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This article is a revised version of a paper the writer presented at the Seventeenth Cheikh Anta Diop Conference, convened September 30 to October 1, 2005 by the Association for Nubian and Kemetic Heritage (ANKH) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It reports on a project in which the writer has introduced the history of the World African Community to people in Saint Lucia in the Eastern Caribbean. The project covers the history from the beginning of human life in Africa to the coming of...

Sustainable natural resource use requires that multiple actors reassess their situation in a systemic perspective. This can be conceptualised as a social learning process between actors from rural communities and the experts from outside organisations. A specifically designed workshop oriented towards a systemic view of natural resource use and the enhancement of mutual learning between local and external actors, provided the background for evaluating the potentials and constraints of...

A cross- sectional study was conducted among in-school adolescents in six secondary schools in the health districts of Ikenne Local Government to assess the sexual behaviour, contraception and fertility experiences of the adolescents between the months of May and November 2002.Relevant information was collected from 1140 in-school adolescents with the aid of pre-tested, structured, self-administered questionnaires, selected by using multistage and stratified random sampling techniques...

The objective of this paper is to present the experience of the ESI in distance learning. Certainly, no one can ignore today the impact of the technologies of information and communication on human training. Conscious of the interest of these new technologies in the field of education, ESI which has for about thirty years been providing in-house training in information science, has initiated a distance learning program in 2004, and proposes online certifying and paying courses These courses...

This study is aimed at identifying the characteristics of injuries and determining the efficiency of documentation of patients' records in a tertiary hospital where there is no trauma registry.A retrospective case record analysis was conducted of injured patients seen at the Accident and Emergency unit over a 12 month period from January to December 2003.A total of 1078 records of injured patients that attended the A&E were analysed. Their mean age was 31 years (range 3 months to 85 years)....

This study is aimed at identifying the characteristics of injuries and determining the efficiency of documentation of patients' records in a tertiary hospital where there is no trauma registry.A retrospective case record analysis was conducted of injured patients seen at the Accident and Emergency unit over a 12 month period from January to December 2003.A total of 1078 records of injured patients that attended the A&E were analysed. Their mean age was 31 years (range 3 months to 85 years)....

This paper attempts to improve students performance in chemistry through understanding of perceived technical terms. A sample consisting of 150 chemistry students from 15 secondary schools randomly selected from the five Esan Local Government areas of Edo State was used. One research question was raised and answered. A--45 items questionnaire which was assessed on a six point scale was used for the study, the simple percentage was used to analyze the collected data for the study. It was...

Abstract The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge and experiences of clinical dental students of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria related to the management and prevention of oral malignancy and premalignancy. A self‐administered questionnaire was distributed to all clinical dental students. Most of the students (87.7 percent; n=57) had witnessed at least a patient with oral malignancy, while 61.5 percent (n=40) had witnessed or examined a patient with...

Abstract The purpose of this study was to take the first steps in a long-term approach to helping South African teachers understand and respond to government demands that they change their assessment practices. Specifically, it attempted to identify the beliefs, perceptions and attitudes about assessment that student teachers bring with them to courses that are designed to equip them to teach in ways that are consistent with current curriculum trends in South Africa. The study attempted to...

There is a world-wide trend to expect individuals to pay more of the cost of their higher education. This is also the case in South Africa since public funding of higher education decreased from 0.86% of GDP in 1986 to only 0.68% in 2005. Higher education institutions were forced to increase tuition fees to compensate for this 'loss' of income. As a result of these high fees student debt increased and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) was introduced by the government to...

In this article we argue that the right to freedom of expression is viewed internationally as a core right in a democracy. Since critical thinking is a prerequisite for democracy, this skill needs to be developed in South African (SA) schools. Critical incidents in schools, however, indicate that school authorities are not yet ready to develop this skill, as they still feel threatened by new, non-traditional meanings and opinions of authorities, learners and parents on human rights and...

Droughts in Ethiopia have commonly been associated with increased child mortality. Early indications were that the 2002/03 drought, which affected 13.2 million people, was no exception, despite a large relief operation. Humanitarian agencies reported sharp increases in child deaths and pockets of acute distress in some hard-hit localities. In response, the 2004 Ethiopia Child Survival Survey (ECSS) was designed to investigate the impact of the drought on child survival in the general...

This study investigated the application of the social-cognitive career theory (SCCT) (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) to the math interest and choice intentions of non-traditional African-American college student population. The associations between the social-cognitive constructs were examined to identify their relation to math interest and choice intentions. The participants were 156 college students enrolled at a Midwestern, predominantly African-American university. The results supported...

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of leisure boredom, and investigate the relationship between leisure boredom, substance use and demographic variables among high school students in Cape Town, South Africa. 621 students from 39 high schools selected through a multistage cluster sampling procedure completed a questionnaire which measured substance use and demographic information, and included the Leisure Boredom Scale (LBS). Using generalized estimating equation models,...

<h3>Objective</h3> To evaluate the utility of therapy with the cyclic cogener of the anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) agent cidofovir against CMV-induced hearing loss in a guinea pig model. <h3>Design</h3> Thirty-six guinea pigs were randomly divided into 4 groups of 9. All groups underwent auditory brainstem response testing on days 0, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28. Group 1 received no intervention. Group 2 underwent sham surgery consisting of unilateral round window injection of 25 μL of sterile viral...

Little is known about physician's knowledge of, and attitudes toward genetics in sub-Saharan Africa.Survey of 101 pre-clinical, 95 clinical medical students, and 110 physicians, in Cameroon.The awareness of DNA diagnosis was poor: 0, 2.2, and 1.2%, respectively, for sickle cell anemia. The majority of the respondents considered genetic counseling as indispensable (97.6, 98.9 and 100%); and prenatal diagnosis as acceptable. The acceptance of medical abortion increased with the level of...

The seismically and volcanically active East African Rift System is an ideal laboratory for continental break-up processes: it encompasses all stages of rift development. Its northernmost sectors within the Afar volcanic province include failed rifts, nascent seafloor spreading, and youthful passive continental margins associated with one or more mantle plumes. A number of models have been proposed to explain the success and failure of continental rift zones, but there remains no consensus...

All countries, and South Africa is no exception, face acute dilemmas in modernising their systems of upper secondary and further education and training. Faced with pressures from the fast changing world of work, this education sector has become characterized by political slogans stressing skill development, improved access and participation, and the accountability of providers through some form of market. On the other hand, the phenomenon of 'academic drift' reveals that students...

New radiometric data have recently been acquired on basalt and rhyolite sampled at various levels of the volcanic sequence occurring in the central Eritrean plateau, confirming the stratigraphic reconstruction suggested in a previous paper [Zanettin, B., Bellieni, G., Justin Visentin, E., Haile, T., 1999. The volcanic rocks of the Eritrean plateau: stratigraphy and evolution. Acta Volcanologica 11(1), 183–193]. New considerations indicate the tholeiitic, not alkaline, nature of the Asmara...