Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Old Age in Rural Kenya: Gender, the Life Course and Social Change
(Bryn Mawr College,, 1989)role opportunities for the elderly. The contemporary context for age includes a sociodemographic profile of the Samia, Samia kinship as an exchange system, and changing life course patterns of females and males. Within ... -
The role of male Circumcision in the social organization of abakabras in central kabras
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies,, 1992)The survey, which is based on the Abakabras of Central Kabras Location, Kabras Division was aimed at investigating the role of male circumcision in the Social Organization of the Community. The decision to limit the ... -
Two East African systems of land rights
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Effects of Land Tenure Reform on Women's Access to and Control of Land for Food Production in Mumbuni Location of Eastern Kenya
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies University of Nairobi, 2000)This is a study on effects of land tenure reform on women's access to and control of land for food production. The study was conducted among women smallholder farmers in Mumbuni Location of Machakos District. The main ... -
Gender Discrimination and Inequality: a Look Into Female Work Roles in Kenya
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1996) -
Maasai Medicine Practicing Health and Therapy in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
(University of NairobiInstitute of Anthropology, 1997) -
A Cultural Understanding of Child Labour in Lower Nyakach, Kisumu District (Kenya)
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies University of Nairobi, 1997)As early as 1919, the International Community was addressing the problem of Child Labour - one of the first International concerns. At both national and international levels, laws have been passed and ratified, safeguarding ... -
Factors That Influence the Utilization of Traditional and Modern Medicine Among the Samia of Funyula Division, Busia District
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies, 2000)This study was designed to investigate the influence of cultural and economic factors on health seeking behaviour of the Samia . Fieldwork was conducted in Funy .la Division in Busia District, Western Kenya between December ... -
Women Discrimination in Gender Division of Labour in Nairobi Industrial Area: "an Analys of Santowels Company Limited."
(University of NairobiInstitute Of African Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 2006)This study investigates the women discrimination in industrial labour. It is an analysis of Santowels Company Limited. The overall objective of the study was to analyse the industrial gender division of labour in Kenya ... -
Trade and the Feminization of Poverty
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies University of Nairobi, 2003)This study describes the negative impact of trade liberalization on the poor, particularly poor female traders, exacerbating gender inequalities in the trade arena. The main concern in this study was to analyze and ... -
A Comparative Study of the Middle Stone Age Cores From Kenya Highlands and the Lake Victoria Basin Sites
(University of NairobiDepartment of History (Archeology), 1991-06)This study presents a comparative analysis of the middle stone age cores in two geographic zones of Central Kenya highlands and the lake Victoria basin sites of Kenya.The study is based on core excavated from Muguruk,Sog ... -
Access Barriers to Formal Health Services: Focus on Sleeping Sickness in Teso District, Western Kenya
(University of NairobiInstitute Of Anthropology, Gender And Afric'"An Studies, 2012)This study was designed to investigate access barriers to formal health services among communities in Teso district, one of the traditionally known human trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness foci ... -
Fabric Analysis of Nderit Ware
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Ngero as a Social Object
(University of NairobiDepartment of Literature, 1978)This is a study of the art of Ngero which is a Genre of Luo Oral literature.The term Ngero is in the singular. like some Luo words whose singulars end in ro ,the two letters are replaced by CHE in the plural which becomes ... -
The Role of Culture in Industrialization: an Ethnography of the Structure, Culture and Behaviour of the Corporation in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Anthropology, 2000)This study was a comparative examination of the Kenyan corporate culture as it contributes to making the society adapted in a knowledge-based economy. It examined 152 corporations from all the sectors of the economy within ... -
The Role of Fort Jesus Museum in Socio-economic Development of the People of Mombasa, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Anthropology, 2005-08)The purpose of the study was to investigate the role played by the Fort Jesus Museum (FJM) in the socio-economic development of the local community. Specifically, the study aimed at identifying the financial spillovers ... -
Continuity and change in historic planning: towards a sustainable townscape of old town of Mombasa
(School of Business, 2004)Historic urban environments are deteriorating in socio-cultural, architectural, economic and historical continuity. This is due to the challenges of rapid growth, blurred vision and lack of commitment to substantive ... -
The education function of Gikuyu rites of passage: A case study of circumcision songs and dances
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Physical Development Planning in Peri-urban Areas:.a Case Study of King'ong'o and Kimumu of Eldoret Municipality
(School of Business, 2004)Urbanization is one of the most important demographic trends of the twenty first century, and growth is particularly rapid in the lower income countries. The majority of urban growth is associated with the rapid expansion ... -
Use of the Off-the-shelf and in-house Software in House Keeping Systems in Academic Libraries
(University of Nairobi,Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1985)ABSTRACT Over recent years, increasing attention has been given to software as libraries realise that without good software, their systems will not perform well. This study of automated housekeeping systems focused ...
