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Letras & Letras, 2015 A língua portuguesa chegou nos Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (PALOPs) pela colonização. No continente, entrou em contato com línguas da grande família linguística, Níger-Congo A e B.
Bruno Okoudowa
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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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BMJ Open, 2020 Objectives Examine the feasibility of a Community Health Intervention through Musical Engagement (CHIME) in The Gambia to reduce common mental disorder (CMD) symptoms in pregnant women.Design Feasibility trial testing a randomised stepped-wedge cluster ...
Paul Ramchandani +10 more
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‘I am always crying on the inside’ : a qualitative study on the implications of infertility on women’s lives in urban Gambia [PDF]
, 2018 Background: There is an increasing awareness that infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa constitutes a severe social and public health problem. Few of the existing studies on infertility explicitly take into account the differences between women. However, how
Coene, Gily +4 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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African Journal of Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 8, December 2025.ABSTRACT The Tanji wetland complex, situated on the Atlantic coast of The Gambia, is a coastal mosaic of mangroves, riparian forest, lagoons, and offshore islands of high ornithological significance. Despite its protected status, the reserve faces mounting pressures from human activities and environmental change, yet comprehensive ecological data ...
Mariama Camara +5 more
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Understanding the Personalistic Aspects of Jola Ethnomedicine [PDF]
, 2017 This paper discusses the contemporary expression of the personalistic aspects of Jola ethnomedicine. Ethnomedicine pertains to the culturally specific health- associated beliefs and behaviors of a society.
Randall, Theo
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Becoming local citizens: Senegalese migrants and agrarian clientelism in the Gambia [PDF]
, 2012 Drawing on ethnographic research with Senegalese female migrants in Brikama, The Gambia this article examines local citizenship and agrarian clientelism.
Kea, Pamela
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Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 35, Issue 4, July/August 2025.ABSTRACT Yahya Jammeh's 22‐year rule of The Gambia was marked by gross human rights violations, including torture, extrajudicial killings, and enforced disappearances. In 2008–09, Jammeh embarked on a “witch hunt” campaign, mostly targeting poor and elderly men and women.
W. Mick L. Finlay +7 more
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Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, Volume 118, Issue 1, Page 232-241, July 2025.The ESR1 gene is relevant in breast cancer treatments in the pharmacogenetics context. However, Native, African, and mixed populations are known to be underrepresented in genomic studies. This is particularly important given that the difference in variants' frequencies among different populations can lead to population‐specific clinical implications ...
Mariana M. Scudeler +11 more
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