IOSR-JHSS   Volume-26 ~ Issue-6 ~ june 2021

Abstract: This paper has emerged from the teaching of Alice Walker's The Color Purple to the undergraduate class of English Honors in India. In the democratic space of the classroom, Walker has helped several stories to emerge from our own lives--stories which connect us to each other, across differences and with the Black women's experiences. This paper is an outcome of our classroom experience and is especially relevant in the difficult and dismal times of the pandemic as it realigns us with hope and healing. We align ourselves with Walker to take a step towards respecting our own language and the belief system that comes along with it. This is an important step, as, besides other things, this paper also deals with the responsibility of recognizing and respecting one's own systems of belief that we often ignore or take for granted. The Color Purple expresses deep philosophical and spiritual.....

Keywords: Spirit, Creativity, Self, Transformation

[1]. All references to the novel are from Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. London, Orion Books, 2005.
[2]. Walker, Alice. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens; Womanist Prose. New York, Harcourt Publishing Company, 1983, 361-370.
[3]. Ibid., 364.
[4]. Ibid., 370.
[5]. Walker: 1983.

Abstract: It is indisputable fact that the progress of a country is highly dependent on quality education provided to its citizens (2016). This study sought to investigate the influence of parental incomes on internal efficiency (dropout and repetition rates) of public primary schools in Western province of Rwanda. The hypothesis tested was, "there is no significant relationship between parental incomes on internal efficiency (dropout and repetition rates) of public primary schools in Western province of Rwanda". Materials and Methods Mixed method research design was employed. The target population was 9217 people. Slovene formula, stratified sampling, simple random sampling and purposive sampling technics were used to select sample size of 553 respondents including 408 students.....

Keywords: Parental Income, internal efficiency, dropout rate, repetition rate, public primary school, and Ubudehe Category.

[1]. Ahsan, S., Iqbal, N., & Farooq, N. (2015). The impact of parents' education, parents' income, teacher education and locality of school on students relinquish school during primary level in DG Khan district. International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, 54, 40-44. https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.54.40 .
[2]. Chen, Q. (2009). Family background, ability and students' achievement in Rural China- Identifying the effects of unobservable ability using feminine-generated instruments. Retrieved on 22/03/2019 at http.//repository.upenn.edu/gansu papers.
[3]. Cherian, V. I. (2010). The relationship between parental income and academic achievement of Xhosa children: The Journal of social psychology, 131(6), 889-891.
[4]. Dagoba, M. (2014). Role of education in socio-economic development: International journal of educational research: v7 (3),1-15.
[5]. De Guzman, M., & Gallardo. (2017). Challenges in teaching lessons in public secondary schools' zone 2 Division of Zambales. Philippines: International journal of educational research and technology. 8(2),43-52

Abstract: From both perspectives of modern theories of kinesics and semiotics, this small-scale study investigates body language in the Quranic Discourse. It aims at exploring the extent to which the Noble Quran uses body language to convey certain meanings. The study benefits from corpus linguistics for data collection in which a concordance of key words in contexts (KWIC) including the Arabic for body organs, such ashands, face, legs, fingers, for instance,is carried out. The study also uses a discourse analysis approach. Thus, it builds on van Dijk's (1998) model of analysis at the syntactic, semantic, and schemative level of the Quranic discourse. It has been found that the Quranic discourse useshands adversely to signify deception, suspicion and abomination, eyes to disclose despair and disdain,the head to assert 'No!', finger insertion into the ear to show arrogance, one's side curvature to get people astray, one's sideto turnaway from bed to fear Allah,women's legs to warn them not to showtheir physical beauty (on purpose), foot to step firm, backside.....

Keywords:Kinesics, Semiotics, Semantics, Quranic Discourse, Discourse Analysis

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Abstract: The research paper was on assessment of digital libraries' visibility on social networking sites in academic libraries in Kwara State. Libraries in higher institution have impact on academic development of both faculty members and students and there is urgent need to move their visibility from the physical library wall to the online society created as a result of digital information age. The major objectives of the paper was to find out the need for digitalization; level of digitalization and resources for the establishment of digital libraries in academic libraries; the desirability for social networks and the social networking sites that academic libraries are visible on. The research adopts adescriptive survey design. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 100 respondents as the sampled population and 52 were returned which accounted for 51% of the population. Questionnaire.....

Keywords: Digital Libraries, Visibility, Social Networking Site, Academic Libraries

[1]. Ansari, M.A (2013). Digital libraries: Needs, Technology and Benefits. IFLA Bulletin, 38 (3),67-70
[2]. Bawack, R., & Nkolo, P. (2018) Open Access Movement: Reception and Acceptance by Academic Libraries in Developing Countries. Library Philosophy and Practice. 1-24
[3]. Campbell, J.D. (2006). Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination. Educause Review 41 (1), 66 – 31.
[4]. Chu, M. & Meulemans, Y (2008). The Problems and Potentials of MySpace and Facebook Usage in Academic Libraries. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 13(1), 69-85.
[5]. Crawford, W. (2006). Library 2.0 and library 2.0:Cites and insights. Journal of Libraries, Policy,Technology, and Media, 6(2).http://www.cites.boisestate.edu/civ6i2.pdf

Abstract: Performance of an organization largely depends on the workforce it has. Employee performance may be affected by many factors, career management among them. The literature reviewed provided information on effects of career management on performance in organizations in various parts of the world thereby giving a limited global view. The studies reviewed indicate a gap in literature that this area of study still remains largely un-explored, shown by the fact that literature on career management in Kenya is lacking, yet the subject has a global attention evidenced by scholarly work reviewed in this study. Similar studies have not been done at county level in Kenya and in particular, Murang'a County. It is against this background that the study sought to establish the effects.....

Keywords: career management practices, employee performance, MUWASCO

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Abstract: The Thengal-Kacharis are an indigenous tribal group of Assam mainly concentrated on five districts i.e. Jorhat, Golaghat, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Dibrugarh districts of Upper Assam. They have a rich tradition and cultural history and have great significance from the point of view of management of diversity, conservation and preservation of nature, harvesting, pesting etc. Their farming system is known as Bari system. This study had been carried out with an objective of finding an insight in details regarding the traditional farming system; crop diversity, traditional practices, rituals and taboos associated with the traditions and culture of the Thengal-Kachari tribe.

Keywords: Thengal-Kachari, Traditional farming system, Assam, Upper Assam, North-East India etc

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Abstract: Cameroon like many other countries over the world are grappling with different options to fight back the Covid-19 pandemic but it is still proving tough. The negative impact on all sectors of the society is alarming. This study aims at examining how knowledge and practices of students concerning Covid-19 affected their on-campus studying strategies. To test the hypothesis that knowledge and practices of students concerning covid-19 affect students' on-campus studying strategies, interviews and surveys were carried out to collect data from some students at the campus of the University of Buea. The findings showed a little effect in the opposite direction than previously hypothesized. Thus suggesting that students' knowledge and practices did not have a significant incidence on their on-campus studying strategies hence academic performance at the period of sequential teaching and learning during Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

KEY WORDS: Covid-19, knowledge, practices, students, on-campus

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