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Abortion in Kenya: A Clinical Case Study
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AIDS: Changing the Traditional Communal Values in Kenya
(1996)AIDS is not a new issue in the world and Kenya is no exception to this. Since the first case of AIDS was documented in 1981 this disease has sent the world into panic. The story in Kenya is much the same as in the rest of ... -
The Body Ornamentation of the Maasai: A Gender-Focused Study
(1996-02-10)The clips we in America get to see of Kenya are few. A selected slice of culture is delivered to our living rooms via television shows, our co1fee tables via the glossy pages of National Geographic, and our classrooms via ... -
Culture as Reflected in Language: A Comparison of English and Kiswahili
(1996-05-31)This study is a comparison of English Language and the Kiswahili Languages. Its aim is to demonstrate how each of these respective cultures have influenced the respective languages. Because there are many aspects of ... -
Empowerment of the People: a Fight for a New Constitution in Kenya
(2007)My ICRP allowed me to conduct on-site research on the Kenyan constitution and political system by participating in an internship with the National Convention Executive Council (NCEC). During my experience with the NCEC I ... -
Femininity and Feminism: The White Women of Kenya
(1996)In 1938 there was a white population living in Kenya of just 20,894, and it was not until the turn of the century that this population began to establish itself in Kenya at all. Thus, it seems quite remarkable to me that ... -
Inculturation and the Catholic Church
(1996-06-05)This project has been looking at the process of inculturating .the Catholic Church with a specific emphasis on the Church in Kenya. The Catholic Church has been in existence for almost two thousand years, as long as the ... -
The Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK)
(1996-05-20)The water we drink, the roads on which we travel, the machines we use, our electric light and power, the planes in which we fly, the cars we drive, ships, harbors, irrigation schemes, sewage disposal, radio, television, ... -
Maasai Women: Resignation versus Retaliation
(1996-02-15)This is a study of Maasai women, the roles they play, the expectations held of them, and the system of support they have created for themselves. The research for this project was done in the small village of Eldamat in ... -
The Meaning Behind the Words: The Philosophy behind the Literature Department at the University of Nairobi
(1996-05-31)The study of literature is the study of the words which have been passed on from generation to generation. In a sense, it is the most truthful history a / student can study because the cardinal virtue of literature is ... -
Nine Days in Garissa: Profile of the Town and Identification of Areas for Further Research
(1996)In a discussion of small towns in Kenya, where grassroots development is often attempted, effort must be made to identify both minute and major differences among towns and not perceive a small size and population as an ... -
Observing Presidential Elections in Kenya
(2003)The 2002 General Elections of Kenya were a turning point for the nation, demonstrating tremendous growth in the national political culture. Though many electoral offenses were observed, the elections were generally agreed ... -
Program Research and Evaluation
Programming is important because it is way to express information to a group of people. Programs are a method of organizing experienced people to impart some of their knowledge to a less experienced group. They are an ... -
Street Trade: Case Studies from Kenya
(2007)I spent time with and interviewed various traders in Nairobi, Kenya. I experienced vendors’ daily routine and was informed of the constant struggles they face, such as insufficient capital, low profits, poor transportation, ... -
The Struggle to Print: The plight of the writer of fiction in Kenya
(1996-02-10)Every place on earth has a story to tell. It is left up to the humans who inhabit this globe to tell the story of nature from generation to generation. The people of Kenya are writing, and they have been years. Even though ... -
Tapping Women's Resource Knowledge: The Marketing of Medicinal Plants by the Maasai in Gikomba Market, Nairobi
(1996-05)Throughout East Africa, Maasai women have always managed and utilized plant resources. Masaai women are not merely passive gatherers of plant products They actively manage and utilize plant resources. They decide where and ... -
Women Behind the Veil: Toward a Cultural and Religious Understanding of the States of Muslim Women
Throughout Islamic history, institutions and modes of thought devised by early Muslim societies have donned the core discourses of Islam and have played a central role in defining women's place in Muslim societies. Across ... -
Women in Labor: Working as a Labor/Delivery Nurse in Nairobi's Kenyatta National Hospital
(2006)Before I went to Kenya, I was very interested in maternal health and midwifery, so I decided to continue exploring this interest while abroad. In Kenya, over fifty percent of all children are not born in a hospital; so ... -
Women in the Informal Sector of Takaungu
(1996-02)The main issues that were undertaken in the research concentrated on the economic power of the women in this town: how, when and why they began their business, where the profits of their labor went to, etc. As the research ...