http://hdl.handle.net/10500/172 2013-06-19T04:14:28Z 2013-06-19T04:14:28Z Rafapa, Lesibana http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9785 2013-06-08T22:00:18Z 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z

Popular music in the Zion Christian Church Rafapa, Lesibana The article dwells, in the main, in rationalizing the popularity of ZCC (Zion Christian Church) worship songs. Lest the point of this paper is misconstrued as a homogenization of the ZCC and the collective of South African black cultural groups, only segements of which belong to the ZCC, the reasons for qualifying this brand of music as popular are outlined. This discussion isolates features of the music that render it a refracted image of South African black folk music. The purpose is to trace the remoulding of such popular black music in the ZCC in order to pin down its identifiable functions. Aspects by which this kind of music belongs at least to sections of the black nation reflected overwhelmingly in the membership of the AIC (African Initiated Church) are also explored. Apart from probing the uniquely ZCC features of this kind of culturally inflected music, the peculiar way in which the music is put to use in this church is discussed, including how such uses differ from those evident in the greater community sharing its origins.

2013-05-29T00:00:00Z Ward-Cox, Maxine http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9270 2013-05-18T22:00:54Z 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z

A critical review of language errors in the writing of distance education students Ward-Cox, Maxine ‘A critical review of language errors in the writing of distance education students’ examines linguistic competence and investigates the language errors made by a heterogeneous group of 100 entry-level distance education university students with a view to improving their academic writing skills. The research follows a process of error identification and statistical analysis, and reviews intervention strategies based on the findings. Despite the continuing debates on the value of error correction, especially in relation to ‘World Englishes’, language accuracy remains a key factor in determining academic success. This is of particular concern in the South African multi-lingual context and in the light of the under-performance of South African students as evidenced in international comparative studies. The implications of the bimodal pattern of distribution in the review findings are discussed and pedagogically appropriate approaches and intervention strategies are suggested.

2012-11-01T00:00:00Z Roba, Tesema Fote http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9236 2013-04-27T22:02:38Z 2013-04-26T00:00:00Z

Media and environmental awareness : a geographical study in Kembata Tembaro Zone, southern Ethiopia Roba, Tesema Fote In Ethiopia people are highly dependent on natural resources which often lead to environmental degradation. The perception is that environmental degradation is partly due to lack of environmental awareness. The level of environmental awareness and the role of the media in creating awareness in Kembata Tembaro Administrative zone were investigated. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used to identify sources of environmental knowledge, content, spatial extent, volume and priority of media coverage, impact of media, and expectation of audiences and producers. Experience, rather than outside sources, such as provided by the media, is the main source of environmental information, but awareness is key to reduce further environmental degradation. Environmental media programs should be transmitted at suitable times and the experiences of successful farmers in natural resources conservation and development should be shared. Attention should also be given to identification of awareness obstacles and training and sensitizing of journalists on environment issues

2013-04-26T00:00:00Z Tumusiime, Amanda Evassy http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9036 2013-04-22T08:30:51Z 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z

Art and gender : imag[in]ing the new woman in contemporary Ugandan art Tumusiime, Amanda Evassy This thesis is based on the belief that representations of women in contemporary Ugandan art serve cultural and political purposes. The premise is that the autonomous woman (seen as the new woman in this study), emerging in Uganda in the mid-1980s, agitated for the social, economic and political emancipation of women in Uganda. It has been demonstrated that the patriarchy attempted to subordinate, confine and regulate this new woman. The press, drama, music and film became powerful tools to force her into silence. This study posits that contemporary Ugandan art was part of this cultural discourse. Adopting a feminist art historical stance, it examines and assesses the gendered content of Uganda’s contemporary art masked as aesthetics. On the one hand, the study exposes the view that some men artists in Uganda use their works to construct men’s power and superiority as the necessary ingredients of gender difference. I demonstrate that some artists have engaged themes through which they have constructed women as being materialistic, gold-diggers, erotic and domesticated. I argue that this has been a strategy to tame Uganda’s new woman. On the other hand, the thesis attempts to show that some women artists have used visual discourse to challenge their marginalisation and to reclaim their ‘agency’ while revising some negative stereotypes about the new woman. This study makes an interdisciplinary contribution to Uganda’s art history, cultural studies and gender studies.

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