July 2012

Ascending or descending the ladder? A View of Great Zimbabwe University students on higher education as a vehicle for vertical social mobility

  The article was an attempt to unravel the assorted sentiments of Great Zimbabwe University students regarding higher education as a vehicle for upward social mobility. The researchers became enthusiastic to undertake this study after detecting a steady increase in the number of students enrolling for higher education amid a diversity of militating variables. A sample of 50 students comprising 20 males and 30...

Author(s): Kufakunesu Moses, Ganga Emily and Chinyoka Kudzai

July 2012

Impact of foreign trade and investment on Nigeria’s textile industry: The case of China

  The textile industry in Nigeria is the third largest in Africa after Egypt and South Africa. It is the largest employer of labour in the manufacturing sector. The industry is mainly controlled by large private-sector firms, often with substantial foreign participation. Low productivity levels limit Nigeria’s export possibilities. Nevertheless, the substantially liberated economic environment and the...

Author(s): Mathias Agri Eneji, Iwayanwu J. Onyinye, Drenkat N. Kennedy and Shi Li Rong

July 2012

The practice of polygamy under the scheme of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa: a critical appraisal

  Today the assertion that polygamy is a human rights issue admits of no demur. Polygamy and other cultural practices are as legitimately subject to criticism within the context and setting of human rights as is any other structural aspect of society. There is a movement that is rapidly gaining momentum to contest the legality and legitimacy of polygamy in a human rights context. In several parts of Africa,...

Author(s): Obonye Jonas