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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 The Covid pandemic has exposed fissures of inequality through heightened food insecurity and nutritional deficiency for vulnerable social cohorts with limited coping mechanisms.
Richard Sidebottom +5 more
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The Plot and Its Modifications in the Temporal and Generic “Space” [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2017 With the loss of mythological beliefs, traditional plots become decompensated by their new interpretations. For example, when a tribe borrows a plot from a neighboring tribe but does not share the beliefs of the authentic “bearers” of this folklore, we ...
Еlena S. Kotlyar
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Ajami scripts in the Senegalese speech community [PDF]
, 2010 Wolofal (from Wolof: Wolof language or ethnic group and ‘-al’: causative morpheme) is an Ajami writing (a generic term commonly used to refer to non-Arabic languages written with Arabic scripts) used to transliterate Wolof in Senegal.It results from the ...
Ngom, Fallou
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Women with infertility complying with and resisting polygyny : an explorative qualitative study in urban Gambia [PDF]
, 2019 Background. In many low-and middle-income countries women with infertility are often in polygynous marriages. From a human and women's rights perspective, the practice of polygyny is commonly understood as harmful.
Coene, Gily +3 more
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Women's experiences of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period in the Gambia: A qualitative study [PDF]
, 2011 Objective: In sub-Saharan African countries, there are unique cultural factors and adverse physical conditions that contribute to women's experiences of pregnancy and birth.
Ayers, S. +5 more
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West African manuscripts in Arabic and African languages and digital preservation [PDF]
, 2017 West African manuscripts are numerous and varied in forms and contents. There are thousands of them across West Africa. A significant portion of them are documents written in Arabic and Ajami (African languages written in Arabic script).
Ngom, Fallou
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 Background Unplanned pregnancy is a public health issue that has detrimental implications for the mother and baby alike. However, few studies have been conducted in The Gambia on this subject.
Amadou Barrow +4 more
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Ethnic identity in West Africa. Historical perspectives on America\u27s discourse about ethnicity [PDF]
, 1998 Political Correctness and Affirmative Action are core issues of America’s difficult search for cultural identity. However, a policy of differential treatment of categorized ethnicities is likely to cause complex and dynamic identities to become static ...
Mark, Peter
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Performing Baadinyaa: Music, Emotion, and Health in The Gambia
Voices, 2015 This medical ethnomusicological study examines musical performance in The Gambia as a socio-emotional intervention to promote health and wellbeing. Based on interviews and observations conducted during seventeen months of ethnographic research (2009 ...
Bonnie B. McConnell
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Assessment of cognitive abilities in multiethnic countries: The case of the Wolof and Mandinka in the Gambia [PDF]
, 2010 Background: The use of cognitive tests is increasing in Africa but little is known about how such tests are affected by the great ethnic and linguistic diversity on the continent. Aim: To assess ethnic and linguistic group differences in cognitive test
Grigorenko, Elena L., Jukes, Matthew
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