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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(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2014-10)There are few women who have been employed in governmental offices as head of departments for example in education, agricultural officers, and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(Kyambogo University(unpublished), 2015-09)This dissertation examines how Orson Welles uses deep focus photography, expressive high contrast lighting (chiaroscuro) and mise en scene to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 ... -
Textual analysis of social dynamics in selected Ankole myths and folktales
(Kyambogo University, 2021-06)The study examines the social dynamics in Ankole oral narratives specifically myths and folktales. The research gap that this study addresses arises from the fact that none of the previous studies has examined the philosophy ... -
Thinking about sustainability in Theatre for Development projects: my experience of how the politics of funding shapes TfD practice
(Taylor & Francis, Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 2021-12-07)This article examines the complexity of embedding the element of sustainability to foster successful TfD practice. I recount my own experience as a TfD practitioner in western Uganda, where, in spite of my effort to execute ... -
Tobacco and Christianity a case study on the impact of tobacco growing on Anglican Christianity in Madi/West Nile diocese
(Kyambogo University {un published work}, 2007-06)The study highlights the impact of growth of tobacco on the Anglican Church, in Madi West Nile Diocese and in Arua District in particular from 1940s up to today. Chapter one focuses on the general introduction of the ... -
Towards an integrated teaching of foreign languages in institutions of higher learning
(African Journal: Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies., 2018-02-01)This study is based on interviews we had with 40 respondents half of whom had done what we called course switching in order to have content and language learning because to them, one without the other seemed inadequate in ... -
Understanding the drivers of adoption of organic banana farming technologies in Kajara County, South-western Uganda
(East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, 2022)This study aimed at identifying and characterising the major organic banana farming technologies used and assessing the drivers of adoption of the same in Kajara County. A total of 360 respondents were used to obtain primary ... -
The Use of Carnival Features for the Promotion of a New African Image in the Novels of Ouologuem, Kourouma and Labou Tansi
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2018-04)In this article, after defining the concepts of the Negro myth and the carnival, I show what these three novels have in common: giving the impression that the negative image given to Black Africa by Europe was justified ... -
Use of improved methods of crop farming and livelihoods of small holder farmers in Luuka district
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2022-10)The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of improved methods of crop farming on the livelihoods of small-holder farmers in Luuka district. The objectives of study included; to find out the improved methods ... -
The use of language competences in teaching music: a case of primary schools in Lira-Dokolo districts
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-11)This study investigated teacher efficacy in the implementation of the use of Language Competences (LC) in teaching CAPE 1 MDD in primary schools. The study was triggered by the need to establish teacher adherence to the ... -
Virtue-ethics as sine-qua-non to economic empowerment of grassroot pastoral agents for evangelization in 21st century-Arua diocese, Uganda
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2022-11)The twenty first century is an era of fortunes and misfortunes. Though globalization and capitalism associated with this century has brought integral development, thanks to science and technology, many people have been ... -
Visual narratives of traditional royal dances in Uganda: a case of clay mated Amaggunju dance
(Kyambogo University(Unpublished work), 2020-09)The purpose of this study was to visually narrate the “Amaggunju” traditional royal dance of Buganda central Uganda through Claymation. An exploratory study design and adopted more of the qualitative than the quantitative ... -
Water hyacinth’s extent and its implication on water quality in Lake Victoria, Uganda
(The Scientific World Journal, 2023-03)Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) degrades and obstructs the integrity of freshwater ecosystems. However, little attention has been paid to monitoring water hyacinth’s spatial extent, its determinants, and its efects ...