Be Your Sister’s Keeper: Personal Experience of Travelling a Lonely Journey in Academia by Duduzile Mzindle

“…I argue that as black women, we need to create spaces where we can offer another not only a shoulder to cry on but encourage each other to navigate the academy and its mazes. I am convinced that my experiences and personal journey in academia add a voice to novice academics who must still navigate the bureaucratic ladder. …”
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Latino Alzheimer's Caregiving: Neither a Burden nor a "Carga" by Lyda Arevalo-flechas

“…Caregiving is satisfying had three components: Caregiving is my opportunity to give back, knowing that I am doing my best, and a sacrifice.Conclusion:Data support the formulation of a conceptual orientation of the Latino caregiving experience.…”
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‘Rents in the Veil of Time’: Annie Besant’s Auto-biographies of Giordano Bruno by Muriel Pécastaing-Boissière

“…Her first autobiography, Autobiographical Sketches, appeared in book form in 1885, the year she joined the Fabian Society, a decision she justified in 1886 with Why I Am a Socialist. When Besant converted to Theosophy in 1889, she wrote Why I Became a Theosophist, and her revised autobiography, Annie Besant: An Autobiography, was published in 1893, preceded by 1875 to 1891: A Fragment of Autobiography. …”
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Knowledge Representation and Digital Scholarly Editions in Theory and Practice by Tanya Clement

“…One aspect of textual performance theory I am exploring within In Transition concerns the social text network. …”
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The Development and Intellectualisation of African Languages Revisited. by Ndoleriire, Oswald Kyamulesire

“…In this article, I am revisiting, the well-known topic of developing African languages and the concept of the intellectualisation of African languages. …”
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Roma & Sinti Culture as Modern German Studies by Arushi Nair

“…In a shift to focus on the art, poetry and literature of the Roma, I am hoping to empower the voices within the second generation, all those born in an era disconnected from the war. …”
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Foreword by Kammila Naidoo

“… I was delighted to open the conference on ‘Violence Against Children’ organized by the Department of Religion Studies, at the University of Johannesburg, in partnership with the New Testament Society of Southern Africa (NTSSA). I am extremely pleased that a special issue on the topic has been produced so briskly. …”
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ULTIMA RATIO DEORUM by Alexis V. Halapsis

“…I do not consider “miracles” as the facts of nature, but as the facts of culture, so in this article I am not talking about specific cases of violation of “laws of nature”, but about the place of “miraculous” in the view of the world of Western man and those transformations, that occur with this element outlook influenced the development of information technologies. …”
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Roma & Sinti Culture as Modern German Studies by Arushi Nair

“…In a shift to focus on the art, poetry and literature of the Roma, I am hoping to empower the voices within the second generation, all those born in an era disconnected from the war. …”
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Evaluating interdisciplinary breastfeeding and lactation knowledge, attitudes and skills: An evaluation of a professional graduate programme for healthcare professionals. by Denise McGuinness, Kate Frazer, Karl F Conyard, Paula Cornally, Lauren Cooper, Niamh Vickers

“…Knowledge scores increased specifically with higher mean knowledge scores for reporting "I am confident with my knowledge about breastfeeding" and statistically significant mean difference of 0.29 following completion of the module (95% CI, 0.13 to 0.45) (t (64) = 3.59, p = 0.001). …”
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La maison aux esprits : configurations spatiales, pluralité religieuse et syncrétismes dans l’espace domestique afro-cubain by Katerina Kerestetzi

“…Moreover, Cuban households of mixed spirituality are centers of intense rituality. By rituality I am referring to private ritual actions performed on a daily basis but also to the collective ceremonies that bring together the whole religious community. …”
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Thabo Mbeki’s Decolonial Idea of an African in the African Renaissance by William Jethro Mpofu

“…For instance, that an African has to declare that ‘I am an African’ in Africa, as Mbeki does, reflects the troubled and also troubling idea of being African in the African postcolony. …”
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Indigenous Environmental Activism and Media Depiction by Raphaela G O Pavlakos

“…Here, I use a methodology that I am developing as part of my ongoing dissertation work, Critical Dispositioning, which is an ethical reading praxis designed for settlers to use when engaging with Indigenous literatures. …”
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Present(ed) bodies, absent agency: “patients’ perspectives” at the Museum Vrolik of the body and medicine by Azia Lafleur

“…This research focuses on Amsterdam’s Museum Vrolik, a prominent museum of the body and medicine in the Netherlands with an important role in the conservation and exhibition of the material heritage of Dutch medicine of the 18th and 19th centuries. I am interested in the affective encounters that are at play in such a setting between us—the living—and the remains on display: How the agency and subject-hood of those who lived and live with ill health, medicalization and disability are effectively present and absent in the context of affective influences in the Museum Vrolik. …”
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A Ray of New Hope for the Parents of Children with Intellectual Disability by Nancy Thakur, Kamli Prakash, Sanchita Pugazhendi, Achla Gaikwad

“…“Everything has its wonders, including darkness and stillness, and I learn to be satisfied in whatever situation I am in.” Research literature illustrates that parents of children with intellectual impairments are exposed to a variety of stressful life events while caring for their children with intellectual disabilities. …”
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Generosity and Solidarity -A Biblical Contribution and Perspective in Response to Poverty in Africa. by Rugyendo, Medard

“…After all, 'a person is a person because of other people’, or ‘I am, because you are” which is a proverb and a spirit of Ubuntu. …”
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Akin Ogundiran: The Historian and Archaeologist of Yoruba-Atlantic becomes Chancellor Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte by Toyin Falola

“… I am pleased to share the good news that Professor Akin Ogundiran has been named Chancellor’s Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. …”
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Visible and invisible cultural patterns influencing women’s use of maternal health services among Igala women in Nigeria: a focused ethnographic study by Uchechi Clara Opara, Peace Njideka Iheanacho, Pammla Petrucka

“…Subthemes generated under the theme of perception were, Belief in witchcraft, Pregnancy announces itself, I cannot tell people I am in labour, and Unspoken acquiescence to the culture. …”
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Journal of Health and Social Sciences: A reputable, DOAJ-indexed, free, open access journal by Francesco Chirico

“…The journal is published by Edizioni FS, which is a small international publishing house, and I am very proud that it actively faces the scientific challenge with important publishers of academic journals, who are also owners of well-known databases and scientific indexes. …”
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Requiem – Alàgbà, Dr., Prince, Mosọbalájé Ajíbádé Àkàndé Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí, OON, DLitt., FNAL, JP, a.k.a ‘Pa Fálétí’ to Some; ‘Bàbá Fálétí’ to all and Sundry.... by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith

“…Thus, the trajectory of relationships run the gamut from having heard once of or about the person’s name mo ti gbọ or ́ úkọ yẹn rí (I have heard of that name before); to knowing a smattering bit of information associated with that name, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, mo mọ ǹkan díẹ̀ nípa orúkọ yẹn (yes, I know a little about that name/person); to having a good knowledge of the person through study of his/her published works, mo ti ka àwọn ìwé wọn; mo mọ iṣẹ́ wọn dáadáa (I have read his/her works; I am quite familiar with them); to intimate, first-hand knowledge of and familiarity with the person, works and all, the Mo mọ wọ ̀ n dáadáa ́ (I know him/her very well, personally), indeed, at the formal and familial levels of relationships. 2 Pamela J. …”
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