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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction: Africa and the World -- 1 Contextualizing the Problem in Africa -- Reference -- Policy and Covid-19 Matters -- The National Development Plan (NDP) in South Africa: An Inspiration to Shape Communities by 2030 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Concept Elucidation -- 2.1 South African Police Service -- 2.2 Building Safer Communities -- 3 National Development Plan Vision 2030 -- 4 National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) -- 5 National Integrated Crime and Violence Prevention Strategy (2022) -- 6 Methodology -- 7 Theory of Change as Theoretical Framework -- 8 Policy Design Affecting Community Safety -- 9 Crime Prevention and Community Safety -- 10 Selection of SMART Indicators in Building Safer Communities -- 11 Community Policing in Building Safer Communities -- 12 Way Forward -- 13 Conclusion -- 13.1 Proposed Safer Community Model for South Africa -- References -- African Demographic Dividend: Case Study of Nigeria's Age Structure -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Demographic Dividend Hypothesis -- 2.1 First Demographic Dividend -- 2.2 Final Demographic Dividend -- 3 Review of Related Literature -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 Theoretical Issues and Conceptualisation -- 4.2 Model Specification -- 4.3 The Growth Rate Model -- 4.4 The Population Growth Rate Model -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Population Growth Rate -- 7 Discussion of Findings -- References -- Emergency Healthcare Accessibility in the Context of COVID-19 in Nigeria -- 1 Background -- 2 Methods -- 2.1 Data Source and Sampling Method -- 2.2 Measures -- 2.3 Data Analysis -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Descriptive Analyses -- 3.2 McNemar Test and Determinants of Access to Health Facilities Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Strengths and Limitations -- 6 Conclusion -- References.
Self-medication Practices in Covid-19 Era: Insights from Caregivers to Under-Five Children in Southwestern Nigeria -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Aim of Study -- 3 Research Design -- 3.1 Study Design and Locations -- 4 Study Population -- 5 Sampling Technique -- 6 Data Collection -- 7 Data Analysis -- 8 Understanding of Self-Medication -- 8.1 Re-use of Medicines Based on Someone Else Previous Illness -- 9 The Use of Familiar Drugs -- 10 Use of Medication Without Laboratory Test -- 11 Taking Drugs Without Doctor's Consent -- 12 Use of Medicine for Minor Ailment -- 13 Perception of Under-Five Children by Caregiver -- 14 Discussion of Findings -- 15 Conclusion -- 16 Policy Implications of the Study -- References -- Research and Development -- The Globalisation of Social Environmental Research and the Practices of University Researchers in Africa: Case from Côte d'Ivoire -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Paradigm of the Great Divide Convened by Claude Abe -- 3 Methodological Context of Data Production -- 4 The Mechanics of 'Deconstruction' in Environmental Social Sciences at the University of Korhogo -- 4.1 How Environmental Social Science Research Issues Are Constructed in the Articles -- 4.2 Theory Used in the Interpretation of Analysed Realities -- 5 'Articulation' and Social Environmental Research at the University of Korhogo -- 5.1 The Rationale for the Choice of the Location of the Study in Environmental Social Sciences at the University of Korhogo -- 5.2 Creativity and Innovation in the Field -- 6 'Reappropriation', a Condition of the Ethnological Perspective of the Environmental Social Scientist at the University of Korhogo -- 6.1 Preferred Research Objects -- 6.2 Actors Involved and Level of Interdisciplinarity -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Exploring the Experiences and Benefits of Postgraduate Studies in South Africa: The Research Masters Degree.
1 Introduction -- 1.1 Part One -- 1.1.1 Contextualizing a Masters Degree in the Social Sciences -- 2 Research Methodology -- 3 Research Participants -- 4 Limitations of the Study -- 4.1 Part Two -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Decolonization of Knowledge Production in African Societies: Contextual Analysis of Language of Instruction -- 1 Background -- 2 Colonization, Post-Colonial Theory, and Decolonization -- 3 Decolonizing African Education -- 4 Education as Knowledge Creation -- 5 Language and Decolonizing African Education -- 6 Literacy and Language, Cummins (1979) -- 7 Language of Instruction and Educational Quality, Benson (2004) -- 8 Language and National Development, Chumbow (2009) -- 9 Mother Tongue Education, Oluwole (2016) -- 10 Mother Tongue Literacy, Piper et al. (2016) -- 11 Decolonizing African Education and IHRL, Adebisi (2016) -- 12 Research Method -- 13 Research Design -- 14 Search Strategy -- 15 Data Analysis -- 16 Limitations of the Study -- 17 Findings and Discussion of Findings -- 17.1 Review Statistics -- 17.2 Findings in the Literature -- 17.3 Discussion of Findings -- 17.4 Recommendations -- 18 Conclusion -- References -- Leadership in the Management of Higher Education in Nigeria -- 1 Background -- 1.1 Leadership in the Nigerian Education Sector -- 1.2 Leadership -- 1.3 Leadership Styles -- 1.4 Students' Affairs -- 1.5 Leadership Style and Students Affairs: The Relationship -- 1.6 Management of Students Affairs in Colleges of Education in Nigeria -- 1.7 Theoretical Framework (Trait Theory) -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Data Analysis and Interpretation -- 4 Discussion of Findings -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Transnationalism, Migration and African Integration -- The Motivations for Return Migration to Somalia: Beyond the Voluntary and Forced Binary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context of Migration and Return in Somalia.
3 Conceptualising Return Migration -- 4 Voluntariness in the Management of Returns -- 5 Research Design -- 6 Findings from the Study -- 6.1 Motivations Impacting Return Decisions -- 6.2 "Voluntary Returns" -- 6.3 Compelled Return Due to Family Pressures and Personal Circumstances -- 6.4 Involuntary (Forced) Returns -- 6.5 Re-Migration Plans -- 7 Discussion of Findings -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- AfCTA and African Integration: Prospects and Challenges -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Pan-Africanism, Regionalism Integration in Africa and the OAU -- 3 Regional Integration: Theoretical Perspectives -- 4 The Africa Continental Free Trade Area -- 5 Theorising Africa, People and Ideologies -- 6 African People: Africanity and Africanness -- 7 African Identity: Africanity and Africanness -- 8 Afrophobia: Africa's Social Integration Challenge -- 9 Cases of Xenophobia in Africa -- 10 Afrophobia and Some Contending Issues -- 11 Discussion of Findings -- 12 Conclusion -- References -- Transnationalism Revisited: Interrogating Structural Factors Impacting Prospective Migrants' Decision-Making Process in Nigeria -- 1 Background -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Data and Methods -- 3.1 Measurement of Variables and Data Analysis -- 3.2 Results -- 4 Discussion -- References -- China in Africa: Whose Interest? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Engagement of China in Africa, Balance of Engagements, and the Roles of Institution(s) -- 4.1 Engagement of China in Africa -- 5 Forum on China-African Cooperation (FOCAC) -- 6 Role of the African Union (AU) in China-Africa Relations -- 7 Impact/Effect of Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) on China-African Relations -- 8 Extent of Balance of Engagements -- 9 Impact of China's Engagement in Africa-Whose Interest? -- 10 Long-Term Projections of China and Africa Relations -- 10.1 Environmental Impact.
11 China's Loan to Africa Countries -- 11.1 Local Producers-Trade Imbalance -- 12 Discussion of Findings -- 13 Conclusion -- References -- Strategic Framework of African Union on the Management of Migration in Africa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Clarification and Theoretical Underpinning of Migration -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Migration Trends and Patterns in Africa -- 5 Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees' Management in Africa -- 6 Management of Labour Movement in Africa and Beyond -- 7 Interrogating the Existing Migration Policies in Africa -- 8 The Interconnectedness Between Migration Policies and Development Planning in Africa -- 9 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Historicising Urhobo Migration, Settlement and Identity in Jos, 1940-1970 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Clarifications -- 2.1 Migration -- 2.2 Settlement Pattern -- 2.3 Identity -- 3 Waves of Urhobo Migrations to Jos: A Historical Survey -- 4 Urhobo Cultural Expressions in Jos, 1940-1970 -- 5 The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Identity Construction and Culture Retention in Jos -- 6 Conclusion -- Climate Change, Conflicts and Environment -- Repowering Local Governance for Sustainability: Climate Change Mitigation of Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Discourse Multidimensionality of Climate Change -- 1.2 Climate Change: Perception and Consequences -- 1.3 Local Governance Narratives of Climate Action -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Analysis of Results and Interpretation -- 4 Results of Data Collected -- 4.1 Effectiveness of Local Governance in Governing Climate Change Mitigation on Healthcare in Nigeria -- 4.2 Challenges Facing Local Governance in Governing Climate Change Mitigation on Healthcare in Nigeria -- 4.3 Discussion of Findings -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Strategies for Mitigating Conflicts, Insecurity and Insurgency in Africa -- 1 Introduction.
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