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The realization of women’s right to property inheritance in the Islamic context: a case study of Iganga municipality
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2022-08)Inheritance is the main avenue through which Muslim women acquire independent ownership of land and housing. This study focused on examining the realization of the right of women to property inheritance in the Islamic ... -
''Reclaiming indigenous epistemes : entenga drums revival at Kyambogo University''. In decolonising African Higher Education
(Routledge, 2022)This chapter clarifies how Indigenous pedagogies could contribute to university music education and general education pedagogy. This is based on a project in which Musisi Mukalazi Livingstone, master musician, successfully ... -
Reclaiming indigenous epistemes entenga drums revival at Kyambogo University
(Routledge, 2022)Across the African continent, college student activists have long fought to decolonise African institutions. Reflecting ongoing Western colonisation, however, Indigenous African languages, thought, and structures remain ... -
Reconstructing global security and peace building in Somalia’s changing context
(Springer International Publishing, 2021-11)Understood from the backdrop of global security contradictions, the current analysis highlights the Somali decades-old political predicament as a consequence of Cold War global security frameworks and clan-based power ... -
Reconstructing the meaning of Stella Nyanzi’s literary language on facebook
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-11)This study unravels the literariness of Stella Nyanzi‘s language in her Facebook posts to debunk the view held by some critics that Nyanzi is vulgar. The study was guided by three objectives: Stella Nyanzi‘s use of sexual ... -
The representation of women in selected Ugandan Films: prioritising the positive category
(Kyambogo University, 2021-08)The depiction of women in film has been an area of concern to various researchers across the globe. Demeaning and complimentary images have been discussed, but this has been done by prioritizing one side over another by a ... -
Resilience of persons with disabilities to climate induced landslide hazards in the vulnerable areas of Mount Elgon, Uganda
(International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022-10)The resilience of persons with disabilities in landslide-prone areas is not well understood. Moreover, these disasters are persistent and this information is vital in enhancing socioeconomic transformation of the livelihoods ... -
Risk factors for helminth infections and effects of participatory hygiene and sanitation transformation on intestinal helminths in children under five in Luweero district, Uganda
(Makerere University (unpublished work), 2006-03)Luweero district health records reveal high cases of intestinal worm infections that take third or fourth position among the top IO diseases in the out-patient diagnoses. Helminthiasis has caused morbidity ranging from ... -
The role of Acoli proverbs and folktales in conflict resolution among the Acoli in northern Uganda
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-11)The study examines the role of Acoli folktales and proverbs in conflict resolution among the Acoli of northern Uganda.The general objective of the study was to analyze the role of Acoli folktales and proverbs in conflict ... -
The role of indigenous knowledge (IK) in adaptation to drought by agropastoral smallholder farmers in Uganda
(Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK)., 2020-01)Majority of agro pastoral smallholder farmers in developing countries are characterised by low pay status, high illiteracy levels and are tied to cultural beliefs and spirits. These drawbacks have led them into using more ... -
The role of the church in poverty reduction: a case study of Hoima catholic diocese
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2018-12)The stud examined the Role of the Church in poverty Reduction in Hoima Catholic Diocese. Generally. the study assessed the contribution of the Catholic Church towards poverty reduction in Hoima Diocese. Most specifically, ... -
Schizophrenic aesthetics in music videos about the LRA atrocities in northern Uganda
(Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies., 2016-07-04)This article examines the use of what I term ‘schizophrenic aesthetics’ in memory construction and the search for justice, peace, and reconciliation in contemporary music videos about the LRA war. I seek to establish how ... -
The social and economic history of Toro kingdom 1830-1962
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2017-01)This study attempted to investigate the Social and economic history of Toro Kingdom during the period 1830-1962. Chapter one analyses the background of Toro Kingdom as a region in terms of geographic location and tribal ... -
Socio-economic empowerment of women in west Pokot District for the period 1963-2011.
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2014-10)There are few women who have been employed in governmental offices as head of departments for example in education, agricultural officers, and commissioners among others. This is contributed mainly by low level of education ... -
A sociological critique of materialist fetishism in orson welles' use of cinematography in citizen june (1941)
(Kyambogo University(unpublished), 2015-09)This dissertation examines how Orson Welles uses deep focus photography, expressive high contrast lighting (chiaroscuro) and mise en scene to socially critique materialistic fetishism in Citizen Kane. The dissertation ... -
Spatio-Temporal Variations in Water Quality and Fish Assemblages in Odoponyi Seasonal Stream as a response to disturbance from Selected Agricultural Landscapes in Tororo, Uganda
(Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2023-09)This study investigated the Spatio-Temporal Variations in Water Quality and Fish Assemblages in Odoponyi Seasonal Stream as a response to disturbance from Selected Agricultural Landscapes. Six sampling campaigns were ... -
State repression and democratic dispensation in Uganda 1996–2016
(SAGE Journals, 2021-07-11)State repression covers several and many aspects such as wrongful detention, harassment, intimidation, torture, beating, and killings within state boundaries. This study adopted a desk survey qualitative research design ... -
A structural analysis of selected Ugandan myths and their social cultural legacy
(Kyambogo University(Un published work), 2017-12)This study analysed the structures of the selected Ugandan myths and their socio-cultural legacies. The structures of the myths were examined in term of similarities. differences and archetypal ideas. To find out if the ... -
Sugarcane growing and household food security: a case study of Mafubira sub- county: Jinja district.
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-10)The major purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between sugarcane growing and household food security in Mafubira Sub-county, Jinja District. The study was guided by three objectives namely: to establish ... -
Sugarcane plantations and the alienation of land from smallholder farmers through out-grower schemes in Busoga Sub-Region in Eastern Uganda
(Journal of African Studies, 2023)Despite wide research on land grabbing in Africa, much of the existing literature restricts the practice mainly to a situation where land is leased or sold to outside investors for the production of food and biofuel ...