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COVID-19: A Blessing or Curse on Affected Countries and its Citizens
(Royallite Global, 2020)The emergence of COVID-19, the deadly global virus brought in its wake, both positive and negative results on the general lives of citizens in the affected countries. While many countries, families and ... -
Struggle for Survival: Female Masculinisation as Presented in Macgoye’s Coming to Birth and Victoria and Murder in Majengo
(Royallite Global, 2020)In the patriarchal world,courage, vigor and strength are qualities often ascribed to men. In her two novels,Coming to Birthand Victoria and Murder in Majengo, Marjorie Oludhe MacGoye seeks to demystify this ... -
Portrayal and Effects of Disobedience through Drama in Works of Aidoo and Fiawoo: A Comparative Study
(Royallite Global, 2020)Culture as a collective norm behooves members of a community whose identity is related to adherence to a specific culture, thus guaranteeing a cultural preservation and protection. In other words, there is a marked-off ... -
The irony in funeral of two religious sects in Ghana: A comparative study in Islam and Christianity
(Royallite Global, 2020)This study examines the irony in the two religions, Christian and Islamic with respect to the organization and patronage of funerals in Ghana. Data was collected in four communities across Ghana comprising two Christian ... -
The Language of Kikuyu Popular Artists as “Community Spokespersons” On Ethnic Cleansing in Kenya
(Royallite Global, 2019)This paperfocuses on popular songs that were performed on the Kenya’s mega historical period of 2007/2008. The country experienced socio-political conflict precipitated on the winner of the Presidential race, ... -
Cultural Essentialism: A Sordid Boon at the Shores of Sub-Saharan Africa
(Royallite Global, 2018)In our Gikuyu tradition, it is the lead woman who urges the husband to marry again. “Get me a companion.” […] The management of a polygamous household is a matter of individual liberty. Each woman has her own hut…entirely ... -
Towards widowhood rites: A comparative study of the Dagaaba and the Ewe people of Ghana
(Royallite Global, 2020)This study examined the practices of widowhood rites in Dagaaba and Ewe communities. It applied an approach to intersectionality and resilience to explore the idea of selfhood and personality, and uses case studies to ... -
Insignias of Authority in David Mulwa’s and Dennis Kyalo’s Drama: Inheritance & The Hunter is Back
(Royallite Global, 2018)This study attempts to unravel the manifestations of the metaphors of power in David Mulwa’s and Dennis Kyalo’s plays: Inheritance and The Hunter is Back. In our analysis, we treat issues that unfold in the play Inheritance ... -
Changing Trends in Bedtime Story Reading Habits of Children: A Comparative Study of African and European Children’s Literature
(Royallite Global, 2020)Children are often inspired by tales, rhymes and songs of various kinds globally. Mostly, children in developed countries are exposed to cartoons online and puzzles that tell stories. Before the emergence of modern ... -
Tenets of Myths of Origin in the Tigania Community of Kenya: A Cultural Exploration
(Royallite, 2020)Myths of origin display certain salient features that set them apart from other genres of oral literature. This paper, however, lays emphasis on the major tenets of myths of origins from the Tigania community. Sigmund Freud ... -
Female Characters Contesting Maasai Traditional Cultural Practices and Materialism in H.R. Ole Kulet’s Blossoms of the Savannah and Daughter of Maa
(European Centre for Research Training and Development, United Kingdom, 2018)This paper examines how the Kenyan writer H.R. Ole Kulet portrays female characters vis-à-vis Maasai traditional practices in Blossoms of the Savannah and Daughter of Maa. It proceeds from the premise that characterization ... -
Phantoms of Hysteria ‒ Novelistic Phantasmagoria in Lesego Rampolokeng’s Whiteheart: Prologue to Hysteria
(Cogent OA, 2018)This article examines how the narrator in Lesego Rampolokeng’s Whiteheart: Prologue to Hysteria (Hereafter designated as W/ H) deploys spectres of hysteria as a novelistic phantasmagoria to challenge the subject in the ... -
The Significance, For Readers in the Twenty-First Century, Of the Character of Safie in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
(Cultural Association Littera Aperta, 2016)This paper presents a critical look at one of the characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Safie, through the lenses of a female African scholar in the twenty-first century. A close look at the narrative structure leads ... -
The Construction of Feminine Psychology in Swahili Women’s Nuptial Poetry-Unyago
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2017)This article examines the construction of feminine psychology in Swahili women nuptial poetry-unyago. Unyago poetry is composed and performed by Swahili women. Swahili is a community located along the coastal region of ... -
Internal Dialectical Contradictions in Soyinka's Novel: Acquisitive Physical Appetites and the Quest for Spiritual Values
(IJAR, 2016)All things contain within themselves internal dialectical contradictions, which are the primary cause of motion, change, and development in the world. Dialectical contradiction is not about simple opposites or negation. ...
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COVID-19: A Blessing or Curse on Affected Countries and its Citizens
(Royallite Global, 2020)The emergence of COVID-19, the deadly global virus brought in its wake, both positive and negative results on the general lives of citizens in the affected countries. While many countries, families and ... -
Struggle for Survival: Female Masculinisation as Presented in Macgoye’s Coming to Birth and Victoria and Murder in Majengo
(Royallite Global, 2020)In the patriarchal world,courage, vigor and strength are qualities often ascribed to men. In her two novels,Coming to Birthand Victoria and Murder in Majengo, Marjorie Oludhe MacGoye seeks to demystify this ... -
Portrayal and Effects of Disobedience through Drama in Works of Aidoo and Fiawoo: A Comparative Study
(Royallite Global, 2020)Culture as a collective norm behooves members of a community whose identity is related to adherence to a specific culture, thus guaranteeing a cultural preservation and protection. In other words, there is a marked-off ... -
The irony in funeral of two religious sects in Ghana: A comparative study in Islam and Christianity
(Royallite Global, 2020)This study examines the irony in the two religions, Christian and Islamic with respect to the organization and patronage of funerals in Ghana. Data was collected in four communities across Ghana comprising two Christian ... -
The Language of Kikuyu Popular Artists as “Community Spokespersons” On Ethnic Cleansing in Kenya
(Royallite Global, 2019)This paperfocuses on popular songs that were performed on the Kenya’s mega historical period of 2007/2008. The country experienced socio-political conflict precipitated on the winner of the Presidential race, ... -
Cultural Essentialism: A Sordid Boon at the Shores of Sub-Saharan Africa
(Royallite Global, 2018)In our Gikuyu tradition, it is the lead woman who urges the husband to marry again. “Get me a companion.” […] The management of a polygamous household is a matter of individual liberty. Each woman has her own hut…entirely ... -
Towards widowhood rites: A comparative study of the Dagaaba and the Ewe people of Ghana
(Royallite Global, 2020)This study examined the practices of widowhood rites in Dagaaba and Ewe communities. It applied an approach to intersectionality and resilience to explore the idea of selfhood and personality, and uses case studies to ... -
Insignias of Authority in David Mulwa’s and Dennis Kyalo’s Drama: Inheritance & The Hunter is Back
(Royallite Global, 2018)This study attempts to unravel the manifestations of the metaphors of power in David Mulwa’s and Dennis Kyalo’s plays: Inheritance and The Hunter is Back. In our analysis, we treat issues that unfold in the play Inheritance ... -
Changing Trends in Bedtime Story Reading Habits of Children: A Comparative Study of African and European Children’s Literature
(Royallite Global, 2020)Children are often inspired by tales, rhymes and songs of various kinds globally. Mostly, children in developed countries are exposed to cartoons online and puzzles that tell stories. Before the emergence of modern ... -
Tenets of Myths of Origin in the Tigania Community of Kenya: A Cultural Exploration
(Royallite, 2020)Myths of origin display certain salient features that set them apart from other genres of oral literature. This paper, however, lays emphasis on the major tenets of myths of origins from the Tigania community. Sigmund Freud ... -
Female Characters Contesting Maasai Traditional Cultural Practices and Materialism in H.R. Ole Kulet’s Blossoms of the Savannah and Daughter of Maa
(European Centre for Research Training and Development, United Kingdom, 2018)This paper examines how the Kenyan writer H.R. Ole Kulet portrays female characters vis-à-vis Maasai traditional practices in Blossoms of the Savannah and Daughter of Maa. It proceeds from the premise that characterization ... -
Phantoms of Hysteria ‒ Novelistic Phantasmagoria in Lesego Rampolokeng’s Whiteheart: Prologue to Hysteria
(Cogent OA, 2018)This article examines how the narrator in Lesego Rampolokeng’s Whiteheart: Prologue to Hysteria (Hereafter designated as W/ H) deploys spectres of hysteria as a novelistic phantasmagoria to challenge the subject in the ... -
The Significance, For Readers in the Twenty-First Century, Of the Character of Safie in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
(Cultural Association Littera Aperta, 2016)This paper presents a critical look at one of the characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Safie, through the lenses of a female African scholar in the twenty-first century. A close look at the narrative structure leads ... -
The Construction of Feminine Psychology in Swahili Women’s Nuptial Poetry-Unyago
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2017)This article examines the construction of feminine psychology in Swahili women nuptial poetry-unyago. Unyago poetry is composed and performed by Swahili women. Swahili is a community located along the coastal region of ... -
Internal Dialectical Contradictions in Soyinka's Novel: Acquisitive Physical Appetites and the Quest for Spiritual Values
(IJAR, 2016)All things contain within themselves internal dialectical contradictions, which are the primary cause of motion, change, and development in the world. Dialectical contradiction is not about simple opposites or negation. ... -
Representation of Individual Will as the Agent of Social Transformation in Wole Soyinka’s Novels
(IJAR, 2016)This study focuses on representation of individual will as the vehicle of social transformation in Wole Soyinka’s novels. The Interpreters and Season of Anomy constitute the study population and the main sources of primary ... -
Brave new world – a reading of the unbroken spirit and the verdict of death
(2015)This is a stylistic analysis of two novels published in Africa in the twenty-first century. Fifty years ago, when the publishing apparatus was controlled by the European colonial regime, an African writer not only had to ... -
Marriage and sexuality in the indigenous Kenyan Film.
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Representations of the postcolonial state in the childhood metaphor in selected postcolonial texts
(ASD Publisher, 2015)In the analysis of postcolonial literature, there is no systematic construction of a framework to factor in childhood as a metaphor. Postcolonial criticism has not been engaged further in the enterprise of literary analysis, ...
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