The diversity of Maa (Nilotic) adverbs
Studies in African Linguistics, 2020 Maa linguistic varieties (Maasai, Parakuyo, Chamus, Samburu, among others), of the Eastern Nilotic family (Nilo-Saharan phylum), have words which can modify a predicate or predication and have the function of what cross-linguistically are called adverbs.
Doris Payne
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Античная древность и средние века, 2022 This article addresses the problem of the cross-cultural dialogue between Egypt and Rome on the example of the image of the Nile, visually embodied in the Nilotic scenes. The geographical scope of the research is limited to the territory of Italy, since
Mark Sergeevich Chistalev
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Bayesian Estimation of True Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors for Leptospira spp. Among Slaughterhouse Workers and Slaughtered Cattle in the Bahr El Ghazal Region of South Sudan [PDF]
Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 73, Issue 3, Page 181-190, May 2026.ABSTRACT Introduction Leptospirosis is a major but under‐reported zoonotic disease, and epidemiological data from South Sudan remain limited. This study estimated the true prevalence of Leptospira spp. exposure and identified associated risk factors among slaughterhouse workers and slaughtered cattle in Western Bahr El Ghazal. Methods A cross‐sectional
David Onafruo +11 more
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Biophysical, histological, and bioaccumulation properties of Tilapia muscle affected by water pollution with heavy elements and microbes at the El-Rahawy drain in Egypt [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 The leakage of sewage and agricultural drains has led to the contamination of freshwater branches with toxic heavy elements. This raises concerns about their toxic effects on aquatic ecosystems, especially on fish.
Abdel-Fattah B. Dawood +13 more
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Conditional constructions in Lopit, an Eastern Nilotic language
Studies in African Linguistics, 2017 Lopit is an Eastern Nilotic language of South Sudan. It has a number of ways of expressing conditionals. The most common way involves the use of the subordinate clause marker l- on the clause-initial verb which introduces the protasis.
Jonathan Moodie
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Cushitic loans in South Nilotic revisited
Afrika und ÜberseeThis article explores lexical contact between Cushitic and Nilotic taking the proposed Cushitic language Proto Baz as point of departure. Proto Baz is a putative East Cushitic language proposed by Heine, Rottland & Vossen (1979), on the basis of words ...
Maarten Mous, Christian Rapold
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Cultural Threads: An Afrocentric Paradigm for Integrating Social Justice Principles in the Practice of Family Therapy in Africa [PDF]
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Volume 52, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Family therapy has been slowly but steadily growing on the African continent. Considering Africa's rich yet complex economic, political, and sociocultural history, it is essential for family therapy practitioners to integrate social justice (SJ) principles into their research, training, and practice of family therapy.
Ronald Asiimwe +3 more
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Entwined economies of violence: understanding borderland conflict and resource politics in northern Kenya [PDF]
Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract This article explores longstanding conflict between Turkana and Pokot pastoralist communities in northern Kenya, close to the country's border with Uganda. Conflict in this region has consistently defied interventions by both governments and development organisations.
Daniel Salau Rogei
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Potentiality of Growth Traits for Selection to Improve Productivity in Nilotic Cattle
Indonesian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2023 Selection for traits of economic importance is crucial for improving productivity and reproductivity in livestock, including cattle. We investigated the prospects of using growth traits; viz: live-body weight (BW), absolute growth rate (AGR), relative ...
Milla Pitia, Jackson Muso, Muna Ahmed
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Genetic signatures of gene flow and malaria-driven natural selection in sub-Saharan populations of the "endemic Burkitt Lymphoma belt". [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2019 Populations in sub-Saharan Africa have historically been exposed to intense selection from chronic infection with falciparum malaria. Interestingly, populations with the highest malaria intensity can be identified by the increased occurrence of endemic ...
Mateus H Gouveia +33 more
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