Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Influence of tomato spotted wilt virus on performance and behaviour of western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis)
(Univesity of NairobiCentre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy, 2012-11-27)The general principles in pathogen transmission by insects involve a complex and specific interplay, in this case between thrips, tospovirus and their shared host plant, which has led to outbreaks of crop disease epidemics ... -
Voiceless vowels in Toposa
(Faculty of Arts, 1987) -
Interview of Dr. Olive Mugenda, Co-Chairperson of AAWORD
(Department of Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1995) -
Vowel harmony in Toposa
(Faculty of Arts, 1987) -
Interview of Professor Karani DVC Academic, University of Nairobi
(Department of Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1995) -
The Kenya Highlands: land use and agricultural development.
(Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, 1971)The main purpose of this survey was to map, study and attempt to explain the distribution and the main characteristics associated with the major crops in the Kenya Highlands during the period of European farming, basing ... -
Land Alienation, Land Tenure and Tourism in Maasailand, Kenya
(Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi,, 2005)Land is a primary resource for international tourism development. The relationship of indigenous systems of land tenure, and the history of land alienation to tourism in African nations, however, is problematic. Governments ... -
Fertility Differentials in Kenya: The Effect of Female Migration
(Kenya Department of Geography ,University of Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Geography, Maseno University,, 2005)This study uses the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) data conducted in 1988/89.The hypothesis of the paper is that women who migrate tend to maximise their other lifetime aspirations at the expense of their ... -
The social meanings of death from HIV/AIDS: An African interpretative view
(Taylor & Francis, 2000)Death from HIV/AIDS is increasingly common in Kenya. However, the ways in which people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and society more generally make sense of this kind of death has been little investigated. By analysing accounts ... -
Lay perceptions of risk of HIV infection and the social construction of safer sex: Some experiences from Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)Safer sex in the context of HIV/AIDS control in Kenya has mainly been promoted through the encouragement of condom use. In this strategy, safer sex is treated as though it is synonymous with condom use. This paper, which ... -
Attitudes of Maasai Pastoralists Towards Amboseli National Park
(Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi,, 2007) -
Rural women: technologies and development
(Department of Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1995) -
Migration and Fertility Relationship: A Case Study of Kenya
(Department of Geography, University of NairobiMaseno University, 2003)Migration patterns in Kenya in general differentially affect fertility levels, patterns and behaviour. For economically dynamic areas, out-migration and the associated spousal separation and differential sex ratios ... -
Perspectives of adolescent boys on the risks of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections: Kenya
(ElsevierDepartment of sociology, 2001)Sexual debut for boys in Kenya occurs mostly by mid-adolescence. This study looks at the perspectives of adolescent boys aged 15–19 attending schools in rural, eastern Kenya on the dual risks of unwanted pregnancy, STDs ... -
Mother nature
(Department of Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 2000) -
Domestic Violence as an Obstacle to Development in Kenya
(Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi,, 1998) -
Tourism Development in Kenya: Constraints and Opportunities
(Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi,, 2003) -
Commercial Sugar cane Farming in lake Victoria Basin:
(Univesity of NairobiCentre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy, 2012) -
The africana woman
(Department of Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 2002) -
Ethnic Religion: Conflict and Social Changes in Kenya, IN: Dialogue, New York
(College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)
