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{"title":"The Part of the Protestant Church in the Processes of Exiting Electoral Crises in Francophone Black Africa","authors":"Arrey W.H., Loumou Mondoleba A.","doi":"10.52589/ajsshr-3w4wbgem","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajsshr-3w4wbgem","url":null,"abstract":"The analysis presented in this paper starts from an observation that generally shows pluralist electoral competitions in Francophone (French-speaking) black Africa not as frameworks for the expression of political adversity, but rather as real moments of enmity, disorder and multifaceted conflicts. Indeed, the democratic processes initiated by most African States at the beginning of the 1990s did not allow the desired liberalization of the political field. They were confronted with the ruse of political leaders wishing to stay in power for a long time by developing strategies for circumventing real political pluralism, neutralizing and assimilating the opposition. The “passive democracy” that has finally been achieved is characterized by the continuation of monopolistic practices and habits in a context that is supposed to be politically liberal and plural. The resolution of the crisis which strewn the electoral processes in black Africa generally requires a strong implication of various actors and on various scales, in particular the religious actors. The part of the Protestant Church in the process of getting out of the electoral crisis is thus understood as the process of involving the Protestant clergy in the management of socio-political mores before, during and after electoral competitions. Undeniably, the function of the Protestant Church in French-speaking black Africa is not limited only to the mission of evangelization and prayers for peace in the nation, it extends to the management of these socio-political crises. This study is methodologically and theoretically based on documentary research and neo-institutionalism, taking into account the fact that the outcomes of electoral crises are above all political processes and action frameworks where institutional linkages mutually influence each other.","PeriodicalId":363531,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131231564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perception and Consequences Associated with Self-Medication Practice among Nnamdi Azikiwe University Undergraduates","authors":"Obi E.C., Okoli O., Onuchukwu U.C.","doi":"10.52589/ajsshr-r69fgfky","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajsshr-r69fgfky","url":null,"abstract":"Self-medication implies the use of any medicine for the treatment of ailments without a physician’s prescription. This study investigated perception and consequences associated with self medication practice among Unizik undergraduates. The study was designed as a survey. The study population comprised all undergraduate students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Anambra State. (30,917). A sample of 390 respondents was selected from this population. Questionnaires were personally administered to 390 undergraduate students of Unizik. Major findings indicate that a large number of the respondents perceive that self- medicated drugs are as effective as the one prescribed by physicians. That the respondents’ major ailment is Malaria. And that the respondents mostly treat malaria using Lokamal Antimalarial drug. On the consequences associated with self medication, the study discovered that majority of the students are aware of the consequences and have experienced dizziness as a major consequences of self- medication. The study concluded that the respondents are aware and has also to a large extent experienced dizziness as a major consequence of self- medicating. It however suggests that health education on self-medication should be introduced into the undergraduate curriculum so as to enlighten the students on the consequences associated with unregulated self-medication practice.","PeriodicalId":363531,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126854722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Youth Unemployment and National Security: A Study of Benue State 1999–2013","authors":"Haa Joy Mbavefeter","doi":"10.52589/ajsshr-bfvomg7e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajsshr-bfvomg7e","url":null,"abstract":"This research was set out to examine the relationship between youth unemployment and national security particularly in Benue State from 1999 to 2013. Data for the purpose of the research task were obtained from secondary sources such as the use of textbooks, journal articles, newspapers, magazines, publications and statistical data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Nigeria. The research identifies the major causes, effects and consequences of youth unemployment on the security and safety of Benue State, as well as the socio-economic development environment in the state. The findings reveal that security in Benue State is largely attributable to the alarming rate of unemployment. The study recommends that youth improvement programmes, investment in education, infrastructural building, creating socio-economic and political environment, and check on rural-urban migration and ammunition control are pivotal to checking youth restiveness and insecurity in the state.","PeriodicalId":363531,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research","volume":"1085 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133275820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Search for Political Development and the Problem of Separatist Agitations in Cameroon: Implications for Nigeria","authors":"Chilaka F.C., Yonmo D.P.","doi":"10.52589/ajsshr-pl5arsnv","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajsshr-pl5arsnv","url":null,"abstract":"The primary objective of this paper is to examine the intensified resurgence of the Ambazonia separatist movement in Cameroon amidst the search for political development and its implications for Nigeria. The narrative describes the political upheaval of Cameroon as \"the mistake of 1961\" and blames the negative fallout of pro-Ambazonia activities on the unequal union of Anglophone and Francophone Cameroons, which does not guarantee the colonial legacies of the former, but its assimilation by the latter. Through Anglophone analysis on the Social Exclusion Theory and relying on qualitative data from secondary sources, the paper argues that pro-Ambazonia activities have far-reaching implications on Cameroon, which spillover to Nigeria due to the country's porous border security, with harmful effects. A dialectic table discussion comprising both parties' legal, religious, and political leaders on constitutional restructuring is recommended to achieve sustainable political development and stability.","PeriodicalId":363531,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122867227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Climate Induced Migration of Wolof Farmers Into Foni Bondali District, Gambia","authors":"Ibol P.M., Darboe S., Amina B.T.","doi":"10.52589/ajsshr_zjbhq7uh","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajsshr_zjbhq7uh","url":null,"abstract":"Adger, W.N., Kelly, P.M., Winkels, A., Huy, L.Q. and Locke, C. (2002). Migration,\u0000 remittances, livelihood trajectories, and social resilience. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, Vol. 31 No. 4, p. 358-366.\u0000Alagie Bah. (2018). Farmers Awareness and Adaptation to Climate Change in Kaffrine Region\u0000 of Senegal. German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the West\u0000 African Science Service Centre in Climate Change and Adapted Land Use\u0000Bhatta, G.D., Aggarwal, P.K., Kristjanson, P. and Shrivastava, A.K. (2016). Climatic and non\u0000 climatic factors influencing changing agricultural practices across different rainfallregimes in South Asia”, Current Science Vol. 110 No. 7, p. 1272.\u0000Census of the Gambia (2014). Government of the Gambia, Banjul\u0000Chandan Kumar, Jha, Vijaya Gupta, Utpal Chattopadhyay, Binilkumar and Amarayil\u0000Sreeraman. (2017). Migration as adaptation strategy to cope with climate change: A study of farmers’ migration in rural India. International Journal of Climate ChangeStrategies and Management. Volume 10:1\u0000Cho Renee. (2021). Climate Migration: An Impending Global Challenge. Columbia ClimateSchool. Climate, Earth and Society.\u0000Climate of Foni Bondali District (2022). Ministry of Water Resources, Banjul, Gambia.\u0000Conway, D. and Cohen, J.H. (1998). Consequences of migration and remittances for Mexicantransnational communities. Economic Geography, Vol. 74 No. 1, pp. 26-44.\u0000Bradatan, C. and Hayhoe, K. (2013). Migration and Climate change in Senegal. Texas Tech University\u0000De Haan, A., Brock, K. and Coulibaly, N. (2002). Migration, livelihoods and institutions:contrasting patterns of migration in Mali. Journal of Development Studies. Vol. 38 No. 5, pp. 37-58.\u0000De Haas, H. (2010), Migration and development: a theoretical perspective1. The InternationalMigration Review. Vol. 44 No. 1, pp. 227-264.\u0000Jha, C.K., Gupta, V., Chattopadhyay, U. and Amarayil Sreeraman, B. (2018). Migration as\u0000 adaptation strategy to cope with climate change: A study of farmers’ migration in rural\u0000India. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management. Vol. 10 No.1, pp. 121-141.\u0000Massey, D.S., Arango, J., Hugo, G., Kouaouci, A., Pellegrino, A. and Taylor, J.E. (1993).Theories of international migration: a review and appraisal. Population and Development. Review. Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 431-466.\u0000Oli Brown. (2007). Fighting Climate Change: Human solidarity in a divided world. Human Development Report 2007/2008. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/climate-forced-migration.pdf\u0000Science for Environment Policy. (2015). Migration in response to environmental change. European Commission. Thematic Issue 51. \u0000\u0000\u0000Taylor, E.J. (1999). The new economics of labour migration and the role of remittances in the migration Process. International Migration (Geneva, Switzerland). Vol. 37 No. 1, pp. 63-88.\u0000Woodruff, C. and Zenteno, R. (2007). Migration networks and microenterprises in Mexico. Journal of Development Economics. Vol. 82 No. 2, pp. 509-528.","PeriodicalId":363531,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125321438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrating Reading and Writing Instruction for Writing Efficiency: Federal University of Technology Owerri Fresh Students as a Case in Point","authors":"R. A., Uwakwe U.D.","doi":"10.52589/ajsshr-iv03dbrx","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajsshr-iv03dbrx","url":null,"abstract":"The advanced language requirement at the tertiary education level has continually challenged and affected the performance of many fresh students in their core courses, and have impeded their achievements generally. This has been attributed in part to the conventional instructional methods employed by language instructors at the lower rung of the educational ladder. Therefore, this study investigates the probabilities that the integration of reading and writing instruction would make any difference on the writing achievement of freshly admitted undergraduates of Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria. The study adopts the pretest, post test, control group quasi experimental design in which three hundred and two students from three different faculties and departments participated. Two experimental groups and one control group were used for the study. The first experimental group was taught with the activation of the background knowledge method; while for the second experimental group, the response to the text-strategy was added to the activation of the background knowledge method. The control group was taught with the usual conventional method and the treatments lasted for six weeks. All groups of participants were given a pretest before treatment commenced for the experimental groups. A post test was also administered on all participants at the end of the six weeks treatment. Students’ writing were graded and the scores used as data which are analysed using means, standard deviation and t-test. The results show that the experimental groups which are treated with the integrated reading and writing instructional methods perform significantly better than the control group whose own instruction had gone on with the conventional method. It therefore concludes that integrating reading and writing instruction would enhance the writing competence of newly admitted undergraduates in the university.","PeriodicalId":363531,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130309642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Equity and Debts on Financial Performance of Listed Consumer Goods Sector in Nigeria","authors":"Fijabi L.K., Owolabi, S.A, A. A.T","doi":"10.52589/ajsshr-xugyb0ul","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajsshr-xugyb0ul","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the effect of equity and debts on the financial performance of the listed consumer goods sector in Nigeria for eleven years (2011 – 2021). Data from the published records of 16 listed companies in the consumer goods sector were used. The dependent variable was proxied by Market price per share (MPS) and return on assets (ROA) while equity and debts were proxied by equity-to-asset ratio, short-term debt-to-asset ratio, and long-term debt-to-asset ratio as independent variables. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics (panel regression with fixed effects) at α=0.05 level of significance. The results had a significant effect on equity and debt on MPS (Adj. R2 = 0.0708, p < 0.05) and ROA (Adj. R2 = 0.108, p < 0.05). The study concluded that equity and debts affected the financial performance of companies listed in the Nigerian consumer goods sector. The study recommended that managers of listed consumer goods companies should pay attention to funding management, especially equity funds and short-term debt to improve their profitability for sustainable growth.","PeriodicalId":363531,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130695702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Flood and Traditional Coping Strategy in Ahoada East (2012–2020), Rivers State","authors":"Azubuike E.S., Godwin B.L., Obuzor M.E.","doi":"10.52589/ajsshr-c0ervuo2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajsshr-c0ervuo2","url":null,"abstract":"This study focused on the traditional methods of dealing with flooding used by residents in Ahoada East LGA of Rivers State, Nigeria. It aimed to address two research questions using ecological resilience theory as its theoretical framework. A sample of 173 individuals was taken from 10 randomly selected communities out of 81 villages in the LGA. Taro Yamen technique was used for sample selection. Results were analyzed using simple regression (ANOVA) and simple percentages. The findings showed that heavy rainfall was the most frequent cause of flood disasters, and recurrent flooding had a negative impact on people's livelihoods and well-being. The study concluded by recommending that traditional coping mechanisms be adopted by governments in their disaster preparation and response efforts for cultural relevancy programming.","PeriodicalId":363531,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125137207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cross-Cultural Communication and the Perception of Europeanness Among University Youth in Turkey","authors":"Uğur Oral","doi":"10.52589/ajsshr-agftp5oy","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajsshr-agftp5oy","url":null,"abstract":"Turkey's candidacy for the European Union began with its application to the European Economic Community on July 31, 1959. The fact that the negotiations between Turkey and the European Union have not been concluded in the intervening years has led Turkish society to question its perspective on the EU. What does Europe mean for Turkey? Can Turkey's EU membership be realized? If so, when? In this study, university students in Turkey were asked about their views on Europe and the European Union. The study provides clues on how Generation Z in Turkey views the European Union and whether the long-awaited EU membership of Turkish society can finally be realized. Since the young people who participated in this research will enter working life in a few years and take part in decision-making positions in the country's administration, the findings of this research will also project Turkey's perception of Europe in the future.","PeriodicalId":363531,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116953414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Communıcatıon of Turkısh Femınısts wıth Socıety ın the Years of Transıtıon from the Ottoman Empıre to the Republıc of Turkey","authors":"Uğur Oral","doi":"10.52589/ajsshr-gj8jqrfo","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajsshr-gj8jqrfo","url":null,"abstract":"Women, who had an important power and respected status in state administration in pre-Islamic Turkish states, were later excluded from social life in Ottoman society. Especially after the Tanzimat Edict, the daughters of elite families began to take a prominent role in the defense of women's rights. Women's associations and feminist newspapers established in the Ottoman Empire, brought the women's movement and women's demands to the agenda of social life. After the establishment of the Republic of Turkey significant efforts were made to ensure that women could receive the same education as men and participate in the social life on an equal basis with men. With the adoption of the Turkish Civil Code in 1926, significant progress was made in terms of equality between women and men in the family and social life. In 1934, Turkish women became legally equal to men in politics, even before many European countries.","PeriodicalId":363531,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117301774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}