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Key determinants of AIDS impact in Southern sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Wayne Xavier ShanderaTo investigate why Southern sub-Saharan Africa is more severely impacted by HIV and AIDS than other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, I conducted a review of the literature that assessed viral, host and transmission (societal) factors. This narrative review evaluates: 1)... -
HIV/AIDS and auditory function in adults: the need for intensified research in the developing world
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Katijah Khoza-Shangase --- , South AfricaThis article reviews published research on auditory function in HIV-infected adults, while also highlighting the need for intensified research on this topic in Africa. It begins with an introduction to the effects of HIV disease and treatment on the auditory... -
HIV/AIDS and mental health research in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Erica Breuer --- , South Africa Landon Myer --- , South Africa Helen Struthers --- , South Africa JohnA Joska --- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, South AfricaThe relationship between mental illness and HIV/AIDS is complex and bidirectional. A significant amount of research has been performed in high-income countries but less is known about HIV and mental health in sub-Saharan Africa. The objectives of the review were... -
A narrative review of research on the effects of physical activity on people living with HIV and opportunities for health promotion in disadvantaged settings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Clemens Ley --- , South Africa María Rato Barrio --- , South AfricaThe article explores different types and effects of physical activity for people living with HIV. Considering the lack of studies done in African contexts and the disparity between research settings and natural settings, a narrative review of the literature was... -
Media ownership and news framing: an analysis of HIV/AIDS coverage by Ugandan press
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: James Kiwanuka-Tondo --- Department of Communication, United States KellyF Albada --- Department of Communication, United States Fay Cobb Payton --- Department of Communication, United StatesApplying framing theory, the present research analyzes trends in Ugandan news coverage and the prominent issue frames for HIV/AIDS-related stories. In order to determine the influence of other factors, such as media ownership and journalist origin, nearly 800 articles, from... -
The mental health of people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa: a systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: René Brandt --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, Centre for Social Science Research, South AfricaThis paper reviews published quantitative research on the mental health of HIV-infected adults in Africa. Twentyseven articles published between 1994 and 2008 reported the results of 23 studies. Most studies found that about half of HIV-infected adults sampled had some... -
A model for understanding the relationship between stigma and healthcare-seeking behaviour among people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: NgoziC Mbonu --- Department of Health Promotion, The School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, The Netherlands Bart Van den Borne --- Department of Health Promotion, The School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, The Netherlands NanneK De Vries --- Department of Health Promotion, The School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, The NetherlandsPeople living with HIV or AIDS (PLHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa sometimes have care-seeking behaviours that result in a suboptimal quality of life. This paper seeks to examine the role of stigma in the care-seeking behaviour of PLHIV. We hypothesise that... -
The effects of mid- and late-rotation fertiliser application on tree growth and wood quality in softwood saw-timber stands: a critical review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: JM CampionThe economic benefits of mid- and late-rotation fertiliser application in saw-timber stands are well documented. These benefits are significantly related to a reduction in the length of the compound interest period over which the investment in fertiliser is carried, compared... -
“Dwelling-in-Travel”: Of Ships, Trains and Planes in M.G. Vassanji's Fiction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Tina Steiner --- English Department, South AfricaM.G. Vassanji's prominent thematic concerns of movement, diaspora, memory, and the formation of migrant subjectivities can be traced and apprehended by paying close attention to the intersecting paths across the Indian Ocean, across railroad tracks into various East African territories... -
The New (Asian) African: Politics and Creativity in the 1960s
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: M.G. Vassanji --- ,Just before independence, and in the years that followed in the 1960s, attempts were made by a professional Asian elite in the three East African countries to formulate a genuine African identity for the Asians; at the same time, in... -
Performance Poetry and Political Conscientization in the Horn of Africa: Examples from the Somali Bantu Jareer Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Mohamed A. Eno --- Dept. of African Studies, St Clements University Somalia; & Center for Research and Development, Omar A. Eno --- College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University, Oregon, USA; & Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies,Ever since the arrival of colonialism gained momentum in the country, Somali literature has been approached narrowly from the tutelage of the pastoral culture. Colonial as well as early Somali writers have taken the comfort of disdaining the study of... -
The Female Condition as Double Incarceration in Wambui Otieno's Mau Mau's Daughter
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Ken Walibora Waliaula --- Nation Media Group (NMG), KenyaFocusing on Kenyan freedom fighter Wambui Otieno's narrative Mau Mau's Daughter 1998), this article discusses the interplay between incarceration and the female condition. It bears clarifying that Otieno's narrative of confinement was written and published forty years after the fact... -
The Kenyan Consumer-Reader: Gender, Consumption, and Grace Ogot's Crisis of Authorship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Ariel Bookman --- English Department,Grace Ogot has been lauded for advancing equality for African women in her writing. However her contributions to crucial debates about African authorship and readership have not yet been acknowledged. In her English-language fiction, Ogot addressed her readers as consumers,... -
Regional Integration: Review of the Management Literature and Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada Kaitlyn DeGhetto --- Department of Management, College of Business Administration, USARegional integration is increasingly occurring in all corners of the world, and both domestic and multinational firms are facing the challenges and opportunities that accompany integration. In this article, we undertake a review of regional integration management literature and provide... -
Back to the future: reflections and directions of South African marine bioinvasion research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: ME Alexander --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa CA Simon --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa CL Griffiths --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa K Peters --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa S Sibanda --- Marine Programme, South Africa S Miza --- Marine Programme, South Africa B Groenewald --- Marine Programme, South Africa P Majiedt --- Marine Programme, South Africa KJ Sink --- Marine Programme, South Africa TB Robinson --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaBiological invasions continue to increase around the world, with impacts on many coastal marine systems. Here we review the South African marine invasion literature which, despite the field being relatively new, has grown to have significant presence in both the... -
The Illusion of Truth in Three Kenyan Crime Novels
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Larry Ndivo --- Department of Linguistics & Languages, KenyaFocusing on crime autobiography in Kenya, this article reads John Kiriamiti’s three novels, My Life in Crime (1984), My Life with a Criminal: Milly’s Story (1989) and My Life in Prison (2004) to argue that although the writer adopts confession... -
Popular, Commercial or Didactic? Some Notes on Fasihi Pendwa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Mikhail Gromov --- School of Humanities and Social Sciences, KenyaThe purpose of this article is to outline a number of specific traits intrinsic to a literary phenomenon that is known as fasihi pendwa (relative Kiswahili equivalent of the term “popular literature”). The article uses as research material popular writing... -
The Archiving of Siti Binti Saad and her Engagement with the Music Industry in Shaaban Robert’s Wasifu wa Siti Binti Saad
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Imani Sanga --- Department of Creative Arts, TanzaniaThis essay discusses the representation of a Zanzibari legendary taarab female singer, Siti Binti Saad, in Shaaban Robert’s Wasifu wa Siti Binti Saad [Biography of Siti Binti Saad]. It examines the role Robert’s Wasifu plays in the archiving of Siti... -
Rerouting the Postcolonial from an East African Perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Alex Nelungo Wanjala --- Department of Literature & Sub-Department of French, KenyaSome postcolonial critics have recently called for a rerouting of the postcolonial study of literature due to what they perceive as increased globalization that affects the identity and worldview of the subject. Various critics have also called for attention to... -
HIV care and treatment experiences among female sex workers living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kathryn E. Lancaster --- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, USA Dana Cernigliaro --- Department of Health, Behavior and Society, USA Rose Zulliger --- Department of Health, Behavior and Society, USA Paul F. Fleming --- Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, USAFemale sex workers (FSW) living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa have poor engagement to HIV care and treatment. Understanding the HIV care and treatment engagement experiences of FSW has important implications for interventions to enhance care and treatment outcomes. We... -
Writing (as) Africans — French Fiction Between Empathy and Orientalism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Oana Panaïté --- Department of French and Italian, United StatesThis article examines the impact colonial ideology and discursive practices have on French writing about Africa. I begin by examining the constitution and reiteration of a series of defining scenes such as the momentous departure for the African colonies and... -
Converting Achebe’s Africa for the New Tanzanian: Things Fall Apart in Swahili Translation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Meg Arenberg --- Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies, USAGiven the centrality of Chinua Achebe’s work in the early debates surrounding language choice in African fiction and Achebe’s own claims about the necessary transformation of English in representing African reality, what happens when his most acclaimed and archetypal novel... -
Constructing a positive narrative for African sport consumerism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frederick W. Stander --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaSport consumerism is a burgeoning field of practice and serves both the utilitarian and behaviouristic goals. The utilitarian aspects are aligned to derivatives of value generated through the sport consumption effort. Behaviourism in the consumer context suggests a communal narrative,... -
Molecular research on the systematically challenging smoothhound shark genus Mustelus: a synthesis of the past 30 years
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SN Maduna --- Molecular Breeding and Biodiversity Group, Department of Genetics, South Africa AE Bester-van der Merwe --- Molecular Breeding and Biodiversity Group, Department of Genetics, South AfricaThe species-rich genus Mustelus (smoothhounds) of the shark family Triakidae is one of the most bio-economically important groups of elasmobranchs in the world’s oceans. Despite the commercial value of Mustelus, the systematics of the group remains largely unresolved and there... -
Overview and status of estuarine microphytobenthos ecological research in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: T Dalu --- Department of Ecology and Resource Management, South Africa JB Adams --- Department of Botany, South Africa JC Taylor --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa GC Bate --- Department of Botany, South Africa M Nunes --- Department of Botany, South Africa PW Froneman --- Department of Ecology and Resource Management, South Africa RJ Wasserman --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South AfricaThis article presents a historical overview of estuarine microphytobenthos (MPB) research in South Africa published over the period 1950 to the present, highlighting major milestones, challenges and estuarine management problems, as well as future research needs within the South African... -
Childhood sexual abuse trauma-causing dynamics experienced by women survivors: A scoping literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marinda Henning --- School of Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Hayley J. Walker-Williams --- School of Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Ansie Fouché --- School of Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThis scoping literature review reports on the major themes to emerge from 23 retrospective studies on the trauma-causing dynamics experienced by women survivors of a historical childhood sexual abuse (CSA) trauma. We identified the studies from searching the following data... -
Trends and themes in African ornithology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Colin M Beale --- Department of Biology, UKOrnithology in Africa has a long history. I review trends in the ornithological literature since 1990 within the context of the 14th Pan-African Ornithological Congress. Using full text searches of papers on PubMed® and abstracts from main ornithological journals I... -
Migritude’s Decolonial Lessons
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Neelofer Qadir --- Department of English, USAIn this essay, I trace the deep time of the Indian Ocean through and against which Shailja Patel fabulates the notion of migritude and, in particular, what its valences are for solidarities between black and brown Kenyans and other south-south... -
Paratext and the Making of YA Fiction Genre: The Repoussoir
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Jane Wangari Wakarindi --- African Literature, South AfricaThis paper is premised on the assumption that Young Adult Literature (YAL) is a relatively new development in Kenya, having been neglected both in research and production of books that promote the Young Adult Fiction (YAF) genre. The genre has... -
Gnomic Poetry and Innovation in Euphrase Kezilahabi’s Dhifa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Ahmad Kipacha --- The Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science & Technology, TanzaniaEuphrase Kezilahabi can be truly regarded as belonging to that category of poets in the world of creative writing who is innovative. This paper seeks to affirm that assertion by providing evidence of creativity and innovation in ‘gnomic’ poetry in... -
The Role of Mrisho Mpoto’s Songs in Developing Oral Literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Evans Makhulo --- Department of Linguistics and Languages, KenyaThis paper investigates the contribution of Mrisho Mpoto’s songs in developing oral literature. It does so by examining the role of oral literature and evaluating the extent to which his songs advance the said role. Furthermore, we propose to show... -
Artificial intelligence in today’s hotel revenue management: opportunities and risks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Thomas Millauer --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Matthijs Vellekoop --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsThe implementation of revenue management in the hospitality industry has significantly increased in the past years. It started in the rooms departments and is slowly evolving to be further used for conference and event spaces, as well as food and... -
Tatamkhulu Afrika, Queer Heroism, Triangulated Forms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Michelle Decker --- , USATatamkhulu Afrika, lauded writer and South African activist, over the course of his life suffered imprisonments under the Nazis and the apartheid state; he also changed his name five times and won almost every literary award in South Africa. Afrika’s... -
Teaching Canadian Literature in the University of Nairobi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Muchugu Kiiru --- , KenyaThis paper discusses experiences of teaching Canadian literature in the Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, Kenya. For a long time, the University of Nairobi syllabus required that teaching Canadian literature, or any foreign literature for that matter, should be... -
Innovation activities of informal micro-enterprises in Gauteng, South Africa: A systematic review of the literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lavhelesani Mulibana --- , Republic of South Africa Ravinder Rena --- , Republic of South AfricaThe literature revealed that 70–80% of South African small businesses, including informal micro-enterprises, fail in the first year of their existence. Innovation has been recognized as a catalyst that can enhance informal micro-enterprises’ probabilities to survive and transform them from... -
Reflecting and Reflexing on Book Awards: A Case Study of the Burt Award
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Mpale Yvonne Mwansasu Silkiluwasha --- , Republic of TanzaniaThis paper studies the Burt Award, as a representation of Book awards, for the purpose of analysing complexities surrounding literary prizes as pointed by various scholars. Taking into consideration James English’s observation that prizes demonstrate how modes of capital are... -
Parrésia and the Business of Publishing Contemporary Nigerian Literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Aliyu Sakariyau Alabi --- , NigeriaThis article explores the dynamics and tensions between literature and publishing through the lens of a Lagos-based publishing company, Parrésia, that began publishing in 2012, considering the ways in which its outputs have been shaped in particular ways by its... -
What is Literary Activism? (Or Who keeps the housekeepers’ house?)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire --- , USAIn August 2016, a four-day workshop brought together emerging and established African curators in Kampala under the label, the Arts Managers and Literary Entrepreneurs Workshop (AMLEW) to share knowledge and skills. In 2017, the name of the workshop changed to... -
Trauma, History and Desire in the Indian Ocean Imaginary. A Reading of M.G. Vassanji’s The Book of Secrets as Material Culture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Esther Pujolràs-Noguer --- , SpainWe can determine small truths about what happened in the past, but they coalesce into a large falsehood Jules David Prown ‘Trauma, History and Desire in the Indian Ocean Imaginary. A Reading of M.G. Vassanji’s The Book of Secrets as... -
Modernisation from the Shadows: Conspiracy, Monasticism and Techno-Utopia in the Amharic novel Dertogada
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Sara Marzagora --- , UK Tom Boylston --- , UKThe Amharic novel Dertogada (2009) was a smash hit in Ethiopia, launching Yismake Worku’s career as one of the most popular Amharic writers of the last decade. This paper explores Dertogada’s huge cultural influence by tracing its unique synthesis between... -
Decolonising and Africanising the Spanish studies curriculum under emergency online teaching: introducing Equatorial Guinean literature in South African higher education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nereida Ripero-Muñiz --- , South Africa Thato Senabe --- , South Africa Musa Maseko --- , South Africa Yolanda Reigadas --- , South AfricaThis is a reflective piece that explores the process of creating and implementing a new course at the University of the Witwatersrand on the literature of Equatorial Guinea under emergency online teaching that took place in 2020 due to the... -
Why and to Where does Ajany Run? Culture and Femininity in Yvonne Owuor’s Dust
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Esther K. Mbithi --- , Kenya Julia Njeri Karumba --- , KenyaLaunched around the time Kenya was marking fifty years of independence, Yvonne Owuor’s Dust has been described as a ‘cultural inheritance.’ It portrays a collection of colourful characters who laugh at themselves in their search for some sense of belonging... -
Impact of COVID-19 on the global hospitality industry: a brief review of current academic literature and meta-analysis to determine primary qualitative themes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: David S Fowler --- , USAThe purpose of this study is to examine the current literature pertaining to the impact of COVID-19 on the global hospitality industry. The research has a two-fold approach. First, a succinct examination of the literature highlights the significant negative effects... -
Guidelines for conducting rapid reviews in psychology research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ryan Evan du Toit --- North-West University, South Africa Werner de Klerk --- North-West University, South AfricaVarious guidelines are available to conduct rapid reviews. However, inconsistencies regarding the methodological practices are prevalent. Following a literature review process, the following databases were searched for guidelines on conducting rapid reviews in psychology: Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, Cochrane Database... -
Transhumance pastoralism in West Africa – its importance, policies and challenges
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Eric Cofie Timpong-Jones --- Livestock and Poultry Research Centre (LIPREC), University of Ghana, Ghana Igshaan Samuels --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Felix Owusu Sarkwa --- Livestock and Poultry Research Centre (LIPREC), University of Ghana, Ghana Kwame Oppong-Anane --- Oporhu Agricultural and Rural Development Consultancy Ltd, Ghana Ayodele Oluwakemi Majekodumni --- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), NigeriaThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recognises transhumance pastoralism as a beneficial livestock production system that can contribute to food security together with economic and political stability. Thus, the subregional bloc put together the ECOWAS Protocol on Transhumance... -
Navigating Interiorised Dissonance: Somali Women’s Identity, Agency and The Language of Apparel in Nadifa Mohamed’s The Orchard of Lost Souls
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: R.J. Lim --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaNadifa Mohamed wrote The Orchard of Lost Souls with the impetus of foregrounding Somali women’s intimate experiences throughout the social and political upheaval during the prelude to the Somaliland-Somalia civil war. The Somali people’s centuries-cultivated homogeneity through culture and way... -
Silence, the Unsaid and the Unsayable in Yvonne Vera’s The Stone Virgins
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Nicklas Hållén --- Karlstad University and Uppsala University,The primary aim of this article is to think through how silence can be considered as generating meaning in literary prose. For this purpose, the article focuses on Zimbabwean author Yvonne Vera’s last novel, The Stone Virgins (2002a), which has... -
What Science Can You Teach Without Language? A Conversation with Timothy Wangusa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Patrick Mangeni --- Makerere University, UgandaThis biographical dialogue with Timothy Wangusa explores the interface between indigenous culture, Christianity and education in Uganda, how this disrupted the indigenous cultural base and practice and continued to inform and impact lives and culture in Uganda. It interrogates the... -
A systematic literature review and mapping of systemic barriers to digital learning innovation in Africa in the context of changing global value chains
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Martin Mbaya* --- University of Pretoria, South Africa John Ouma-Mugabe --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaIn the context of COVID-19, universities, national innovation systems (NIS) and global value chains (GVCs), this paper explores systemic barriers (trends and factors) that influence digital learning innovation (DLI) in Africa. The study used the PRISMA framework and Scopus data... -
Strategy research in an African context: A systematic literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Gemechis Terfa Eticha --- Addis Ababa University College of Business and Economics, Ethiopia Olof Brunninge --- Jönköping International Business School, Sweden Workneh Kassa Tessema --- Addis Ababa University College of Business and Economics, EthiopiaThis article presents a systematic review of strategy research in Africa. The quantity of management research in general and strategy research in particular is growing on the continent, though from a low level. It is, however, characterized by a strong... -
A systematic literature review and plans for further study on smart mobile learning system acceptance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Aminu Hamza --- Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Yulita Hanum P. Iskandar --- Universiti Sains Malaysia, MalaysiaThis paper’s aim is to conduct a systematic review of the state of scholarly research on smart mobile learning acceptance (SMLS) and suggest areas for future research. Fifty-five papers from 2019 to 2022 were used for the systematic literature review... -
China–Africa relationships: A systematic literature review and future directions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Max C. Dike --- Leicester Castle Business School De Montfort University, UK Richard A. Owusu --- Linnaeus University School of Business, SwedenThe deepening engagements of China in Africa in the past three decades have recently led to an increase in academic interest in exploring China–Africa relationships. This paper presents a systematic review of the extant literature on China–Africa ties published during... -
Four decades of research on religious tourism: prevalent themes and future research area
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Vaishali Singh --- Tezpur University (Central), India Anjan Bhuyan --- Tezpur University (Central), IndiaThis study aims to review and provide a comprehensive analysis on religious tourism from 1979 to 2024. It conducts a systematic literature review using the SPAR-4-SLR protocol and other bibliometric analytical techniques. Using performance analysis, the study unpacks the research... -
Anticolonial Networks and Unbalances in Literary Journals and Bulletins: Mensagem, Présence Africaine and Black Orpheus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Noemi Alfieri --- CHAM, NOVA FCSH/UaC, PortugalThis paper looks at the connections between the editorial projects of Mensagem (edited in Lisbon, by Casa dos Estudantes do Império, 1948–1965), Présence Africaine (Paris, France and Dakar, Senegal, from 1947) and Black Orpheus (Ibadan, Nigeria, 1957–1975). It reflects on... -
People and rangelands: a review of the contribution of the African Journal of Range and Forage Science to advancing knowledge on the human dimensions of African rangelands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Wayne Twine --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThe social dimensions of rangeland systems are increasingly highlighted in international rangelands literature. This paper presents a systematic review of the African Journal of Range and Forage Science from 1966 to 2023 to evaluate its contributions to this scholarship. The... -
Factors influencing the adoption and usage of blockchain in e-commerce: A systematic literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mishir Roopnarain --- University of Witwatersrand, South Africa Samwel Dick Mwapwele --- University of Witwatersrand, South AfricaBusinesses using e-commerce are worried about their databases and client’s data security. Researchers have suggested businesses should adopt and use blockchain technology to address the security challenges in e-commerce. However, blockchain technology has flaws that inhibit acceptance, adoption, and usage... -
Social entrepreneurship in Africa: A systematic multilevel literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: David Littlewood --- Sheffield University Management School, UK Giacomo Ciambotti --- Faculty of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy Andrea Sottini --- Faculty of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, ItalyThis paper presents the findings of a systematic multi-level literature review of research on social entrepreneurship in Africa. Our review focuses on work from the last decade, since the first issue of the Africa Journal of Management was published, and... -
Factors influencing the quality of financial information: A systematic literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Masidivinga Landu --- University of Aveiro, Portugal Jorge H. Mota --- , Portugal António Carrizo Moreira --- , Portugal Ana Maria Bandeira --- Porto School of Accounting and Business (ISCAP), Polytechnic of Porto (P.PORTO); Center for Organisational and Social Studies (CEOS.PP), PortugalPurpose: This research seeks to identify the key factors influencing the quality of financial information within the context of globalisation and complex commercial transactions. -
Women and Femininity in Setswana Proverbs: Pragmatic Analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Kealeboga Aiseng --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaMany African cultures have been discredited, ridiculed and negated. This study offers a different perspective on understanding African cultures. The article visits one of the oldest forms of literature in African societies, oral literature, focusing on proverbs to unpack gender... -
Furo Wariboko’s Race Treason in Igoni Barrett’s Blackass
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Husamulddin Sabah Azeez Alfaisali --- Al-Ma’mon University College, IraqIn the realm of literature and cultural studies, the complex interplay of identity, race, and privilege has long been a subject of critical examination. Igoni Barrett’s novel Blackass (2015) provides a rich tapestry for such exploration, offering a unique narrative... -
Ghost gear crisis: the threat of ‘abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear’ (ALDFG)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: LA Odhiambo --- Directorate of Research and Innovation, Kenya F Kawaka --- Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya J Sande --- , KenyaAbandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), also known as ghost gear, represents one of the most under-addressed environmental threats. ALDFG is a problem because it is often non-biodegradable and continues to trap marine life long after the gear... -
Advancing scholarship where Africa-based scholars dominate: A systematic review of migrant entrepreneurship in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Clavis Nwehfor Fubah --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Helena Barnard --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaMigrant entrepreneurs are generally assumed to come from rather than settle in Africa. This paper systematically reviews scholarship on immigrant entrepreneurs operating on the continent, a topic of interest to Africans more than the general scholarly community. Using Scopus and... -
Ethnic leadership in Africa: A systematic literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Codou Samba --- The University of Tennessee, USA Phyllis Swanzy-Krah --- Universität Leipzig, Germany Charlotte Adjanor-Doku --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Isaac Delali Darke --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Baniyelme D. Zoogah --- McMaster University, CanadaThis paper presents a systematic literature review of ethnic leadership in Africa, analyzing 31 peer-reviewed articles published between 1960 and 2024 across multiple disciplines. We define ethnic leadership as the process by which individuals mobilize shared ethnic identity as a... -
Philosophical and ideological intertextual resonances in OK Matsepe and Vonani Bila’s selected poems
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Nelson Ratau --- University of Mpumalanga, South Africa James Seanego --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThis article explores the philosophical and ideological intertextual resonances between OK Matsepe’s Ge wa ditšhila ka moka re ka o hlaswa and Vonani Bila’s The Toilet Cleaner at OR Tambo Airport. It argues that the two poems share thematic, ideological,... -
Industry 4.0 application framework for sustainable reverse logistics: A systematic literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Reji John --- Galgotias University, India Mujibur Rahman --- Galgotias University, IndiaThe significance of sustainability necessitates organizations to implement technological solutions in their business practices. Integrating Industry 4.0 with current business practices enables the organization to enhance forward logistics sustainability. However, its integration is complex and unpredictable in reverse logistics due... -
Cognitive Narratology and Disability in Taha Hussein’s Canonical Literary Works
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Shahd Alshammari --- Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait Encarnación Sánchez Arenas --- University of Seville, SpainThe seminal works of Taha Hussein, the Egyptian writer who was sobriquetically labelled ‘The Dean of Arabic Literature’, include the autobiographical trilogy, The Days, and his novel, The Call of the Curlew. Both present complementary explorations of disability narratives and...