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    Zango:Journal of Contemporary Issues
    (UNZA PRESS, 2014) ZANGO; Various
    Zango: Zambian Journal of Contemporary Issues is a bi-annual publication of the University of Zambia. The articles accepted for publication in Zango should be on topical issues affecting the nation, Africa and the world as a whole. These should be scholarly insights and should contribute something to the advancement of knowledge.
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    A multi-modal approach to the study of discourse of protest: an example of the federal government of Nigeria and the Nigeria labour congress face off.
    (UNZA PRESS, 2014) Idiagbon, Abdullahi
    Varied interests are inevitable issues between the working class and the State, and this often degenerates into labour conflicts between the government and the people. The subsidy removal by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012, triggered off anger among millions of Nigerians and protesters all over the country expressed grievances against the policy through slogans, music, speeches, cartoons, placard inscriptions, images, internet/electronic outlets like Facebook comments, radio, television, and so on. Kress’ (2004), Fundamentals of Image Analysis and Hall (2012)’s Discourse of Protest were harmonised as a framework for this work. This article examines language and images and identifies the inter-semiotic and semantic coherence in this complementary multimodal mode.
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    Extension education at the university of Zambia: issues, problems and possible solutions.
    (UNZA PRESS, 2014) Chakanika, Wanga W.,; Lifuka, Mukumbi; Zulu, Nyondwa; Phiri, Davies
    The desire to respond to the manpower shortage that hit the country at independence culminated into the provision of University Extension Education in Zambia. In order to produce the much-needed manpower to feed the labour market, the University of Zambia employed Resident Lecturers in all the provincial centres. Their role was that of implementing University Education to the community. However, some issues surrounding the policy and execution of University Extension Education have resulted into problems and challenges in its provision and achievements. Some of these issues concern the management style, financing, infrastructure, admission requirements and user fees. The major problems that have resulted from such issues include access and equity, imbalances across fields of study, accessibility and user-friendliness of administrative systems, lack of human resource, lack of teaching and learning materials, poor communication and low participation levels. Some of the recommendations that have been made in this article as a solution to these problems include lowering the user fees, paying tutors attractive allowances, designing courses based on the needs of a particular community and building permanent structures for extension education and of university standard.
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    Familiar language versus mother tongue : an analysis of the implications of the current language of instruction policy in Zambia.
    (UNZA PRESS, 2014) Kapalu Muzata, Kenneth
    This article examines the implications of the shifts in the language of instruction (LoI) in Zambian schools. Fifty years after independence, Zambia is still faced with language policy problems. In 2013, the Ministry of Education, Science and Vocational Training offloaded a new curriculum in which the LoI in Grades 1 to 4 is a familiar language. Many studies support teaching and learning through a mother tongue but the implications of a familiar LoI have not yet been analysed. This article blends history, published research findings and a survey of the views of teachers of Grades 1 to 4 teaching in a familiar language. The challenges facing the implementation of such a policy are in no way different from those faced when this policy was first attempted prior to 1977. The article recommends a more inclusive approach to the implementation of the LoI policy in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal Number 4 on education by 2030.
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    Ethical and institutional arrangements necessary for the professional administration of national elections: evidence from the republic of Zambia.
    (UNZA PRESS, 2014) Ng’oma, Alex Mwamba; Tessema, Mussie T.
    This article takes a cue from the ever-growing literature on governance and security issues in contemporary Africa. It postulates that elections, and the manner in which they are administered, are a major cause of political conflict in many of the continent’s 54 member countries. In addition to the unfavourable environment in which elections are generally conducted, election results are often discredited simply because the losing candidates opt to interpret technical irregularities experienced in election administration as acts of electoral fraud perpetrated by the victorious candidates, in connivance with the Election Management Bodies. This article uses evidence from the Republic of Zambia to illustrate that proper, effective and efficient institutional arrangements can promote and enhance the ethical and professional administration of national elections, and thereby reduce the high incidences of post-election conflict in Africa. From this perspective, the article presents seven such institutional arrangements.
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    Public perceptions of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in relation to entry and retention in the HIV continuum of care: findings from a rural setting of Chivuna, Zambia.
    (UNZA PRESS, 2014) Ntalasha, Harriet; Malungo, Jacob R.S.; Simona, Simona J.
    As is the case with most of the countries in the sub-Sahara region with a high prevalence of HIV and AIDS, antiretroviral therapy has increasingly become available in Zambia. The way antiretroviral therapy (ART) is perceived by the users and potential users is important for its effectiveness. This paper is aimed at exploring how ART is perceived and how such perceptions influence people’s entry and retention in the HIV continuum of care. Data for this paper wasderived from a large study in a remote rural setting of Chivuna in Southern Province of Zambia. A mixed methods approach was used and 653 participants were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to generate quantitative data while 24 focus groups, 67 in-depth interviews and 19 informant interviews informed the qualitative aspect of the study. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 20 and Atlas.ti version 7 data analysis packages. Although people’s perceptions about ART were generally evolving from negative to positive, this study indicates that negative perceptions still exist among the rural population. These negative perceptions act as barriers to people’s utilisation of HIV and AIDS-related services.The study has shown a level of association between perceptions about ART and people’s entry and retention in the HIV continuum of care. In this regard, it is important for stakeholders to redress negative perceptions and harness the positive ones so as to enhance early entry and retention in the continuum of care for people living with HIV. This has the potential of contributing to reduced morbidity, reduced mortality and reduced transmission of new HIV infection cases.
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    The Journal of Humanities Volume 13, 2014-2015
    (The University of Zambia Press, 2014)
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    Standing in the circle: images of old people in African literature.
    (UNZA PRESS, 2014) Chilala, Cheela F.K.
    A lot has been written about the portrayal of women in African literature, but very little has been written on how the old are portrayed. This work focuses on portraits of old men and women in African literature. Are they positive or negative? What factors influence the portraiture of the old? Is there a correlation between the portrayal and treatment of elderly characters in African fiction and society? Are the old portrayed the same in African literature as they are in Western literature?
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    The University of Zambia Handbook For Postgraduate Students
    (University of Zambia Press, 2018)
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    Moments.
    (Unza Press, 2023) Okafor, Stella Akuabata Dozie
    Moments, the title of this book, is the difference you make at any point in your life either as a child, youth, adolescent, and adult (young, middle or old age). That defining imprint on your experiences in life, and the lessons they teach you, with which you grow in life. They involve the positive and negative their impact, and how they define you as you move on in life. Moments can be short, moderate, or long term.Take those steps, make those imprints - rightly or wrongly. Collectively, these moments go a long way to define who you are, as a person, whether your role is that of a mother who stays at home to care for her family; a player in the corporate world; a politician; a wellknown entertainer or whatever you do. It is always about the moment(s) and how it affects you and the way you make a difference, wherever you are, because you are important and your actions or inactions always count.
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    Moments
    (2023) Okafor, Stella Akuabata Dozie
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