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Papers by Moussa Traore

Contributions to political science, 2023

The Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2013

Routledge eBooks, Sep 20, 2019

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, Mar 7, 2011

... Abstract. A case study conducted in Thailand shows that teaching informational texts using te... more ... Abstract. A case study conducted in Thailand shows that teaching informational texts using technological devices like listening and comprehension CDs, tape recorders and the Internet can help English Language Learners (ESL) overcome some of their learning difficulties. ...

Journal of the University of Science and Technology, Dec 13, 2016

The reader cannot fail to acknowledge that a book of this content and caliber was long overdue. T... more The reader cannot fail to acknowledge that a book of this content and caliber was long overdue. The authors touch upon a delicate topic which is of vital importance and they go about that task with striking devotion, appropriate methodology and a befitting discourse. They set the tone by acknowledging the tremendous contribution of some institutions and individuals that contributed to make their work possible and less cumbersome to some extent and that is spread on the pages from the 'Acknowledgement to the Table of Contents'. The following institutions are mentioned, to be more specific: Oxfam America and its West Africa Regional Office (WARO), the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN), Ghanaian communities and key individuals and also organizations located in Ghana, like WACAM and ISODEC. The preface of the book poses clearly that West Africa and the mining activity have been bed-fellows for centuries and adds that a new dimension was added to that practice in the 1990s, when 'a gold rush on an industrial scale began'(p.3). The first pages of the work also point out that gold mining is present in two other countries close to Ghana (Mali and Burkina Faso), although the focus of the book is the case of Ghana. The abstract of the work under study lays bare a sad reality which is subsequently engaged in detail: the vast gold reserve of Ghana does not benefit Ghanaians but rather enriches mining companies and that disheartening remark is captured in these lines: According to the Ghana Chamber of Mines, increased mineral production and rising exports since the 1990s had placed the mining industry as the single largest foreign exchange earner for Ghana with gold as the largest contributor. On the flip side however, investment incentives and tax waivers for foreign mining companies amount to millions of dollars in potential revenue lost to Ghana, in addition to serious environmental, economic, social and health problems that mining communities do continually have to grapple with (p8).

Langaa RPCIG eBooks, Jun 20, 2015

OGIRISI: a New Journal of African Studies, Sep 4, 2015

Pluto Press eBooks, Mar 17, 2018

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana), 2016

The reader cannot fail to acknowledge that a book of this content and caliber was long overdue. T... more The reader cannot fail to acknowledge that a book of this content and caliber was long overdue. The authors touch upon a delicate topic which is of vital importance and they go about that task with striking devotion, appropriate methodology and a befitting discourse. They set the tone by acknowledging the tremendous contribution of some institutions and individuals that contributed to make their work possible and less cumbersome to some extent and that is spread on the pages from the 'Acknowledgement to the Table of Contents'. The following institutions are mentioned, to be more specific: Oxfam America and its West Africa Regional Office (WARO), the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN), Ghanaian communities and key individuals and also organizations located in Ghana, like WACAM and ISODEC. The preface of the book poses clearly that West Africa and the mining activity have been bed-fellows for centuries and adds that a new dimension was added to that practice in the 1990s, when 'a gold rush on an industrial scale began'(p.3). The first pages of the work also point out that gold mining is present in two other countries close to Ghana (Mali and Burkina Faso), although the focus of the book is the case of Ghana. The abstract of the work under study lays bare a sad reality which is subsequently engaged in detail: the vast gold reserve of Ghana does not benefit Ghanaians but rather enriches mining companies and that disheartening remark is captured in these lines: According to the Ghana Chamber of Mines, increased mineral production and rising exports since the 1990s had placed the mining industry as the single largest foreign exchange earner for Ghana with gold as the largest contributor. On the flip side however, investment incentives and tax waivers for foreign mining companies amount to millions of dollars in potential revenue lost to Ghana, in addition to serious environmental, economic, social and health problems that mining communities do continually have to grapple with (p8).

Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2013

Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2012

Research indicates that early childhood professionals gather assessment information to monitor ch... more Research indicates that early childhood professionals gather assessment information to monitor child development and learning, to guide curriculum planning and decision making, to identify children who may have special needs, to report and communicate with others, and to evaluate programmes. A review of literature indicates that immigrant children have low achievement assessment scores as compared with mainstream American children, also immigrant children enter kindergarten already behind their mainstream American peers. The current study explored early childhood teachers' perceptions of assessment measures used with immigrant children and the challenges faced when assessing immigrant children. Findings of the study reveal that there are several factors that make early childhood teachers fail to gather effective assessment information from immigrant children. Unless the factors are addressed, planning for effective curriculum for immigrant children using assessment data will con...

Legon Journal of the Humanities

In the depiction of post-independence Africa, the collapse of traditional moral values is a major... more In the depiction of post-independence Africa, the collapse of traditional moral values is a major preoccupation. This concern is often represented in the form of despicable behaviors exhibited by characters, often influenced by Western ideologies, and also in metaphors of decay or decadence. Decadence, from the literary sense of the word, could be interpreted as the moral or cultural rottenness of a community and in the literal usage of the term, it can be understood as an environmental uncleanness. Morally, a society is decayed if its moral principles and philosophies of living are weak while in the physical manifestation of the sense of the term, a decayed environment is associated with filth, pollution and physical rottenness. This paper examines the deployment of decadence as symptomatic of moral collapse and of environmental defacement in Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born and Sembène Ousmane’s Xala. We read these texts in a theoretical context drawn from insi...

University of Cape Coast, 2015

Abibisem: Journal of African Culture and Civilization

In order to justify their annexation and subsequent subjugation and colonisation of Africa, the A... more In order to justify their annexation and subsequent subjugation and colonisation of Africa, the America and Asia, European imperalist nations had to depict Africa in a way that supported their missions. First, Africa had to be portaryed as a savage continent that needed the benevolence of the white man in order to attain civilisation. Second, Africa and the Americas had to be depicted as virgin lands that could provide all the raw materials that modern Europe needed for its indsutrial take-off. Third, one of the characteristics that was used in that project was that of the African man in genral and the "black" man in particular as a dangerous beast that is always in hot pursuit of the white woman's virginity. As a consequnence, the black man in Africa and in America had to be kept under constant check. This paper examines the problem whihc is represented by the fallacies put forth by Europe or the gap between the apologia and the reality in modern Europe's subjugat...

Canadian Journal of History, 2011

KENTE - Cape Coast Journal of Literature and the Arts, 2019

This paper discusses some ecocritical ideas in selected poems by Kofi Awoonor, Kofi Anyidoho and ... more This paper discusses some ecocritical ideas in selected poems by Kofi Awoonor, Kofi Anyidoho and the Negritude poets David Diop and Birago Diop. Drawing on postcolonial ecocriticism theory the paper focuses on ecocritical symbolisms and their ramifications in order to show how African poets attend to the environment, community and modernity’s many flaws. The consideration of the Negritude poems in this study stems from the fact that Negritude Literature in general and the selected poems in particular have been examined mainly within the context of Black African identity and the antiracist effort in general. The paper demonstrates that ecological motifs or symbols are deployed by some African poets to express life, survival, and nostalgia.

… and health: African family studies in a …, 2004

... World : Supplement 15; Publication Date: 2004; Pages: p.61 - 67; Authors: Kari Dako;Moussa Tr... more ... World : Supplement 15; Publication Date: 2004; Pages: p.61 - 67; Authors: Kari Dako;Moussa Traore; Helen Yitah; ISSN: 08554412; Read this article. For subscription and additional information please contact us on: Tel: +27 12 ...

Contributions to political science, 2023

The Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2013

Routledge eBooks, Sep 20, 2019

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, Mar 7, 2011

... Abstract. A case study conducted in Thailand shows that teaching informational texts using te... more ... Abstract. A case study conducted in Thailand shows that teaching informational texts using technological devices like listening and comprehension CDs, tape recorders and the Internet can help English Language Learners (ESL) overcome some of their learning difficulties. ...

Journal of the University of Science and Technology, Dec 13, 2016

The reader cannot fail to acknowledge that a book of this content and caliber was long overdue. T... more The reader cannot fail to acknowledge that a book of this content and caliber was long overdue. The authors touch upon a delicate topic which is of vital importance and they go about that task with striking devotion, appropriate methodology and a befitting discourse. They set the tone by acknowledging the tremendous contribution of some institutions and individuals that contributed to make their work possible and less cumbersome to some extent and that is spread on the pages from the 'Acknowledgement to the Table of Contents'. The following institutions are mentioned, to be more specific: Oxfam America and its West Africa Regional Office (WARO), the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN), Ghanaian communities and key individuals and also organizations located in Ghana, like WACAM and ISODEC. The preface of the book poses clearly that West Africa and the mining activity have been bed-fellows for centuries and adds that a new dimension was added to that practice in the 1990s, when 'a gold rush on an industrial scale began'(p.3). The first pages of the work also point out that gold mining is present in two other countries close to Ghana (Mali and Burkina Faso), although the focus of the book is the case of Ghana. The abstract of the work under study lays bare a sad reality which is subsequently engaged in detail: the vast gold reserve of Ghana does not benefit Ghanaians but rather enriches mining companies and that disheartening remark is captured in these lines: According to the Ghana Chamber of Mines, increased mineral production and rising exports since the 1990s had placed the mining industry as the single largest foreign exchange earner for Ghana with gold as the largest contributor. On the flip side however, investment incentives and tax waivers for foreign mining companies amount to millions of dollars in potential revenue lost to Ghana, in addition to serious environmental, economic, social and health problems that mining communities do continually have to grapple with (p8).

Langaa RPCIG eBooks, Jun 20, 2015

OGIRISI: a New Journal of African Studies, Sep 4, 2015

Pluto Press eBooks, Mar 17, 2018

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana), 2016

The reader cannot fail to acknowledge that a book of this content and caliber was long overdue. T... more The reader cannot fail to acknowledge that a book of this content and caliber was long overdue. The authors touch upon a delicate topic which is of vital importance and they go about that task with striking devotion, appropriate methodology and a befitting discourse. They set the tone by acknowledging the tremendous contribution of some institutions and individuals that contributed to make their work possible and less cumbersome to some extent and that is spread on the pages from the 'Acknowledgement to the Table of Contents'. The following institutions are mentioned, to be more specific: Oxfam America and its West Africa Regional Office (WARO), the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN), Ghanaian communities and key individuals and also organizations located in Ghana, like WACAM and ISODEC. The preface of the book poses clearly that West Africa and the mining activity have been bed-fellows for centuries and adds that a new dimension was added to that practice in the 1990s, when 'a gold rush on an industrial scale began'(p.3). The first pages of the work also point out that gold mining is present in two other countries close to Ghana (Mali and Burkina Faso), although the focus of the book is the case of Ghana. The abstract of the work under study lays bare a sad reality which is subsequently engaged in detail: the vast gold reserve of Ghana does not benefit Ghanaians but rather enriches mining companies and that disheartening remark is captured in these lines: According to the Ghana Chamber of Mines, increased mineral production and rising exports since the 1990s had placed the mining industry as the single largest foreign exchange earner for Ghana with gold as the largest contributor. On the flip side however, investment incentives and tax waivers for foreign mining companies amount to millions of dollars in potential revenue lost to Ghana, in addition to serious environmental, economic, social and health problems that mining communities do continually have to grapple with (p8).

Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2013

Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2012

Research indicates that early childhood professionals gather assessment information to monitor ch... more Research indicates that early childhood professionals gather assessment information to monitor child development and learning, to guide curriculum planning and decision making, to identify children who may have special needs, to report and communicate with others, and to evaluate programmes. A review of literature indicates that immigrant children have low achievement assessment scores as compared with mainstream American children, also immigrant children enter kindergarten already behind their mainstream American peers. The current study explored early childhood teachers' perceptions of assessment measures used with immigrant children and the challenges faced when assessing immigrant children. Findings of the study reveal that there are several factors that make early childhood teachers fail to gather effective assessment information from immigrant children. Unless the factors are addressed, planning for effective curriculum for immigrant children using assessment data will con...

Legon Journal of the Humanities

In the depiction of post-independence Africa, the collapse of traditional moral values is a major... more In the depiction of post-independence Africa, the collapse of traditional moral values is a major preoccupation. This concern is often represented in the form of despicable behaviors exhibited by characters, often influenced by Western ideologies, and also in metaphors of decay or decadence. Decadence, from the literary sense of the word, could be interpreted as the moral or cultural rottenness of a community and in the literal usage of the term, it can be understood as an environmental uncleanness. Morally, a society is decayed if its moral principles and philosophies of living are weak while in the physical manifestation of the sense of the term, a decayed environment is associated with filth, pollution and physical rottenness. This paper examines the deployment of decadence as symptomatic of moral collapse and of environmental defacement in Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born and Sembène Ousmane’s Xala. We read these texts in a theoretical context drawn from insi...

University of Cape Coast, 2015

Abibisem: Journal of African Culture and Civilization

In order to justify their annexation and subsequent subjugation and colonisation of Africa, the A... more In order to justify their annexation and subsequent subjugation and colonisation of Africa, the America and Asia, European imperalist nations had to depict Africa in a way that supported their missions. First, Africa had to be portaryed as a savage continent that needed the benevolence of the white man in order to attain civilisation. Second, Africa and the Americas had to be depicted as virgin lands that could provide all the raw materials that modern Europe needed for its indsutrial take-off. Third, one of the characteristics that was used in that project was that of the African man in genral and the "black" man in particular as a dangerous beast that is always in hot pursuit of the white woman's virginity. As a consequnence, the black man in Africa and in America had to be kept under constant check. This paper examines the problem whihc is represented by the fallacies put forth by Europe or the gap between the apologia and the reality in modern Europe's subjugat...

Canadian Journal of History, 2011

KENTE - Cape Coast Journal of Literature and the Arts, 2019

This paper discusses some ecocritical ideas in selected poems by Kofi Awoonor, Kofi Anyidoho and ... more This paper discusses some ecocritical ideas in selected poems by Kofi Awoonor, Kofi Anyidoho and the Negritude poets David Diop and Birago Diop. Drawing on postcolonial ecocriticism theory the paper focuses on ecocritical symbolisms and their ramifications in order to show how African poets attend to the environment, community and modernity’s many flaws. The consideration of the Negritude poems in this study stems from the fact that Negritude Literature in general and the selected poems in particular have been examined mainly within the context of Black African identity and the antiracist effort in general. The paper demonstrates that ecological motifs or symbols are deployed by some African poets to express life, survival, and nostalgia.

… and health: African family studies in a …, 2004

... World : Supplement 15; Publication Date: 2004; Pages: p.61 - 67; Authors: Kari Dako;Moussa Tr... more ... World : Supplement 15; Publication Date: 2004; Pages: p.61 - 67; Authors: Kari Dako;Moussa Traore; Helen Yitah; ISSN: 08554412; Read this article. For subscription and additional information please contact us on: Tel: +27 12 ...