Latest articles published in Inkanyiso – Journal of African Thought

Inkanyiso, one of the latest scholarly journals to join the AOSIS collection, have recently published some interesting research articles.

We are pleased to highlight and congratulate the authors for their original research, which was successfully published in the journal’s 14th volume in 2022.

• Depoliticising Square Kilometre Array and Vanwyksvlei in the anti-politics machine

Author: Nishai Moodley

This article follows the study of the anti-politics machine that explains why and how developmental projects fail, in the context of a little drought-stricken Karoo town called Vanwyksvlei, Northern Cape.

View the article: https://bit.ly/3XXiUcC

• Behaviours of traditional male circumcision initiates of Cala and Mdantsane, South Africa

Authors: Aphiwe Mpateni and Simon Murote Kang’ethe

This article focuses on the exploration of behavioural deficits that are manifested by the traditional male circumcision (TMC) initiates of the contemporary epoch. A qualitative research approach amid an exploratory and descriptive design followed by interpretivism paradigm was applied.

View the article: https://bit.ly/3HWecXe

• Indigenous knowledge application in increasing food security: A measure to consider?

Authors: Charles A. Masango and Victor W. Mbarika

This article examines the role of indigenous knowledge (IK) in increasing food security. It questions whether IK can be regarded as inferior to increasing food security given that food scientists and technologists use scientific methods in increasing food security.

View the article: https://bit.ly/3jv6wBI

• Investigating gender differences in housework and religion in marital conflict in Cameroon

Author: Nkaze Chateh

This article presents the findings of a study that measured the extent gender differences in division of housework and religion affected marital conflict in Bamenda, Cameroon.

View the article: https://bit.ly/40ofMIl

• The historical fight for the right to care: A critique of the Mental Health Policy in Brazil

Authors: Barbara D. Nunes and Maria Isabel B. Bellini

This article critiques the Mental Health Policy in Brazil with emphasis on the history of struggle for the right of people who have mental disorders and against violence in psychiatric institutions.

View the article: https://bit.ly/3wRakjJ

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