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Conversion in Africa: A Look from the Women’s Side.

Fiedler, Rachel NyaGondwe (University of the Free State Library and Information Services, 2009)

Conversion produces both qualitative and quantitative church growth. There are three major theological definitions of conversion: Evangelicals define conversion as spiritual rebirth.1 For most of them, there is only one ...
Information Literacy (IL) teaching and learning: a literature review

Chipeta, George Theodore (African journals online, 2010)

The paper is largely based on review of existing literature on teaching and learning Information Literacy (IL), both online and in print. It reports on studies about the teaching and learning of IL in some institutions of ...
The conception of the circle of concerned African women theologians: is it African or western?

Fiedler, R. N.; Hofmeyr, J. W. (African journals online, 2011)

In this article, we argue that the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians was largely conceived as African, and that it addresses the issues of African women. The Circle approaches the issue of women’s liberation ...
Is Quiet Diplomacy in Consonance with Meaningful Peacemaking in SADC? Lessons from Zimbabwe

Mhango, George Abel (SAPSS, 2012)

Peace is one of the most contested research agendas in security studies. In recent times, proactive efforts towards peace have been epitomized by a peacemaking agenda that has been seen to be regional and home-grown in ...
Language specific narrative text structure elements in multilingual children

Tappe, Heike; Hara, Agness (Spil plus, 2013)

The investigation of narrative skills in children is significant in many respects; amongst other things, narratives can yield information about a child’s use of decontextualised, literate language features (Curenton and ...
Nursing education and its impact on patient-healthcare provider communication in Malawian hospitals

Madula, Precious (Academic Journals, 2013)

Having good communication skills is essential for healthcare providers to establish good healthcare provider - patient relationships. Good patient-healthcare provider communication has better health outcomes, high ...
Nursing education and its impact on patient-healthcare provider communication in Malawian hospitals

Madula, Precious (Academic Journals, 2013-09)

Having good communication skills is essential for healthcare providers to establish good healthcare provider - patient relationships. Good patient-healthcare provider communication has better health outcomes, high ...
Interpersonal Metafunctions in Bingu wa Mutharika’s Second-Term Political Discourse: A Systemic Functional Grammatical Approach

Kondowe, Wellman (Macrothink Institute, 2014)

Modern studies in discourse analysis have witnessed an increasing interest in presidential political speeches. The major argument has been that the presidential speeches are often ideologically loaded. Hence, analyzing ...
Linguistic Analysis of Malawi Political Newspaper Cartoons on President Joyce Banda: Towards Grice’s Conversational Implicature

Kondowe, Wellman; Ngwira, Flemmings Fishani; Madula, Precious (IJHSS, 2014)

The study aims at analysing verbal and nonverbal features of Malawi newspaper political cartoons on how they employ linguistic features in their portrayal of political leaders. Twenty Point of Order cartoons that ...
Presidents and Ideologies: A Transitivity analysis of Bingu wa Mutharika’s inaugural address

Kondowe, Wellman (Science publishing group, 2014)

The study is set to analyse how the third Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika manipulated language in his second inaugural address to enhance his political ideologies by using Halliday’s transitivity system as a ...
Teaching and learning of information literacy in some selected institutions of higher learning in KwaZulu-Natal and Malawi

Chipeta, George; Jacobs, Daisy; Mostert, Janneke (South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, 2014-01-26)

Information literacy (IL) is a set of abilities that enable individuals to recognise when information is needed and to subsequently locate, evaluate, and utilise the required information. It enables people to interpret and ...
China-Malawi relations: an analysis of trade patterns and development implications

Thindwa, Theodora C. (Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

As China is emerging as a force to reckon with in the 21st century it has formedeconomic and political partnerships with a number of countries especially in Africa,including Malawi. There are contending views on China’s ...
Intercultural Communication Competence and Acculturation among International Students in Central China

Ngwira, Flemmings Fishani; Mapoma, Harold Wilson Tumwitike; Hong, Jianzhong; Sariyo, Sunawan; Kondowe, Wellman (International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies, 2015)

Each year, increasing numbers of international students enroll in Chinese universities, yet no literature is available on their intercultural communication competences (ICC) and acculturation status. The study aimed at ...
The role of national library service in promoting the e-governance in Malawi

Ngwira, Fiskani; Simbeye, Walusungu (SCECSAL Conference, 2016)

The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are being increasingly used by governments to deliver their services at the locations convenient to the citizens. In other words, e-government will make it easier ...
Data curation needs of researchers at Mzuzu University

Majawa, Felix; Ngwira, Fiskani (Mzuzu University, 2016)

The study examined data curation needed by researchers at Mzuzu University fifty (50) self-administered questionnaires were distributed to purposefully selected academic staffs representing 28% of the total population. 57% ...
Diffusion of information/ knowledge for growing forest herbs amongst traditional healers: a case of traditional healers at ekwendeni, Malawi

Abdullah, Hamis Lack; Chawinga, Winner Dominic; Mwabumba, Lusayo (SCECSAL, 2016)

The study investigated knowledge sharing practices amongst traditional healers in Ekwendeni, a semi-urban area in Malawi. Findings which were arrived at by soliciting using a questionnaire have shown that traditional ...
The link between telecentres and rular community development in malawi: the case of vikwa community telecentre

Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo (SCECSAL Conference, 2016)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the link between telecentres and rural community development in Malawi focusing on one telecentre: Vikwa Community telecentre. It also examined the challenges that vikwa ...
Adoption of mobile technologies in malawian academic libraries: the case of mzuzu university library

Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo; Ngalande, Emanuel (SCECSAL Conference, 2016)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of mobile technologies in Malawian academic libraries focusing on Mzuzu University library. Specifically the study aimed at determining: the extent to which mobile ...
Awareness of digital rights management in academic libraries: a survey of three selected Malawian university/ college libraries

Chawinga, Winner; Selemani, Apatsa; Phiri, Austine (SCECSAL, 2016)

The purpose of this study was to survey awareness of digital rights management at College mof Medicine, St John of God College of Health Sciences and Mzuzu University in Malawi. Specifically, the study aimed at identifying ...
The use of multipurpose community telecentres and their services in Malawi: the case of Lupaso Community Telecentre

Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo; Hart, Genevieve (South African journal of libraries and information science, 2016)

Telecentres aim to bridge digital divides between rural and urban communities. In many developing countries, like Malawi, the assumption is that once telecentres are established, people will adopt them. The purpose of the ...

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