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Student protest and the culture of violence at African universities: An inherited ideological trait
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)
Since the advent of independence in African countries, education generally focused on transforming these nations and redressing the ills of colonialism. Education in countries like Ghana, and Kenya, amongst others aimed ...
A transdisciplinary approach to understanding the causes of wicked problems such as the violent conflict in Rwanda
(North-West University, 2012)
The paper is presented against a background of many wicked problems that confront us
in the world today such as violent crime, conflict that emanates from political power
seeking, contests for scarce resources, the ...
What is the Future of Polygyny (Polygamy) in Africa?
(NWU, 2017-11-06)
The traditional practice of polygyny, whereby only a man is allowed to marry more than one wife in a customary marriage, has long been perceived to be an offender of women's rights. Recent family law reforms on the African ...
Governance, 'sovereignty-state-territory triad', human population migration and xenophobia in (South) Africa
(2015)
This article seeks to examine the association of the concept of governance of
international relations and, by implication, human population migration, through the
rigid practices of “sovereignty-state-territory triad” ...
Anti-Afrophobia policy shortfall and dilemma in the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and South Africa
(2015)
Since 1994, South Africa witnessed various xenophobic attacks, the two recent ones
leaving over 60 Africans dead in 2008 and 17 in 2015. Xenophobia is an embarrassment
to the new South African Government, which is ...
Reflections on applying critical discourse analysis methodologies in analysing South African history textbooks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
This article is a reflection on the choice to apply Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)
in a large scale study in which South African history textbooks were analysed for
their construction of African consciousness. The ...
The colonial experience, indigenous leaders and the capitalization of the Swazi monarchy
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
Historians and other researchers have analysed different aspects of Swazi
historical affairs. One of the themes that has attracted academic attention
is that of continuity and change, especially under the impact of ...
The development of Afrocentricity: A historical survey
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
The origin of the Afrocentric philosophy cannot be established with certainty.
The most influential book advocating it was published in 1954. Marcus Garvey
was one of the most influential propagators of the ideology. ...
Corruption and human rights law in Africa (2016 Hart Publishing, Oxford)
(PER, 2018-01-16)
This contribution reviews the book by Kolawole Olaniyan on corruption and human rights law in Africa. The book, Corruption and Human Rights Law in Africa, provides a framework for complementarity between promoting and ...
The Hyogo framework for action and its implications for disaster management and reduction in Africa
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010)
At the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, Hyogo, Japan, in January 2005, the international community adopted a 10-year plan to make the world safer from disasters. The resultant Hyogo Framework for Action is the global ...