooling were associated with cognitive and attentional capacities in children growing up in rural Kenya. Food intake was measured by direct observation and weighment twice monthly over the course of a year. Families were characterized in terms of socioeconomic status and the literacy of the parents. Children who were better nourished had higher composite scores on a test of...

The author has looked at the importance of training development and utilization of front-line oral health workers of various types due to the role they play within the programme for the total health care of the nation. The author feels that primary oral health care should, therefore, be developed and made an integral part of primary health care, an approach from which most nations, especially developing ones, stand to gain.

Abstract A study surveying 247 local education inspectors responsible for visiting and supervising 57,314 teachers is reported in order to build a portrait of conditions in Nigerian primary schools several years after the initiation of universal primary education. Inspectors described training and living conditions of their teachers and conditions of schools and supplies. The results suggest that many teachers are undertrained, additional classrooms are needed and basic teaching aids and...

A questionnaire survey of over 3 000 recreational users of inland waters in the greater Pretoria and Cape Town areas was conducted during 1987/8 for the purpose of quantifying, as far as possible, the perceptions of the public towards water quality and water pollution in South Africa. Respondents indicated that excessive aquatic plant growth and other visually aesthetic factors were the principal determinants of water quality, regardless of demographic background. These results are...

Abstract Teachers in South Africa are under great pressure from the state to improve their qualifications, one of the state's strategies for improving education standards. The pressure is felt more acutely by black teachers who were previously allowed to teach with lower qualifications than their white counterparts. In‐service teachers, irrespective of their age or length of experience, are required to obtain the school leavers’ certificate post hoc to earn a salary commensurate with their...

Journal Article Congenital Cytomegalovirus Labyrinthitis and Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Guinea Pigs Get access Nigel K. Woolf, Nigel K. Woolf Departments of Surgery (Division of Otolaryngology), Pathology, and Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, and the Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego, California Please address requests for reprints to Dr. Nigel K. Woolf, V112C Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, University of...

The El Asnam (Algeria) earthquake of 1980 October is the largest earthquake to have occurred in North Africa since instrumental records began (Ms = 7.3). It was caused by movement on a segmented reverse fault which is part of the fault zone that separates the Chelif alluvial plains from the coastal range of the Atlas Mountains. The coastal range is the actively deforming plate boundary between Africa and Eurasia. In this paper, the results of an aftershock study carried out using a...