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Informed by a global space animated by various conflicts, this book brings a refreshing perspective on how the disciplines of literature and language engage this phenomenon. In its shift from a purely political interrogation of conflict, the volume provides a broad analytic canvas on which human behaviour in such contexts can be examined. This is an ultimate invitation to a re-visioning of socio-cultural parameters of identity construction, borders, natural resources, religion, cultural values, beliefs, governance, ideology, and globalisation. The book's varied perspective, animated by a rich diversity of literary and linguistic approaches, gives it an interdisciplinary emphasis that will appeal to readers across disciplines. Its ultimate message is that conflict is not subject-bound. The liberal analysis of different aspects makes the volume an invaluable asset not only to literature and language scholars but also to everyone with inclinations towards conflict creation and management.

In this suspense-filled first book of the Art Man series, Tom Timson (Art Man) discovers that he has a special calling. With his grand dad (Master Art) helping as a mentor both in person and in Tom's dreams, Tom is able to harness his inner gifts to protect his hometown, Art City, and country, Canvas, from being totally destroyed by an evil genius, Dr. Era.sir, and his evil friends Gray Granny and Black Beard.In this first episode Black Out, Art Man is not successful in his attempt to completely defeat Dr. Era.sir, so we are curious to follow the plot in the next episode in the Art Man series!

This book addresses the epistemological, ethical and methodological challenges faced by African scholars in their research practices. The epistemological domain addresses three interrelated topics: how African university students' ethnocentric choice of research topics hampers the production of knowledge; researchers' adaptation of their research methods to improve validity; and the challenge of knowledge production on community museums plagued by gross inertia, irregularities, uncooperative gatekeepers and inadequate funding. The methodological domain foregrounds issues around scientific rigour, the criteria for what counts as quality research, and reporting standards. Contributors contend that the use of mixed methods provides the best scope for the effective study and evaluation of social issues. They also detail how better-funded projects tend to improve the respect of ethical standards especially as they pertain to the protection of subjects' confidentiality. Self-financed researchers on the other hand tend to be less compliant, a challenge that afflict especially younger and inexperienced researchers. This volume thus contributes not only to a critical understanding of the challenges faced by social scientists in contemporary Africa, but also the prospects and mechanisms on how to improve knowledge production processes.

In The Quacky Rappy Trash Book we meet Rappy Duck, an unusual duck who is unhappy about the piles of garbage that people throw around his lake and everywhere in nature. One day, hit on his head by a plastic bag with breadcrumbs, Rappy Duck strikes an extraordinary friendship with a young schoolgirl, Nora. Together, through rhymes and amusing encounters, they tell and show us how we can all participate in sorting and recycling our trash.