• An investigation into the impact of Catholic education on families in Mugalike Parish in relation to Vatican II Gravissimum educationis 

  Kyaligonza, Tom (Makerere University, 2015-05)

  According to the status quo, that is; simultaneous eruptions of poorly founded families, the constant domestic violence, the many “Christian families” whose life is modeled not after Christ, the rampant divorces, the neglect ...
• Self-efficacy, motivation and job performance among secondary school teachers in Mityana District 

  Nakato, Victor (Makerere University, 2015-05)

  The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between self efficacy, motivation and job performance among secondary school teachers in Mityana District. The study was guided by four objectives that is, to ...
• Road infrastructure and economic growth in Uganda 1980-2010 

  Mukiibi, Paul (Makerere University, 2011)

  Uganda is a land-locked country with road infrastructure constituting the main mode of transport. However, by 2010 road coverage both paved and unpaved remains low (3112 km and 16888 km respectively), with all-weather paved ...
• Settler colonialism: Then and now 

  Mamdani, Mahmood (University of Chicago Press, 2015)

  For students of settler colonialism in the modern era, Africa and America represent two polar opposites. Africa is the continent where settler colonialism has been defeated; America is where settler colonialism triumphed. ...
• Beyond Nuremberg: The historical significance of the post-apartheid transition in South Africa. 

  Mamdani, Mahmood (Sage, 2015)

  The contemporary human rights movement holds up Nuremberg as a template with which to define responsibility for mass violence. I argue that the negotiations that ended apartheid—the Convention for a Democratic South ...
• Women's attitudes to condoms and female-controlled means of protection against HIV and STDs in South-Western Uganda. 

  Hart, Graham J.; Pool, Robert; Green, Gillian; Harrison, Susan; Nyanzi, Stella; Whitworth, James A. G. (Taylor and Francis, 1999)

  The consistent and correct use of the male condom makes it highly effective in both disease prevention and as a contraceptive method. However, it is also well recognized that its use is under men's control. Because of this ...
• Men's attitudes to condoms and female controlled means of protection against HIV and STDs in South-western Uganda. 

  Pool, Robert; Hart, Graham; Green, Gillian; Harrison, Susan; Nyanzi, Stella; Whitworth, Jimmy (Taylor and Francis, 2000)

  There is widespread demand for the development of female controlled methods of protection against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV. The success of such methods will not only depend on their acceptability to ...
• Socializing influences and the value of sex: The experience of adolescent school girls in rural Masaka, Uganda. 

  Kinsman, John; Nyanzi, Stella; Pool, Robert (Taylor and Francis, 2001)

  In order to explore the socializing influences which have shaped rural adolescent schoolgirls' views and values about sex in a high HIV prevalence area of Uganda, detailed qualitative data was obtained over a one year ...
• Female control of sexuality: illusion or reality? Use of vaginal products in South west Uganda. 

  Green, Gill; Pool, Robert; Harrison, Susan; Hart, Graham J.; Wilkinson, Joanie; Nyanzi, Stella; Whitworth, James A. G. (Elsevier Science Ltd., 2001)

  This paper reports on a trial of vaginal products that were distributed and used by 131 women and 21 men in south west Uganda. It focuses specifically upon the issue of female control in heterosexual relationships and ...
• Breastfeeding practices and attitudes relevant to the vertical transmission of HIV in rural South-west Uganda. 

  Pool, Robert; Nyanzi, Stella; Whitworth, James A. G. (Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2001)

  Breastfeeding has been associated with a doubling of the risk of HIV transmission. In developed countries, it is recommended that HIV-positive women do not breastfeed, but this is not a feasible option in most of Africa. ...
• Attitudes to voluntary counselling and testing for HIV among pregnant women in rural South-west Uganda. 

  Pool, Robert; Nyanzi, Stella; Whitworth, James A. G. (Taylor and Francis, 2001)

  This paper describes the results of a study exploring the attitudes of women attending maternity clinics to voluntary counselling and testing during pregnancy in rural areas in south-west Uganda. It was a qualitative study ...
• The negotiation of sexual relationships among pupils in South-western Uganda. 

  Nyanzi, Stella; Pool, Robert; Kinsman, John (Taylor and Francis, 2001)

  The objective of the study was to explore how school-going adolescents in south-western Uganda negotiate sexual relationships. Qualitative data were obtained from 15 boys and 15 girls (14-18 years old), during a series of ...
• Mobility, sexual networks and exchange among bodaboda men in Southwest Uganda. 

  Nyanzi, Stella; Nyanzi, Barbara; Kalina, Bessie; Pool, Robert (Taylor and Francis, 2004)

  In order to examine the sexual behaviour of a highly mobile social group, qualitative data and quantitative data were elicited from 212 private motorbike taxi‐men, locally called bodabodamen, from two study sites in Masaka, ...
• The adventures of the Randy Professor and Angela the sugar mummy: Sex in fictional serials in Ugandan popular magazines. 

  Gysels, Marjolein; Pool, Robert; Nyanzi, Stella (Taylor and Francis, 2005)

  In 1996 newspaper vendors in Ugandan towns started selling a new kind of locally produced ‘lifestyle’ magazine. On the covers there were young, scantily dressed girls and inside news articles, fictional serials, lifestyle ...
• Money, men and markets: Economic and sexual empowerment of market women in South western Uganda. 

  Nyanzi, Barbara; Nyanzi, Stella; Wolff, Brent; Whitworth, James (Taylor and Francis, 2005)

  Market trading requires access to cash, independent decision‐making, mobility and social interaction. This study sought to explore whether market work empowers women with respect to spending decisions and negotiation over ...
• Contemporary myths, sexuality misconceptions, information sources, and risk perceptions of Bodaboda men in Southwest Uganda. 

  Nyanzi, Stella; Nyanzi, Barbara; Kalina, Bessie (Springer, 2005)

  This article reports findings from a study conducted among 212 private motorbike-taxi riders, locally called bodabodamen, from two study sites--a slum area and the urban center of Masaka town. Qualitative and quantitative ...
• "Abortion? That's for women!" Narratives and experiences of commercial motorbike riders in South-Western Uganda. 

  Nyanzi, Stella; Nyanzi, Barbara; Kalina, Bessie (Women's Health and Action Research Center, 2005)

  Although constitutionally illegal, induced abortion is a vital reproductive health option in Uganda. This paper analyses men's narratives about meanings of, and experiences with, abortion. Men play significant roles in ...
• Bumsters, big black organs and old white gold: Embodied racial myths in sexual relationships of Gambian beach boys. 

  Nyanzi, Stella; Rosenberg-Jallow, Ousman; Bah, Ousman; Nyanzi, Susan (Taylor and Francis, 2005)

  Sexuality is a platform upon which ideologies are enacted. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in The Gambia, this paper discusses the embodiment of racial myths about male Black bodies and Western affluence. Methods utilized ...
• Ethnography and PRA among Gambian traditional birth attendants: A methods discussion. 

  Nyanzi, Stella; Bah, Ousman; Joof, Bah; Walraven, Gijs (Sage Publications, 2007)

  Ethnographers are often sceptical of employing Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) tools in their research, calling them `a quick and dirty' approach. However, ethnography has limitations as a research method. We therefore ...
• Traditional birth attendants in rural Gambia: Beyond health to social cohesion. 

  Nyanzi, Stella; Manneh, Hawah; Walraven, Gijs (Women's Health and Action Research Center, 2007)

  Studies of traditional birth attendants over-emphasise the health dimension. Based on ethnographic fieldwork (utilising participant observation, individual interviews, group discussions, participatory rapid appraisal, and ...

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