Browsing PHD-School of Visual and Performing Arts by Issue Date
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Developing strategies for teaching aural musicianship in Kenyan secondary schools
(2011-07-25)Many scholars, for example Kodaly, Dalcroze and Campbell would argue for the important role of aural musicianship in Music Education. One of the purposes of Music Education is the creation of an environment in which the ... -
An analysis of musical and theological meaning in the hymnody of legio maria of african mission church in Kenya.
(2011-07-25)Review of available literature showed a paradoxical hybridity in the hymn singing of Legio Maria of African Mission Church in Kenya, abbreviated herein as LMC faithful (jolejo). were viewed as preferring a community of ... -
A critical analysis of indigenous Kenyan music procedures: developing the embedded pathway approach model for interactive learning for secondary schools in Kenya
(2011-07-25)This study was carried out against a backdrop of current educational process in Kenya which (the process) is heavily grounded on Western education models. These models, unfortunately, were not known for including African ... -
Assesment of the properties of silk fibre and fabric produced by bivoltine silkworm, bombyx mori L.(Lepidoptera: bombycidae) in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2011-08-09)Concern about global warming has led to renewed interest in the more sustainable use of natural fibres. Among the natural fibres, silk indeed commands considerable respect. Silk is a proteinaceous polymer secretion in the ... -
The use of song and movement to create a multicultural curriculum for early childhood music education in Kenya
(2011-11-23)Early childhood musical development has gained research prominence in recent years. Researchers and early years' educators, in response to findings that musicality begins before birth, are continually seeking ways to tap ... -
An exploration of the creative performance of secondary school and the implications for the teaching of art in Kenya
(2012-01-04)The contribution art can make towards the personal development of pupils has been curtailed in Kenyan schools by a variety of factors internal and external to the subject. This study attempts to illuminate the teaching/learning ... -
Indigenous Music and the communication of selected innovative social concerns: synchronic analysis of Dodo and Nyatiti songs in Siaya district, Kenya
(2012-01-05)This study investigated the communicative viability of Dodo and Nyatiti music among the rural population of Siaya District. Specifically, the study sought to: 1. Analyze the structural, melodic and rhythmic attributes ... -
Preservation and promotion of indigenous music in Uganda: A Challenge for Tertiary education institutions
(2012-11-05)Preservation and promotion of indigenous music through generations has depended on active practice guided by elders as the makers and practitioners of these genres of music. However, the presence of European Christian ... -
Use of Visual Illustration in the Interpretation of Proverbs in Secondary Schools in Kikuyu District, Kiambu County, Kenya
(2012-11-05)The centrality of the current study was the need to establish whether visual Illustrations when presented together with text, increase the uptake of meaning in proverbs among the students in secondary schools in Kikuyu ... -
Rap music in the hip-hop culture among the youth in Nairobi
(2013-01-22)Since early 1 ~:NUs, the music industry in Kenya witnessed an exponential infiltration of Hip-Hop culture and its element of Rap music, which claimed significant space on the Kenyan popular music landscape. The youth ... -
Popular Music in Kenya:A survey and Evaluation of Performing Strategies among Selected Groups in Nairobi
(2013-03-20)This study focused' on Popular Music in Kenya. In their daily endeavors within the entertainment industry, Kenyan Popular musicians employ performance strategies meant to draw their audience closer and to maximize on ... -
Effects of Drawing Approach and Class Setting on Symbolism of Children's Drawings on Conflict Experiences: A Study of Primary School Pupils in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2014)Though drawing is one of the methodologies of teaching conflict resolution within Peace Education, the structured drawing approach within group setting currently in practice is limiting in free expression of emotions by ... -
Use of drama therapy in unlocking the voices of survivors of Female Genital Mutilation among the Kenyan Maasai
(2014)This study investigates the utilization of drama therapy to unlock voices of survivors of Female Genital Mutilation. The study proceeds from the assumption that drama therapy is a useful tool not only to reach out to the ... -
Style and content in selected Kenyan message films 1980 to 2009
(2014-04-14)This study analyses style and content in Kenyan message films produced between 1980and 2009. Anchored on the principles of Formalist, Auteurist, Postcolonial and ViewerResponse theories, it narrows down to four films sampled ... -
Use of psychodraivatic role-playing communication in HIV/AIDS among the youth in Msambweni, Kwale county, Kenya
(2014-07-24)Effective HIV/AIDS communication remains central in controlling and preventing its spread because of absence of cure and vaccination against the disease. This study therefore seeks to explore psychodramatic role-playing ... -
Transformative Conflict Resolution Using Forum Theatre: The Jos North, Nigeria Flash Point Paradigm
(Kenyatta University, 2016-04)Violent conflict in Jos North, Plateau State, Nigeria, like other parts of the world, has become a serious concern creating a rift in human relations. This study therefore seeks to explore, in Theatre for Development ... -
Drama as a literary response to Africa’s social and political realities: a comparative study of selected Kenyan and Nigerian dramas
(Kenyatta University, 2016-07)This study investigates the roles and functions of drama as an instrument of social commentary in Nigeria and Kenya. Drama has been widely acclaimed as a positive medium for mirroring society' hence the popular belief ... -
The dramatic and theatrical aesthetics of Izara traditional initiation festival of Amo people of North Central Nigeria
(Kenyatta University, 2016-07)African traditional theatre is caught up within the vortex of Western inferiorization, the need for documentation, and a conflict of opinions between African dramatic scholars (the evolutionists and the relativists). The ... -
Film and Social Change: Ideology, Class, and Pluralism in Selected East and West African Films
(Kenyatta University, 2018)This study examined contemporary African cinema narratives with a view to guiding a socio-ideological reading of the narratives. Specifically, it has drawn connections between the film’s diegesis and the non-diegetic ...
