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Language and academic achievement: Perspectives on the potential role of indigenous African languages as a lingua academica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Although research literature abounds with studies that show the importance of language for academic achievement, the potential role of indigenous African languages in the educational sector in South Africa has not been adequately appraised or appreciated.
Madiba, Mbulungeni
core   +2 more sources

Advocacy Journalism in Nigeria: Alaroye and the Justice Movement for Mohbad

open access: yesJournalism and Media
This paper examines the unresolved case of a Nigerian singer/rapper, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (Mohbad), aged 27, whose tragic death occurred on 12 September 2023.
Abiodun Salawu, Bukola Christiana Ajala
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Nexus of Opportunities and Challenges in Indigenous Language Podcasting Through Natural Language Processing of User-Generated Content

open access: yesJournalism and Media
Part of the relics of colonialism on the African continent is the loss of social identity caused by the adoption of colonial languages, leading to the endangered status of indigenous African languages.
Bukola Christiana Ajala   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Airwaves to Farmlands: How Radio Programmes in Indigenous Languages Are Shaping Agricultural Development in North-Central Nigeria

open access: yesWorld
This study investigated agricultural radio programmes in specific indigenous languages (Hausa and Tiv) and their role in supporting agricultural development in North-Central Nigeria.
Babatunde Adeyeye, Abiodun Salawu
doaj   +1 more source

Mam and Guepy: Two Valley Zapotec poems with translations

open access: yesLatin American Literary Review, 2017
This work consists of two poems written in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec, a Valley Zapotec language spoken in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The poems are presented with English and Spanish translations, notes about the poet and translator, explanation of ...
Felipe H. Lopez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Book language as a foreign language — ESL strategies for indigenous learners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This study addresses the belated realisation that educators are unaware that many Indigenous Australian students speak very little Standard Australian English outside classrooms.
McTaggart, Robin, Curro, Gina
core   +1 more source

Aláròyé Newspaper on Digital Platforms: A Study of Audience Experience and Reception

open access: yesJournalism and Media
The study examines the complexities of the Aláròyé newspaper’s digital transformation. It seeks to understand how the organisation’s matrix, which includes circulation, readers, and advertising revenue, has been impacted by the shift to digital platforms
Abiodun Salawu, Babatunde Adeyeye
doaj   +1 more source

Longitudinal Changes in Adiposity After a Youth Sport‐Related Knee Injury: Informing Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis Prevention

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Youth who experience a sport‐related knee injury have elevated odds of becoming overweight or developing obesity in 3 to 10 years, compounding their risk for posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA). To inform prevention strategies, this study compared patterns of adiposity change between youth with a sport‐related knee injury and uninjured youth ...
Justin M. Losciale   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overview of Australian Indigenous health status 2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This Overview of Australian Indigenous health status provides information about: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations; the context of Indigenous health; various measures of population health status; selected health conditions; and health ...
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
core  

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

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