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Downstep in Pari the tone system of a western Nilotic language

Studies in African Linguistics, 1988
Pari, a Western Nilotic language, has a terraced-level tone system with total downstep. Although Pari could be analyzed as having three basic tone levels and automatic downstep, there is morphological evidence that it has two basic tone levels and non ...
Torben Andersen
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Multiple mitogenomes indicate Things Fall Apart with Out of Africa or Asia hypotheses for the phylogeographic evolution of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
Previous morpho-molecular studies of evolutionary relationships within the economically important genus of honey bees (Apis), including the Western Honey Bee (A. mellifera L.), have suggested Out of Africa or Asia origins and subsequent spread to Europe.
Steven M. Carr
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Dholuo Kincepts in Western Kenya

Studies in African Linguistics, 2020
The Luo are a Nilotic people living in western Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania and in western Uganda. Their language, Dholuo, forms part of the Western Nilotic group of languages. This article presents the traditional kincepts (kinship terminology) of the
Washington Onyango-Ouma, Jens Aagaard-Hansen   +1 more
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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 Public Health
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
Onafruo D, Klein J, Kostoulas P, Erume J, Kokas I, Jubara A, Sánchez Romano J, Odoch T, Kitale E, Marin P, Sabbath E, Kankya C.   +11 more
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Cultural Threads: An Afrocentric Paradigm for Integrating Social Justice Principles in the Practice of Family Therapy in Africa. [PDF]

J Marital Fam Ther
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.
Asiimwe R, McIntosh DL, Nyambura RG, Kasujja R.   +3 more
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Dynamics of interacting populations language contact in the Lwoo languages of Bahr el-Ghazal

Studies in African Linguistics, 2003
Number inflection systems in Western Nilotic languages appear highly complex and diverse. Comparative work on Nilotic and other Nilo-Saharan families has shown that these languages have a morphologically tripartite system with marked plurals and a bare ...
Anne Storch
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History and genetic diversity of African sheep: Contrasting phenotypic and genomic diversity. [PDF]

Anim Genet
Abstract Domesticated sheep have adapted to contrasting and extreme environments and continue to play important roles in local community‐based economies throughout Africa. Here we review the Neolithic migrations of thin‐tailed sheep and the later introductions of fat‐tailed sheep into eastern Africa.
Da Silva A, Ahbara A, Baazaoui I, Jemaa SB, Cao Y, Ciani E, Dzomba EF, Evans L, Gootwine E, Hanotte O, Harris L, Li MH, Mastrangelo S, Missohou A, Molotsi A, Muchadeyi FC, Mwacharo JM, Tallet G, Vernus P, Hall SJG, Lenstra JA.   +20 more
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Cultural, economic, and settlement shifts over the last 9,000 years at Kakapel Rockshelter, Western Kenya. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
The spread of food production in sub-Saharan Africa involved multi-directional dispersals of domesticated plant and animal species, often associated with major migrations.
Steven T Goldstein, Natalie G Mueller, Emma Finestone, Elizabeth A Sawchuk, Sara Juengst, Anthony Odera Otwani, Jennifer M Miller, Michelle C Langley, Ricardo Fernandes, Axel Steinhof, Victor Iminjili, Christine Chepkorir, Anneke Janzen, Christine Ogola, Emmanuel Ndiema, Michael Petraglia, Nicole Boivin   +16 more
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The Syntax and Semantics of Clause-Chaining in Toposa

Studies in African Linguistics, 2020
Some languages make extensive use of clause-chaining. According to Payne (1997: 312), clause-chaining has been documented for languages in the highlands of New Guinea, Australia and the Americas. In Africa it is found in Ethiopia (Völlmin et al.
Helga Schröder
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Molecular and serological prevalence of Leptospira spp. among slaughtered cattle and associated risk factors in the Bahr El Ghazal region of South Sudan [PDF]

BMC Veterinary Research
Introduction Leptospirosis is a neglected emerging and zoonotic disease reported worldwide. This study sought to determine the molecular and serological prevalence of Leptospira spp.
David Onafruo, Jörn Klein, Joseph Erume, Clovice Kankya, Ambrose Jubara, Ikwap Kokas, Terence Odoch, Musso Munyeme, Lordrick Alinaitwe, Estella Kitale, Peter Marin, Esther Sabbath, Anou Dreyfus   +12 more
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