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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 ...
Landscapes of distant suffering: interrogating humanitarian documentary film representation of “harmful” cultural practices
(Journal of African Cultural Studies, 2022)
Although a wide range of media interventions have been at the
forefront of global humanitarian campaigns aimed at eradicating
cultural body modification practices categorized as “harmful” in
global health and development ...
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 ...
Mapping the susceptibility of persons with disabilities to landslides in a highland landscape of Bushika Sub County, Mount Elgon, Eastern Uganda
(Jàmbá - Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 2022-01)
Terrain parameters such as slope aspect, angle, curvature, stream power and altitude have
been noted to spur landslide occurrence as well as, acting as a hindrance to evacuation efforts.
Yet, persons with disabilities ...
On the waters: economic and political drivers of maritime conflicts between Uganda and its neighbors
(African Studies Quarterly, 2021-10)
The Great Lakes region has, in the recent past, been awash with numerous border
conflicts/or threats to conflict among the member states. Whereas various studies have
endeavored to explain the emergence of such conflicts, ...
Freshwater lake inundation monitoring using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery in Eastern Uganda
(Taylor&Francis Online: Annals of GIS, 2020-03-18)
In flood hazard assessment, little attention has been given to the seasonal observation of freshwater
inundation using Sentinel-1 Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) images in the tropics. To assess these
spatial variations, ...
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 ...
The political economy of globalization and employment returns to youth in Uganda
(Springer International Publishing, 2020-06)
The political economy of globalization, with its main features such as market-driven technology, trade, and capital flows, continues to alter the structure of labour markets in developing countries, adversely affecting ...
Community based flood risk management approach in Northeastern Uganda
(Ghana Journal of Geography, 2022-06)
This study was conducted in the Amuria district of Northeastern Uganda. The aim of the study was to assess the performance of Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) approach in mitigating disaster effects in the ...