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    Problems and coping strategies of Child Headed Households in Fisher Folk Communities: A case of Lwampanga Sub-County, Nakasongola District
    (Makerere University, 210-11) Nanfuka, Esther Kalule
    Abstract Child Headed Households (CHHs) have more or less become an acceptable family form in many parts of Uganda and the world at large. Nevertheless, they continue to suffer a host of hardships as they strive to survive; and in the process naturally mobilize their psychological and socio- economic resources to cope with the situation. This study attempted to uncover the social situation of CHHs in the fishing communities of Lwampanga Sub-County, Nakasongola district, using a qualitative approach and a descriptive case study design. The specific objectives of the study include the transitioning of households from adult headed to child headed, the problems they encounter and the coping strategies they adopt to deal with them. The key findings from the study include but are not limited to: the locality is a key variable in determining the forms, causes, problems and coping strategies of CHHs within its vicinity; the emergence of a new form of CHHs consisting of single or non orphans encountering problems similar to those of other types; and the observation that the existence of parents is no guarantee that the children’s welfare will be catered for. The emergence of CHHs in the landing sites of the study area is perpetuated more by a complex web of constraints embedded in the socio- economic/cultural and political systems of the area. The HIV and AIDS pandemic, plays a role in the death of the parents but cannot be clearly attached to the erosion of the extended family. It was further observed that the problems encountered by CHHs in the study area are just as bad as those illuminated in existing literature; albeit the former also grapple with more sophisticated problems such as witchcraft, the impending loss of social identity and the general deficiency of formal and informal social protection mechanisms which render them more vulnerable and less resilient. CHHs in the study area redesign and reorganize the structure of the household to accommodate the new roles and responsibilities that emerge. In addition sex and age are key players in the well being of CHHs at the landing sites; the stability of families is crucial for the wellbeing of the children; and the causes and woes of these households are generally rooted in the system.
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    Political generations in Bukoba :1890-1939.
    ( 1940) Austen, Ralph
    What theoretical framework I have been able to salvage is, as the title of my paper suggests, largely evolutionary. The "political generations" which I wish to distinguish in the various stages of colonial rule are those Africans who were able to mediate spontaneously between the machinery of alien government and the outlook of the indigenous population.
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    Political generations in Bukoba :1890-1939.
    ( 1940) Austen, Ralph
    What theoretical framework I have been able to salvage is, as the title of my paper suggests, largely evolutionary. The "political generations" which I wish to distinguish in the various stages of colonial rule are those Africans who were able to mediate spontaneously between the machinery of alien government and the outlook of the indigenous population.
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    Colonial policy
    (Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, 1946-10) Jones, A. Creech ; Richards, Audrey I.
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    A brief description of the social system of the Lugbara.
    ( 1950) Middleton, John
    The Lugbara and Madi (properly Ma’di, but I shall keep the traditional spelling) are the most easterly speakers of the Eastern Sudanic group of languages, which stretches from the Lake Chad region to the Nile Valley. They are usually referred to by Government sources as Nilotic tribes; this is incorrect. They are distinct both culturally and linguistically from the neighboring Nilotic peoples to the east of the Nile.
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    The monkey clan in Buganda
    ( 1950-07-17) Kamulegeya, John J.
    The history of Buganda tells us that all the clans-found in Buganda started during the reign of Kabaka Kintu. Kabaka Kintu was the first Kabaka who had a settled administration of Buganda. Kabaka Kintu came from the north of Uganda; it is said that he was accompanied by a group of people. On their way down to Buganda they came across a place where there was no food. Some people say that it was a drought in that particular place. Kabaka Kintu, as the leader of that group of people, suggested that each and everyone should look for something to eat; some hunted animals, some caught insects and some brought different sorts of things. In addition to his suggestion, he said that they all should try to eat that particular thing each had brought; and if one vomited or felt unwell after eating that particular thing, then it would become one's totem and automatically, of course, one's clan. The suggestion was carried out; and it is now the known origin of the totems and clans of the Baganda.
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    Land tenure in Uganda: present day tendencies
    ( 1953) Mukwaya, A. B.
    INTRODUCTION It is now over fifty years since a settlement of the land question in Buganda was made. There were two math re suits of this settlement. In the first place, the- political and usufructuary rights -of the chiefs were converted into a system of freehold tenure now known as the mailo system:1 and in the second place, and subsequently, the rights of the peasant holders living on these estates were defined by law. Both types of rights are thus preserved and protected by legal enactments. In the past fifty years, through the processes of adaptation and adoption, this whole system of land tenure has developed quite rapidly in relation to the- great economic and political changes that have taken place in the country. Some of these changes in the system of land tenure are discussed in the succeeding pages, and particularly the extent to which fragmentation of • holdings has taken place and the rules governing peasant holdings ha been defined. These changes are described against their historical background and in relation to the particular land laws that have been passed. The more important of these enactments are reviewed in the second chapter of this work.
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    A company that failed
    ( 1954-08) Mukwaya, A.B.
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    A company that failed
    ( 1954-08) Mukwaya, A.B.
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    On the Nyoro concept of Mahano.
    ( 1960-03-19) Beattie, J. H. M.
    The concept denoted by the Nyoro term mahano is comparable with similar notions found in other cultures. The word is the plural of the noun ihano, which means anything specially strange or marvellous. If a Nyoro wishes to express surprise or astonishment, for instance at some unexpected news, he is likely to say Ky'amahano! (How astonishing!), or simply Mahano! (Amazing!). But the word implies much more than merely an exclamation of surprise. Its most important reference is to conditions of ritual or magical danger, possessing a particular kind of potency. A condition of mahano is something to be avoided, at least by ordinary people. If it cannot be avoided, relief from the state of danger which it implies may be sought through the performance of special ritual.
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    On the Nyoro concept of Mahano.
    ( 1960-03-19) Beattie, J. H. M.
    The concept denoted by the Nyoro term mahano is comparable with similar notions found in other cultures. The word is the plural of the noun ihano, which means anything specially strange or marvellous. If a Nyoro wishes to express surprise or astonishment, for instance at some unexpected news, he is likely to say Ky'amahano! (How astonishing!), or simply Mahano! (Amazing!). But the word implies much more than merely an exclamation of surprise. Its most important reference is to conditions of ritual or magical danger, possessing a particular kind of potency. A condition of mahano is something to be avoided, at least by ordinary people. If it cannot be avoided, relief from the state of danger which it implies may be sought through the performance of special ritual.
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    Some practical and theoretical problems of general ability testing at the African standard six level in Southern Rhodesia.
    ( 1962) Irvine, S. H.
    The testing of abilities in Africa, until after the Second World War, was largely comparative in nature and theoretical in its approach. It. was designed to illustrate differences between ethnic groups and their respective cultures. Applied research, where emphasis was placed on the relationship of the individual to his peers has been the result of the need to classify and use African labour in primary and secondary industry and lately, to cope with the problems of selecting from a large number of primary school leavers, those who could most benefit from further schooling.
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    Some practical and theoretical problems of general ability testing at the African standard six level in Southern Rhodesia.
    ( 1962) Irvine, S. H.
    The testing of abilities in Africa, until after the Second World War, was largely comparative in nature and theoretical in its approach. It. was designed to illustrate differences between ethnic groups and their respective cultures. Applied research, where emphasis was placed on the relationship of the individual to his peers has been the result of the need to classify and use African labour in primary and secondary industry and lately, to cope with the problems of selecting from a large number of primary school leavers, those who could most benefit from further schooling.
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    Rain making rites in Ihanzu
    ( 1963) Adam, V.
    The subject of this paper is a ceremony which occurs once each year in Ihanzu. It takes place at the capital of the chiefdom. A series of acts is performed over a period of three days in the month of November or December, according to when the rains begin. People say that the purpose of the ceremony is to ensure plenty of rain during the coming year, and also that it marks the beginning of cultivation. It involves cooperation between many villages and groups which do not function in any other situations participate. Although the number of actual participants is small, the performance of the rites is of great importance to many.
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    Rain making rites in Ihanzu
    ( 1963) Adam, V.
    The subject of this paper is a ceremony which occurs once each year in Ihanzu. It takes place at the capital of the chiefdom. A series of acts is performed over a period of three days in the month of November or December, according to when the rains begin. People say that the purpose of the ceremony is to ensure plenty of rain during the coming year, and also that it marks the beginning of cultivation. It involves cooperation between many villages and groups which do not function in any other situations participate. Although the number of actual participants is small, the performance of the rites is of great importance to many.
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    Secondary schools as agents of socialization for national goals
    ( 1964) Evans, David R.
    Secondary schools are considered by many sources to be one of the most important institutions for molding the values and attitudes of the influential citizens of the future. This paper will examine some of the theoretical bases for the assumption that schools can be effective agents for national development and will then look at some of the current activities of secondary schools in one African country. In particular it investigates those activities which seen to be related to developing a sense of national identity, and a willingness to share in the physical work necessary for development.
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    Secondary schools as agents of socialization for national goals
    ( 1964) Evans, David R.
    Secondary schools are considered by many sources to be one of the most important institutions for molding the values and attitudes of the influential citizens of the future. This paper will examine some of the theoretical bases for the assumption that schools can be effective agents for national development and will then look at some of the current activities of secondary schools in one African country. In particular it investigates those activities which seen to be related to developing a sense of national identity, and a willingness to share in the physical work necessary for development.
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    Some aspects of changes in Kenya's import structure.
    ( 1964) Maitra, P.
    Changes in the structure of imports in a developing country are closely associated with the level and progress of industrialisation. Industrialisation in these economies at the initial stage tends to be restricted by the available level of skill and organisational ability, to the simpler processes which are typical of non-durable consumer goods .At this stage obviously imports of intermediate and capital goods increase, but it is also evident from the empirical studies that the imports of consumer goods increase, even those which are now manufactured domestically, but to the expansion of the size of the market . Income elasticises of demand for consumer goods at the initial stage of industrialisation appear to be high in these economies. With the progress of industrialisation new skills and organisational abilities emerge, while the expanding markets allow new industries - in course of time intermediate and capital goods producing industries. These would naturally lead to changes in the composition of imports.