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Journal of AIDS and HIV Research, Aug 31, 2011
HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa tend to value literacy or Eurocentric communication approaches such... more HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa tend to value literacy or Eurocentric communication approaches such as brochures, posters, radio, newspapers and television more than indigenous modes of communication strategies such as narration (sigendni), singing (wende) and dancing (miende). Mounting evidence indicates that these Eurocentric modes of communication have the potential of alienating and disempowering the people they are intended to inform because the communication process does not start from within their experiences and in many cases are incapable of giving full respect to their values. To make a mark in the fight against HIV/AIDS in African countries there is need to embrace culturally sensitive communication systems in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The traditional systems of communication put greater emphasis on getting the audience involved in perceiving HIV/AIDS as their problem rather than a media, government, non government organization or an international agency agenda. This paper, shares the techniques, insights and lessons learnt from Peres Wenje PhD research work that sought to investigate how the Luo ora-media have been creatively used to create awareness and empower the community to take ownership of the fight against HIV/AIDS.
In Kenya, HIV/AIDS information and skills dissemination has been mainly through modern communicat... more In Kenya, HIV/AIDS information and skills dissemination has been mainly through modern communication systems, such as the use of mass
There are observable trends in gender issues in children’s play poetry among the Maragoli yet lit... more There are observable trends in gender issues in children’s play poetry among the Maragoli yet little or no studies have been carried out to ascertain these trends. The aim of this study was to establish the existence of gender issues in Maragoli children’s play poetry. Specifically the study sought to examine trends in gender issues in Maragoli children’s play poetry as well as analyze the subtexts in Maragoli children’s play poetry. It also examined personification and symbolism in Maragoli children’s play poetry. The population of the study comprised one hundred and thirty respondents who gave one hundred and thirty nine Maragoli children’s play poems. The respondents were purposively sampled from the following four strata, each representing an age group: sixty one to ninety five, forty one to sixty, twenty one to forty and eight to twenty. Data was collected by observation and oral interviews with eight focus groups. The data was then analyzed qualitatively and presented in prose...
In Kenya, HIV/AIDS information and skills dissemination has been mainly through modern communicat... more In Kenya, HIV/AIDS information and skills dissemination has been mainly through modern communication systems, such as the use of mass media — television, radio, internet, newspapers, and leaflets more than indigenous modes of c ommunication strategies such as narration (sigendni), singing (wende) and dancing (miende). Mounting evidence indicates that these communication systems have the potential of alienating and disempowering the people they are intended to inform because the c ommunication process does not start from within their experiences and in many cases are incapable of giving full respect to their values. To make a mark in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa there is need to embrace culturally sensitive communication sys tems in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The traditional systems of communication put greater emphasis on getting the audience involved in perceiving HIV/AIDS as their problem rather than a media, government, non government organization or an international age...
Africa Insight, 2006
Popular art is not just about entertainment, and this paper explores some of the pertinent issues... more Popular art is not just about entertainment, and this paper explores some of the pertinent issues that one genre of popular fiction, romance, signals. Using the novel The Girl was Mine as a backdrop, the paper concentrates on masculinity as a way out of an essentialised gender analysis that confines the genre of romance to the category of woman, as demonstrated in the mentioned critical works. Masculinity is a fictional construction, and this article attempts to explore how David Karanja has used the genre of romance to perpetuate it within the context of Kenyans' everyday life. A move towards men and masculinity is a project of levelling the playing field of romantic fiction.
Research in African Literatures, 2012
Journal of Eastern African Studies, 2011
... Everything was normal.9 9. Mboya and Ogana, Kenya Burning, 67. View all notes. This view of ... more ... Everything was normal.9 9. Mboya and Ogana, Kenya Burning, 67. View all notes. This view of normalcy was widely held by the general Kenyan public during the election campaigns, as captured in the ... The then president, Daniel Arap Moi, was particularly fond of this argument ...
Journal of AIDS and HIV Research, Aug 31, 2011
HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa tend to value literacy or Eurocentric communication approaches such... more HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa tend to value literacy or Eurocentric communication approaches such as brochures, posters, radio, newspapers and television more than indigenous modes of communication strategies such as narration (sigendni), singing (wende) and dancing (miende). Mounting evidence indicates that these Eurocentric modes of communication have the potential of alienating and disempowering the people they are intended to inform because the communication process does not start from within their experiences and in many cases are incapable of giving full respect to their values. To make a mark in the fight against HIV/AIDS in African countries there is need to embrace culturally sensitive communication systems in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The traditional systems of communication put greater emphasis on getting the audience involved in perceiving HIV/AIDS as their problem rather than a media, government, non government organization or an international agency agenda. This paper, shares the techniques, insights and lessons learnt from Peres Wenje PhD research work that sought to investigate how the Luo ora-media have been creatively used to create awareness and empower the community to take ownership of the fight against HIV/AIDS.
In Kenya, HIV/AIDS information and skills dissemination has been mainly through modern communicat... more In Kenya, HIV/AIDS information and skills dissemination has been mainly through modern communication systems, such as the use of mass
There are observable trends in gender issues in children’s play poetry among the Maragoli yet lit... more There are observable trends in gender issues in children’s play poetry among the Maragoli yet little or no studies have been carried out to ascertain these trends. The aim of this study was to establish the existence of gender issues in Maragoli children’s play poetry. Specifically the study sought to examine trends in gender issues in Maragoli children’s play poetry as well as analyze the subtexts in Maragoli children’s play poetry. It also examined personification and symbolism in Maragoli children’s play poetry. The population of the study comprised one hundred and thirty respondents who gave one hundred and thirty nine Maragoli children’s play poems. The respondents were purposively sampled from the following four strata, each representing an age group: sixty one to ninety five, forty one to sixty, twenty one to forty and eight to twenty. Data was collected by observation and oral interviews with eight focus groups. The data was then analyzed qualitatively and presented in prose...
In Kenya, HIV/AIDS information and skills dissemination has been mainly through modern communicat... more In Kenya, HIV/AIDS information and skills dissemination has been mainly through modern communication systems, such as the use of mass media — television, radio, internet, newspapers, and leaflets more than indigenous modes of c ommunication strategies such as narration (sigendni), singing (wende) and dancing (miende). Mounting evidence indicates that these communication systems have the potential of alienating and disempowering the people they are intended to inform because the c ommunication process does not start from within their experiences and in many cases are incapable of giving full respect to their values. To make a mark in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa there is need to embrace culturally sensitive communication sys tems in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The traditional systems of communication put greater emphasis on getting the audience involved in perceiving HIV/AIDS as their problem rather than a media, government, non government organization or an international age...
Africa Insight, 2006
Popular art is not just about entertainment, and this paper explores some of the pertinent issues... more Popular art is not just about entertainment, and this paper explores some of the pertinent issues that one genre of popular fiction, romance, signals. Using the novel The Girl was Mine as a backdrop, the paper concentrates on masculinity as a way out of an essentialised gender analysis that confines the genre of romance to the category of woman, as demonstrated in the mentioned critical works. Masculinity is a fictional construction, and this article attempts to explore how David Karanja has used the genre of romance to perpetuate it within the context of Kenyans' everyday life. A move towards men and masculinity is a project of levelling the playing field of romantic fiction.
Research in African Literatures, 2012
Journal of Eastern African Studies, 2011
... Everything was normal.9 9. Mboya and Ogana, Kenya Burning, 67. View all notes. This view of ... more ... Everything was normal.9 9. Mboya and Ogana, Kenya Burning, 67. View all notes. This view of normalcy was widely held by the general Kenyan public during the election campaigns, as captured in the ... The then president, Daniel Arap Moi, was particularly fond of this argument ...