1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823849703321

Titolo

Language in contemporary African cultures and societies / / edited by Esther Mukewa Lisanza and Leonard Muaka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-4985-7228-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 pages)

Disciplina

306.44096

Soggetti

African languages

Language and culture - Africa

Africa Civilization 21st century

Africa Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Leonard Muaka and Esther Lisanza -- 1. The Role of Language in the Kenya Violent Extremism Narrative and Counter-narrative / Mohamed Mwamzandi -- 2. Multiple Language Acquisition in Africa and its Theoretical Implications / Eyamba Bokamba -- 3. Promoting and Maintaining Kenyan Indigenous Languages / Martha Michieka -- 4. The Role of HBCUs in the Transfer and Maintenance of African Languages and Cultures / Timothy Ajany -- 5. The Influence of Writing on Oral Traditions: The Case of Nyangbo / James Essegbey -- 6. Language Empowerment for Socio-Cultural and Economic Development in Africa / Akinloye Ojo -- 7. The Role of African Languages in Regional Development: Examples from East Africa / Leonard Muaka -- 8. The No Language Left Behind Approach to the African Language Question: The Case of Cameroon and Nigeria / Yuka Constantine -- 9. Alienation: The African Immigrants' Experience in Adiche's The Thing Around Your Neck and Bulawayo's We Need New Names / Gabriel Ayoola -- 10. The Voice of Liberation in Kilio cha Haki and God's Bits of Wood / Esther Lisanza -- 11. African Female Writers and the Concept of Liberation: Writings from Nigeria and Namibia / James Etim -- 12. Motherhood and Feminism in Margaret Ogola's



novel, The River and the Source / Anne Rotich -- 13. The Pursuit of Selfhood in Selected Swahili Female Bildungsromane / Rose Lugano -- 14. Ode to the Wanderlust / Muchiri Nganga -- Conclusion / Leonard Muaka and Esther Lisanza -- About the Contributors.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483668903321

Titolo

Progress in Computing, Analytics and Networking : Proceedings of ICCAN 2019 / / edited by Himansu Das, Prasant Kumar Pattnaik, Siddharth Swarup Rautaray, Kuan-Ching Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

981-15-2414-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (665 pages)

Collana

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, , 2194-5365 ; ; 1119

Disciplina

621.39

Soggetti

Computational intelligence

Signal processing

Telecommunication

Quantitative research

Computational Intelligence

Signal, Speech and Image Processing

Communications Engineering, Networks

Data Analysis and Big Data

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Implementation of Session to Mobility Ratio Based Mobility Management Scheme for Wireless Mesh Network to Handle Internet and Intranet Packets -- Peer Analysis of “Sanguj” with Other Sanskrit Morphological Analyzers -- Optimizing Performance of Text Searching using CPU and GPUs -- Partial Offloading for Fog Computing Using P2P Based File Sharing Protocol -- Analysis of Proactive Simulated Topology Reconfiguration for WDM Networks -- Industrial Automation: Case Study - Vision Based Live Object Monitoring System -- Control of Home Appliances and Projector by Smart application using SEAP Protocol -- Maize Leaf Disease Detection and Classification using Machine Learning



Algorithms.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on new and original research ideas and findings in three broad areas: computing, analytics, and networking and their potential applications in the various domains of engineering – an emerging, interdisciplinary area in which a wide range of theories and methodologies are being investigated and developed to tackle complex and challenging real-world problems. The book also features keynote presentations and papers from the International Conference on Computing Analytics and Networking (ICCAN 2019), which offers an open forum for scientists, researchers and technocrats in academia and industry from around the globe to present and share state-of-the-art concepts, prototypes, and innovative research ideas in diverse fields. Providing inspiration for postgraduate students and young researchers working in the field of computer science & engineering, the book also discusses hardware technologies and future communication technologies, making it useful for those in the fieldof electronics.