102 research outputs found
Video interview with author and manuscript owner Professor Sa’adiya Omar
No full textFieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Hauwa Usman (Local Project Manager), Alhaji Abubakar Maikudi Aishat (General Field Facilitator). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center), and Eleni Castrol (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). These collections on Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Required Citation: Kurfi, M. H., Hauwa U., Ngom, F., and Castro, E. (2020). African Ajami Library: Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/41953. For Inquiries: Please Contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Video interview with author and manuscript owner Professor Sa’adiya Omar. Professor Sa’adiya Omar, the most celebrated author of women in the Sokoto Caliphate of Northern Nigeria. Professor Sa’adiya currently occupies the position of Nana Asma’u and Modibbo Kilo, the leaders of the Yantaru movement, i.e. Uwartaru (the Mother of the Yantaru). Equally, she had served as the National Amirah (President) of the largest Muslim umbrella organization in Nigeria – Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN). As at the present, she serves in many capacities and is a member of various Islamic committees in Sokoto state and in Nigeria in general
Images of the town of Minna and of FOMWAN schools
No full textFieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Hauwa Usman (Local Project Manager), Alhaji Abubakar Maikudi Aishat (General Field Facilitator). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center), and Eleni Castrol (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). These collections on Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Required Citation: Kurfi, M. H., Hauwa U., Ngom, F., and Castro, E. (2020). African Ajami Library: Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/41953. For Inquiries: Please Contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Images of the town of Minna and of FOMWAN school
Images of Fulani students and the town of Yola, Nigeria
No full textFieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Hauwa Usman (Local Project Manager), Alhaji Abubakar Maikudi Aishat (General Field Facilitator). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University), and Eleni Castrol (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). The collections on Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Required Citation: Materials in this web edition may be cited as: Kurfi, M. H., Hauwa U., Ngom, F., and Castro, E. (2020). African Ajami Library: Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/41953. For Inquiries: Please Contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Photographs of Fulani students and the town of Yola, Nigeri
Images of Professor Sa’adiya Omar, Yantaru leaders, and Sokoto, Nigeria
No full textFieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Hauwa Usman (Local Project Manager), Alhaji Abubakar Maikudi Aishat (General Field Facilitator). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center), and Eleni Castrol (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). These collections on Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Required Citation: Kurfi, M. H., Hauwa U., Ngom, F., and Castro, E. (2020). African Ajami Library: Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/41953. For Inquiries: Please Contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Images of Professor Sa’adiya Omar, Yantaru leaders, and Sokoto, Nigeri
Images of Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
No full textFieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Hauwa Usman (Local Project Manager), Alhaji Abubakar Maikudi Aishat (General Field Facilitator). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center), and Eleni Castrol (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). These collections on Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Required Citation: Kurfi, M. H., Hauwa U., Ngom, F., and Castro, E. (2020). African Ajami Library: Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/41953. For Inquiries: Please Contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Photographs of Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
Military rule in Ghana 1972-1979: an analysis of the national redemption council's agricultural, mining, forestry, and manufacturing sectors' programs on economic development
No full textThe impetus for this research was due to the debates in academic circles in both Ghana and abroad on the impact of the NRC economic development program on the Ghanaian economy between 1972 and 1979. Much of the debates and studies, however, focused on the agricultural sector as a unit of analysis, while the NRC economic development program encompassed the agricultural, mining, forestry and manufacturing sectors. The limitations of the debates and the studies hinged upon the fact that they did not look at the comprehensive economic development programs of the NRC in order to understand what transpired in the other areas. This study examined agricultural, mining, forestry, and manufacturing sectors of the economy which the NRC had identified as important components of their economic development programs. The data used in analyzing these four important sectors of the NRC1s economic development programs were collected from sources which included interviews with fifteen military, civilian and private citizens who were directly or indirectly involved in the decision making or were affected by the outcomes of the economic development program, official government documents, periodicals, newspapers, national and international published works on the subject. The hypothesis advanced in the study was that, had the NRC provided the basic infrastructure and financial support for the state parastatals, the peasants and the small scale producers, the success of the economic development program probably would have been maximized. In analyzing the economic development program of the NRC, the study utilized evaluative, exploratory and descriptive methods to determine the degree of importance the NRC attributed to economic development, and also to determine whether or not the peasantry, the state parastatals, and the small scale producers whom the NRC identified as the cornerstone of the country's economic development program were actually backed by the government. To determine changes in the economy the variables used included the constant per capita Gross National Product (GNP), export, import, international liquidity, direct and other private investments, goods and services balance, the budget as a percentage of GNP, primary production as percentage of gross domestic product, and the pronouncements of the regime measured against their attained goals. On the whole, the study revealed that the NRC economic development program was ineffective. Much of the significant gains made between 1972 and 1975, as a direct result of the government assisting to some extent the peasantry, the state parastatals, and the small scale producers were completely reversed by 1975. Instead, the local leaders, chiefs, military and public officials, corporations, financial institutions, large and middle scale producers, and multinationals replaced the peasant, state parastatals and the small scale producers as the dominant forces in the economic development program. Governmental assistance and support were concentrated on them to the detriment of the economy as they became openly involved in fraud and corruption. By 1979 when the NRC government was overthrown evidence showed that capacity utilization and production in all the sectors which were to carry out the NRC economic development program had sustained the worst result since independence. The agricultural sector recorded the lowest production level of 43 percent and contributed 48 percent instead of the 60 percent this sector had contributed to the Gross National Product since independence. The mineral sector's contribution to the GNP dropped from 5.5 percent to 1.5 percent. The manufacturing sector's production level declined by between 10-50 percent and its capacity utilization declined between 26.6-44.0 percent. Also the forestry sector suffered a drop in production between 50-55 percent. Thus the economic development program of the NRC failed to meet economic development needs. Instead it exacerbated the economic conditions in the country to an unprecedented level in the economic development annals of the country since independence
DYNAMIC THRESHOLDING GA-BASED ECG FEATURE SELECTION IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS
No full textElectrocardiogram (ECG) data are usually used to diagnose cardiovascular disease (CVD) with the help of a revolutionary algorithm. Feature selection is a crucial step in the development of accurate and reliable diagnostic models for CVDs. This research introduces the dynamic threshold genetic algorithm (DTGA) algorithm, a type of genetic algorithm that is used for optimization problems and discusses its use in the context of feature selection. This research reveals the success of DTGA in selecting relevant ECG features that ultimately enhance accuracy and efficiency in the diagnosis of CVD. This work also proves the benefits of employing DTGA in clinical practice, including a reduction in the amount of time spent diagnosing patients and an increase in the precision with which individuals who are at risk of CVD can be identified
DYNAMIC THRESHOLDING GA-BASED ECG FEATURE SELECTION IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS
No full textElectrocardiogram (ECG) data are usually used to diagnose cardiovascular disease (CVD) with the help of a revolutionary algorithm. Feature selection is a crucial step in the development of accurate and reliable diagnostic models for CVDs. This research introduces the dynamic threshold genetic algorithm (DTGA) algorithm, a type of genetic algorithm that is used for optimization problems and discusses its use in the context of feature selection. This research reveals the success of DTGA in selecting relevant ECG features that ultimately enhance accuracy and efficiency in the diagnosis of CVD. This work also proves the benefits of employing DTGA in clinical practice, including a reduction in the amount of time spent diagnosing patients and an increase in the precision with which individuals who are at risk of CVD can be identified
Images of Hajiya Kaltume Bulama Gana and the Herwa Heart of Art Initiative
No full textFieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Hauwa Usman (Local Project Manager), Alhaji Abubakar Maikudi Aishat (General Field Facilitator). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center), and Eleni Castrol (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). These collections on Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Required Citation: Kurfi, M. H., Hauwa U., Ngom, F., and Castro, E. (2020). African Ajami Library: Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/41953. For Inquiries: Please Contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Photographs of Hajiya Kaltume Bulama Gana and her non-profit philanthropic Islamic Arts organization called Herwa Heart of Art Initiative. The organization trains young girls in Northeastern Nigeria to become self-reliant and acquire new vocational skills
Nematic-isotropic phase coexistence in a Lebwohl-Lasher model binary liquid crystal mixture
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