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"Dentro. Una storia vera, se volete / Dentro (Inside). A True Story, If You Think So" by Giuliana Musso
No full textGiuliana Musso’s fearless play about the structures and cultures that hide sexual abuse is a Pirandellian spiral of truths that elude proof, presented through a theatrical framing that confounds reality with art. The most recent play of nine that she has written and performs in her preferred “theater of inquiry” style, Dentro (Inside), dramatizes Musso’s real-life encounter with an acquaintance who shared an impossible story of incest. In the opening minutes, Roberta discloses the horrifying experience of slowly learning that her ex-husband molested their daughter Chiara for years when they still lived together. Over a series of “chapters,” or scenes, it becomes apparent how every system in place to help vulnerable members of society—from the hospitals to private psychologists, the police and law enforcement, eventually the lawyers, the whole legal system, and even language itself—was unable to support Roberta and her daughter. To the contrary, given that the case was dismissed, they have gag orders; they cannot even speak of what happened so as not to slander the reputation of the ex-husband/ father. In a last-ditch effort, Roberta turns to Giuliana, who she knows as a celebrated actor-author, to devise a play that speaks to these issues. The actual play is ultimately a dramatized account of their real-life conversations
Personnel Psychology and Security: The Influence of Person-Job Fit on the Associations of Individual Employability, Work Ability, and Career Adaptation of Soldiers in Nigeria
No full textThe personnel selection based on ethnoreligious factors, with the readoption of Fulani herders, bandits, and unknown shooters into the defense organization, has challenged Nigerian troops’ perceived individual employability, perceived work ability, and fit between person and vocation. Also, these have made personnel career adaptability a severe challenge for Nigerian soldiers. We examined person-job fit as a moderator in the associations of perceived individual employability, perceived work ability, and career adaptability. Two hundred and fifty-two Nigerian military personnel between eighteen and sixty years of age (M = 39; SD = .964) participated in the study. Through purposeful and convenient sampling techniques, we collected data using the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale, the Self-Perceived Individual Employability Scale, the Perceived Work Ability Scale, and the Person-Job-Fit Scale. Our findings showed that individual employability, perceived work ability, and person-job fit significantly predict military personnel’s career adaptation. Person-job fit moderated the association of perceived individual employability and military career adaptation. However, it did not influence the association between perceived work ability and military career adaptation. Our study showed that person-job fit, individual employability with work ability, and career adaptation are prerequisites for enlistment, deployment for combat, and well-being after combat experiences. Practical implications are that the insecurity challenges in Nigeria would have been mitigated if defense organizations had selected enlisted personnel for military work and deployment based on work ability, employability, and person-job fit so that they could quickly adapt to their careers and fight these insecurity challenges. Also, our study suggests that educational qualifications are not essential for military enlistment and deployment. We highlighted our study’s limitations and suggested further work on the topic
"Disaster Capitalism" and Anti-Globalization in Pauline Melville's The Migration of Ghosts
No full text"Disaster Capitalism" and Anti-Globalization in Pauline Melville's The Migration of Ghost
Of Bastards, Creoles, and Incommensurable Remainders in the Transnation: Postcolonial Studies and Contemporary South African Literature
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Diaspora Connections
No full textSeeking critical and sound examination, analysis, and evaluation of complex ideas and theories of established past directions in the interdisciplinary fields of diaspora, postcolonial, and culture studies, this collection aims to chart intellectually meaningful pathways for future planetary survival and thriving, while throwing needed light on intricacies and nuances of established research and existing systems. Pondering the problems but also pursuing the possibilities of “diaspora connections” is a necessary and urgent endeavor today. While academics, activists, and cultural practitioners are creating numerous portals out of the human-conflict epidemic, and some see in the metaphoric and real “disease” the very artifacts and materials for hope of transformative power, the collection is driven by the realization, articulation, and intention of seeking inclusive paradigms and building enduring diaspora connections. In this spirit, I invited research papers that address, illuminate, analyze, and/or critique specific manifestations, dynamisms, or stagnancies of “diaspora connections,” as well as explore its multiple understandings and contexts. Whether focusing on recognized or emerging contours of diaspora communities shaped by and beyond concepts of race, ethnicity, colonization, and developmental logics, researched works on alignments and disjunctions, as well as new formations along postcolonial ecologies and narratives of culture, social formations and experiences were encouraged
Magical Realism and Postcolonial Studies: Twenty-First Century Perspectives
No full textMagical Realism and Postcolonial Studies: Twenty-First Century Perspective
First Presidents: Faith, Politics, and the Founders of the ANC
No full textHeather Hughes. First President: A Life of John L. Dube, Founding President of the ANC. Jacana Press, 2011.
Scott Couper. Albert Luthuli: Bound by Faith. University of Natal Press, 2010.
Richard Rive and Tim Couzens. Seme: The Founder of the ANC. Africa World Press, 1993
Notes on Contributors
No full textNotes on the contributors to Volume 11, Numbers 1/2 (Spring/Fall 2023
Book Review: Life is a Thriller: Investigating African Crime Fiction: Edited by Anja Oed and Christine Matzke
No full textLife is a Thriller: Investigating African Crime Fiction, edited by Anja Oed and Christine Matzke. Selected Papers of the 9th International Janheinz Jahn Symposium. Mainz, Germany, 2008. Mainzer Beitrage zur Arikaforshung. Koln: Rudiger Koppe, Verlag, 2012