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Police Hostage Rescue Operation: Assessing Nigerian Police Alertness and Responses to Kidnapped Victims 警察人质救援行动:评估尼日利亚警察对被绑架受害者的警觉性和反应

4区社会学

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI: 10.1177/00219096231200590

Babatope Matthew Ajiboye

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When Tricycles Speak: Language Practices and Ideology in Tricycle Texts in Nigeria 当三轮车说话:尼日利亚三轮车文本中的语言实践和意识形态

4区社会学

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-20 DOI: 10.1177/00219096231197779

Eyo O. Mensah, Benjamin O. Nyong, Eyamba O. Mensah, Queen O. Ayeni

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The Cursed Promised Land? Demographic Risk Factors for Homegrown Extremism in the Squatter Enclaves of Mount Elgon Region of Western Kenya 被诅咒的应许之地?肯尼亚西部埃尔贡山地区棚户区本土极端主义的人口风险因素

4区社会学

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-19 DOI: 10.1177/00219096231197777

Graham Oluteyo Amakanji, Pontian Godfrey Okoth, Edmond Were Maloba

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Assessment of African Vernacular Built Environment and Power: The Case of the Walled City of Zaria, Nigeria 非洲乡土建筑环境与动力评价——以尼日利亚扎里亚寨城为例

4区社会学

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-19 DOI: 10.1177/00219096231197742

Abdulsalam Ibrahim Shema, Marko Kiessel, Cemil Atakara

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Kim Jong Un and Consolidating Power: Explaining Elite Appointment in the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee, 2012–2019 金正恩与巩固权力:2012-2019年朝鲜劳动党中央委员会精英任命解释

4区社会学

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 DOI: 10.1177/00219096231197771

Taekbin Kim, John Ishiyama

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The Entrepreneurial Habitus of Zimbabweans in South Africa 津巴布韦人在南非的创业习惯

4区社会学

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 DOI: 10.1177/00219096231197766

Nyakabawu Shingirai

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Effectiveness of Computer-Assisted Visual Multimedia Instructions on Improvement in Business Administration Skills Among Widows in Rural Communities 计算机辅助视觉多媒体教学对提高农村丧偶妇女工商管理技能的效果

4区社会学

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI: 10.1177/00219096231197776

Jamilah Ahmad, Enojo Kennie Enojo, Ibrahim Mohammed Nasiru, Ine-Ere Rita Sani, Chikelue Chris Akabuike, Ogbonne Ijeoma Pauline, Verlumun Celestine C. Gever

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A ‘Better Life for All in Bricks and Mortar’: The Spatial Rationalities of Container Urbanism in Accra “砖块和砂浆让所有人的生活更美好”:阿克拉集装箱城市主义的空间合理性

4区社会学

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI: 10.1177/00219096231197752

Michael Gameli Dziwornu, Diego Coletto

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Status of Women in Student Politics: Gender Imbalance in Student Leadership in Higher Education Institutions in Ghana from the 1960s to the Present 妇女在学生政治中的地位:20世纪60年代至今加纳高等教育机构学生领导中的性别失衡

4区社会学

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.1177/00219096231197724

Eugenia Ama Breba Anderson

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‘Locked Down But Not Locked Out’: Everyday Experiences of Migrant Traders During the COVID-19 Pandemic Era in Harare, Zimbabwe “被封锁但未被封锁”：新冠肺炎大流行时期津巴布韦哈拉雷移民贸易商的日常经历

IF 1 4区社会学

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-08 DOI: 10.1177/00219096231197770

R. H. Mushonga, F. Makwara

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