This thesis concerns soil erosion and conservation in Zimbabwe. It is framed in the light of the contemporary heightened concern for the environment generally in Africa and the recent publication of the National Conservation Strategy for Zimbabwe (1987). Soil erosion is an arche…
The aim of this thesis is to show that poverty alleviation strategies need to be implemented more efficiently and urgently, despite the ongoing work of individual governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private foundations, and public-private partnerships, because th…
Problem. Every Seventh-day Adventist pastor in Zimbabwe at one time or another has had to deal with a situation where church members consult their ancestors when threatened by sickness, death, misfortune, or a series of tragedies. The Adventist church correctly takes a strong st…
Intragroup church conflict developed in the Liberia Annual Conference (LAC) of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in the 1980s. Therefore, this study sought to find out the causes of the conflict and recommend strategies for resolving group conflict within the conference. The res…
Several studies have concluded that market volatility, integration, and volatility transmission have recently increased. Most recent studies found equity markets to be interlinked. The cause for this increase is attributed to advanced communication system and information technol…
This historical study examines the extent to which black Southern Africans formed a partnership with American Methodist missionaries to propagate Christianity among the indigenous people of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). The dissertation is limited to the Methodist Episcopal Chur…
Most theories designed to appraise literary works by Africans and people of African descent have acknowledged the major influence of orature, but the concept (or conceptualisation) of orature in these works, mainly by men, has been focused only on limited aspects of orature. Thi…
There is a growing realization that religion plays a major role in development, particularly in the Global South. Whereas theories of secularization assumed that religion would disappear, the reality is that religion has demonstrated its tenacity. In the specific case of Zimbabw…
There is a growing realization that religion plays a major role in development, particularly in the Global South. Whereas theories of secularization assumed that religion would disappear, the reality is that religion has demonstrated its tenacity. In the specific case of Zimbabw…
A study on the Bellingwe Greenstone Belt, presenting the stratigraphy of the belt, its structure and tectonic setting, the sedimentology of what may be a rift basin, the geochemistry of the freshest Archaean komatiites yet found, and models of the evolution of the region.