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African Oral Literature and the Humanities: Challenges and Prospects

  • Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: folklore; oral literature; humanities; Africa; education; place; education; universities; curriculum
  • Language: English
  • Type: Journal Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2656 , vital:42310
  • Description: This paper examines the origin, evolution and emergence of folklore (oral literature) as an academic discipline in Africa and its place in the humanities. It draws attention to the richness of indigenous knowledge contained in oral literature and demonstrates how the ethical and moral gap in the existing educational system can be filled by the moral precepts embedded in oral literature. The paper argues that African oral literature has not received the attention it deserves among other disciplines of the humanities in institutions of higher learning in Africa. It concludes that any discussion on African literature will be incomplete, and indeed irrelevant, if it does not equally give adequate attention to the oral literature of the African people. As a result, a new curriculum and pedagogy must be designed to give pride of place to folklore and oral literature as the best repository of our cultural norms and values especially in African tertiary institutions.
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An Evaluation of the Role of an Intermediate Care Facility in the Continuum of Care in Western Cape, South Africa

Body dysmorphic disorder: A diagnostic challenge in adolescence

Clinical and demographic profile of catatonic patients who received electroconvulsive therapy in a South African setting

Determinants of type 2 Diabetes mellitus among HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral drugs in the OR Tambo District, SA

  • Authors: Nokwanda Edith Bam
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: PhD Manuscript
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2073 , vital:40815
  • Description: Background: Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing in the context of HIV/AIDS as a result of the long-term effects of ARVS. Little is documented in South Africa on the determinants of type 2 DM in HIV/AIDS population although the prevalence is high (Moyo, et al., 2014). The purpose of this study was to describe the determinants of type 2 diabetes mellitus among HIV/AIDS patients on ARVS in the OR Tambo District. Methods: A quantitative research methodology using a case control retrospective study was used to describe the determinants of type 2 DM among HIV/AIDS patients in OR Tambo District. A sample of 177 (33%) cases with HIV/AIDS and type 2 DM was selected using a one stage stratified sampling with allocation proportion to size of each stratum of the four sub-districts of OR Tambo District. For example KSD 80 cases, Nyandeni 43; Qaukeni 36 and Mhlontlo 18. Two non-diabetic patients with HIV/AIDS were selected as controls per case unpaired and totalled up to 354 (67%) controls. A self - administration questionnaire adopted from WHO stepwise surveillance tool was used for data collection. Results: Findings of the study revealed five determinants of type 2 diabetes mellitus grouped as the socio-demographic determinants, levels of physical activities, types of diets, arterial blood pressure and body weight and types of combination antiretroviral therapies used in HIV/AIDS therapy. In addition the association of type 2 DM with HIV was shown to include ARV complications, number of years on ARVS and the tri-therapy versus fixed dose combination. Conclusion: Type 2 DM is a major complication of ARVS experienced by the cases at n=108 (61%) compared to others such as lipodystrophy n=10 (5.6%), skin disorders n=7 (3.9%) and bad dreams n=2 (1%). Consequently a multi-morbidity situation co-exists among the cases creating as shift from as single disease to a multiple-disease focus namely ARVS, anti-DM, anti-HPT etc. Recommendations on the HIV/AIDS and type 2 DM awareness and care intervention strategy were made to improve the health outcomes of type 2 DM patients in HIV/AIDS context in OR Tambo District.
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Diagnostic performance of several biomarkers for identification of cases of non-communicable diseases among Central Africans

Diurnal variation of steroid hormones and their reference intervals using mass spectrometric analysis

English Language Learning strategies (LLS) used by WSU students: a study of Potsdam Branch students of Buffalo City Campus

  • Authors: Winfred Dwamena Aboagye
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Education
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis, Doctoral, PhD
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2179 , vital:40910
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First-episode psychosis and substance use in an acute mental health unit

Implementing a total reward strategy in selected South African municipal organisations

  • Authors: Patrick W. Bwowe , Newlin Marongwe
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: Journal Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4233 , vital:44048
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POLYMETHYLHYDROSILOXANE REDUCTION OF CARBONYL FUNCTION CATALYSED BY TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE

Predictors of consent to cell line creation and immortalisation in a South African schizophrenia genomics study

Students’ understanding of geometry terminology through the lens of Van Hiele theory

  • Authors: Jogymol Alex , Kuttikkattu J. Mammen
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: Journal Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4703 , vital:44164
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Teaching Experiences in Overcrowded classes in Secondary Schools of one education district in South Africa

  • Authors: Sitoza Menzani
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Educational Management
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis, D Ed
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2221 , vital:40918
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The Folktale and Social Values in Traditional Africa

  • Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: folktales; social values; Africa; positive change; ethical behaviour
  • Language: English
  • Type: Journal Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2704 , vital:42325
  • Description: Africans, like people elsewhere in the world, have a set of values which they consider worthwhile and necessary for the preservation and wellbeing of their culture. In this way, it may be said that societal values are embodied in and communicated by its system of education and that the education that a society offers its youth reflects the sum total of what is held dear in that society. In many African societies, an important aspect of traditional education is concerned with teaching oral literature using folktales, riddles and proverbs which aim at moulding character and providing children with moral values like honesty, integrity, courage and solidarity. This paper examines the relevance of folktales to the promotion of social values in Africa by demonstrating how folktales can open a window of understanding to a community’s social norms, values, thoughts, concepts and ideas with a view to drawing implications for positive change. It is predicated on the assumption that African folktales, with a particular focus on Cameroon, promote social and ethical values, provide human understanding, facilitate the elimination of anti-social behaviour and help with social identity construction. The point is that folktales, as a form of oral literature, draw their material from the realities of society and hence reflect people’s values and worldview. As a result, folktales are often used as a vehicle for transmitting and preserving shared values and collective experience. The paper concludes by observing that despite the preponderance of modern means of entertainment in Africa, storytelling persists. Contemporary African folktales are imaginatively refined for the purpose of injecting new meanings, ideas and values, based on society’s contemporary experiences and relations.
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Turnover of benthic macroinvertebrates along the Mthatha River, Eastern Cape, South Africa: implications for water quality bio-monitoring using indicator species

  • Authors: Augustine Niba , Selunathi Sakwe
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: Journal Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4272 , vital:44058
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Twenty-four-hour oesophageal pH studies in rural Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

  • Authors: E J Ndebia , A M Sammon
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: Journal Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4751 , vital:44186
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UNPRECEDENTED ALKYLATION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS BY BORON TRIFLUORIDE ETHERATE

Violence, abuse and discrimination: key factors militating against control of HIV/AIDS among the LGBTI sector

Ageing, exposure to pollution, and interactions between climate change and local seasons as oxidant conditions predicting incident hematologic malignancy at KINSHASA University clinics, Democratic Republic of CONGO (DRC)

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