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Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2019 Swahili, a national and official language in Kenya, is in wide use in the country as an inter-ethnic medium of communication and, generally, as a lingua franca.
Peter Mose, Russell Kaschula
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
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Dentality areal features and phonological change in northeastern Bantu
Studies in African Linguistics, 1985 A minority of the world's languages appear to have a series of dental (as opposed to alveolar) obstruents. Proto-Bantu does not have such a series, nor do most East African Bantu languages.
Derek Nurse
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The state of human papillomavirus research in Africa
Public Health Challenges, 2023 Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) research scholarship evaluation is pivotal to the strategic planning, implementation and sustainability of HPV prevention and control programmes in Africa.
Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi +4 more
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In light of increased migration from sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) to Hamilton in the past 5 years, this qualitative study explores the experiences of Black African migrant parents resettling in Hamilton, Canada. Using semi‐structured interviews and thematic analysis, four key themes emerged: (1) impact of migration and family separation stress on ...
Tsinat Semagn +3 more
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the daily experiences of Jua Kali women entrepreneurs in Western Kenya, unpacking how gendered power relations are enacted within informal marketplaces and how women entrepreneurs mobilize agency within these structurally and institutionally constrained contexts.
Tabitha Sindani +3 more
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Metaphorical uses of Swahili lexeme jasho 'sweat'
Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2003 In this squib, I will discuss a semantic network of Swahili lexeme jasho showing how its most concrete meaning of ‘perspiration’ has led to developing of extended, more abstract meanings, which are very productive and have high text frequency, and how ...
Iwona Kraska-Szlenk
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Journal of Midwifery &Women's Health, EarlyView.Introduction Women of refugee backgrounds who are pregnant continue to face significant challenges after migration, including barriers to accessing adequate perinatal care, resulting in higher risks for poor perinatal outcomes. To address these barriers and reduce these risks, it is imperative to understand the viewpoints of those involved in perinatal
Shadow Toke +3 more
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Spazi e luoghi urbani nella narrativa swahili: il caso di Dar es Salaam
Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2017 Very often, literature provides visions of the city that are typical of both common sense and collective imagination. Therefore, investigating literature we can sometimes better understand some unexplored ‘territories’.
Graziella Acquaviva
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Food Gifting and Household Food Security
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Food gifting provides an important means of risk sharing in agrarian economies where farming households have limited access to formal credit and insurance markets. Food gifting is also an important source of food for households that are struggling with food scarcity.
Shaoyan Sun, Henry An, Philippe Marcoul
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