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Engendering development: Demystifying patriarchy and its effects on women in rural Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2011-02-28)
The paper examines the effects of the culture of patriarchy on the development process, and particularly its effects on women. This is borne out of the perceived concerns and challenges of the third millennium development ...
The trajectories of culture, Christianity and socio-economic development in Vihiga District, Western Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2011-02-28)
Culture is part and parcel of a community’s life irrespective of the repelling forces or demands from other social institutions, including the Church. However, some scholars have argued that the Church is a culture in ...
THE POTENTIAL OF THE CHURCH AS A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION IN PEACEBUILDING IN AFRICA. LESSONS FROM KENYA’S ETHNIC CONFLICTS
(NEW EUROPE COLLEGE-Institute for Advanced Studies, 2011)
The 2007 general election in Kenya is reminisced as an event that exemplified destruction that ethnic politics can have on a country. It was clear that most Kenyan politicians are ethnically aligned and divided in political ...
Engendering development: Demystifying patriarchy and its effects on women in rural Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2011-02-28)
The paper examines the effects of the culture of patriarchy on the development process, and particularly its effects on women. This is borne out of the perceived concerns and challenges of the third millennium development ...
Historical Manifestation of Ethnocentrism and its challenges Today
(International Journal of Applied Sociology, 2011)
In this article we have begun by defining ethnocentrism. According to anthropologists, the concept combines
the belief that one’s own culture is superior to other cultures, with the practice of judging other cultures by ...
The Media, Terrorism and Political Mobilization of Muslims in Kenya
(2011)
Muslims constitute just about 10% of Kenya’s population and their perceived marginalization
in the country’s politics since the colonial period has often led them to
retreat from the political scene. However, the ...