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An Analysis of Images and Symbols in the Story of Nganyi, the Rain Maker, As Told Among the Luo Community of Kenya.

Ogembo, J.E.O; Anudo, C.N.A; Kodak, Benard (2022)

Myths are human stories whose main role is to explain varied phenomena. They provide a link between the past and the present. They also serve as origins of truth which in African phenomenology are traceable to mythological ...
A Conceptual Analysis of Love Metaphors in Selected Dholuo Popular Music

Anudo, Cellyne N; Kodak, Benard (International Journal of innovative reseach and development, 2017-03)

Conceptual metaphors had for a long time remained unnoticed until the advent of the famous study by Lakoff and Johnson (1980), “Metaphors We Live By”. Love is an emotional experience that elicits a lot of source domains ...
Conceptual metaphor and image schema representations of cancer-related deaths of selected prominent Kenyan personalities in the print media

Anudo, Cellyne; Kodak, Benard (Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020-07-01)

Conceptual metaphors pervade everyday conversations but are used unconsciously. A sample of metaphorical expressions used to express the abstract entity death was collected from two local dailies that is, The Daily ...
Conceptual representations of the human body as a container for emotional responses in Dholuo

Anudo, Cellyne; Rotumoi, Joseph; Kodak, Benard (Studies in Aesthetics & Art Criticism, 2021-09-21)

This paper examined containment metaphors in the target domains of happiness, sadness and anger in Dholuo. It further sought to examine the conceptual metaphors that can be derived from the general source domain of ...
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Love Metaphors in Selected Songs of Benga Maestro Dr. Osito Kalle

Kodak, Benard; Awino, Cellyne (South Asian Research Journal of Arts, Language and Literature, 2019-10-30)

Love is an eternal topic that continues to elicit emotive reactions throughout the ages. It can be conceptualized as an expression of peace and war. Love metaphors allow us to comprehend love in terms of more clearly ...
The human body as a weapon: A question of aesthetics, economics and military logistics

Ogembo, Jack; Anudo, Cellyne; Kodak, Benard (Journal of African Studies and Ethnographic Research, 2021-12-30)

Myths and legends have been extensively studied in orature even though they have been given a facile analysis. This qualitative desk top research presents an in-depth examination of Lwanda Magere folklore by bringing ...
Music as a conveyor of public health messages on COVID-19 in Kenya

Ogembo, Jack; Anudo, Cellyne; Kodak, Benard (Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021-04-26)

The use of music as a method of communicating messages on developing issues and as a source of entertainment accentuates its multifarious role in many societies. Four Kiswahili songs composed by Kenyan musicians and ...
Revisiting the forgotten pandemics: Using multimodality in crafting images of HIV/AIDS in Kenyan newspapers

Kodak, Benard; Anudo, Cellyne; Ogembo, Jack (Research Journal in Advanced Humanities, 2021-12-10)

The advent of COVID-19 towards the end of the year 2019 led to radical paradigm shifts in public health management strategies across the world. This at a time when the HIV and AIDS pandemic has been in existence for ...
We choose to see no evil: John Pombe Magufuli, the nationalist who championed the sovereignty of his country

Anudo, Cellyne; Rotumoi, Joseph; Kodak, Benard (Journal of African Studies and Ethnographic Research, 2021-10-02)

This study sought to account for meaning construction in the blend of the conceptual metaphors found in the two songs sung by Bongo artists Harmonize and Rayvanny; identify the similarities in the political leadership ...
We Praise When It Suits Us: An Analysis of the Kenya Moja Song Sung By Luo Artists on the 58th Madaraka Celebrations Held In Kisumu

Anudo, Cellyne; Kodak, Benard; Ogembo, J.E.O (International Journal of Research and Scholarly Communication, 2022)

As an adhesive that binds a society, music is pervasive in communicating issues affecting the society in one way or another. It touches on the political, social, economic and religious realms of communities. This study ...

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