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Clearing the Skepticism: Social Movements at the University of Zimbabwe 清除怀疑:津巴布韦大学的社会运动

Greener Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2013-03-20 DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.020313425

C. Dube, Jenet Mudekunye

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引用次数: 0

Access, quality and equity in education for sustainable development in Southern Africa: Child Development 南部非洲可持续发展的教育机会、质量和公平:儿童发展

Greener Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2013-03-20 DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.011613388

Kasowe Rittah

引用次数: 0

Changing Roles of Academic and Research Libraries in Scholarly Information Communication Landscape: Case Study of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria 学术与研究型图书馆在学术信息传播格局中的角色变化——以尼日利亚扎里亚Ahmadu Bello大学为例

Greener Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2013-03-20 DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.021213446

G. O. Adigun, J. A. Kotso, F. S. Kolajo

引用次数: 2

Accessibility to Domestic Energy among Rural Households: Case Study of Damboa Wagaram Ward of Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria 农村家庭家用能源的可及性:以尼日利亚博尔诺州丹博阿地方政府区的丹博阿瓦加拉姆区为例

Greener Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2013-03-20 DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.122112339

C. Ojo, L. Chuffor

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引用次数: 6

Inclusive Governance in Ethnically Divided Nigeria since 1999: The Application of the Principle of Federal Character and Power Sharing System 1999年以来种族分裂的尼日利亚包容性治理:联邦制原则与分权制的运用

Greener Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2013-03-20 DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.012813412

Cotties Adetiba Toyin, R. Aminur

引用次数: 4

Global Youth Culture 全球青年文化

Greener Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2013-03-20 DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.3.012213402

Muzenda Gracious, Ethelia Sibanda

引用次数: 5

Experiencing Sex via the ‘Blue Tooth’: Phenomenological Reflections on the Nature, Use and Impact of Mubobobo in Zimbabwe 通过“蓝牙”体验性:津巴布韦Mubobobo的性质、使用和影响的现象学反思

Greener Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2013-02-18 DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.2.011313376

F. Sibanda

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引用次数: 2

Unpacking the Eurocentric Indictment of Pre-colonial African Socio-political Institutions in literary works; Pfumo Reropa and Gonawapotera 解读文学作品中以欧洲为中心对前殖民时期非洲社会政治制度的控诉pumo Reropa和Gonawapotera

Greener Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2013-02-18 DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.2.011213366

Sam Masinire, B. Mudzanire, Kudakwashe Mapetere

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引用次数: 3

When metaphorical language use fails: A case of Zoosemy in the late Qaddafi's political speeches during the uprising 当隐喻性语言使用失败时:起义期间卡扎菲晚期政治演讲中的Zoosemy案例

Greener Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2013-02-18 DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.2.111612268

Nyongesa Ben Wekesa

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引用次数: 1

Justice, Equality and Peace: The Necessary Tripod for National Development 正义、平等与和平:国家发展的必由之路

Greener Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2013-01-20 DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2013.1.112012274

A. Adedeji

引用次数: 3