Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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A Gender Perspective of the Reading Habits of Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library Users
(University of NairobiInstitute Of Anthropology, Gender And African Studies, University of Nairobi, 2001) -
Adaptation to Modern Medicine in Lowland Machakos, Kenya: a Controlled Comparison of Two Kamba Communities
(University of Nairobi,, 1970) -
Violence among boys: the case study of Nairobi
(Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, 2007)Recognizing sexual violence as a hindrance to development is particularly important for addressing the social, cultural and economic arrangements that inhibit or suppress the realization of human rights. For violence ... -
Sound Change and the Reconstruction of Kikamba Consonantal Sounds in Natural Generative Phonology Frame-work
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, 1980) -
Socio-cultural factors influencing the preparations and performance of girls in science and mathematics subject in Primary and secondary schools
(Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, 2001)This study mainly focused on socio-cultural factors influencing the participation and performance of girls in science and mathematics subjects at primary and secondary levels. These are the subject areas where differences ... -
Socio-economic and Cultural Impacts of Human African Trypanosomiasis and Coping Strategies of Households in the Busoga Focus
(University of Nairobi,College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2003)This study investigated insect pest problems affecting ornithology specimens in the ornithology storeroom of Nairobi Museum of the National Museums of Kenya It also investigated the mitigation measures used by the ... -
Kalenjin nouns and their classification
(College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1975) -
Prefixes, Sound Change, and Subgrouping in the Coastal Kenyan Bantu Languages
(University of Nairobi,College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1973)This dissertation is an attempt to determine a basis of relationship for a cluster of Bantu languages including Swahili, several Pokomo dialects, and a number of Mijikenda dialects, which are spoken along or adjacent ... -
Acquisition of Language by Luo Children
(University of Nairobi,College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1969)The motivation for the research on the acquisition of language by Luo children derived from the work of an interdisciplinary group of anthropologists and psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley. Their ... -
Social Capital and Good Governance in Kenyan Public Provisioning
(University of Nairobi,College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2007)In the past decade and a half or so, the pace of civil service reforms in Africa has increased with high profile donor support as well as a growing demand locally for improved service delivery, greater accountability and ... -
Integrated coastal zone management in kenya: A case study of the Nyali-Bamburi-Shanzu area.
(School of Business, 2000)The Nyali-Bamburi-Shanzu coastal area has some of the richest ecosystems characterized by extensive coral reefs, sandy beaches, and dense mangrove forests. Because of the economic benefits derived from them, the area ... -
Socio-economic and Cultural Impacts of Human African Trypanosomiasis and Coping Strategies of Households in the Busoga Focus
(University of Nairobi,College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2007)This study was designed to investigate the socio-economic and cultural impacts of Human African Trypanosimiasis (HAT) and the coping strategies of households in the Busoga focus. Fieldwork for the study was conducted in ... -
National Museums of Kenya: the Monumental Architecture and Archaeology of the Central and Southern Kenya Coast
(University of Nairobi,College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1980) -
Traditional lyre music of the Luo people of Kenya
(College of Humanities and Social SciencesSchool of Oriental and African Studies University of London, 1980)The lyre, thum, is the musical instrument par excellence of the Luo people of Kenya. It is played at several ritual and social occasions. This thesis, which is in two parts, is a study of both the music of the lyre, ... -
Nyimbo Za Kiswahili: a Socio-ethnomusicological Study of a Swahili Poetic Form
(University of Nairobi,College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1983)The purpose of this study is to examine one form of Swahili sung poetry, nyimbo, and the communicative competence which underlies the performance of that poetic genre. It is ~ investigation of the con- -' I ; . text ... -
Influence of road transport system on growth and development of human settlements: a case of Mlolongo in Machakos district, Kenya.
(School of Business, 2003)Transport system as an essential land use activity has brought many changes on the other land uses and values. One of this has been the growth and development of human settlements. Initial scattered human settlements in ... -
Systems of Conversational Interaction: a Study of Three East African Tribes
(University of Nairobi,College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1973)1.1 Purpose of the study When people interact with one another in conversation, there is much accompanying behavior which is not purely linguistic-- both verbal and body movement behavior. The purely linguistic behavior ... -
The Socio - Economic Status of Women Married to Others: a Case Study of Iveti Location in Machakos District
(University of NairobiInstitut e of African Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987) -
An investigation into the traditional elements of major commercial arts and crafts in Kenya
(College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1983)This study deals with that category of contemporary Kenyan art commonly referred to as "tourist art". Essentially, the study attempts to measure ef!ects o~ commercialization and tourist patronage on production of this ...
