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The aim of this study is to make a comparative analysis of child and adult narrative perspectives in We Need New Names by Noviolet Bulawayo from Zimbabwe, Patchwork by Ellen Banda-Aaku from Zambia and ‘A Hug from Uncle Peter’ by Cheela Chilala from Zambia. The study is informed by the theory of...

The purpose of this study was to investigate, compare and contrast the defence mechanisms and strategies used by selected individual characters to cope with racism in Alice Walker’s novel Meridian and Dominic Mulaisho’s The Tongue of the Dumb. The study also sought to establish the significance...

This study was concerned with establishing and investigating the similarities and differences in the relationship between nature and humans in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Dominic Mulaisho’s The Tongue of the Dumb. Further, it was concerned with establishing the significance of such...

Background: Sigmoid volvulus accounts for more than 50% of colon obstruction here in Africa are usually associated with significant morbidity, and prolonged hospital stay post-operative. Traditionally, nil by mouth 4-5 days has been the practice post one stage sigmoidectomy and primary...

This study sought to compare how satire is demonstrated or applied in a pre-independence fiction Mission to Kala and a post-independence fiction Devil on the Cross. First, the study described the nature of satire and its manifestations. It, thus, attempted to fill the gap that had been created by...

While Unga is known to be a dialect of Bemba, some of its linguistic features tend to diverge from Standard Bemba. The extent of this divergence had not been investigated on. There had been no study undertaken to corroborate the proposition of linguistic divergence at phonological, morphological,...

Developing Countries in Africa in general and Zambia in particular, have seen a rapid rise in the use of mobile payment platforms. This has not only revolutionized access to financial services for the poor but also allowed them access to other financial products such as savings or insurance. With...

The Zambian Buildings Sector (ZBS) has witnessed a significant growth in the number of building projects being undertaken at individual, corporate and government levels over the past decade. However, there has been a major outcry from clients (end-users) on the poor quality of buildings being...

Drawing on both lexical morphology and lexical semantics, the study discursively interrogates the outcome lexical items of the social media discourses and self-asserting narratives. An attempt is made to discursively examine the interplay between technology and grammar. Thus the study brings...

This study is an attempt to reconstruct a history of the Church of Christ in the Southern province of Zambia from 1910 to 2015. In doing so, it examines key aspects of the church’s activities including its contribution to the development of education, health and orphan care provision in Southern...