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The influence of cultural and gender practices on fertility rates in Ruhaama County, Ntungamo District
(Makerere University, 2011-07)
Culture simply means common beliefs and practices of a group of people. Culture defines the life choices of people thereby being part of the consequences that such choices bring. Culture is significant in understanding ...
Cultural explanations of depression in children among the Baganda
(Makerere University, 2017-01)
This study sought to explore the local and cultural meanings of depression in children aged ten years and below within the Baganda cultural groupings; how the various meanings, different perceptions and interpretations of ...
Culture and education of girls in Wampiti subcounty, Nakasongola District.
(Makerere University, 2012)
This study inquired into the influence between culture and education of girls in Wampiti Sub-county Nakasongola District because there were reports that, there was low girl enrollment and increased dropout rates for the ...
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 ...
Dismantling reified African culture through localised homosexualities in Uganda.
(Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2013)
Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 aimed at protecting the cherished culture of the people against emergent threats to the traditional heterosexual family. The Bill's justification, however, lay in myopic imaginings ...