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Planting the Future: The Spiritual Legacy of Wangari Maathai
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2018-10-25)
This concluding chapter pursues a deeper understanding of actions taken by Wangari Maathai to maintain spiritual connections between everyday life and the environment. We do so by explaining how traditional spiritual beliefs ...
Framing Freedom of Religion or Belief for Countering Violent Extremism in Kenya: The Equivalency Framework of the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya
(Routledge, 2018-10-02)
Over the past years, and in the aftermath of terror attacks, religious organizations in Kenya have issued press statements which conflate discourses on war against terror, security, and freedoms of religion. Using the ...
Investigation of Optimal Temperature Distribution, Mechanical Properties and Microstructures of Friction Stir Welded Copper Alloy Joints
(Research gate, 2018)
In this work to determine the maximum temperature at weld zone by using three dimensional finite element heat
transfer model is developed by ANSYS. Copper specimens were prepared under different FSW condition, by varying ...
Sexuality and Sexual Scripting in African Traditional Religion: Mumbi in A Grain of
(AASR, 2018)
The African novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o in his novel A Grain of Wheat introduces a female character Mumbi. Mumbi resides in a village of pre-independence Kenya and shares the same name with the first woman in the Agikuyu ...
Towards a ‘Proverbs 31 Man?’ Pentecostalism and the Reconstruction of Masculinities in Kenya
(Research gate, 2018)
The ‘Proverbs 31 woman’ has been the focus of considerable scholarly
reflection. Whereas some celebrate the ‘Proverbs 31 woman’ as the embodiment
of femininity, others challenge this interpretation as it infers an ...
Unpacking policy gridlocks in Africa’s development: An evolving agenda
(Intellect, 2018-09-01)
Policies are not an end in themselves, but deliberate systems of principles to guide decisions and achievement of rational outcomes. Many factors inherent in or transcending policy processes have dramatic consequences for ...
Design & Analysis of Ladder Frame I Section Chassis
(International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET), 2018)
This Chassis frame is the basic frame work of an automobile. It supports all the parts of an automobile which are
attached to it. With the increase in the weight of the chassis, load on the engine increases thus performance ...
Modes of legitimation by female Pentecostal-Charismatic preachers in East Africa: a comparative study in Kenya and Tanzania
(Routledge, 2018-07-03)
This paper examines the rise of female Pentecostal-Charismatic (PC) church leaders and how they legitimize themselves in a male dominated religious field in Kenya and Tanzania. It explores, in a qualitative way, four women ...
Indiana University Press
(Indiana University Press., 2018-10-18)
This article examines the role and future of indigenous theatrical performances (ITPs) in peacebuilding in Kenya. It focuses on the Kikuyu, Luhya, and Luo communities’ traditions of ritual, storytelling, proverb, and song ...