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Education and desired family size: A study of Kenyan Youth
(1982)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of individual and family background factors in the formation of family size orientations of youth. It placed a special focus on the effects of schooling and other ...
Demand for products from small enterprises : A case study of footwear
(1989)
Small enterprises have captured the attention of scholars, organizations and governments world-wide. In developing countries, small enterprises have increasingly been the focus.of development programmes especially in terms ...
The socio-economic impact of land tenure reform in the former African areas of Kenya, 1950-1987
(York University, Canada, 1989)
During the 1950s, the British colonial administration
in Kenya introduced fundamental and wide ranging
land tenure reforms in those areas of the country which
were inhabited by traditional African societies.
African ...
Religion in the creative literary works of Chinua Achebe
(1986)
In this thesis it has been shown that the creative
literary works of Chinua Achebe take seriously the
problem of religion as an aspect of social life.
Achebe has been influenced by both Igbo traditional
religion and ...
The African writers response to imperialism nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the African novel
(1980)
This is a study of the responses of four modern African
writers to imperialism during the period of nat1onal liberation revolution which dates from the Second World War to present day. It focuses on two response - ...
The lianja epic of Zaire in the dynamics of orature
(University of Nairobi, 1984)
This study attempts to analyse three versions of the Lianja
epic from Zaire. Two of them are traditional and the other is
modern. The modern version is currently performed by the Zairean
National Theatre called "Compagnie ...
A literary reflection of historical change; A study of the novels of Alex la Guma
(University of Nairobi, 1981)
The thesis studies Alex La Guma's artistic response to historical change in South Africa.
The writer's works are seen to constitute a socio-
hd.s co.r Lca I continuum in which the oppressed progre- ssively ...
Knowledge and belief systems
(University of Nairobi, 1983)
This study takes off from W.V.O. Quine's observation that
philosophers have paid far too much attention to the anaIyses of
the concept of knowledge at the expense of belief. Quine's
attempt to naturalize epistemology ...
The effect of cross bore geometry on the strength of pressure vessels
(University of Nairobi., 1989)
The stress distribution and fatigue behaviour of a thick walled closed erided pressure
vessel containing a transverse hole or cross bore with various blending geometries at its
intersection with the main cylinder bore ...
Analysis of a spotted Hyena.Crocuto Crocuto, Bone Assemblance from Masai Mara Game Reserve, kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1989-06)
This study is lased on on analysis of a modern bone assemblage from a spotted hyena den. The data collected include bone damage and weathering.The different animal species represented are identified. The various possible ...