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   Growth and yield of African ginger in response to application of organic fertiliser

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Phomolo Maphothoma --- , Riana Kleynhans --- , Gerhard Prinsloo --- , Salmina N Mokgehle --- , Ian du Plooy --- , Hintsa T Araya --- ,

   African ginger (Siphonochilus aethiopicus) is in high demand for medicinal use. The plant does not multiply after being harvested, as it is destroyed in the process. The species is now facing extinction as a result of over harvesting. In order...

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   Rhizomic Writing and Reading of a Nation Coming to Birth in Yvonne A. Owuor’s Novel, Dust

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Christopher Odhiambo Joseph --- , Kenya

   Anchored on Deleueze and Guattari’s notion of rhizome, this article inspects the narrative strategy in Yvonne Owuor’s novel, Dust, in imagining the Kenyan nation, especially in the context of the contested presidential elections of 2007. It subsequently grapples with how...

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