African culture and custom, as they exist today, are a blend of African customs, imported colonial common and civil law notions, and religious concepts from Christianity, Islam and traditiona…
This conceptual article, framed around Marxism, highlighted the fact that, over time, African women have persistently questioned the ways in which understandings of culture have both valued a…
The aim of publishing this book is to share widely deliberations at the Indaba. This book targets traditional leaders in southern Africa and other regions of Africa, SAfAIDS partners implementing…
There is an interesting point, where at the crossroads of being a researcher of rhetoric and an observer of gender relations in Africa, I find that my biology of being a woman filters the experienc…
African culture and custom,' as they exist today, are a blend of African customs, imported colonial common and civil law notions, and religious concepts from Christianity, Islam and traditional Afr…
“Nebuchadnezzar lived in the bush and his nails became so long that they looked like claws of cats, following a punishment from God for his disobedience,” runs a May 1964 letter to ‘Women…
This article aims at applying some of the principles guiding Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) to Helon Habila’s Oil On Water (2011). One of the major principles of Systemic Linguistics is that t…
Introduction: The first author participated in a course related to critical feminist schools of thought while pursuing her doctoral program. Engaging with a scholarly community of feminist research…
Culture, tradition and Christianity are deeply rooted in the collective consciousness in Rwanda. Religious and rigid conceptualization of culture influences public opinions and has consequently led…
Background: The importance of strong and transformative leadership is recognised as essential to the building of resilient and responsive health systems. In this regard, Sustainable Development Go…