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The practitioners guide for dealing with the novel Influenza A, H1N1 pandemic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Venter --- Respiratory Virus Unit, South Africa L Blumberg --- Epidemiology Unit, South AfricaWithin three months of its discovery, the new Influenza A (Him) swineflu strain has spread to such an extent that a pandemic has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). Although most cases seem to be mild, cases of... -
Male flat lizards prefer females with novel scents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Belinda A. Lewis --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Martin J. Whiting --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Jessica Stapley --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaIn lizards, pheromonal cues are important for mate recognition and are expected to diverge during the speciation process. We tested for divergence in pheromonal mate and species recognition between male flat lizards (Platysaurus broadleyi) belonging to the same population, a... -
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... -
World Wars and Trauma: Lake Victoria Basin Women Novelists’ Reflections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Wafula Yenjela --- , KenyaThis article reads Kenyan novels that catalogue the trauma of the Luo veterans of World War I and II. The focus is on Grace Ogot’s The Promised Land (1966), Margaret Ogola’s The River and the Source (1994), Marjorie Macgoye’s The... -
Ecological Violations and Anthropogenic Pollution in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Dele Maxwell Ugwanyi --- Enugu State University of Science and Technology, NigeriaEcological violations and anthropogenic pollution have been recurring motifs in contemporary African novels. Existing studies on African literature from the ecological standpoint have focused largely on the narrative strategies of nature writing, with little attention given to the impacts and... -
Floristic and structural changes in a neotropical urban novel forest over 13 years
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Marcelly de Souza Ventura --- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil Thales Castilhos de Freitas --- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil Ricardo Montianele de Castro --- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil Mariana Couto Cruz --- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil Kelly Antunes --- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil Taísa Nascimento de Souza --- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil Breno Moreira --- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil Fabrício Alvim Carvalho --- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, BrazilThe ecological importance of non-native species is the main characteristic of novel ecosystems. Pinus elliottii species is highly invasive in tropical forests and is commonly found in secondary forests in Brazil. We investigated the floristic and structural changes in an... -
The interplay of verbal cinematic, balletic and pantomimic manifestations in isiZulu literary narratives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Sicelo Ziphozonke Ntshangase --- Language and Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Lungile Mncwango --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThere is a dearth of studies that analyse the discourse of isiZulu literature. Most studies focus on the actual story, which is the chain of events and its setting. However, discourse, which is how the story is narrated, is frequently... -
False rape accusation and its complex ramifications: an analysis of Kuxabene Ubendle (pandemonium)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Norma Masuku --- University of South Africa,Rape is a crime that inflicts deep-seated scars on the survivors, whether they are men or women. This condition of rape leaves the survivors of rape in a precarious position, with indelible scars that cannot be easily erased. A notable... -
Ucwaningo ngokuvezwa kokuhlukunyezwa kwabesifazane enovelini kaME Ngcobo, Igazi Lezibi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Lungile Friedah Zuma --- University of Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaAbantu besifazane iningi labo bangabantu abacindezelwayo umphakathi abahlala kuwona bazithola beyizisulu zokunukubezwa ngokocansi. Amalungelo alinganayo phakathi kwezakhamuzi zase-Afrika abukeka kuyinto okusenzima ukuthi ilungiseke ngenxa yokuthi kusenabesilisa abazibona ukuthi bangaphezulu uma beziqhathanisa nabesifazane. Esikhathini samanje sithole abantu besifazane sebenza nemisebenzi eyenziwa... -
Ubuciko bokwethiwa kwamagama abalingiswa emanovelini abhalwa ngemuva konyaka wezi-2000: kubhekwa ukwethiwa kwabalingiswa ukuthi kuyafana nokwetha jikelele
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Lindani Sthembele Maphumulo --- University of Western Cape, South Africa Mzamo Hlengwa --- University of Free State, South AfricaNgokwevamile igama liqukathe izinto ezithile ezihambisana nokwethiwa kwalo (Lubisi, 2002; De Klerk and Bosch, 1995: 69). Igama liqukethe ubuntu kanye nobunjalo bakhe lowo owethiwe lelo gama kepha ezinye izinhlanga zilibuka njengelebuli esetshenziswa ukwetha ukuze izinto zikwazi ukuhlukaniseka. Isifundo sokwethiwa kwamagama...