Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2009. / Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 140 p. Includes bibliographical references.

For most of Rwanda's post-independence past, the country has been marked by ethnic feuding, mass population movements and long exiles in neighbouring countries, and civil wars that culminated in the genocide in 1994. As this research shows in its review of literature of the history of Rwanda's post-independence period, the civil wars of those with ethnically-differentiated access to power and wealth have had social-, cultural- and economic effects. How has foreign culture - acquired by Rwandaliens - affected indigenous Rwandan culture, and its influence thereof on the present leadership styles? This thesis assesses the most common leadership styles in companies / organisations in Rwanda, in order to build a theory of the predominant leadership styles and culture in Rwanda in the context of the post-genocide era.

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília,Instituto de Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Metafísica, 2018. / Submitted by Raquel Viana (raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2018-06-25T20:50:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_LuísAugustoFerreiraSaraiva.pdf: 1557057 bytes, checksum: 353d92ffecb8658bea3f4f33c938e457 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Raquel Viana (raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2018-06-29T16:54:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_LuísAugustoFerreiraSaraiva.pdf: 1557057 bytes, checksum: 353d92ffecb8658bea3f4f33c938e457 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-29T16:54:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_LuísAugustoFerreiraSaraiva.pdf: 1557057 bytes, checksum: 353d92ffecb8658bea3f4f33c938e457 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-25 / O presente trabalho buscou fazer uma reflexão sobre o estudo da Filosofia Africana na potencialidade de compreender outros espaços de produção do conhecimento filosófico. Dessa forma, o estudo visa apresentar e discutir sobre a Filosofia Ubuntu, esta que é uma Filosofia da compreensão Bantu de mundo. Nesta pesquisa foi possível fazer uma leitura das noções de pessoa, e comunidade que são presentes no Tambor de Mina. O Tambor de Mina é uma religião originada da experiência negro africana no Brasil e que é bastante difundida no nordeste do país, em especial no Estado do Maranhão. A nossa intenção é fazer uma leitura do Tambor de Mina a partir da perspectiva Ubuntu e entender que as religiões afro-brasileiras e de matriz africana são produtoras de conceitos como também expressões da Filosofia. / Le présent travail a cherché à réfléchir sur l'étude de la philosophie africaine dans le potentiel de compréhension d'autres espaces de production de la connaissance philosophique. Ainsi, l'étude vise à présenter et à discuter de la Philosophie Ubuntu, qui est une Philosophie de la compréhension Bantu du monde. Dans cette recherche, il était possible de faire une lecture des notions de personne et de communauté qui sont présentes dans le Tambor de Mina. Le Tambor de Mina qui est une religion est issu de l'expérience africaine noire au Brésil et est très répandue dans le nord-est du pays, en particulier dans l'État du Maranhão. Notre intention est de faire une lecture du Tambor de Mina du point de vue d'Ubuntu et de comprendre que les religions afro-brésiliennes et africaines sont des producteurs de concepts et d'expressions de la philosophie.

A challenging issue of GNU/Linux: usability has been studied in this report. Usability is considered as one of the core component in any system software. System software should be efficient, effective and satisfying for users. Different studies on usability issue have been conducted in different distros but there is no specific study on Ubuntu 8.10. Ubuntu 8.10 is considered for usability evaluation of GNU/Linux system software and a multi-phased research approach is adopted. Participants (students) from different disciplines and level are taken to conduct the usability test. The system software is evaluated on the basis of usability test results and user’s opinion. An interview is designed and conducted to validate the tested findings of the system. GNU/Linux is serving the whole community as being used by different distros. The current set of interface guidelines and default softwares used by Ubuntu does not provide efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction for novice users. It is very important aspect that software should have uniformity and complete control in applications. There is need to improve or redesign the default softwares for better usability in terms of interface, message windows, bugs and help etc for novice users.

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D.Litt. et Phil. / The post-1994 South African society has become humanistic, pluralistic and tolerant. The era is characterised by a call and commitment to build a non–racial, non–sexist, and non–discriminatory society enshrined in the constitution of the Republic of South Africa. These conditions challenge African evangelical leaders to minister the gospel without losing their faith and cultural identity. They also provide such leaders with an opportunity to effectively minister the gospel to others within their cultures and value systems. In an earlier study, which described how leaders of this type have developed and which values influenced them, the researcher discovered that: (a) these leaders follow the same developmental phases mentioned in Clinton‘s leadership emergence pattern and (b) the family played an important role in influencing, shaping and passing certain values to these leaders. In addition to these observations, the results of the completed questionnaires in the earlier study reflect that the leaders who participated in the previous study were significantly influenced by African and Western values. The influence of theses sets of values was referred to as operating with ―two souls‖, a condition which indicates that a person is simultaneously embracing both African and Western values without creating a dichotomy. The implication is that these leaders have embraced both kinds of values in their ministry and daily lives, without realising it. The researcher based the current study upon the recommendation that a qualitative study on African evangelical leadership development be conducted to determine areas that the researcher did not cover earlier. Based upon this recommendation he engaged in three tasks which constitute the purpose of this study: to (a) compare Ubuntu with Western values among African evangelical leaders in the same district and relate these values to New Testament leadership values, (b) argue that the ministry context of African evangelical leaders in the district dictates that they operate with ―two souls‖, and (c) develop a leadership training module for evangelical leaders in the district who participated in the study to enable them to minister in the culturally diverse, humanistic and pluralistic society of South Africa.

Magister Philosophiae - MPhil / Despite the fact that South Africa in terms of its Constitution and foreign policy believes in making human rights central to its activities, on many occasions in the UNHRC, it has been found voting opposite to these values. In this regard, it has been found aligning itself with the countries known for poor human rights records. Subsequently, this raises the question of whether the current foreign policy of South Africa is still driven by the high regard for human rights. As a result, this paper endeavours to look specifically at the voting records and patterns of the Government of South Africa as a member of the UN Human Rights Council (2008-2010 and 2013-2015). It will assess such a record with a view to determine whether the Government's foreign policy is in compliance with its international human rights obligations.

In this dissertation I sketch a conception of personhood as understood from within an Afrocommunitarian worldview, and argue that this understanding of personhood has implications for understanding the concept of reconciliation. Understanding ‘being human’ as a collective, communal enterprise has implications for how responsibility, justice, forgiveness and humanization (all cognate concepts of reconciliation) are conceptualized. In line with this understanding of reconciliation and its cognate concepts, I argue that the humanization of self and other (according to the Afrocommunitarian understanding of personhood) is required for addressing the ‘inferiority’ and concurrent ‘superiority’ racial complexes as diagnosed by Franz Fanon and Steve Biko. These complexes reach deeply within individual and collective psyches and political identities, and I argue that political solutions to protracted conflict (in South Africa and other racially charged contexts) which do not address these deeply entrenched pathologies will be inadequate according to an Afrocommunitarian framework.

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Background: In low- and middle-income countries, several environmental barriers impede accessibility to antenatal care (ANC) services for women with disabilities, yet ANC is a critical entry point for pregnant women to receive quality maternity care services. These barriers are more pronounced in rural areas than urban areas in Uganda. Although the World Health Organisation recommends that ANC services should be designed and continually improved based on locally generated data to address access barriers, the experiences of rural pregnant women with physical disabilities are largely undocumented. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the experiences of pregnant women with physical disabilities in accessing and utilising ANC services and suggest strategies for improving the services in rural south-western Uganda. Objectives: The study sought to: - describe the accessibility of ANC services - explain the utilisation of ANC services - explore the relationship between women with physical disabilities and health care providers - explore how women with physical disabilities and midwives understand disability and the provision of ANC services in rural south-western Uganda Methods: An interpretive qualitative study using a multiple case study design was conducted. Twelve women with physical disabilities and six midwives from three health facilities in Sheema district in south-western Uganda, East Africa, were selected as study participants. Women were sampled using snowball sampling. Midwives and health facilities (health centre III, health centre IV and general hospital) were sampled using purposive sampling. Data was gathered through in-depth face-to-face interviews with the women and midwives, a focus group discussion with the women, and direct observation of the physical environment at the three health facilities, from November 2020 to January 2021. Data was transcribed, translated, and thematically analysed with support of NVivo software. Ethical approval was obtained from University of Cape Town and Uganda National Council of Science and Technology, including a Risk Management Plan for preventing the transmission of Covid-19. Findings: Four themes were generated: 1. ‘Optimising wellbeing' was shaped by exercising agency, accessing family and community support, and aligning policy and practice. 2. ‘Undermining wellbeing' involved ignorance and mental ill-health (including emotional and spiritual oppression), sociocultural prohibitions, and inaccessible transport and mobility systems. 3. ‘Unresponsive ANC policy to women's specific needs' included the integrated nature of ANC services, unresponsive ANC policy, and unaccommodating health facility designs. 4. ‘Improving quality of ANC services' related to women's mixed experiences, preparing midwives and other health workers through education, training, and mentoring, and enabling disability inclusion for fit-for-purpose ANC services. Conclusion: Despite a few enablers optimising their wellbeing, rural pregnant women with physical disabilities experience many barriers that negatively impact on their pregnancy experiences and pregnancy health care. Women's spirituality is integral to their wellbeing. Justice, equity, and respect for their human dignity need to be underscored in ANC policy, health system and infrastructure planning, and midwifery education, training, and practice. The establishment of accessible quality ANC services within under-served areas benefits all women. The spirit of Ubuntu, which may facilitate women's participation and functioning at the family, community, and health facility levels, cannot be overemphasised. Going forward: An integrated framework for disability inclusive family- and communityfocused ANC services for rural communities is proposed. This framework needs to be tested to determine its efficacy in other rural African settings. A further study to explore the effectiveness of maternity waiting homes from the perspective of women with physical disabilities and the community in the context of rural Ugandan setting is suggested.