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Our paper discusses our recent experiences with designing effective assessments for challenging local contexts by using group work portfolio projects. South African universities are experiencing ever-increasing student numbers, diverse student bodies which have different language and literacy skill levels, and limited resources. Simultaneously, the need to decolonise university curricula and teaching and learning practices is being actively investigated across South Africa. In this paper, we...

This paper analyses the dynamic relationship between climate change, technology and manufacturing sector growth in Nigeria from 1970-2016 using climate augmented Mankiw-Romer-Weil theory within a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model. Restrictions are imposed accordingly, and the results reveal that the manufacturing sector growth and technology respond negatively to positive shocks in climate. Also, the variations in manufacturing sector performance and technology are accounted for...

This paper analyses the dynamic relationship between climate change, technology and manufacturing sector growth in Nigeria from 1970-2016 using climate augmented Mankiw-Romer-Weil theory within a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model. Restrictions are imposed accordingly, and the results reveal that the manufacturing sector growth and technology respond negatively to positive shocks in climate. Also, the variations in manufacturing sector performance and technology are accounted for...

As a complex and multi-faceted phenomenon, student mobility involves diverse actors, interests and rationalities. With the globalization of education, universities and other higher education providers have implemented strategies to recruit and attract international students, not least to increase their revenues and levels of internationalization (Findlay et al. 2017). Likewise, destination countries have acknowledged the advantages of hosting international students: financial benefits, an...

Unusual sexual behavior is a major problem in the life of society, both in developed and developing countries, in its magnitude.The aim of this study is to describe the factors associated with risky sexual behavior in adolescents.This is a descriptive study carried out in the town of Mbujimayi with teenage students.The following observations were made: 315 adolescent students

This paper provides a systematic review of studies assessing the impact of climate change on crop yields in southern Africa. Moreover, it synthesises the current knowledge of the impact of elevated ambient CO2 levels (eCO2) and temperatures on physiological processes, and the application of this knowledge in mechanistic crop models. While eCO2 evidently has a strong impact on photosynthesis and crop water use, it is uncertain how this will work out for the climatic and crop management...

Transformation: Mythology in Choreography, which involved a thesis on Ovid's myth of Pygmalion and Martha Graham's Greek phase, and a dance with original choreography.The dance was performed at Skidmore's Tang Teaching Museum alongside a

Background: In Kenya, the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is approximated to 362 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births while the stillbirth rate stands at 23 deaths per 100 live births which are far below the target of 147 maternal mortality per 100,000 live births and 12 stillbirths per 100 live births respectively.Progress in addressing preventable maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths depend on the improvement of the quality of maternal, fetal and newborn care throughout the...

Reviewed by: Contesting the Classroom: Reimagining Education in Moroccan and Algerian Literatures by Erin Twohig Jocelyn A. Frelier Twohig, Erin. Contesting the Classroom: Reimagining Education in Moroccan and Algerian Literatures. Liverpool UP, 2019. ISBN 978-1-78962-021-4. Pp. 192. Twohig's book begins with excerpts of two widely-read North African books (one Moroccan and one Algerian) in which the child or adolescent protagonist notes the tension surrounding their education. As Twohig...

As a Student: Africa and England Bill Freund Chapter 7, from Bill Freund (2021) Bill Freund: an historian’s passage to Africa. Johannesburg: Wits UP. Beginning in 1969, I had my first real encounter with Africa, itself part of a more complicated trajectory through Europe as well. This was a long and wonderful trip, lasting more than a year, which I was very sorry to bring to an end. To give a simple account, it can be divided into four parts. The first was a phase of three months which I...

Abstract Agricultural production systems, for example, conservation agriculture, climate smart agriculture, organic agriculture, sustainable landuse management, and others, summarized under the term “sustainable intensification,” have been introduced in African countries to increase productivity and to adapt/mitigate CC (CCAM). But the productivity of smallholder farming systems in Africa remains low. High erosion, contaminated water, threatened human health, reduced soil water, and natural...

Abstract Agricultural production systems, for example, conservation agriculture, climate smart agriculture, organic agriculture, sustainable landuse management, and others, summarized under the term “sustainable intensification,” have been introduced in African countries to increase productivity and to adapt/mitigate CC (CCAM). But the productivity of smallholder farming systems in Africa remains low. High erosion, contaminated water, threatened human health, reduced soil water, and natural...

Students with intellectual disabilities have very low IQand low reasoning abilities which makes them unable to live independent lives.This makes it very necessary for special schools across the country to offer transitional programs to enable these individuals acquire the requisite skills that would empower them to integrate into their various communities.It is in the light of this that this research was conducted to examine the transitional programs available for students with intellectual...

The theological role of African women and men in sustainable development and environmental justice strongly emerges in this book. Picking up the theme and metaphor of the fifth pan-African conference of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians (hereafter ‘Circle’), ‘Mother Earth and Mother Africa’, this book titled Mother Earth, Mother Africa and Theology presents original and innovative research by scholarly members and friends of the Circle. The main contribution of the volume is...

Objectives Studies of discrimination and sleep have largely focused on between-person differences in discrimination as a correlate of sleep outcomes. A common criticism of this research is that standard questionnaire measures of discrimination may be confounded by personality and identity and are subject to recall bias. Partially addressing these limitations, the current study examined within-person, day-to-day fluctuations in perceived discrimination as a predictor of day-to-day...

Climate change has altered the hydrological cycle by increasing temperature, rising sea level, and changing precipitation patterns in many regions of the world. Egypt faces several serious risks from climate change that could reduce water supplies and adversely impact agriculture, economy, human health, and ecosystems. Thus, a dynamic adaptation strategy should be considered and updated periodically according to acquired knowledge to reveal current uncertainties. In this work, recent studies...

Urinary schistosomiasis remains one of the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases in the world today, particularly in developing countries including Nigeria. Chronic infection can affect the genitourinary system. School pupils, particularly the informal Almajiri school pupils are at increased risk of the infection.The objective of this study was to determine and compare the prevalence and intensity of urinary schistosomiasis among primary and Almajiri school pupils in Kura Local...