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Idiopathic acquired progressive left facial hemiatrophy (Parry-Romberg syndrome) in a 21-year-old man in semi-urban, south-west Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: FA Imarhiagbe --- Department of Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Nigeria AO Adeoti --- Department of Medicine, NigeriaIdiopathic progressive hemifacial atrophy, or Parry-Romberg syndrome, is a rare entity, seldom described in medical texts. Though first described in 1825, as yet there are no clear-cut diagnostic criteria. It is of interest mainly because of the numerous features with... -
Normative indications for Xhosa speaking unskilled workers on the Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure Test
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ann Shuttleworth-Edwards --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Heinrich De Kock --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Sarah Radloff --- Department of Statistics, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to establish normative indications for the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (RCF) copy, incidental recall and delayed recall tasks, administered in English on a non-clinical population of Xhosa, unskilled workers (N = 33) (females n = 21; males n = 12), with... -
Rhetoric and anthropology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Philippe-Joseph Salazar --- Centre for Rhetoric Studies, Department of Social Anthropology, South AfricaThis essay deals with the relationship between rhetoric and anthropology, along three main lines of argument. The author offers reflections on the relationship between the two fields, highlighting contentious intersections, as in the case of the French anthropological tradition. He... -
BMI-based figure rating scale (FRS) as an adjunctive aid in nutritional screening and assessment in a resource-limited setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: E van Tonder --- , South Africa N Dihawa --- , South AfricaObjectives: Many existing malnutrition screening and diagnostic tools require body mass index (BMI) and quantification of weight change to detect malnutrition or risk thereof. This is often a challenge in South African public hospitals due to missing data, including patient... -
‘Yo Dumbfucks!’: Problematising “Transgressive” White Humour and the Use of Blackface in the Artworks of South African Visual Artist Anton Kannemeyer
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Sharlene Khan --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaSince the early 1990s, blackface has seen a resurgence in South Africa. In 2010, Pappa in Afrika, the artwork of White Afrikaner artist Anton Kannemeyer elicited public criticism. Interrogating Kannemeyer’s Pappa in Afrika, this paper questions assumptions of blackface’s parodic... -
Dynamic capability and competitive advantage of event management ventures in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Rebecca Chelagat Cheruon --- Moi University, Kenya Jacqueline Cheptepkeny Korir --- Moi University, KenyaEvent management in the hospitality industry came into being because many corporate firms, families and friends asked hotels to organise their gatherings. For corporate firms, these events are considered training programmes, meetings, or conferences. For families, events include weddings, birthday...