Moussa Traore

University of Cape Coast | UCC · Department of English

Gathering Data, analyzing it and then Interpreting the gathered Data. A meticulous exploration of each stage and expatiating on the difficulties students face at the 'Interpretation Stage".

Military Coup, Popular Revolution or Militarised Revolution?: Contextualising the Revolutionary Ideological Courses of Thomas Sankara and the National Council of the Revolution. The view that the events in Upper Volta on 4 August 1983 marked a ‘revolution’ still provokes debate in academic and public spheres. The Burkinabè Revolution has been perce...

Corruption is particularly associated with multiparty democratic governance practices in Africa. Although the phenomenon of corruption can be traced to every human society, irrespective of race or colour, it appears more pronounced in Africa than elsewhere. Africa's underdevelopment is largely attributable to the impact of corruption in the public...

The chapter explores the pivotal role that Jean Price - Mars played in the Pan-Africanist discourse, precisely the relations between continental Africa and the Francophone Diaspora in the Caribbean.It takes a critical look at the representation of Africa in Jean Price -Mars's seminal book, Ainsi parla l'oncle (1928), translated as So Spoke the Uncl...

Not so long ago, many spoke of a ‘post-racial’ era, claiming that advances made by people of colour showed that racial divisions were becoming a thing of the past. But the hollowness of such claims has been exposed by the rise of Trump and Brexit, both of which have revealed deep seated white resentment, and have been attended by a resurgence in ha...

Several universities in the world demand that apprentices of the academic profession showcase their attainment of academic literacy skills by producing some research genres which usually involve data analysis and discussions of findings or results. Yet, most researchers believe that students have difficulties or lack adequate skills in discussing r...

The reader cannot fail to acknowledge that a book of this content and caliber was long overdue. The authors touch upon a delicate topic which is of vital importance and they go about that task with striking devotion, appropriate methodology and a befitting discourse. They set the tone by acknowledging the tremendous contribution of some institution...

Research indicates that early childhood professionals gather assessment information to monitor child development and learning, to guide curriculum planning and decision making, to identify children who may have special needs, to report and communicate with others, and to evaluate programmes. A review of literature indicates that immigrant children...

This article examines the teaching of English as a Second Language (ESL) to medical personnel (nurses and doctors) in a hospital in Northern Thailand. The study shows that using technological devices like listening and comprehension CDs, tape recorders and the Internet to teach informational texts can help ESL learners overcome some of their learni...

African American Literature is limited erroneously to writings emerging in the USA, by black authors. African American Literature must incorporate writings from black authors in the Americas, especially the Caribbean.

Many instructors are using literary texts along with language structure books in English as a Secondary Language (ESL) classrooms. Since literature is often written to portray a particular cultural or authentic experience, the material presented may not be familiar to ESL students. Also, the students may find such texts structurally complex and imp...

Marriage and family ties appear to pose persistently unresolved problems in West African societies and as a result literature (fiction as well as non fiction) keeps returning to these topics and keeps looking at them from different angles. This paper examines fictional portrayals of marriage and family ties. The discussion is based on the premise t...