Unmasking the Uniqueness: A Glimpse into Age-Invariant Face Recognition of Indigenous African Faces [PDF]
The task of recognizing the age-separated faces of an individual, Age-Invariant Face Recognition (AIFR), has received considerable research efforts in Europe, America, and Asia, compared to Africa. Thus, AIFR research efforts have often under-represented/misrepresented the African ethnicity with non-indigenous Africans.
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Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 2, no. 3 [PDF]
A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1. Agnes Okoh. 2. Self-Sacrificial Christian Pioneers of Uganda.
Bonk, Jonathan J.+5 more
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Mercenaries, Migration and the Crew of the Mary Rose
Abstract This article reconsiders the presence of foreigners in the crew of Henry VIII's ship the Mary Rose in light of recent archaeological investigations of human remains from the wreck. Through an interdisciplinary analysis drawing on archaeological investigation, the artefacts found on board the Mary Rose and historical documents, this study ...
SAMANTHA NELSON, CATHERINE FLETCHER
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The Impact of Christianity on African Tradition and Culture: X-Raying the Conflicts
This research is focused on “the impact of Christianity on African tradition and culture: x-raying the conflicts”. Culture is any society’s way of life while conflicts are issues or crises which occur between two parties.
Clifford Meesua Sibani+1 more
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John O. Hunwick, editor. Religion and National Integration in Africa: Islam, Christianity, and Politics in the Sudan and Nigeria [PDF]
Bob Dowd
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Future Decline of African Dust: Insights from the Recent Past and Paleo-records [PDF]
African dust exhibits strong variability on a range of time scales. Here we show that the interhemispheric contrast in Atlantic SST (ICAS) drives African dust variability on interannual, multidecadal, and millennial timescales, and a strong anthropogenic decline of African dust in the future can be expected due to the projected increase of the ICAS ...
arxiv
Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 1, no. 3-4 [PDF]
A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1. David Lonkibiri Windibiziri. 2. Abiodun Babatunde Lawrence.
Ayegboyin, Deji+2 more
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Inculturation in a Post-Modern Africa: A Reflection on Salient Issues [PDF]
This paper critically analyzed the concept of “Inculturation” in a post-modern Africa. Through the use of historical phen.omenological method, the paper averred that Inculturation of Christianity in a post-modern Africa is a herculean task that demands ...
CHRISTIAN, NCHE GEORGE+1 more
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Holger BERNT HANSEN and Michael TWADDLE, Religion & Politics in East Africa: The Period Since Independence Athens, Ohio University Press, 1995, ix+278 pp., tables, map, index./Canon Kodwo E. ANKRAH. Development & the Church of Uganda: Mission, Myths and Metaphors. Nairobi: Action Publishers, I 998. v+ 197 pp./Paul GIFFORD. African Christianity: Its Public Role. Bloomington/Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998. viii+368pp. Tables. Abbreviations. Maps. Bibliography. Index. [PDF]
Stephen B. Isabirye
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Doctrine and ritual in an African Independent Church in Botswana: a study of the beliefs, rituals and practices of the Head Mountain of God Apostolic Church in Zion [PDF]
African Christianity has attracted, and continues to attract, the attention of many theologians, anthropologists and church historians the world over.
Kealotswe, Obed Ndeya Obadiah
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