Protocol for a prospective descriptive prevalence study of catatonia in an acute mental health unit in urban South Africa
- Zingela, Zukiswa, Cronje, Johan, Fink, Max, van Wyk, Stephanus, Stroud, Louise
- Authors: Zingela, Zukiswa , Cronje, Johan , Fink, Max , van Wyk, Stephanus , Stroud, Louise
- Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4610 , vital:44142
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- Authors: Zingela, Zukiswa , Cronje, Johan , Fink, Max , van Wyk, Stephanus , Stroud, Louise
- Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4610 , vital:44142
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On the Derivation of Nonclassical Symmetries of the Black–Scholes Equation via an Equivalence Transformation
- Authors: Winter Sinkala
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4335 , vital:44106
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- Authors: Winter Sinkala
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4335 , vital:44106
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Studying a Tumor Growth Partial Differential Equation via the Black–Scholes Equation
- Winter Sinkala, Tembinkosi F. Nkalashe
- Authors: Winter Sinkala , Tembinkosi F. Nkalashe
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4551 , vital:44132
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- Authors: Winter Sinkala , Tembinkosi F. Nkalashe
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4551 , vital:44132
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Some Remarks on the Solution of Linearisable Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations via Point Transformations
- Authors: Winter Sinkala
- Date: 2020
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4314 , vital:44091
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- Authors: Winter Sinkala
- Date: 2020
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4314 , vital:44091
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Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guidelines for antiretroviral therapy in adults: 2020 update
- Venter, Willem D F, Woods, Joana F, Rosie Burton, John M. Black, Graeme Meintjes, Natasha E.C.G. Davies, Gary Maartens, Sipho Dlamini, Jeremy Nel, Eric Hefer, Moeketsi T. Mathe, Mahomed-Yunus Moosa, Muhangwi B. Mulaudzi, Michelle Moorhouse, Jennifer Nash, Thandeka C. Nkonyane, Wolfgang Preiser, Mohammed S. Rassool, David Stead, Helen van der Plas, Cloete van Vuuren
- Authors: Venter, Willem D F , Woods, Joana F , Rosie Burton , John M. Black , Graeme Meintjes , Natasha E.C.G. Davies , Gary Maartens , Sipho Dlamini , Jeremy Nel , Eric Hefer , Moeketsi T. Mathe , Mahomed-Yunus Moosa , Muhangwi B. Mulaudzi , Michelle Moorhouse , Jennifer Nash , Thandeka C. Nkonyane , Wolfgang Preiser , Mohammed S. Rassool , David Stead , Helen van der Plas , Cloete van Vuuren
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4280 , vital:44078
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Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guidelines for antiretroviral therapy in adults: 2020 update
- Authors: Venter, Willem D F , Woods, Joana F , Rosie Burton , John M. Black , Graeme Meintjes , Natasha E.C.G. Davies , Gary Maartens , Sipho Dlamini , Jeremy Nel , Eric Hefer , Moeketsi T. Mathe , Mahomed-Yunus Moosa , Muhangwi B. Mulaudzi , Michelle Moorhouse , Jennifer Nash , Thandeka C. Nkonyane , Wolfgang Preiser , Mohammed S. Rassool , David Stead , Helen van der Plas , Cloete van Vuuren
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4280 , vital:44078
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Body dysmorphic disorder: A diagnostic challenge in adolescence
- Thungana, Yanga, Moxley, Karis, Lachman, Anusha
- Authors: Thungana, Yanga , Moxley, Karis , Lachman, Anusha
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4831 , vital:44284
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- Authors: Thungana, Yanga , Moxley, Karis , Lachman, Anusha
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4831 , vital:44284
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First-episode psychosis and substance use in an acute mental health unit
- Thungana, Yanga, Zingela, Zukiswa, van Wyk, Stefan
- Authors: Thungana, Yanga , Zingela, Zukiswa , van Wyk, Stefan
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4759 , vital:44187
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- Authors: Thungana, Yanga , Zingela, Zukiswa , van Wyk, Stefan
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4759 , vital:44187
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The Role of T Helper 17 (Th17) and Regulatory T Cells (Treg) in the Pathogenesis of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis among HIV-Infected Women
- Teke Apalata, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza
- Authors: Teke Apalata , Benjamin Longo-Mbenza
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4363 , vital:44109
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- Authors: Teke Apalata , Benjamin Longo-Mbenza
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4363 , vital:44109
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Successful use of an improvised bubble CPAP device for severe respiratory distress caused by pulmonary tuberculosis
- Tabitha Nadishani Meyer, Dudley Meyera, Hans Jurgen Hendriksa
- Authors: Tabitha Nadishani Meyer , Dudley Meyera , Hans Jurgen Hendriksa
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4120 , vital:44027
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- Authors: Tabitha Nadishani Meyer , Dudley Meyera , Hans Jurgen Hendriksa
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4120 , vital:44027
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Successful use of an improvised bubble CPAP device for severe respiratory distress caused by pulmonary tuberculosis
- Tabitha Nadishani Meyer, Gareth Dudley Meyer, Hans Jurgen Hendriks
- Authors: Tabitha Nadishani Meyer , Gareth Dudley Meyer , Hans Jurgen Hendriks
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3744 , vital:43942
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- Authors: Tabitha Nadishani Meyer , Gareth Dudley Meyer , Hans Jurgen Hendriks
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3744 , vital:43942
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Dataset and ANN model prediction of performance of graphene nanolubricant with R600a in domestic refrigerator system
- T.O. Babarinde a, S.A. Akinlabi, D.M. Madyira, F.M. Ekundayo, P.A. Adedeji
- Authors: T.O. Babarinde a , S.A. Akinlabi , D.M. Madyira , F.M. Ekundayo , P.A. Adedeji
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4144 , vital:44030
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- Authors: T.O. Babarinde a , S.A. Akinlabi , D.M. Madyira , F.M. Ekundayo , P.A. Adedeji
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4144 , vital:44030
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Neuropsychiatric Genetics of African Populations-Psychosis (NeuroGAPPsychosis): a case-control study protocol and GWAS in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda
- Stevenson, Anne, Zingela, Zukiswa, Akena, Dickens, Stroud, Rocky E, Atwoli, Lukoye, Campbell, Megan M, Chibnik, Lori B, Kwobah, Edith, Kariuki, Symon M, Martin, Alicia R, de Menil, Victoria, Newton, Charles R J C, Sibeko, Goodman, Stein, Dan J, Teferra, Solomon, Koenen, Karestan C
- Authors: Stevenson, Anne , Zingela, Zukiswa , Akena, Dickens , Stroud, Rocky E , Atwoli, Lukoye , Campbell, Megan M , Chibnik, Lori B , Kwobah, Edith , Kariuki, Symon M , Martin, Alicia R , de Menil, Victoria , Newton, Charles R J C , Sibeko, Goodman , Stein, Dan J , Teferra, Solomon , Koenen, Karestan C
- Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4594 , vital:44137
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- Authors: Stevenson, Anne , Zingela, Zukiswa , Akena, Dickens , Stroud, Rocky E , Atwoli, Lukoye , Campbell, Megan M , Chibnik, Lori B , Kwobah, Edith , Kariuki, Symon M , Martin, Alicia R , de Menil, Victoria , Newton, Charles R J C , Sibeko, Goodman , Stein, Dan J , Teferra, Solomon , Koenen, Karestan C
- Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4594 , vital:44137
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An Evaluation of the Role of an Intermediate Care Facility in the Continuum of Care in Western Cape, South Africa
- Sikhumbuzo A. Mabunda, Leslie London, David Pienaar
- Authors: Sikhumbuzo A. Mabunda , Leslie London , David Pienaar
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4888 , vital:44299
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- Authors: Sikhumbuzo A. Mabunda , Leslie London , David Pienaar
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4888 , vital:44299
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Investigation of the effects of selected bio-based carburising agents on mechanical and microstructural characteristics of gray cast iron
- Salawu, Enesi Y, Akinlabi, Esther, Inegbenebo, Anthony O, Ajayi, Oluseyi O, Akinlabi, Stephen, Popoola, A P I, Uyo, U O
- Authors: Salawu, Enesi Y , Akinlabi, Esther , Inegbenebo, Anthony O , Ajayi, Oluseyi O , Akinlabi, Stephen , Popoola, A P I , Uyo, U O
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4735 , vital:44172
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- Authors: Salawu, Enesi Y , Akinlabi, Esther , Inegbenebo, Anthony O , Ajayi, Oluseyi O , Akinlabi, Stephen , Popoola, A P I , Uyo, U O
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4735 , vital:44172
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Risk factors and outcomes of acute kidney injury in South African critically ill adults: a prospective cohort study
- Ryan E. Aylward, Elizabeth van der Merwe, Sisa Pazi, Minette van Niekerk, Jason Ensor, Debbie Baker, Robert J. Freercks
- Authors: Ryan E. Aylward , Elizabeth van der Merwe , Sisa Pazi , Minette van Niekerk , Jason Ensor , Debbie Baker , Robert J. Freercks
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4465 , vital:44122
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- Authors: Ryan E. Aylward , Elizabeth van der Merwe , Sisa Pazi , Minette van Niekerk , Jason Ensor , Debbie Baker , Robert J. Freercks
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4465 , vital:44122
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Peer-Assisted Learning Programme: Supporting Students in High-Risk Subjects at the Mechanical Engineering Department at Walter Sisulu University
- Authors: Qonda Makala
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: peer-assisted learning; peer-assisted learning leaders; at-risk students; mechanical engineering; university of technology
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2433 , vital:41883
- Description: The majority of the students who enroll at the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in South Africa are not equipped with the necessary academic/learning skills to cope with the university environment, especially in Mechanical Engineering. The Department of Higher Education and Training (2013, p. 17), further states that “students’ support is crucial to ensure that students adapt to the demands of college life and that they can meet the demands of college programmes”. Particularly in South Africa, the school environment might also contribute to poor student performance as a result of insufficient student support, and a lack of facilities and resources. In order to address this gap, a Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) programme was implemented to provide support targeting high-risk subjects for at-risk students in Mechanical Engineering at WSU. The programme therefore is pro-active and student-driven in that senior students assist junior students with their academic work and learning processes. The programme is designed to encourage collaborative and cooperative learning approaches during group sessions and active student engagement to support student learning (Laal & Laal, 2012). The programme requires substantial resources and time commitments. It is important from an operational, learning, and student perspective to understand in what ways the PAL programme assists students (if at all). Eliciting the experiences of students also helps the department to design interventions from a student-centred perspective using the lens of learning theories. This qualitative case study explores the student experience of the Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) programme. Open-ended questionnaires/survey from 20 first-year students elicited their perceptions and experiences of the PAL programme. Responses were analysed thematically. Findings indicated that the students had useful insights that may contribute to revising the programme. Aspects mentioned were improved study skills, improved time management, and improved communication, problem-solving and presentation skills. The study suggests that the PAL programme also creates a safe (where students of the same age come together to discuss concepts of the subject under the guidance of the senior student as an experienced student), comfortable and conducive environment for first-year students’ learning. However, the gender dynamics within the programme point to revisions needed in the programme to address the gap on the gender balance as only six out of the twenty participants in this study were female. The study contributes to our understanding of aspects of PAL for first-year Mechanical Engineering students at WSU, as it affords students the opportunity to interpret, integrate and apply information/knowledge acquired during lectures and to interact effectively in small-group sessions.
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- Authors: Qonda Makala
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: peer-assisted learning; peer-assisted learning leaders; at-risk students; mechanical engineering; university of technology
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2433 , vital:41883
- Description: The majority of the students who enroll at the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in South Africa are not equipped with the necessary academic/learning skills to cope with the university environment, especially in Mechanical Engineering. The Department of Higher Education and Training (2013, p. 17), further states that “students’ support is crucial to ensure that students adapt to the demands of college life and that they can meet the demands of college programmes”. Particularly in South Africa, the school environment might also contribute to poor student performance as a result of insufficient student support, and a lack of facilities and resources. In order to address this gap, a Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) programme was implemented to provide support targeting high-risk subjects for at-risk students in Mechanical Engineering at WSU. The programme therefore is pro-active and student-driven in that senior students assist junior students with their academic work and learning processes. The programme is designed to encourage collaborative and cooperative learning approaches during group sessions and active student engagement to support student learning (Laal & Laal, 2012). The programme requires substantial resources and time commitments. It is important from an operational, learning, and student perspective to understand in what ways the PAL programme assists students (if at all). Eliciting the experiences of students also helps the department to design interventions from a student-centred perspective using the lens of learning theories. This qualitative case study explores the student experience of the Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) programme. Open-ended questionnaires/survey from 20 first-year students elicited their perceptions and experiences of the PAL programme. Responses were analysed thematically. Findings indicated that the students had useful insights that may contribute to revising the programme. Aspects mentioned were improved study skills, improved time management, and improved communication, problem-solving and presentation skills. The study suggests that the PAL programme also creates a safe (where students of the same age come together to discuss concepts of the subject under the guidance of the senior student as an experienced student), comfortable and conducive environment for first-year students’ learning. However, the gender dynamics within the programme point to revisions needed in the programme to address the gap on the gender balance as only six out of the twenty participants in this study were female. The study contributes to our understanding of aspects of PAL for first-year Mechanical Engineering students at WSU, as it affords students the opportunity to interpret, integrate and apply information/knowledge acquired during lectures and to interact effectively in small-group sessions.
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Implementing a total reward strategy in selected South African municipal organisations
- Patrick W. Bwowe, Newlin Marongwe
- 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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- 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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Diurnal variation of steroid hormones and their reference intervals using mass spectrometric analysis
- Parikh, T P, Stolze, B, Ozarda, Y, Jonklaas, J, Welsh, K, Masika, L, Hill, M, DeCherney, A, Soldin, S J
- Authors: Parikh, T P , Stolze, B , Ozarda, Y , Jonklaas, J , Welsh, K , Masika, L , Hill, M , DeCherney, A , Soldin, S J
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/5224 , vital:44411
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- Authors: Parikh, T P , Stolze, B , Ozarda, Y , Jonklaas, J , Welsh, K , Masika, L , Hill, M , DeCherney, A , Soldin, S J
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/5224 , vital:44411
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Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa
- Authors: Oluwakemi Laguda-Akingba
- Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4505 , vital:44127
- Description: Continued uncontrolled transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in many parts of the world is creating conditions for substantial evolutionary changes to the virus1,2. Here we describe a newly arisen lineage of SARS-CoV-2 (designated 501Y.V2; also known as B.1.351 or 20H) that is defined by eight mutations in the spike protein, including three substitutions (K417N, E484K and N501Y) at residues in its receptor-binding domain that may have functional importance3–5. This lineage was identified in South Africa after the first wave of the epidemic in a severely affected metropolitan area (Nelson Mandela Bay) that is located on the coast of the Eastern Cape province. This lineage spread rapidly, and became dominant in Eastern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu– Natal provinces within weeks. Although the full import of the mutations is yet to be determined, the genomic data—which show rapid expansion and displacement of other lineages in several regions—suggest that this lineage is associated with a selection advantage that most plausibly results from increased transmissibility or immune escape6–8.
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- Authors: Oluwakemi Laguda-Akingba
- Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4505 , vital:44127
- Description: Continued uncontrolled transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in many parts of the world is creating conditions for substantial evolutionary changes to the virus1,2. Here we describe a newly arisen lineage of SARS-CoV-2 (designated 501Y.V2; also known as B.1.351 or 20H) that is defined by eight mutations in the spike protein, including three substitutions (K417N, E484K and N501Y) at residues in its receptor-binding domain that may have functional importance3–5. This lineage was identified in South Africa after the first wave of the epidemic in a severely affected metropolitan area (Nelson Mandela Bay) that is located on the coast of the Eastern Cape province. This lineage spread rapidly, and became dominant in Eastern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu– Natal provinces within weeks. Although the full import of the mutations is yet to be determined, the genomic data—which show rapid expansion and displacement of other lineages in several regions—suggest that this lineage is associated with a selection advantage that most plausibly results from increased transmissibility or immune escape6–8.
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Knowledge Policing: Re-conceptualizing Ogun in Peter Omoko’s Battles of Pleasure and Roy-Omoni’s Morontonu
- Olutoba Gboyega Oluwasuji,, Sone Mirabeau Enongene
- Authors: Olutoba Gboyega Oluwasuji, , Sone Mirabeau Enongene
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Coloniality, Decolonial Epistemic Perspective, Knowledge Policing, Ogun, Yoruba
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2688 , vital:42323
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- Authors: Olutoba Gboyega Oluwasuji, , Sone Mirabeau Enongene
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Coloniality, Decolonial Epistemic Perspective, Knowledge Policing, Ogun, Yoruba
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2688 , vital:42323
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