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This review aims at exploring the main thematic concerns in the 'modern' Sudanese novel. Namely, it tries to explore the politics of the body and its representations in fragmented society [...]

The primary objective of this research paper is to investigate the main reasons that prevent students from visiting the library at the university. It seeks to answer the question why library at the campus has become a desolate place for the students to study in. A triangulation method of data collection was used, namely, a questionnaire for two groups of students at Ahfad University for Women, structured- interview with the Director and its deputy of AL-hafeed library, and analysis of the record of the number of occurrences of visiting the library by the students. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the student's questionnaire. As for the interview with the Director and its deputy of Al-hafeed library, it was analyzed grounded upon the main themes. As far as the number of visits by the students to the library is concerned, it was analyzed based on the simple statistical calculations. The main finding of this study can be summarized as follows: Students do not visit the library primarily because they look for the information they need on their smart phones. A second reason is that teachers do not encourage students to visit the library through giving them assignments in order to look for the information in the library as well as students rely heavily on the power point presentation handouts being given by their teachers after the end of each lesson. Finally, students are not well-trained to visit the library because of the previous learning experience that impacts negatively on their behavior to visit the library. Keywords: electronic library, different sources of knowledge, disinclination, traditional library, digital library, stakeholders, technological advancement, smart phones., Introduction At the outset, university libraries are a critical complement of teaching and learning affair. The university library, whether it is on campus or off campus (electronic) or other has [...]

Meja Mwangi 1973. Kill Me Quick. East African Educational Publishers [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] African post-colonial novel: Thematic concerns This review aims at discussing the main notions as far as the African [...]

This review paper attempts to explore the main precepts which led to the appearance of student-centered approach to teaching English language in particular. It seeks to look into the arguments that the initiators and proponents of student-centered approach to teaching and learning English language disseminate in order to make it the most celebrated approach to teaching recently. By trying to collect, organize and synthesize available literature and studies done on the issue, the researcher tries to gain an understanding of the new manifestations that accompanied student-centered approach as a new trend in teaching English language i.e. what types of modifications do textbooks and syllabi authors take into their considerations when designing new materials? Again, how classrooms are arranged in order to cope with new the changes in the way English is taught and what is the main role of the teacher in the learning process? Lastly, the paper tries to pinpoint the essential differences between traditional classrooms versus constructivist classroom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the African novels written by African authors of post-colonial period including Kill Me Quick written by Meja Mwangi. Topics include distribution of political power among rulers in post-colonialism period before independence, work of African authors by emphasizing the importance of African cultural heritage as part of human socio-cultural heritage, and imperialism and colonialism as an act of accumulation and acquisition.