Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Title
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The Illicit proliferation and use of small arms and light weapons and human security in East Africa: a case study of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This study is about the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) as an immediate security challenge to individuals, societies, and states around the world and an enormous hurdle to sustainable security ... -
The image of Africa in the works of Margaret Laurence: a study of the prophet's camel bell, this side Jordan, and the tomorrow-tamer
(University of NairobiDepartment of linguistics and African languages, university of Nairobi, 2007)This study examines the image of Africa in three creative works by Canadian novelist, Margaret Laurence, namely The Prophet's Camel Bell, This Side Jordan, and The Tomorrow - Tamer. Concerned that Laurence's critics have ... -
The image of local Counillors a partial e-interpretation of the reasons for the decline of Local Government in Kenya.
(Department of History, University of Nairobi, 1978)A Partial e-Interpretation of the Reasons for the Decline of Local Government in,Kegya This thesis attempts to evaluate the image of local government councillors in Kenya which, it contends, has been greatly misrepresented ... -
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Imagery And Animal Symbolism In Chigozie Obioma’s The Fishermen
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study is a literary analysis of Chigozie Obioma’s The Fishermen. It investigates the use of animal symbols, imagery and the effectiveness of journey motif as part of imagery in the text. The study identifies symbols ... -
Imagery and children's literature in Kenya :A case study of four selected texts
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 1991)This thesis examines the role of imagery in conte¬mporary children's literature in Kenya in relation to the impressionability of the nine to twelve year old reader. It starts off with outlining the place and role of ... -
Imagery Phenotyping and Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci for Northern Leaf Blight (Nlb) Resistance in Maize
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Northern leaf blight (NLB) is a major foliar disease caused by fungus Exserohilum turcicum that leads to limited production of cereals in the Sub-Saharan Africa. Maize is normally susceptible to NLB from the seedling stage ... -
Images of women in Gikuyu oral narratives
(Department of Arts-Literature, 1993)This study starts on the premise that literature is key to understanding society. It therefore proposes that a serious and analytical evaluation of oral literature could lead to an understanding ... -
Images and symbols in nuruddin Farah's novels
(Arts-Literature and linguistics, 1986)This thesis entitled "IMAGES AND SYMBOLS IN NURUDDIN FAHAH'S NOVELS," examines the following five titles: From a Crooked Hib, A Naked Needle, Sweet and Sour Milk,Sardines and Close Sesame. The last three are a trilogy ... -
Images of peace, conflict and displacement in refugee children's narratives: the cases of Nairobi and Kakuma
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)This study set out to analyze selected narratives of refugee children in order to achieve the following objectives: identify key issues addressed in refugee children's narratives, identify the images refugee children use ... -
The Images Of Africa In Selected African American Autobiographies
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Images of Dedan Kimathi in Kenyan creative literature
(Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 2000-11)In the intricate relationship between history and fiction, it is often assumed that a body of fiction represents the values of a particular epoch. This sometimes ignores the inherent complexities when such literature ... -
Images of Environment in Kipsigis ‘tumdo’ Songs
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The study set out to identify and analyse images of the environment in selected Kipsigis tumdo songs, identify environmental issues raised through these images, and finally discuss philosophy of the Kipsigis people as ... -
Images of motion in the selected works of Alex La Guma
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)This project discusses the importance of images of motion in the selected works of Alex La Guma. Even though we concentrate on his major works A Walk in the Night, In the Fog of the Seasons' End and Time of the Butcherbird, ... -
Images of the African woman in Buchi Emecheta's fictional works
(University of NairobiDepartment of Literature, 1992)The study is a literary analysis of the images of the African woman in Buchi Emecheta's fictional works. Four texts that more exhaustively handle the issues surrounding the image and position of the African woman were ... -
Images of War and Peace in Refugee Children’s Oral Narratives
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Images of women in Abakhayo Bweya oral poetry and their social significance for girl children.
(Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 2003)This study examines the meaning and significance for girl children of images of women which are used in the marriage oral poetry of the Abakhayo. The study is predicated on the premise that the primary aim of marriage ... -
Imaging Socio-political Spaces in Selected Theatre Texts Aired on Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Television, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study examines the imaging of socio-political spaces in selected theatre texts aired on Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) television. The study analysed six episodes of each of the three selected texts namely: ... -
Imagining a Kenyan Cosmopolitanism in Dance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Cosmopolitanism is a broad term that carries a wide range of definitions, ranging from sociopolitical, geography, anthropology, philosophy, and literature. It is a highly contested term that has sparked scholarly debates ... -
The imapct of mobile banking: a case study of M-Pesa in the Kenyan society
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)In March 2007, Kenya's largest mobile network operator, Safaricom (part of the Vodafone Group), launched M-PESA, an innovative mobile banking service for the unbanked. 'Pesa' is the Swahili word for cash; the 'M' is for ...
