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- ItemBuilding Resilient Societies in Africa for the Future: Conceptual Considerations and Possible Resilience Constituents(JFS, 2018) Busingye, D. Janice; Tutu, RaymondPredicting the future is usually a herculean task. But failing to plan for the future using scientific and reasonable prediction tools may guarantee failure of states and societies. African countries have been experiencing different challenges across sectors ranging from increasing development of informal settlements in urban centers, and youth unemployment to hunger, food insecurity, and prevalence of neglected tropical diseases. Many societies are vulnerable to various micro and macro scales shocks and stressors such as family disruptions, conflicts, climate variability, and technology-induced displacements. Such occurrences have been argued to be responsible for social disorganization and different forms of population movements. In this paper, we discuss these shocks and stressors and suggest the need for African countries to consider making resilience thinking central to the planning of their countries for the future. We argue that resilience should not be perceived as an alternative to development practice, but rather integral to development pursuit. We specifically focus on social resilience and socio-ecological resilience. Cognizant of the multidimensional nature of the concept of resilience, we do not intend for our ideas to be perceived as prescriptive. However, when particular attention is paid to resilience attributes like “stressors driving change,” “anticipatory learning,” and “social capital,” in attempting to answer the questions of resilience of what and resilience to what?, Africa will be on its way to building resilient societies
- ItemA Cultural-Pragmatic Investigation of Tattoos among the Youth in Kampala-Uganda(2019) Akinkurolere Susan Olajoke, Masereka DavidIt is increasingly becoming a common practice to get people with tattoos, especially the youth, in Uganda today. In the past, tattoos were reserved for special subgroups like seamen (sailors), and motorcycle riders (bikers). However, it is now prevalent in other segments of the population, especially the young people. To many, tattoos are still strange and mysterious. It is, therefore, imperative to investigate perceptions of such an act in order to bring to fore meanings that either justify or invalidate the trend. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods in the analysis. It was discovered that tattooing is premised on deep-root cultural meaning and beliefs. This study, therefore, concluded that ancient tattooing was intricately woven around the cultural perception of tattoos among the young people and their underlying reasons for the practice, which is generally accepted, whereas, modern tattooing is a practice that majority of the youth do not seem to embrace, considering it foreign, merely imported and obscene, relating it mostly to negative behaviours or vices in the society
- ItemTracing the Distribution of Chinese and World Bank-Funded Projects and Public Demonstrations in Cameroon and Uganda(Sage, 2020) Che, Afa’anwi Ma’aboExtant literature has explored the effects of foreign aid on armed conflicts and state repression, but not on public demonstrations. This article compares distribution patterns of Chinese and World Bank-funded projects and public demonstrations in Cameroon, receiving predominantly Chinese official finance, and Uganda, receiving predominantly traditional, Western aid. Distributive patterns suggest negative and positive associations between Chinese and traditional official finance on the one hand and public demonstrations on the other. However, with respect to anti-project demonstrations specifically, I find through fieldwork interviews in Cameroon that Chinese-funded projects are more prone to anti-project demonstrations owing to less stringent risk management standards