Faculty of Education and Arts

Analysis of the Depiction of Corporal Punishment in Two Ugandan Novels and Its Effects on Students

Naula, Mary; Gulere, Cornelius Wambi; Owor, Joseph Jakisa (SCIENCEDOMAIN international (SDI), 2018)

This paper examines the portrayal of corporal punishment in Mary Karooro Okurut’s The Invisible Weevil [1] and Julius Ocwinyo’s Fate of the Banished [2]. The researchers investigate the issues and challenges surrounding ...

An analysis of bullying in schools as presented by two Ugandan novels

Naula, Mary; Muranga, Manuel; Gulere, Cornelius Wambi; Owor, Joseph Jakisa (Academic Journals, 2018)

This paper analyzes the depictions of bullying in schools in two selected Ugandan novels: Goretti Kyomuhendo’s The First Daughter (1996) and Mary Karooro Okurut’s The invisible Weevil (1998). The study is about the vices ...

A study of the portrayal of virginity in Ugandan novels

Naula, Mary; Owor, Joseph Jakisa; Gulere, Cornelius Wambi (International Journal of English and Literature, 2018-09)

This paper examines the portrayal of virginity in Akiki K. Nyabongo’s, Africa Answers Back (1936), Mary Okurut’s Invisible Weevil (1998) and Jane Bakaluba’s Honeymoon for Three (1975). The study analyzes the place of ...

Analysis of the Depiction of Corporal Punishment in Two Ugandan Novels and Its Effects on Students

Naula, Mary; Gulere, Cornelius W.; Owor, Joseph J. (Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, 2018-11)

This paper examines the portrayal of corporal punishment in Mary Karooro Okurut’s The Invisible Weevil [1] and Julius Ocwinyo’s Fate of the Banished [2]. The researchers investigate the issues and challenges surrounding ...

An analysis of bullying in schools as presented by two Ugandan novels

Naula, Mary; Muranga, Manuel; Gulere, Cornelius Wambi; Owor, Joseph Jakisa (International Journal of English and Literature, 2018-11)

This paper analyzes the depictions of bullying in schools in two selected Ugandan novels: Goretti Kyomuhendo’s The First Daughter (1996) and Mary Karooro Okurut’s The invisible Weevil (1998). The study is about the vices ...

Getting Schools Ready for Integration of Pedagogical ICT: the Experience of Secondary Schools in Uganda

Ndawula, Stephen; Kahuma, B James; Mwebembezi, Johnie; Masagazi, Joel Yawe (International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2013-02)

The purpose of the study was to establish whether secondary schools in Uganda are prepared for effective teaching of ICT education. The study was carried out in six secondary schools in Uganda. Both qualitative and ...

The structure of news in Community Audio Towers

Semujju, Brian (Journal of African Media Studies, 2017)

This article draws attention to the current sensational modernist conceptualization of news as conflict and prominence to argue that news among the poor be understood as activities happening in a village. Findings obtained ...

Climate change in Ugandan media: A ‘Global Warming’ of journalism ethics

Semujju, Brian (Journal of African Media Studies, 2013)

The idea of climate change has reached a contentious breaking point at an interna¬tional level where its major causes, existence and intensity are separating informed minds. This article is an examination of the four major ...

Community Audio Towers in Uganda

Semujju, Brian (3CMedia, 2016-05)

While community broadcasting has been documented for aiding development in the Global South, communities in Uganda engage in narrowcasting and share information using Community Audio Towers (CATs). This challenges our ...

Feminist power and its implications on Uganda’s malaria communication campaign

Nakiwala, Aisha Sembatya; Semujju, Brian (Feminist Media Studies, 2018)

This paper examines power and its manifestation in Uganda’s “Stop Malaria Campaign.” It specifically questions the apparent radical feminism, which is conceptualized as a quest for power, and how such excesses drive ...

Participatory media for a non-participating community: Western media for Southern communities

Semujju, Brian (Sage publications, 2014)

This paper draws on the contrast between community media and the nature of its communities in Africa that are not participatory but use participatory media. The general contention is that participatory media in Africa ...

Introducing Community Audio Towers as an alternative to community radio in Uganda

Semujju, Brian (Journal of Alternative and Community Media, 2016)

Community radio started as an alternative to commercial media. The need for an alternative was clear, with many societal voices unrepresented, indicating the domination of the means of mental production by a few. This ...

New trends in library and information fields and the implications for continuing education.

Kigongo-Bukenya, I. M. N (1998-07)

This research article lists and describes the major trends in the library and information profession, including: changing environment; agitation from employers, associations, students and users; new technology, transparency ...

The evolution of media policy in Uganda

Chibita, Monica B. (African Communication Research journal Published by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communications at St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza, Tanzania, 2010)

This article examines attempts to put into policy or law the parameters of media freedoms in Uganda since the colonial period. Taking a historical approach, the paper identifies major trends in media policy in Uganda across ...

Strategies for faith engagement within One’s Career:The role of Uganda Christian University in preparing students for Post-graduation life.

Rugyendo, Medard (Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2015)

This article examines the role of Uganda Christian University (UCU) in devising strategies for the sustenance of Christian faith in one’s career for the betterment of the society despite its social ills. The current theme ...