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Modern standard logic in Luganda
(Makerere University, 2010-11)
This study investigated the problem of expressing modern standard logic in Luganda, a Bantu language widely spoken in Uganda both as a first language and second language with the major aim of showing how a language can be ...
A comparative study of human rights issues in the novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Alex la Guma and Chinua Achebe.
(Makerere University, 2013-09)
This study makes a comparative analysis of human rights issues depicted in the novels of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Alex La Guma and Chinua Achebe. It discusses cultural rights violation and notes that in Ngugi and Achebe’s novels ...
The influence of business priorities on radio content in Uganda: a case study of Radio Two (Akaboozi FM)
(Makerere University, 2012-12)
The study „The Influence of Business Priorities on Radio Content in Uganda: a Case Study of Radio Two (Akaboozi FM)‟ examines the extent to which business priorities affect radio content in Uganda. The study is premised ...
Media coverage and HIV/AIDS knowledge gaps in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2016-08)
Since the late 1980s, various key players have used the media and other means to educate the Ugandan population about HIV/AIDS. However, little is known about the knowledge disparities within the population and the role ...
Testing and its implications in lexicography: A case study of corpus creation in Dhopadhola
(Makerere University, 2011-05)
“Testing and its implications in lexicography: a case study of corpus creation in Dhopadhola” is a lexicographical study that demonstrates how a generated language corpus can be used to create more reliable, verifiable and ...
Limits of translatability of language and cultural specificities: A case study of a translation of Runyoro-Rutooro folktales, proverbs and poems into English
(Makerere University, 2012-05)
The present study aims at finding out the limits of translatability of language and cultural specificities in Runyoro-Rutooro folktales, proverbs and poems when they are translated into English and discovering ways of ...
Performing culture: An analysis of the language of contemporary Okuhingira ceremony among the Banyankore.
(Makerere University, 2014-05)
The research set out to investigate the effectiveness of the language used in the performance of the Okuhingira ceremony among the Banyankore. In the study, emphasis was put on the contemporary ceremony of okuhingira and ...
Assessment of community radio in Tanzania: case study of Orkonerei Radio Service FM
(2012-12)
The dissertation 'Assessment of Community Radio in Tanzania: Case Study of Orkonerei Radio Service FM' constitutes an assessment of community radio in Tanzania with a specific focus on ORS FM. Central to this study was the ...
A comparative study of the causes of household poverty in Bushenyi and Kamuli Districts: An anthropological analysis.
(Makerere University, 2013-04)
The research sought to investigate what causes household poverty in Bushenyi and Kamuli Districts and evaluate the poverty reduction programmes that were operational between 1987 and 2010 from an anthropological perspective. ...
Rethinking health communication to address social contextual barriers to malaria control in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-11)
The soaring levels of malaria in some sub-Saharan African countries, and Uganda in particular, have raised concern about the need for effective interventions to promote prevention and treatment of this epidemic. The disease ...