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    • ‘Madam, are you one of them?’ ‘Reflexivities of discomfort’ in researching an ‘illicit’ subject 

      Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia (Taylor and Francis, 2018)
      Informed largely by Affect theory (2004), this paper takes up ‘reflexivities of discomfort’ to reflexively engage with my affective struggles as a Christian, heterosexual, mother, educator, undertaking a study on ...

    • Media as a Political Tool for Dominance: a Case of Uganda 

      Semambo, Henry (2018)
      Libertarian theory states that nothing in the world should be restricted. It further says that, there should be free circulation of information in the world and a country should be a free market of ideas/information. ...

    • Networked texts: discourse, power and gender neutrality in Ugandan physics textbooks 

      Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia (Taylor and Francis, 2018-11-15)
      Research within science textbooks has dominantly focused on examining explicit representations of women and men using quantitative methodology. The assumption that gendered arrangements are necessarily explicit and therefore ...

    • Problems of Usage Labelling in English Lexicography 

      Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia (2011)
      Landau (1991: 217) stipulates that 'usage refers to any or all uses of language'. It is the study of good, correct, or standard uses of language as distinguished from bad, incorrect, and nonstandard uses of language. Usage ...

    • Prune-Belly Syndrome: A Case Report from Rwanda 

      Ngendahayo, E; Kyamanywa, Patrick; Mutesa, L.; Gashegu, J (The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), 2012-07)
      Background: Prune-Belly syndrome, Eagle-Barret syndrome and triad syndrome, all refer to congenital anomalies involving abdominal musculature, urinary tract and testicles. The syndrome consists of a triad of abdominal ...

    • The representation of gender in English textbooks in Uganda 

      Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia; Barton, Amanda (Taylor and Francis, 2012-06-29)
      The central role played by textbooks in children’s education in developing countries has been highlighted previously in this journal. This paper reports on how an English-language textbook used commonly in Ugandan secondary ...

    • Television as a Stimulus for Emotion Response among Young People: Case of Assam University Students 

      Semambo, Henry (International Journal for Social Studies, 2018-05)
      In 1976, George Gerbner and Gross developed cultivation theory which is vital in television studies. The theory states that the heavy viewer of television violent content is eventually affected by Mean World Syndrome; ...