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How well are families doing? A description of family well-being in South Africa
Family Medicine and Community Health, 2016 Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the well-being of a sample of families from low socioeconomic communities in the Western Cape South Africa in terms of family resilience, family satisfaction, parenting styles, family structure and ...
Nicolette Vanessa Roman +3 more
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Education: The Key to Africa’s Future
, 2007 Africa, a continent full of abundance and potential, is ironically hindered in desolation, deprivation, and chaos. The growth, future, and potential success of Africa is solely dependent on the education of its children.
Bixby, Heather
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Engaging decolonial approaches to deracialize and humanize migrants
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract We are continuing to live in unsettling times that demand responses from researchers, scholars and activists to create and mobilise knowledge for liberation, wellbeing, and justice. This commentary draws from my lived experience and research in migration that I use to highlight the rootshock of displacement and the contributions of community ...
Christopher C. Sonn
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Think Piece: Working for Living - Popular Education as/at Work for Social-ecological Justice
Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, 2020 Drawing on the working lives of popular educators who are striving for socioeconomic and socio-ecological justice, we demonstrate how popular education is a form of care work which is feminised, often undervalued and unrecognised as highly skilled work.
Jane Burt +3 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT NPR3‐related tall stature is characterized by tall stature, elongated big toes, and additional epiphyses in hand and foot bones. The condition is caused by biallelic loss‐of‐function variants affecting natriuretic peptide receptor 3 (NPR3). Five individuals from four different families have been reported.
Pierre Moffatt +4 more
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Why is Polygyny More Prevalent in Western Africa?: An African Slave Trade Perspective [PDF]
Polygyny rates are higher in Western Africa than in Eastern Africa. The African slave trades explain this difference. More male slaves were exported in the trans-Atlantic slave trades from Western Africa, while more female slaves were exported in the ...
Dalton, John T., Leung, Tin Cheuk
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For care‐experienced young people, the preparation for leaving out‐of‐home care (OOHC) is vital in support of post‐OOHC outcomes. This research explores the acquisition of Independent Living Skills (ILS) amongst young people in Western Australia and is based on interviews with care‐experienced young people at two time points: while in OOHC and
Michael Starr +3 more
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Friend or Foe: Perceptions of China in Africa [PDF]
, 2018 China\u27s rush to Africa for resources and a sphere of influence has inspired much debate in the academic world. Many western scholars generalize China\u27s Africa strategy or African perceptions of that strategy. These are both grave mistakes.
Savino, Shahn M.
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
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The Contribution of African Philosophy in Challenging Western Hegemony and Globalization [PDF]
The purpose of this article is to explore the contribution of African philosophy in challenging the impacts of Western hegemony and globalization on Africa.
Abneh, Getye
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