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‘Read me to resilience’: Exploring the use of cultural stories to boost the positive adjustment of children orphaned by AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lesley Wood --- Faculty of Education Sciences, South Africa Linda Theron --- Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Nokhanyo Mayaba --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThe study explored whether and how culturally sensitive stories can encourage resilience in young children orphaned by AIDS. The purpose of the investigation was allied to the paradigm of positive psychology, which focuses on the promotion of potential strengths to... -
The Folktale and Social Values in Traditional Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone --- Department of Arts (English), South AfricaAfricans, 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... -
Negotiating Cultural Transformation in the Performance Practice of Narratives in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Nancy Abigael Masasabi --- , KenyaCulture is never static but continues to change. The narrative is one of the prosaic performances in cultures with an oral tradition. Such prosaic performances are culture bearers and signifiers. Change in societal setup has affected the contexts within which...