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    External Actors, Good Governance and Health Care Delivery in Africa
    (2020) Anaemene, Benjamin
    The structural adjustment programme imposed by the World Bank and IMF in the face of the serious economic crisis that confronted African states in the 1980s resulted in severe cuts in state spending on social services including health. State failure in the provision of social services led to the externalisation of responsibility for health and the proliferation of actors working in the field of health across the continent. Despite the positive and negative consequences of this development on Africa, the debate about the role of external actors in health care delivery in Africa has dwelt extensively on the degree they should participate neglecting the emphasis on how they participate, under what conditions and with what consequences. Using qualitative data techniques, this article examines the involvement of external actors in health care delivery in Africa illustrating the nature, pattern, dimensions, and dynamics of such engagements in the context of popular concerns with good governance. It found that governance challenges constitute a serious obstacle to better health outcome in Africa. It posits that African states can only maximise their gains from external assistance for health if they take leadership in coordinating health activities in their countries within the context of a comprehensive national health plan
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    Health, Agenda 2030 and the Future of Africa’s Development
    (United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, 2017) Anaemene, Benjamin
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    Hermeneutical Methods in Biblical Interpretation in Africa Matters Arising
    (JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIETY VOLUME, 2016-04) Dairo, Afolorunso
    Africa is a continent with a variety of cultures; such complexities make any meaningful study a bit difficult. Howbeit, a careful biblical hermeneutics will highlight the importance of the African context in biblical interpretation. Hermeneutical method emphasizes the context of the reader rather than that of the audience. It is from this method that African Biblical hermeneutics has been developed. African biblical hermeneutics is a contextual method of biblical criticism that presents a paradigm shift because of the new demands emanating from the various questions raised by Africans in their quest for appropriate biblical texts. Essentially, it seeks to make a to and fro move, from reader to text and to context (as in the traditional approach), to new context (African) to new text (contextualization) to new reader (African reader). Focus is here placed more on the audience in biblical interpretation. This is elucidated in this article by looking at a few methods employed by scholars in doing this in contemporary Africa.
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    Modeling the Total Man in Traditional Farming Practice: A Spartial-Dramatic Analysis of Folkloric Farming Songs
    (Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2016) Uwadinma-Idemudia, Eunice
    There are numerous forms of education in Africa societies with many deeply rooted in traditional vocations. A reassessment of the dramatic elements of some inspirational music in traditional farming practice reveals a continuous and emphatic value added technique in occupational farming. One of the least documented to date is nofiofio; employed as a stress free, work-play group farming technique known for speed and efficiency. This rejuvenated ancient guide employs dramatic techniques driven by instructive moral folk music. Findings reveal that nofiofio encourages occupational discipline, family cohesion and social bond toward occupational engagements. Although such folk music is no longer used in cotemporary farming practice but newer forms of youth music have. A reflection on their uses in the past has risen in recent times. Nofiofio in particular encouraged moral and strong character building among the youth population involved in traditional farming. This paper analyses the dramatic content of this popular farming music in Edo State of Nigeria for planting and harvesting. The study shows a structured and efficient matrix for time management, motivation and increased output.
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    Modeling the Total Man in Traditional Farming Practice: A Spartial-Dramatic Analysis of Folkloric Farming Songs
    (Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2016) Iwuh, John
    There are numerous forms of education in Africa societies with many deeply rooted in traditional vocations. A reassessment of the dramatic elements of some inspirational music in traditional farming practice reveals a continuous and emphatic value added technique in occupational farming. One of the least documented to date is nofiofio; employed as a stress free, work-play group farming technique known for speed and efficiency. This rejuvenated ancient guide employs dramatic techniques driven by instructive moral folk music. Findings reveal that nofiofio encourages occupational discipline, family cohesion and social bond toward occupational engagements. Although such folk music is no longer used in cotemporary farming practice but newer forms of youth music have. A reflection on their uses in the past has risen in recent times. Nofiofio in particular encouraged moral and strong character building among the youth population involved in traditional farming. This paper analyses the dramatic content of this popular farming music in Edo State of Nigeria for planting and harvesting. The study shows a structured and efficient matrix for time management, motivation and increased output.