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Analysis of the poem ‘Betrothed’ by Obyero Odhiambo in Anthology of East African poetry by A.D Amateshe.
Linguistic devices Dialogue It denotes a conversation between two or more interlocutors in a discourse. The poet in Betrothed employs this linguistic aspect to reveal a conversation between the two sides of the marriage agreement. “Three thousand shillings is not enough,” “Fathers, this is what we walked with!” “ …..as a token of our love.”…
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My teaching career
I have been teaching kids from 2016 in one of the private school in my village. The school owner doesn’t get much of profit from the school, he does it because he loves education as he has been an educationist for the last 38 years. He established the school out of passion in teaching and…
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Ol Pejeta Conservancy in pictures
Ol Pejeta conservancy is a 360km square which is non-profit wildlife conservancy in Central Kenya’s Laikipia County. It is situated on the equator west of Nanyuki town. It was used as a ranching area during the colonization although wildlife and pastoralists were roaming in the areas even before colonization and early stages of colonisation. Like…
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Ghana Loses U.S.$2.5 Billion Annually to Air Pollution
Ghana’s annual economic cost of air pollution is estimated at $2.5 billion, approximately 4.2 per cent of Gross domestic product(GDP). Again it is estimated that, about 91 per cent of the world’s population breathe poor air, amounting to $250 billion of Economic Cost (EC) worldwide whiles the entire globe (99 per cent) breathes air that…
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The greatest West African Scholar of the 16th century, Ahmed Baba
The greatest African scholar of the 16th century, Ahmed Baba. According to John Henrik Clarke, Ahmed Baba’s life was a brilliant example of the range and depth of West African intellectual activity before the colonial era. Ahmed Baba was born on Oct. 26, 1556, in Arwán, near Timbuktu, to the teacher, Ahmad bin al-Hajj Ahmad…
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The Baganda are the largest ethnic group in Uganda
They are Bantu ethnic group in Buganda, a subnational kingdom within Ugandan state. They make up to 17 percent of the population in Uganda of 34 million people. They speak Luganda as their traditional language, they speak Swahili and English as their secondary language. Kabaka Mwanga II was the Buganda’s reigning powerful king. He was…
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CONGO BASIN: CLIMATE CRISIS IN AFRICA
The African continent is only responsible for only 2-3 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emission from industrial sources. But it is alarmingly suffering from the effects. Africa has the potential to mitigate the effects of climate change due to its tropical forests. The Congo Basin’s rainforests is sometimes called Earth’s second lungs after the…
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African communities that resisted colonization
During colonialism in Africa, Africans reacted differently to European colonizers. There are those who choose to resist even before the introduction of colonial rule in their territories, examples being Nandi of Kenya and Mandinka in present day Mali, others revolted against the already established rule examples being Zulu led by Chief Bambatha. For those who…
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History of drought in Eastern Africa
Part of failed crops in Kenya due to droughts
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Seychelles’ profile, a country with highest literacy rate in Africa.
Seychelles is officially the republic of Seychelles, is an archipelago Island country consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean eastern of Somali Sea. Its capital and largest city is Victoria. Seychellois Creoles make more than 90 % of the population followed by British. The most widely practiced religion in Seychelles is Christianity with 90…