Search Results - "Kenyan"

Kenyan khat the social life of a stimulant / by Carrier, Neil C. M.

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Kenyan immigrants in the United States acculturation, coping strategies, and mental health / by Odera, Lilian, 1976-

Subjects: “…Kenyan Americans Cultural assimilation.…”
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Artisanal fishers on the Kenyan coast household livelihoods and marine resource management / by Hoorweg, Jan

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Credit between cultures farmers, financiers, and misunderstanding in Africa / by Shipton, Parker MacDonald

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Nest of stones Kenyan narratives in verse / by Wanjohi wa Makokha

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Diet of worms quality of catering in Kenyan prisons / by Korir, Jacqueline Cheptepkeny

“…Quality of catering in Kenyan prisons…”
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Researching AIDS, sexuality and gender case studies of women in Kenyan universities / by Kamau, Nyokabi

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Nomads in the shadows of empires contests, conflicts and legacies on the southern Ethiopian-northern Kenyan frontier / by Oba, Gufu

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Overtly Muslim, covertly Boni competing calls of religious allegiance on the Kenyan coast / by Faulkner, Mark R. J.

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Writing for Kenya the life and works of Henry Muoria /

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Ngugi's novels and African history narrating the nation / by Ogude, James

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Women of fire and spirit history, faith, and gender in Roho religion in western Kenya / by Hoehler-Fatton, Cynthia

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The new world order corporate agenda and parallel reality /

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The Saint of Kathmandu and other tales of the sacred in distant lands / by LeVine, Sarah, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Bori : spirit possession in a Muslim town -- Las tres Marías : the cult of the Virgin in Mexico -- Oborogi : witchcraft in a Kenyan village -- The Saint of Kathmandu : treading where the Buddha trod -- El shaddai : charismatic Christianity in Hong Kong -- Just sitting : Zen in America.…”
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Information and liberation writings on the politics of information and librarianship / by Durrani, Shiraz

Table of Contents: “…To inform is to liberate -- Setting the scene (1) : rocking the boat -- Veterinary information in Kenya (1979) -- Lessons in Kenyan librarianship : leadership, management and the library worker (1984) -- Rural information in Kenya (1985) -- Agricultural information services in Kenya and third world needs (1987) -- Libraries, communication & development in Kenya : the missing political factor (1990) -- Human rights and information in Kenya : a question of political power (1994) -- The mirage of democracy in Kenya (1994) -- Independence in Kenya and the lost opportunity (1998) -- Information relevance, equality and material security : the Kenyan experience (1998) -- Politics of information, information for politics -- Setting the scene (2) : a mere librarian doing research -- The politics of food (1983) -- The other Kenya : underground and alternative literature (1997) -- Information in Kenyan liberation struggle : facts and fiction (2000) -- Voices of resistance : underground publishing in Kenya, 1963-1998 -- Setting the scene (3) : no equality of conditions -- The search for social justice -- Black communities and information workers in search of social justice (1999) -- Combating racism in library and information services (2000) -- Struggle against racial exclusion in public libraries (2000) -- Equality : a service development approach (2000--SD, PJ) -- Mainstreaming equality, meeting needs (2003--SD/ES) -- Create a people-orientated public library service (2004) -- Creating a new library, creating a new library manager (2005) -- Comments on "new direction in social policy" (2005) -- The challenge for libraries in a multicultural society (2007) -- Politics of information and resistance -- Capitalism and socialism : has the contradiction been resolved? …”
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The role of parliament in curbing corruption

Table of Contents: “…Soares -- Political will / Sahr Kpundeh and Phyllis Dininio -- Parliament and anti-corruption legislation / Jeremy Pope -- Case study on the role of Parliament in the fight against corruption : the case of the Kenyan Parliament / Fred Matiangi -- Effective financial scrutiny / Joachim Wehner -- Case study on the performance of public accounts committees : a review of the Canadian PAC, 37th Parliament / Martin Ulrich -- Parliament and supreme audit institutions / Rick Stapenhurst and Jack Titsworth -- The role of the media in curbing corruption / Rod Macdonell and Melica Pesic -- Case study on the role of Parliament and the media in the fight against corruption / John Smith -- Anti-corruption commissions / John Heilbrunn -- Case sutdy : the European Parliaments's role in the resignation oft the Santer Commission / Katia Stasinopoulou -- Building coalitions : parliaments, civil society, and corruption control / Michael Johnston -- Political parties / Riccardo Pelizzo -- Party political funding / Michael Pinto-Duschinsky -- Legislative ethics and codes of conduct / Rick Stapenhurst and Riccardo Pelizzo -- Case study of the House Of Commons : how can Parliamentary codes and registers of member's interests help? …”
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Evidence, ethos and experiment the anthropology and history of medical research in Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Langwick -- Parasite lost: remembering modern times with Kenyan government medical scientists / P. Wenzel Geissler -- Is the sharia of the doctors killing the people? …”
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Custodial grandparenting individual, cultural, and ethnic diversity /

Table of Contents: “…Smith -- Stress-related factors among primary and part-time caregiving grandmothers of Kenyan grandchildren / Paul Odhiambo Oburu and Kerstin Palmérus -- Latina grandmothers raising grandchildren : acculturation and psychological well-being / Catherine Chase Goodman and Merril Silverstein -- African American grandmothers as health educators in the family / Jeffery A. …”
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Combating micronutrient deficiencies food-based approaches /

Table of Contents: “…Saronga -- Animal source foods as a food-based approach to address nutrient deficiencies and functional outcomes : a study among Kenyan schoolchildren / Charlotte G. Neumann ... [et al.] -- Small animal revolving funds : an innovative programming model to increase access to and consumption of animal source foods by rural households in Malawi / A. …”
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Ambiguous pleasures sexuality and middle class self-perceptions in Nairobi / by Spronk, Rachel

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Hip and ambitious in Nairobi -- Conceiving sexuality -- Interfaces of pleasure and anxiety -- Structure of the book -- The study of sexuality -- Sexuality research in Kenya -- Health approaches to sexuality -- Sexuality research in the context of AIDS in Africa -- The dynamics of sexuality: the focus of this study -- Anthropology and sexuality -- The social construction of sexuality, and its limits -- Sex as embodied experience -- Historicising sexuality -- Methodological aspects of sexuality research -- Researching sex and sexuality: research places and practices -- Researching sex and sexuality: collection and validity of data -- An unmarried with partner, non-Kenyan, white female young professional -- Young professionals: emblems of social transformation -- Sexuality and societal transformations -- Gender and sexuality in colonial times -- Gender and sexuality in postcolonial times -- Social transformation and moral anxiety -- The young and ambitious in Nairobi -- Classifying young professionals -- Hesitations about ethnicity and issues of belonging -- Living independently and single -- Nightlife and dating -- Young urban professionals and the formation of a contemporary identity -- Explorers of a modern identity -- Young professionals' position towards customary ways of living -- 'Westernization' -- Africanness -- Conclusion -- Society in flames: sexuality in the context of AIDS -- AIDS as a context of life -- Africanist perspectives on AIDS and sexuality -- Policies of the government and nongovernmental organizations -- The definition of 'risk groups' -- The medicalization of sexuality -- Christian perceptions of AIDS and sexuality -- The remoralization of sexuality -- Sexuality and contemporary lifestyles -- AIDS as the disease of 'immorality' -- The public emergence of the intimate -- Intimacy as part of lifestyle -- Conclusion -- Ambiguous pleasures: sexual desire, career, and femininity -- Female sexuality in Nairobi, Kenya and beyond -- Pamela, Martha, Njeri, Tayiani and Dorcas -- The importance of dating -- 'Playing hard to get' -- To give and to receive sexual pleasure -- Chastity and the realization of sexual pleasure -- Boundaries of sexual pleasure -- Between sexual allure and limited availability -- Appropriating sexual pleasure -- Sexual pleasure and conventional expectations -- Communicating ambiguity -- Embodying transformations -- Conclusion -- Ambiguous pleasures: sex, riches and masculinity -- Male sexuality in Nairobi society, Kenya and beyond -- Alex, Eric, Tom, Maurice and Ongeri -- Men's sexual debut -- Circumcision as constitutive to masculinity -- Sex as a skill-being a 'good lover' -- Love in relation to sexual drive -- Sex and having 'arrived' -- Moving between sexual prowess and restrained potency -- Sexual desire as a physical craving -- Balancing too much and too little sex -- The waning dominant patriarchal ideology -- Accommodating change -- Conclusion -- Sign of the times: media and the therapeutic ethos of romantic love -- Romantic love and the twin spheres of consumption and mass media -- Representing romantic love: films, television and advertisements -- Television -- Advertising -- The privileging of the image -- The manifestations of romantic love: music -- Practicing romantic love: dating -- Practices of mediation: magazines -- The therapeutic discourse on relationships -- Sign of the times: imaginations and practices of romantic love versus 'Westernization', or the perils of modernity -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: sexuality and its ambiguous pleasures -- Researching sexuality in Africa -- The pleasures and anxieties of sexuality -- Middle-class lifestyles and self-perceptions -- Sex and sophistication - self and embodiment.…”
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