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Journal articles on the topic "African proverbs"
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Owomoyela, Oyekan. "Proverbs and African Modernity: Defining an Ethics of Becoming." Yoruba Studies Review 2, no. 2 (December 21, 2021): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/ysr.v2i2.130132.
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African proverbs have, for good reason, attracted considerable attention from scholars, both African and non-African. One notable testimony to such attention is the international conference in South Africa from which came a monumental collection of scholarly articles now available on CD and in print. Another evidence of the interest the subject has enjoyed among African scholars is the wealth of publications they have produced in recent years, for example, Adeleke Adeeko’s monograph Proverbs, Textuality, and Nativism in African Literature; Ambrose Adikamkwu Monye’s Proverbs in African Orature: The Aniocha-Igbo Experience; Kwesi Yankah’s The Proverb in the Context of Akan Rhetoric: A Theory of Proverb Praxis; and my Yoruba Proverbs. In addition, there have been influential articles by Ayo Bamgbose, Lawrence. A. Boadi, Romanus N. Egudu, Kwame Gyekye, Yisa Yusuf, and a host of others whose omission from this rather abbreviated list is not meant as a slight. In a recent conversation, the preeminent paremiologist, Wolfgang Mieder, called my attention to the lineup of articles in the most recent issue of Proverbium [23: 2006], in which four of the five lead articles are by Nigerian scholars (Abimbola Adesoji, Bode Agbaje, George Olusola Ajibade, and Akinola Akintunde Asinyanbola) and on African proverbs, an indication, he said of the present effervescence of, and future potential for, proverb studies and publications on them on African soil. Because of these efforts we now know a good deal about proverbs as a cultural resource, their functionality and the protocols for their usage, but also their artistry-structure, wordplay, imagery, and so forth, especially after calls such as Isidore Okpewho’s (1992) that scholars pay due attention to the aesthetic dimensions of traditional oral forms.
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Danquah, Grace. "Echoes of Power: Portrayal of Women in Selected Akan Proverbs." Research in African Literatures 54, no. 1 (March 2023): 48–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/ral.2023.a915639.
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ABSTRACT: Proverbs are normally classified as memorable statements that are full of insights, veracities, and scruples. They also embody traditional perceptions and sensitivities in a figurative, static, and easy to memorize format (Mieder, Proverbs Are Never Out of Season ). Again, proverbs are philosophical products of careful observations. The aim is to examine and explore traditional portrayals of Akan women. Using nego-feminism, ten Akan proverbs about women are critically examined. The argument is advanced that though the specific contexts that necessitate the use of a particular proverb influence its meaning, careful scrutiny proves that Akans tend to present women as nego-feminist in some of their popular proverbs. Most of the proverbs can be interpreted as stating and implying the complementary role of the woman. The study reveals that women in traditional African societies are ascribed significant spheres of influence that cannot be undermined. This implies a recognition and appreciation of the role/place of women as worthy contributors to society. The conclusion is drawn that such representations of women belie the portrayal of the African woman as a beast of burden. The notion that nego-feminism is a theory that informs the lived experiences of the African woman is firmly established in these proverbs.
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Siakavuba, John Bwana. "Our Elders Never Lie: The Metaphor Power Base of Proverbs among the Tonga Speaking People of Zambia And Zimbabwe." Journal of Law and Social Sciences 3, no. 1 (September 30, 2020): 128–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.53974/unza.jlss.3.1.444.
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This article seeks to explore ways through and extent to which the use
of proverbs inspires confidence in the youth towards their elders in the
African society in general and the Valley Tonga of Zambia and Zimbabwe
in particular. The Achebean saying that ‘proverbs are the palm oil with
which words are eaten,’ does not only point to the fact that proverbs make
ordinary speech aesthetically pleasant to the ear but also that the wisdom
contained therein is culturally/socially accepted. The effective and efficient
deployment of proverbs in this regard earns the user respect from targets
of his address. The article analyses various ways in which proverbs are
incorporated in everyday speech and how these in turn, enhance chances
of delivering the intended message successfully among the Valley Tonga
communicators. In most cases, when a Tonga speaker wishes to delegate
presentation of a complex matter to the proverb, they attribute the wisdom
to the Tonga society of yester years. This tendency, the article concludes,
removes personalities from the proverb while promoting objective analysis
of the situation by those addressed. The article examines selected proverbs
in terms of structure, pattern of usage, types of images/metaphors used
and their expected impact. The article applies a triangulation theoretical
framework of Appraisal, Ethnopoetics and Afrocentricity theories to
delineate the communicative intent of the proverber. Together, the theories
look at social functions of the language rendered by performers of the oral
arts.
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Barthelomew Gerald Aguugo and Grace John-Ogbonnaya. "Anthropology of proverbs in the feature film genre: An appraisal of Isakaba 1&2." World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 22, no. 2 (May 30, 2024): 1840–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.2.1561.
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Proverb has been an advanced form of communication between two or more persons in African societies. As the Igbo adage goes, “a man who cannot interpret the meaning of a proverb said to him and allows it to be interpreted by the same speaker, renders his mother’s dowry useless.” The use of African proverbs in the feature film genre naturally gives a flavor that only a true African narrative portends. Hence, this paper focuses on interrogating the usefulness of African proverbs in Nollywood film narratives, using Isakaba as case study. While adopting a qualitative research method, the paper interrogates its theoretical framework with the Social Semiotics Theory, explicating the manner in which the theory underpins the comprehension of meaning and meaning-making in human interactions. This premise is foregrounded by expounding how the film director’s interpretational prowess is also guided by the knowledge of the culture, setting or social order in which the writer has domiciled his story – towards creating a realistic and engaging audio-visual narrative, which is about typical indicator in the culture of proverbial language globally. Findings show among other things, that the usefulness of proverbs ranges from compacting protracted dialogues into simple and fewer sentences – thereby making the story less boring, spelling out the culture in which the narrative world is pitched, etc. The paper recommends that for the preservation of the nation’s culture, Nollywood filmmakers should integrate Proverbs in their films amongst other cultural traits on a more consistent basis.
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Ulatowska, Hanna K., Robert T. Wertz, Sandra B. Chapman, CaSaundra L. Hill, Jennifer L. Thompson, Molly W. Keebler, Gloria Streit Olness, Sharon D. Parsons, Teya Miller, and Linda L. Auther. "Interpretation of Fables and Proverbs by African Americans With and Without Aphasia." American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 10, no. 1 (February 2001): 40–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360(2001/007).
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There is a paucity of performance information for African American adults with aphasia on appraisal tasks, especially in comparison with performance by neurologically normal African American adults. We administered language impairment, functional communication, and discourse measures to neurologically normal African American adults and African American adults with aphasia. The neurologically normal group performed significantly better on the language impairment measure (Western Aphasia Battery), the functional communication measure (ASHA Functional Assessment of Communication Skills for Adults), providing the lesson in a fable discourse task, and spontaneous interpretation of proverbs. No significant differences between groups were observed on a picture description fable task or in performance on a multiple-choice proverb task. Few significant relationships were observed among measures in the neurologically normal group; however, the group with aphasia displayed a variety of significant relationships in their performance on the language impairment, functional communication, fable lesson, and interpretation of proverbs tasks. The results imply that fable and proverb discourse tasks may be valuable supplemental measures for characterizing communicative competence in African American adults who have aphasia.
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Nguia Oniangué, Gemma Cliff. "Contrastive Analysis of Kibeembe and English sexist proverbs." English Language Teaching and Linguistics Studies 2, no. 4 (January 6, 2021): p65. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/eltls.v2n4p65.
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Social discrimination in general and sexual one in particular bears several negative social impacts whose manifestations are even observable in human being behaviours through speech acts and proverbs in particular emphasizing on sexist aspect. Knowing that African customs are the basis or the foundation of the African people’s life, women are not given the same consideration as in Western countries. Accordingly, a look on the sexist proverb both in English and Kibeembe will help to see the actual place of women provided by these two respective communities. Finally, the data has shown in some respect that there are some similarities between English and Kibeembe sexist proverbs
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Raji-Oyelade, Aderemi, and Zaynab Ango. "“Five and Five Does Not Make Ten …”." Matatu 51, no. 2 (September 21, 2020): 406–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18757421-05102013.
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Abstract The scholarship of change and transformations in proverbs has become an emergent industry in contemporary African studies. The term in transgressive paremiography used for this phenomenon of transformation is called postproverbials. Postproverbiality in Fulfulde is one illustration of the engagement with perspectives of modernities, and aspects of change in worldviews among the Ful’be. “Five and five does not make ten, …” is a signal Ful’be proverbial clause which represents the early interactional history of trade, political and jurisprudent relations between the Ful’be and the predominant Hausa communities of Northern Nigeria. The proverb has experienced a radical reception and turning, based on contemporary social relations and literacy. It is employed in this essay as a symbolic example of how change in proverb construction can also be a challenge to received history. Thirteen pairs of Ful’be proverbs and postproverbials will be deployed to establish the phenomenon of transgressive proverb-making among contemporary Ful’be speakers. The essay will highlight the peculiar forms of extensions, adaptations and cutterage that have been invested into the making of new radical Fulbe proverbs, usually by a younger generation of Fulfulde speakers whose attempt (inadvertent or deliberate) is ultimately to break conventions through newly invented proverbs.
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Khan, Lubna Akhlaq, Muhammad Safeer Awan, and Aadila Hussain. "Oral cultures and sexism: A comparative analysis of African and Punjabi folklore." Pakistan Journal of Women's Studies: Alam-e-Niswan 26, no. 2 (December 19, 2019): 105–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.46521/pjws.026.02.0010.
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The present study embarked with a supposition that there are similarities (traditional, under-developed, agri-based) between the Punjabi and African cultures, so the gender ideology might have similar patterns, which can be verified through the analysis of oral genres of the respective cultures. From Africa, Nigerian (Yoruba) proverbs are selected to be studied in comparison with Punjabi proverbs, while taking insights from Feminist CDA (Lazar 2005). The study has examined how Punjabi and Yoruba proverbs mirror, produce and conserve gendered ideology and patriarchism. Punjabi proverbs are selected through purposive sampling from ‘Our Proverbs’ (Shahbaz 2005) and Yoruba examples (with English translations and interpretations) are elicited from a dictionary of Yoruba proverbs (Owomoyela 2005), as well as articles written about gender by native Yoruba researchers. The investigation has uncovered through thematic content analysis that the portrayal of women in both communities is primarily biased, face-threatening and nullifying. Both languages have presented womenfolk mainly as unreliable, insensible, loquacious, insincere, ungrateful, opportunist, materialistic and troublemaking. Men have been depicted for the most part as aggressive, rational, prevailing, and anxious to take risks. This analysis infers that in asymmetrically organised Punjabi and African (Yoruba) communities, proverbs are deliberately sustaining inequality.
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Olalere, Omotayo. "Traduzindo o generic “man”: um estudo de caso das duas traduções alemãs dos provérbios em No Longer at Ease, de Achebe." Belas Infiéis 12, no. 1 (November 2, 2023): 01–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.26512/belasinfieis.v12.n1.2023.46713.
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Previous research on translation of proverbs have dealt with techniques and strategies of proverb translation and other issues, like culture and orature. However, very little has been done on the question of gender-linked translation in African proverbs and the implication of this in their transfer into another language, particularly German. This study aims at examining selected proverbs found in Achebe’s No Longer at Ease (1960) with the intent of showing how the use of the word ‘man’ in these proverbs has led to a gender-biased translation of the word in the two German target texts. The conceptual approach used is Sapir-Whorf’s theory of linguistic relativity. It was discovered that the generic word ‘man’ used by the author in the proverbs is replaced in the two target texts in German with the gender-specific word ‘ein Mann’, which makes women less visible as referents.
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Ehineni, Taiwo Oluwaseun. "A Discourse -Structural Analysis of Yorùbá Proverbs in Interaction." Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal 18, no. 1 (May 11, 2016): 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.14483/calj.v18n1.9660.
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The subject of the proverb especially in the African context has been diversely explored by studies as Yankah (1989), Obeng (1996), Owomoyela (2005) and Fasiku (2006), this study however attempts a discourse and structural analysis of Yorùbá proverbs collected from oral interviews and native Yorùbá texts. First, based on a theory of the proverb as a discourse medium, the study reveals that proverbs are used to achieve different discourse acts and communicative goals by speakers. Native speakers use the proverb as a linguistic strategy of negotiating deep ideas and intentions. Second, the paper avers that Yorùbá proverb is structurally characterized by some lexical and grammatical devices which help to reinforce its communicative intelligibility and textuality. Thus, it examines the Yorùbá proverb both functionally and formally and underscores that it is a culturally and linguistically rich significant part of the Yorùbá speech community.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "African proverbs"
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Renner, Jasmine R. "Inspiring Kidz Leadership Lessons from African Proverbs." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. http://amzn.com/1489577688.
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Many hands, light work -- Chasing two antelopes, at the same time -- The boat, the leader and the water -- A child crawls, then stands -- The monkey, a jump and a tree -- A tree is cut down -- Moving the elephant in one day -- The tree, over the top and the earth -- an army, a sheep, and a lion -- Bundle of sticks are unbreakable.
Children like it simple, powerful and compelling, don't they? The "spirit" of this book makes leadership lessons for kids simple, powerful yet compelling. This "treasure trove" of illustrated stories from African Proverbs is filled with compelling leadership lessons for children all over the world. This book is written for children in every nation whose little minds are curious, who love to explore new and different worlds and who love to listen to stories. "Inspiring Kidz Leadership Lessons from African Proverbs" contains the Proverb, the Story, the Lesson and the country. Proverbs and sayings are found in almost every culture in the world and so not only will children respond to its meaning but adults will find it enriching. In this children's leadership book, the sayings of African proverbs form the basis of the leadership lesson. Not only will you read it and hear it. Your child(ren) will glean life-long leadership nuggets and lessons from it. Stories are like magic, taking us everywhere: backwards, forwards or happening right in the present time, transporting us to many places and situations we might never go. There is a world of wisdom contained in each proverb and we can learn a lot about children's Leadership Lessons from them. So sit down with your toddler, infant, child or children and teach them these simple, profound and compelling leadership lessons through African Proverbs and storytelling. It is hoped that at the very least, proverbs can be a source of entertainment if not a learning tool to teach and entertain your child.https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1082/thumbnail.jpg
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Silishebo, Silishebo. "African proverbs and pastoral counseling in a Zambia perspective." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Thesis (S.T.M.)--Yale Divinity School, Yale University, 1994.Abstract. Appendix includes several proverbs from the Malozi tribe of Western Zambia in Silozi with English translation. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-110).
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De, Wet Daniël Paulus. "Wisdom and Ubuntu : a close reading of Proverbs 1-9 in dialogue with African Ubuntu." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50548.
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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2005ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this dissertation is to demonstrate that a dialogue can be established between wisdom in Proverbs 1 - 9 and ubuntu. This dialogue becomes evident from a close reading of Proverbs 1 - 9 and from a study of the correspondence between the worldviews found in ancient Israel and Africa respectively. Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu is a Zulu saying that has its equivalent in nearly every sub- Saharan culture. Briefly, it translates to: "A human being is a human being because of (other) human beings." This points to a uniquely African view of human beings. This communal emphasis is also found within the wisdom literature of the Old Testament. The sages of the Old Testament attach great importance to harmony in the community and strongly emphasise obedience to wisdom as a way of accomplishing this harmony. The dialogue between wisdom and ubuntu is especially challenging from an academic point of view. On the one hand, wisdom highlights valuable aspects of African ways of life, principles and ideas that are often overlooked or ignored. On the other hand, ubuntu holds the promise of a nonwestern tradition that has been misread and marginalised in history, but that is reclaiming its place. A close reading is used to interpret the particular words, images and organisation of the scenes or passages in Proverbs 1 - 9. The interaction between the worldviews of ancient Israel and Africa leads us to further conclusions, identifying gaps in our knowledge and pointing to directions that could be followed in hermeneutics of which scholars have been unaware up to now. It also helps to sharpen the focus on wisdom by suggesting new perspectives of interpretation. The dialogue between wisdom and ubuntu leads us to fresh, exciting insights and a deeper understanding of issues that are of central concern in the field of wisdom theology research. In Proverbs 1 - 9, wisdom theology is redefined from an ubuntu perspective. The dialogue between wisdom and ubuntu thus leads us to a new development within wisdom theology. It helps us appreciate the new emphasis on communality. This does not happen in isolation. i1Ji1' m~tl'is identified as the primal source of wisdom. It must be regarded, however, in combination with the emphasis on living in communion with others. The essence of the new understanding - an existential understanding of wisdom - leads us towards appreciating the interrelatedness between human beings. Creation theology can be understood as deed/consequence theology, where the intimate relationship between experiencing divine awe and living in communion with others becomes evident. The dialogue between wisdom and ubuntu redefines the deed/consequence or causality aspect of wisdom theology as the "goal" of the wise. It is not the aim of this dissertation to copy some previously developed theological approach from one context into another, but rather to stimulate creative hermeneutical thinking with regard to African views on Old Testament wisdom literature. In this study we come to the conclusion that Afrocentric hermeneutics has the potential to be more responsive to the context of the Old Testament wisdom literature than Western theological exegesis has been.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die oogmerk van hierdie proefskrif is om aan te dui dat daar 'n dialoog bestaan tussen wysheid in Spreuke I - 9 in die Ou Testament en die Afrikakonsep ubuntu. Hierdie dialoog word duidelik wanneer 'n mens Spreuke 1 - 9 noukeurig lees en wanneer jy die ooreenkomste bestudeer tussen die verskillende wereldbeelde wat in antieke Israel en Afrika aangetrefword. Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu is 'n Zoeloegesegde waarvoor gelyksoortige begrippe in feitlik elke Afrikakultuur suid van die Sahara bestaan. Dit kan vertaal word as: "'n Mens is 'n mens as gevolg van (ander) mense." Dit dui op 'n unieke Afrika-wereldbeeld. Hierdie klem op die lewe in gemeenskap vind ons ook in die wysheidsliteratuur van die Ou Testament. Die Ou-Testamentiese wysheidsleraars heg groot waarde aan harmonie binne die gemeenskap en rig 'n sterk appel tot gehoorsaamheid aan die wysheid om harmonie te bewerkstellig. Die dialoog tussen wysheid en ubuntu bied 'n groot uitdaging veral vanuit 'n akademiese perspektief. Aan die een kant beklemtoon wysheid talle waardevolle aspekte van die Afrikaleefwyse, -beginsels en -idees wat dikwels misgekyk word. Aan die ander kant kry die konsep ubuntu sy regmatige plek binne die verstaan van 'n niewesterse tradisie wat dikwels in die verlede gemarginaliseer is. 'n Noukeurige lees van die teks van Spreuke 1 - 9 word gebruik om sekere begrippe en parafrases beter te verstaan. Die interaksie tussen die wereldbeelde van antieke Israel en Afrika lei daartoe dat nuwe denkrigtings in die hermeneutiek, wat tot op hede nog nie ontgin is nie, geidentifiseer word. Die dialoog tussen wysheid en ubuntu bied dus aan navorsers 'n instrument om Spreuke 1 - 9 vanuit 'n nuwe hermeneutiese perspektief te lees. Die interaksie tussen die verskillende wereldbeelde van antieke Israel en Afrika lei tot verdere konklusies; leemtes in ons verstaan en vertolking word byvoorbeeld uitgewys. Verder bied dit nuwe perspektiewe op die veld van die interpretasie van wysheid. Die dialoog tussen wysheid en ubuntu lei tot nuwe, opwindende insig en 'n beter verstaan van kwessies wat binne die navorsing oor wysheidsteologie van belang is. Die wysheidsteologie in Spreuke I - 9 word geherdefinieer vanuit 'n ubuntu-perspektief. Die dialoog tussen wysheid en ubuntu lei dus tot 'n nuwe ontwikkeling binne die wysheidsteologie. Dit stel ons in staat om die k1em op gemeenskaplikheid beter te verstaan. Hierdie nuwe verstaan vind egter nie in isolasie plaas nie. i1VPn~rl' is steeds die vertrekpunt vir die verstaan van wysheid. Die bogenoemde dialoog kan beter verstaan word deur die klem wat gele word op die lewe in gemeenskap met andere. Die kern van hierdie nuwe verstaan - 'n eksistensiele verstaan van wysheid - bring in ons 'n groter bewuswording van die onderlinge verbondenheid tussen mense. Skeppingsteologie kan verstaan word as oorsaak/gevolg-teologie, waar die noue verhouding tussen ontsag vir God en lewe in verbondenheid met andere duidelik word. Die dialoog tussen wysheid en ubuntu herdefinieer die oorsaaklgevolg- of kousaliteitsaspek van wysheidsteologie as die "doel" van die wysheidsleraar. Die doel van hierdie proefskrif is nie om 'n teologiese benadering vanuit een konteks op 'n ander een van toepassing te maak nie, maar eerder om kreatiewe hermeneutiese denke te stimuleer aangaande Afrikaperspektiewe op Ou-Testamentiese wysheidsliteratuur. Deur hierdie studie kom ons tot die gevolgtrekking dat Afrosentriese hermeneutiek die potensiaal het om 'n beter verstaan tot die konteks van Ou- Testamentiese wysheidsliteratuur te bied as wat Westerse teologiese eksegese kon.
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Costandius, Elmarie. "An exploration of the use of African proverbs and metaphors in a visual communication design course." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5898_1253841261.
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This study was envisioned to investigate and improve multicultural education in a visual communication design course. It aimed to explore the educational use of proverbs for the benefit of improving multicultural teaching and learning. Proverbs and metaphors are an essential source for the composition of visual narratives. Overall results of this study revealed that, even though proverbs are a significant part of the experience of black African students, the students seldom directly use narratives and proverbs as inspiration for their designs.
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Tiba, Makhosini Michael. "Indigenous African concept of a leader as reflected in selected African novels." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/980.
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Thesis (M.A. (English Studies)) --University of Limpopo, 2012The mini dissertation seeks to explore the positive and negative qualities of an indigenous African leader as presented in a variety of oral texts including folktales, proverbs and praise poems as well as in the African novels of Mhudi, Maru, Things Fall Apart and Petals of Blood in order to deduce an indigenous African concept of a leader. This research is motivated by the fact that although researchers and academics worldwide acknowledge that it is very difficult to objectively define and discuss the terms ‘leader’ and ‘indigenous leader’ yet many tend to dismiss offhand such indigenous concepts of leadership as ubuntu as primitive, barbaric and irrelevant to modern institutions without examining them in detail.
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Davis, Glenda. "A sociolinguistic inquiry into wax-dyed cloth names in Togo and Côte d'Ivoire /." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79837.
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According to Domowitz (1992), the Agni women of Cote d'Ivoire assign proverbs and aphorisms as names to wax-dyed cloth. Women then use the imagery and associated proverbs behind cloth names to send non-verbal messages they would otherwise be unable to express publicly. The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to investigate wax-dyed cloth names including their underlying meanings and uses given by women in Cote d'Ivoire and Togo; and second, to investigate how these names are acquired in French by women who have no formal education. Qualitative results revealed that women in these two countries are very motivated to learn cloth names. New undocumented names and their underlying meanings were also found. Some of these meanings were found to be educational; others are used to maintain status or to clarify power relationships. At the same time, quantitative results indicated that knowledge and use of cloth names in both communities studied is in decline.
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Wolff, H. Ekkehard. "Afrikanische Sprachminiaturen: Zur formalen Ästhetik von Kleinformen afrikanischer Sprachkunst unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Tonalität." Universität Leipzig, 1998. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A32903.
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Tonalität ist eines der herausragenden prosodischen Mittel, das traditionell in der Poesie afrikanischer Tonsprachen eingesetzt wird, und Sprachminiaturen (z.B. Sprichwörter und Rätsel) gehören nicht zuletzt ausweislich ihrer weit verbreiteten tonalen Reimcharakteristik viel eher zur afrikanischen Poesie als etwa zur Prosa, wie es bislang herrschende Meinung war.
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Bakare, Gideon Omoniyi. "Leadership in the Book of Proverbs." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8238/.
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This dissertation suggests that, while the book of Proverbs is sometimes difficult to interpret and its redaction history is clearly complex, it has much to say on the important area of leadership. To test this hypothesis, it applies four steps as its theoretical framework, and these later become part of the contributions of this study. First, its exploration of leadership in the Ancient Near East (ANE) shows that the ANE offers a good background to leadership in ancient Israel. Second, its survey of the scholarly debates on leadership in Proverbs reveals that the question of how Proverbs fosters leadership has been hugely neglected. The previous discussion has centred on the settings that produced the proverbs and the impact of ANE materials on Proverbs. Third, this enquiry maintains that poetics is an important tool for biblical exegesis and that it can help us to understand the possible meanings of the text. Its contribution lies with the use of exegetical analysis to demonstrate how Proverbs fosters aspects of leadership through the close analysis of poetic devices such as parallelisms, metaphors and imagery. The thesis conducts a detailed exploration of some verses that are judged to contain sayings that are relevant to the theme of leadership in Proverbs, demonstrating their complexity. It proposes a reading strategy of classifying the leadership texts in Proverbs into themes relating to the status, code of conduct, personality, skills and actions of leaders and the community’s response to leaders. Fourth, it critically summarises the results of my exegetical findings in Proverbs and their implications for the biblical scholars surveyed, as well as for contemporary leadership scholars. The thesis concludes with the application of my exegetical findings to one aspect of leadership in Proverbs to Christian leadership in Nigeria.
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Sadaoui, Chérif. "Towards a Translatlantic Ethnotext : algerian Kabyle; Moroccan Rifian and Maghrebi; and US Choctaw and Canadian Mi'kmaq in Autobiographical Writings from North Africa and North America." Thesis, Paris 13, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PA131071.
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Cette thèse explore la notion de l’ethnotext comme stratégie de résistance à la domination linguistique. Cette notion sera étudiée en relation avec trois formes de domination linguistique: la colonisation française en Algérie (1830-1962) et le protectorat français et espagnole au Maroc (1912-1956) ; les politiques linguistiques post-indépendances appliquées par ces deux Etats nation ; l’installation européenne au Canada et aux Etats Unis D’Amérique et les conséquences de ses politiques linguistiques néocoloniales sur les langues amérindiennes telles que le M’ikmaq (au Canada) et le Choctaw (USA). L’étude sera menée en s’appuyant sur un corpus de quatre romans autobiographiques, représentatifs des cultures berbères (kabyle et rifain) ainsi qu’amérindiennes (M’ikmaq et Choctaw). L’ethnotext kabyle sera étudié dans le roman de Mouloud Feraoun Le fils du pauvre (1950) ; le Rifian sera étudié dans le roman de Mohamed Choukri Le pain nu (1973) ; le M’ikmaq sera étudié dans le roman de Rita Joe : Song of Rita Joe : Autobiography of a M’ikmaq Poet (1996) et leChoctaw sera étudié dans le roman de Rilla Askew The Mercy Seat (1997). Cette étude comparative a pour objectif de comparer ces quatre cas de résistance linguistique pour chercher leurs points communs, leur ressemblances stratégiques et culturelles afin d’établir la dimension transatlantique de l’ethnotextThis thesis explores the notion of the ethnotext, which is, in Chantal Zabus’ terms, composed of: ‘[…] discursive elements ranging from rules of address, riddles, praise names and dirges to the use of proverbs”. (Zabus, The African Palimpsest) as a way of resistance to linguistic domination. This notion will be studied in relation to three forms of linguistic domination: French colonialism in Algeria and Morocco; postcolonial linguistic policies applied by these two new nation states; European settlement in Canada and the United States of America and the neocolonial linguistic policies affecting Amerindian languages such as Mi’kmaq and Choctaw. The study will be illustrated with a corpus of four autobiographies: Mouloud Feraoun’s The Poor Man’s Son (1954) [Kabyle in Algeria]; Mohamed Choukri’s For Bread Alone (1982) [Rifian from Morocco]; Rilla Askew’s The Mercy Seat (1997), [Choctaw from the U.S.A] and Rita Joe’s Song of Rita Joe: Autobiography of a Mi’kmaq Poet (1996) [in Canada]. This comparison aims at contrasting these four cases of linguistic resistance to seek their common points, resistance strategies and cultural resemblance in order to establish the ethnotext’s transatlantic dimension. Transatlanticism will in turn be contextualised against a broader canvas that of the possible extinction of endangered languages faced with globalised societies
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Leguy, Cécile. "Place du proverbe chez les Bwa du Mali : étude ethnolinguistique." Paris, EHESS, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996EHES0013.
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Les cinq cents enonces proverbiaux des bwa du mali presentes dans cette these sont etudies en tant qu'evenements de l'interlocution afin a la fois de mieux cerner la place du proverbe dans la parole et dans la vie quotidienne de ces villageois qui en font grand usage et, par ailleurs, de mieux connaitre la societe boo (un boo, des bwa). Nous ne voulions pas nous contenter d'un recueil de textes commentes, mais souhaitions etudier les proverbes en situation, tels qu'ils apparaissent au coeur du discours et tels que nous les avions recueillis lors de nos enquetes. Il etait necessaire que nous presentions d'abord le contexte socio-culturel de leur enonciation : le pays, l'ethnie, la langue. Nous nous sommes ensuite efforcee de montrer en quoi les proverbes sont remarquables au sein d'une parole qui a elle-meme une place de premier choix dans la vie des bwa. Intervenant dans le cadre d'une maniere plus generale de parler en privilegiant l'image, le sous-entendu, l'allusion, le proverbe est au summum du "bien parler". Nous avons donc essaye de comprendre ce qu'est le proverbe, et l'avons ainsi aborde dans le cadre de l'interlocution, en tant qu'acte de parole ; puis nous avons vu comment il intervient dans le discours selon les differentes modalites qu'offre celuici. Enfin, nous avons termine notre reflexion en nous interrogeant sur le sens du proverbe et sur les rapports que l'emission, proverbiale entretien avec la "sagesse". Au-dela de son aspect mobilisateur, le proverbe nous est apparu, dans sa facon d'intervenir dans le discours, comme une veritable strategie de rhetorique qui ne peut qu'etre privilegiee par les bwa qui n'aiment jamais dire explicitement les choses importantes.
Books on the topic "African proverbs"
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Kodzo, Abissath Mawutodzi, ed. Traditional wisdom in African proverbs: 1915 proverbs from 41 African countries. Accra, Ghana: Published for and on behalf of Albin K. Korem and Mawutodzi K. Abissath by Publishing Trends, 2004.
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Erekosima, Boma, and Taiwo Yibowei. African proverbs in special English. Port Harcourt [Nigeria]: Bengidfred, 1986.
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Musere, Jonathan. African proverbs and proverbial names. Los Angeles: Ariko Publications, 1999.
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Musere, Jonathan. African proverbs and proverbial names. Los Angeles: Ariko Publications, 1999.
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Schipper, Mineke. "Proverbs." In Encyclopedia of African Religions and Philosophy, 581–83. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2068-5_320.
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Oduyoye, Mercy Amba. "Proverbs, Women in African." In Encyclopedia of African Religions and Philosophy, 583–85. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2068-5_321.
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Wanjohi, G. J. "Kikuyu, Philosophical Proverbs." In Encyclopedia of African Religions and Philosophy, 374–77. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2068-5_205.
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Lajul, Wilfred. "Metaphysics in Selected African Languages and Proverbs." In African Philosophic Sagacity in Selected African Languages and Proverbs, 181–209. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54524-5_7.
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Lajul, Wilfred. "Logic in Selected African Languages and Proverbs." In African Philosophic Sagacity in Selected African Languages and Proverbs, 27–58. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54524-5_2.
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Lajul, Wilfred. "Political Philosophy in Selected African Languages and Proverbs." In African Philosophic Sagacity in Selected African Languages and Proverbs, 87–121. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54524-5_4.
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Lajul, Wilfred. "Moral Philosophy in Selected African Languages and Proverbs." In African Philosophic Sagacity in Selected African Languages and Proverbs, 59–86. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54524-5_3.
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Lajul, Wilfred. "Social Philosophy in Selected African Languages and Proverbs." In African Philosophic Sagacity in Selected African Languages and Proverbs, 123–49. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54524-5_5.
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Lajul, Wilfred. "Philosophy of Beauty in Selected African Languages and Proverbs." In African Philosophic Sagacity in Selected African Languages and Proverbs, 211–33. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54524-5_8.
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Lajul, Wilfred. "Theory of Knowledge in Selected African Languages and Proverbs." In African Philosophic Sagacity in Selected African Languages and Proverbs, 151–80. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54524-5_6.
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Mangwegape, Bridget. "TEACHING SETSWANA PROVERBS AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN SOUTH AFRICA." In International Conference on Education and New Developments. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021end118.
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The paper sought to investigate how first year University student’s-teachers understand and instil appreciation of the beauty of Setswana language. Since the proverbs are carriers of cultural values, practices, rituals, and traditional poetry, they are rich in meaning, they can be used to teach moral values for the sake of teaching character building among the students and teaching Setswana at the same time. Proverbs contain values of wisdom, discipline, fairness, preparedness, destiny, happiness, and efforts. Proverbs are short sayings that contain some wisdom or observation about life and or role-play and to use a few of the proverbs to reinforce the meaning, using proverbs as a pedagogical strategy, the researcher has observed that student teachers find it difficult to learn and teach learners at school. Students-teacher’s think and feel about how they conceptualize proverbs, how they define their knowledge and use of Setswana proverbs. The lecturer observed how the nature of proverbs are linked to the culture embedded in the language. In Setswana language there is a proverb that says, “Ngwana sejo o a tlhakanelwa” (A child is a food around which we all gather) which implies that the upbringing of a child is a communal responsibility and not an individual responsibility. Put in simple terms, a child is a child to all parents or adults, since a child’s success is not a family’s success but the success of the community. In doing so, the paper will explore on how student-teachers could make use of proverbs to keep the class interested in learning Setswana proverbs. As a means of gathering qualitative data, a questionnaire was designed and administered to student-teachers and semi-structured interviews were conducted with student teachers. The findings revealed that despite those students-teachers’ positive attitudes towards proverb instruction, they did not view their knowledge of Setswana proverbs as well as the teaching of proverbs. The paper displays that proverbs constitute an important repository of valid materials that can provide student-teachers with new instructional ideas and strategies in teaching Setswana proverbs and to teach different content, which includes Ubuntu and vocabulary and good behaviour. Proverbs must be taught and used by teachers and learners in their daily communication in class and outside the classroom in order to improve their language proficiency.
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Benea, Ciprian-Beniamin, Adina Sacara Onita, and Andra-Teodora Porumb. "Africa, Water and Climate Change." In 9th International Scientific Conference ERAZ - Knowledge Based Sustainable Development. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/eraz.2023.455.
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This paper aims to bring to the European audience the importance of connections between water and climate change on the African continent; even though this continent could be regarded as somewhere in the southern hemisphere, the globalized world we already live in proves the contrary. In fact, it is very close to us. As population dynamics will put higher pressures on available natural resources in Africa, the migratory pressure from that continent, which already is felt on the European continent, not only could bring social or political upheavals there, but it could complicate the socio-economic equilibrium closer to us. Furthermore, in the context of climate change, there are needed some measures to be taken in order to prevent such a scenario from taking place. And among other key resources, the most important, which is related to everything, is water; the way it would be used in Africa and how would it be distributed could make a difference.
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Duyverman, Henk J., and Emma Msaky. "Shale Oil and Gas in East Africa (Esp.Tanzania) with New Ideas on Reserves and Possible Synergies with Renewables." In SPE/AAPG Africa Energy and Technology Conference. SPE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/afrc-2603293-ms.
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Short Abstract Shale oil and gas in East Africa, with new ideas on reserves and possible synergies with renewables Shale oil and gas production have lately revolutionized the oil and gas industry as a real "game-changer", especially in the US. This has prompted many companies and governments to search for these unconventionals with successes in the UK, Poland and Argentina. These unconventionals do often occur onshore in places, where there is no conventional hydrocarbon production, thus enabling the local government or companies to have a new energy source, which is especially valid in Onshore East Africa. New drilling technologies, which combine shale and geothermal drilling/production, are now being developed. Now it is possible to drill/produce both unconventionals and geothermal from a single well.Gas and oil could be produced from the central pipe, and hot water from the outer tubing, thereby reducing development cost for both methods. In Tanzania a study was performed to look at unconventional oil and gas resources in sedimentary basins. A lot of data on Karoo geology, maturity, TOC's and volumetrics will be presented. In general, one needs a thick sedimentary basin with a lot of shales, good maturity and TOC values, and a fairly unfaulted basin to prevent seismicity when fracking. In East Africa and Southern Africa at large only the Karoo sediments of Permian/Triassic age are a suitable candidate for large shale oil/gas reserves. The possible large Karoo shale gas development in South Africa is a good example. A large heavy oilfield at surface in Madagascar proves an oil source in the Karoo. In S.Kenya and also on Pemba oil shows are known, with a unknown Pre-Jurassic source. Preliminary resource calculations in Tanzania indicate possible resources in place of 50-200 Tcf of gas for the Selous basin, comparable in size with the South-African Karoo Basin. The depth of the source rocks make gas the most likely hydrocarbon phase. One has to note that calculating unconventional resources is much more complicated than with conventional resources, since the adsorbed gas (or oil) needs to be calculated from core or log analyses. An onshore well could also text the synergies with geothermal drilling. Recently, TPDC in Tanzania has started a new evaluation, based on new mapping, rock analyses and maturity studies, into the shale oil and gas potential. Altogether, shale gas (or oil) could be an interesting incentive for onshore Tanzania and East Africa at large.
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Arnone, Maurizio Antonio, Hani H. Qutob, Paco Vieira, and Fabian Torres. "Managed Pressure Drilling Applications Proves Successful in the Middle East and North Africa Region." In SPE Offshore Europe Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/124545-ms.
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Qutob, Hani H., Paco Vieira, Fabian Torres, and Maurizio Antonio Arnone. "Managed Pressure Drilling Applications Proves Successful in the Middle East and North Africa Region." In SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/148534-ms.
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Toluse, Williams, Victor Okolo, and Amarquaye Martey. "Production Optimization in a Marginal Field through Established Reservoir Management Techniques – A Case Study." In SPE/AAPG Africa Energy and Technology Conference. SPE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/afrc-2568647-ms.
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ABSTRACT The Federal Government of Nigeria in a bid to promote indigenous companies participation in the oil and gas sector, and to grow the nation’s production capacity passed legislation in 1999 to foster the exploitation of Marginal Oil Fields (MOFs). MOF is one that is considered non – commercial as a result of strategic business development philosophy of the operator, often times large oil companies. Reservoir management is central to the effective exploitation of any hydrocarbon asset; this dependence is heightened for an undeveloped marginal field. There is no ‘one-size fits all’ approach to reservoir management; this paper reviews some techniques adopted by Midwestern Oil and Gas Ltd in the development of the Umusadege marginal field. These techniques fall under three categories: (I) subsurface study (II) well placement and spacing, (III) integrated surface production and optimization, in accordance with regulatory practices. The previously acquired 3-D seismic data was reprocessed and interpretation of reservoir heterogeneities within the Umusadege field concessionary boundary carried out form the basis of the initial field development plan. To optimize reservoir drainage, the general principles of non-interference well spacing were employed, and advanced well placement technology was deployed to guarantee optimum well placement within the reservoir for effective and efficient drainage. Subsequently, 14 vertical wells and 4 horizontal wells were drilled to effectively optimize recovery from the field. Prior to bringing these wells on-stream, clean-up and Maximum Efficiency Rate (MER) tests were conducted to determine the optimum choke settings, GOR and water cut limits for all wells. An integrated approach encompassing choke sizing, gas and water production management, vessel and line sizing were implemented on the Umusadege field to maintain and optimize recovery. Crude custody transfer measurements and export were enabled by an optimized Group Gathering Facility (GGF).The above techniques combining new technologies, traditional reservoir and production strategies led to the successful development of the Umusadege field; increasing daily oil production from 2,000 bbls/d from the first well re-entry to approximately 30,000 bbls/day over a 7-year period. This case study proves that with the correct implementation of the key elements of reservoir management the value of any hydrocarbon asset can be maximized in a cost effective, safe and environmentally friendly manner.
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Simpson, Z., N. Janse van Rensburg, and M. van Ryneveld. "Developing Students as Higher-Order Thinkers: Analyzing Student Performance Against Levels of Cognitive Demand in a Material Science Course." In ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2010-37652.
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Today’s increasingly complex engineering workplace demands skill in evaluation, reasoning and critical thinking; however, engineering curricula often test lower-order learning at the expense of higher-order reasoning. This paper analyzes the level of cognitive demand in a course on Material Science in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Science at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. This is done by applying Biggs’ SOLO taxonomy to classify test and exam questions in the course and then analyzing student performance against this taxonomy of higher- and lower-order learning. The results demonstrate that many students battle with questions that require extended abstract reasoning (argument, evaluation, hypothesizing and generalization). Similarly, relational thinking (through comparison, contrast, application and so on) proves to be a significant problem for weaker students. The paper recommends that engineering lecturers build higher-order thinking into course outcomes, teaching and assessment and that engineering qualifications work systematically towards developing students as higher-order thinkers.
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Johnson, Elizabeth. "The Rainbow Read-In: A Place to Build Community." In Kansas LGBTQ Symposium. Fort Hays State University, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.58809/uqns8487.
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The UMKC University Libraries held the second Rainbow Read-In (RRI) virtually in June 2022. Readers presented either their own works if they identify as LGBTQIA+ or works written by LGBTQIA+ authors. Nine participants presented and sixty people attended. Our first Rainbow Read-In included ten presenters and forty attendees in 2021. The goal of this presentation is to share how we created a safe space to showcase works from within the queer community. The objectives of this program are to discuss the origins of the RRI, the formation of the committee, lessons learned, short- and long-term goals, potential areas for improvement, and examples of the range of queer voices represented. New events usually take time to become established, but our event had a head start. UMKC University Libraries hosted the first African American Read-In (AARI) in 2009. As the co-chair of the AARI committee for six years and the creator of the RRI, this presentation will address how the AARI served as a foundation and inspiration for creating a safe and supportive environment for building community for the RRI. We created the transformative program that we wanted to attend. The initial success of this innovative event proves that, as a bunch of library nerds, if you build it, they will come.
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Korbijn, Florus, Ida Husem, and Erik Pettersen. "Octabuoy SDM: A Compact Semi-Submersible Design for Deepwater Applications." In ASME 2005 24th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2005-67582.
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A new floater concept based on proven technology but combining this technology in a novel way has been designed for Deepwater operation in the Gulf of Mexico and other deepwater locations. The Octabuoy SDM (Shallow Draught, Mooring assisted) is a semi-submersible with a design and a tuned mooring system that ensure improved motion characteristics compared to other semi-submersibles. This makes the floater very well suited for accommodating Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs) in the Gulf of Mexico and dry tree solutions for West Africa. Motion results calculated for a typical Gulf of Mexico wave environment, using a coupled time domain approach are confirmed by extensive model testing of the concept, which proves the ability of the proposed concept to accommodate SCRs specifically for the Gulf of Mexico. Because of its relative shallow draught (23m) the platform is less susceptible to vortex induced motions (VIM) in loop currents compared to SPAR and other deep draught floaters. Theoretical considerations and model tests have proved the favorable platform behavior with respect to VIM. The Octabuoy SDM has a favorable topside load-to-hull weight ratio, which makes it a highly competitive solution compared to other semi-submersibles. Another advantage is that the platform may be outfitted and commissioned quayside.
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Franco, Jorge. "A Decolonized Mood of Creating a Three-dimensional Digital Space Based on Integrating Transdisciplinary Knowledge." In LINK 2021. Tuwhera Open Access, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/link2021.v2i1.66.
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This experimental artwork has attempted to produce a decolonized mood of researching and creating Three-dimensional (3D) Virtual Reality (VR) digital spaces based on using and integrating transdisciplinary knowledge. These research and creative 3DVR digital spaces processes have been connected with applying the concept of Digital Transformation (DX) within Educative Computational Practice (ECP) proceedings, addressing the idea of empowering people. The mentioned ECP proceedings have occurred through designing and carrying out 3DVR digital spaces by using 3D computer graphics programming techniques, bringing about individuals’ developing digital and visual communication skills with support of employing Web3D-based technologies, such as the Extensible 3D (X3D) language and the X3Dom framework, as Open Educational Resources (OER). Low cost and accessible Web3D technologies have allowed practicing, analyzing and extending our open-ended long-term investigation at K-12 education levels referent to sharing 3DVR and computer graphics programming knowledge, aiming to inspire individuals’ engagement in computing practices encompassing coding and visual literacy skills. These educational processes have also been sustained by art and its learning and expressing opportunities in the digital age. With support of Web3D technologies and lifelong learning and teaching experiences, we have taken part of a course called “Projeto Espetáculo em Realidade Aumentada”, at Fabrica de Cultura Diadema. Through this course, there has been designed and implemented a 3DVR artwork which has extended our research and digital knowledge acquisition processes through producing a decolonized content by interconnecting conceptual knowledge referent to the visual artwork of Rubem Valentim’s mix of Afro-Brazilian, Amerindian and European cultures and Jacob Lawrence’s Afro-American culture symbolic representation. Both artists have trajectories of lifelong learning and using geometry and colorful forms in their artwork composition. Their artwork has expressed knowledge related to Afro-Brazilian and Afro-American cultures, contributing to reduce a gap, at official education, in the teaching of black culture contributions to the worlds of arts, sciences and technology. Interacting with these artists’ trajectories and artworks has lead to research, apply and share knowledge related to ancient Africa, having as reference the Egyptian civilization use of mathematics, geometry (at some extent sacred geometry) shapes and colors knowledge for building and decorating pyramids and other monuments. Such transdisciplinary knowledge confluence has made part of researching and forming the bases of computer graphics libraries and techniques in databases, allowing through educative 3D computer programming practices, to integrate in this 3DVR artwork features referent to digital sculpture, installation and net art, be it within a standalone way and/or through a blog based interface online. This knowledge confluence has brought about using 3D computer graphics programming proceedings for building and visualizing symbolic representation of Afro-Brazilian, European and Amerindian Enchanted Beings’ sacred adornments and instruments. It includes, based on the artwork another Brazilian educator and artist, Abdias do Nascimento, learning to research and utilize knowledge from people of the West Africa related to a writing system, the Adinkra, which is a group of symbols that express and represent ideas in proverbs. In addition, this artwork participatory development has stimulated individuals enhancing cognitive and technical skills, including their complex and spatial thinking abilities.
Reports on the topic "African proverbs"
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Darity Jr., William, M’Balou M’Balou Camara, and Nancy MacLean. Setting the Record Straight on the Libertarian South African Economist W. H. Hutt and James M. Buchanan. Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series, May 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36687/inetwp184.
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In their stormy response to Nancy MacLean’s book Democracy in Chains, some academics on the libertarian right have conducted a concerted defense of Nobel Laureate James Buchanan’s credentials as an anti-racist, or at least a non-racist. An odd component of their argument is a claim of innocence by association: the peripatetic South African economist and Mont Pelerin Society founding member William Harold Hutt was against apartheid; Buchanan was a friend and supporter of Hutt; therefore, Buchanan could not have been abetting segregationists with his support for public funding of segregationist private schools. At the core of this chain of argument is the inference that Hutt’s opposition to apartheid proves that Hutt himself was committed to racial equality. However, just as there were white supremacists who opposed slavery in the United States, we demonstrate Hutt was a white supremacist who opposed apartheid in South Africa. We document how Hutt embraced notions of black inferiority, even in The Economics of the Colour Bar, his most ferocious attack on apartheid. Whether or not innocence by association is a sound defense of anyone’s ideology or conduct, Hutt, himself, was not innocent of white supremacy.