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In this article, I offer concrete suggestions about which topics, texts, positions, arguments and authors from the African philosophical tradition one could usefully put into conversation with ones...

Modu wa tabaModu wa tabaLenaneo la thuto le tlhoka gore re tsebe ka nako tsotlhe gore le lebane motho wa mohuta mang. Bjaleka ge motho e le motho ka batho go tlhokagala gore batho kamoka re kopane go resisana mabapi le motho yo a lebaneng ke lenaneo la thutho. Bokgoba bo sa tswela pele Afrika Borwa kgorong ya thuto le matlhakoreng a mang a bophelo. Ke tshwanelo go lwantsha bokgoba bjo go fitlhela bo fengwa. Phenyo ga e reye gore re feditse. E tlhatholla gore re dule re letile re tlhatlhoba...

Often, when the concept “African culture” arises in philosophical discourses among Africans, debates tend to be characterised by a dichotomous line between those who insist on the existence of “one African culture” and those rejecting the existence of such, insisting rather on the plurality and heterogeneity of “African cultures”. In this debate the interlocutors tend to speak past one another, thus missing the opportunity to appreciate the richness that could benefit both sides of the...

The importance of Kiswahili in Kenya’s secondary school curriculum cannot be underestimated. Scholars agree that Kiswahili language and literature would be incomplete without proverbs because they contain wisdom and advice concerning life. Proverbs form an integral part of the language and therefore the need to integrate them in learning. Kiswahili proverbs are taught mostly by explaining the meaning of each of the words making up the proverb. As a result, the performance of students in...

Improving children's learning and development in conflict-affected countries is critically important for breaking the intergenerational transmission of violence and poverty. Yet there is currently a stunning lack of rigorous evidence as to whether and how programs to improve learning and development in conflict-affected countries actually work to bolster children's academic learning and socioemotional development. This study tests a theory of change derived from the fields of developmental...

A crisis of student funding has led to most South African universities being closed for weeks, after protests in 2015 and again in 2016. A policy response to these events requires insight into relationships between higher education, society, and the economy. This paper interrogates the assumptions which underpin current approaches to measuring higher education in South Africa. It argues that analyses of labour market relationships, associated with forms of measurement linked to rates of...

This cross-sectional study sought to estimate the direct medical cost of Lassa fever treatment on patients in South-South  Nigeria. All the 73 confirmed Lassa fever cases admitted in the isolation ward of the Institute Of Lassa Fever Research and  Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) Irrua, in Edo State, Nigeria, between May 2015 and May 2016 were  studied. A checklist was used to collect data on the socio-demographic characteristics and medical cost incurred by the  patients....

This study uses a unique dataset to investigate university access, throughput, and dropout for the 2008 South African national matric cohort. The findings show that university access in South Africa is limited, even among learners who perform relatively well in matric. In addition, those who do gain access to university often take a long time to complete their studies, with many never completing at all. As a result, only a select minority of matric learners manage to obtain university...

The question of how to promote structural transformation is central in fostering sustainable growth and poverty reduction in low-income countries in Africa. Following China’s domestic economic transformation and its growing outward investments in the developing world, we seek to understand how Chinese investment in Africa, particularly in manufacturing, may help to foster industrialization and in turn the structural transformation of African economies. We focus on Chinese investments and...

<p>The study focused on the factors that influence senior high school (SHS) graduates’ choice of university selection in Ghana. The 7ps, including product, price, place, process, promotion, people and physical evidence were chosen as the service marketing mix elements. This work was guided by whether or not tuition fees have a significant influence on SHS graduates’ choice on the selection of university in Ghana.</p><p>In this study, the researchers used descriptive...

Inclusive quality education for a girl child is a cornerstone for sustainable development across the world.Education is a fundamental right of every individual with no gender discrimination whatsoever.Such right to education has been seen as catalyst for development since education empowers individual to increase their wellbeing and contribute to the society at large.According to well documented facts, improved education accounts for about 50 per cent of economic and social growth of...

Stuttering is characterized by repetitions, prolongations, interjections, hesitations and blocks.The prevalence of Persons who Stutter (PWS) in Kenya is 440,000.Kakakmega county has a prevalence of 12,000 PWS, of which 4,400 are schools going age children.Between the years 2010 to 2013, a total of 138 Learners who Stutter (LWS) were assessed and placed in primary schools in Kakamega County.Reports from baseline survey (2014/2015) across primary schools in Kakamega County indicated that LWS...

While prior to H v Fetal Assessment Centre 2015 2 SA 193 (CC) a child’s action for “wrongful life” – an inappropriate term which should be replaced by the action for “wrongful suffering through disability” – had been dismissed in our law by the High Courts as well as the Supreme Court of Appeal, the Constitutional Court has now held that the claim may potentially be found to exist. It will be the task of the High Court to decide whether it does so exist, and in what form. The latter court...

The intent of this chapter is to present a critical race policy perspective on advocacy leadership exemplified by a group of African American teachers, parents and community members in one Midwestern community and their adjacent school districts. For the most part, the African Americans in this particular community believed in the promise of desegregation and equal educational opportunity would be achieved in due time. However, faith and trust in that promise has slowly eroded over...

To describe the types of aural foreign bodies (FBs) among patients in Ibn Sina Teaching Hospital (ISTH) and to study the patient’s symptoms, duration, complications and procedures used to extract them. A record based descriptive study was looked at patients with aural FBs at ISTH for 5 years between 2009 and 2015. The diagnosis of aural FBs was based on personal history, and otoscopic findings. The data were obtained from the records. Patients with aural FBs were 154, (age 1–70 years)....

HIV in the MENA region is a rising health concern with reported emergent HIV epidemics concentrated among injecting drug users (IDU) and men having sex with men (MSM).1 Previous studies described various risky injection and sexual practices persisting among IDUs in Egypt including the frequent utilisation of used needles or syringes, the shared use of needles/syringes with one or more persons and unprotected sexual relationships with other at-risk for HIV networks …

Background: Smoking among adolescents is high. In order to curb the habit, restrictions on use of tobacco products in public places were implemented in South Africa. This study aimed to explore students’ perceptions of whether the implementation of smoking restrictions and no-smoking signs have had any effects on smoking behaviours on campus.Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted amongst university students, who completed a self-administered questionnaire.Results:...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is considered one of the promising pillars for Egypt's economic growth. Recent social responsibility initiatives aim at leveraging the potentials of ICT industry to achieve inclusive development. Nonetheless, the current workforce is technically-oriented due to the rise of global outsourcing. There is a need for a workforce that is willing to engage with the bottom the pyramid as a potential market.