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Women empowerment and the catholic church pastoral programme: a case study of lugazi diocese.
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2014-12)This study was an evaluation of Lugazi Diocesan pastoral program on women empowerment in the light of the components of women empowerment. It entailed the fact that the dominant subordinate model of male and female relations ... -
A critique of governance in Ugandan poetry: a study of selected poems of Henry Barlow, Timothy Wangusa and Susan Kiguli
(Kyambogo University(unpublished), 2014-12-19)This study analyzed the portrayal of governance in the selected poems of Henry Barlow, Timothy Wangusa and Susan Kiguli. The study used qualitative research methods and involved critical reading of the selected poems, ... -
The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah revisited: military and political reflections
(Old Testament Essays, 2015)That Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis have been a subject of constant cognitive itch is a truism rather than fiction. Aware that the HB is an ideological text, the story of Jordan states notably Sodom and Gomorrah may need ... -
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(Kyambogo University(unpublished), 2015-09)This dissertation examines how Orson Welles uses deep focus photography, expressive high contrast lighting (chiaroscuro) and mise en scene to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 ... -
The Arab springs and the “walk to work” movement in Uganda: contest for political space and freedom
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2016-01)This paper presents an overview of how the Arab Springs influenced events in the Walk-to Work Protests in Uganda during the period after the 2011 election. It builds on the previous analysis of the nexus between the Arab ... -
Interrogating transnational documentary film evidence on Uganda’s homophobia
(Intellect, 2016-06-01)The over conspicuousness of Uganda’s homophobia in international media of the twenty-first century is highly commendable for foregrounding the severe abuse of human rights of homosexuals in Uganda. Although this medium ... -
Youth ministry in the mainstream churches in Wakiso district
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2016-07)This study investigated the Youth Ministry in the mainstream churches in Wakiso District. The study was based on finding out the programs and the aims which the mainstream churches have in place for the youth; establish ... -
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 ... -
2007 post election violence and the response of Seventh-day Adventist church: a case study of Eldoret east district, Kenya
(Kyambogo University(Un published work), 2016-10)This study sought to discuss the 2007 post election violence and the response of the Seventhday Adventist Church in Eldoret East district. Political factors. inequitable resource al location, land issues. prejudice, ... -
A comparative analysis of racism and sexism in Shakespeare's Othello and the tempest, and their selected cinematic adaptations
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2016-11)This is a comparative study of the artistic representation of racism and sexism in two different media: the written text and the film text. The primary texts of investigation are two ancient plays by William Shakespeare, ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices in tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) use and conservation in Eastern Uganda
(Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2017)Tamarindus indica L. is one of the indigenous fruit tree species that traditionally contributes to food security and ecosystem stability in sub-Saharan Africa. We hypothesized that the indigenous people of Eastern Uganda ... -
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 ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices in tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) use and conservation in Eastern Uganda
(Springer Nature: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine., 2017-01-21)Tamarindus indica L. is one of the indigenous fruit tree species that traditionally contributes to food security and ecosystem stability in sub-Saharan Africa. We hypothesized that the indigenous people of Eastern Uganda ... -
The land question in socio-political conflicts in Bukedi and Bugisu in eastern Uganda: 1900- 2007
(Dar es salaam University (unpublished work), 2017-10)This study investigated the land question in socio-political conflicts in Bukedi and Bugisu in eastern Uganda. It specifically examines the origin of the land question in Bukedi and Bugisu and how it evolved over time; ... -
Women and salt mining at Kibiro salt gardens in Hoima district (1894-2015)
(Kyambogo University [ Unpublished work], 2017-12)The purpose of the study was to examine the factors that explain women participation in salt mining at Kibiro salt gardens and how Kibiro's geographical setting acted as a basis for discerning factors underlying salt mining ... -
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 ... -
Politics of natural resource management and accountable systems in the delivery of water services in Uganda
(AJOL: Africa Development., 2017-12-12)The political behaviour of public institutions exhibited in the management of critical natural resources influences the nature of service delivery. In particular, the character of such public organizations as regulators ... -
Intertextual college in the voice-over translation of American feature films into Luganda: the case of ''Firimu enjogerere''
(Kyambogo University(Un published work), 2018)This study examines voice-over translation of American feature films into Luganda as film adaptation which involves the adaptation from film into an oral performance dubbed Firimu Enjogerere. The study therefore runs ... -
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 ... -
Drivers and trajectories of land cover change in East Africa: human and environmental interactions from 6000 years ago to present
(Elsevier: Earth-Science Reviews., 2018-03)East African landscapes today are the result of the cumulative effects of climate and land-use change over millennial timescales. In this review, we compile archaeological and palaeoenvironmental data from East Africa to ...