Contructivism, instrumentalism and the rise of Acholi ethnic identity in northern Uganda

Amone, Charles

doi:10.1080/14725843.2015.1023255

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“…The English version of the final AWACAN tool was translated into isiXhosa (the 2 nd commonest of 11 official languages in SA and Acholi (spoken in Northern Uganda and parts of Kenya and Tanzania) by Acholi and isiXhosa native speakers, and back translated into English to ensure comparability [39,40]. Forward and backward translations were also undertaken by a university-based language translation unit in South Africa and by health educators and senior clergy experienced in translating religious and government documents from English into Luo/Acholi.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Development and validation of the African Women Awareness of CANcer (AWACAN) tool for breast and cervical cancer

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Background Measuring factors influencing time to presentation is important in developing and evaluating interventions to promote timely cancer diagnosis, yet there is a lack of validated, culturally relevant measurement tools. This study aimed to develop and validate the African Women Awareness of CANcer (AWACAN) tool to measure awareness of breast and cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Methods Development of the AWACAN tool followed 4 steps: 1) Item generation based on existing measures and relevant literature. 2) Refinement of items via assessment of content and face validity using cancer experts’ ratings and think aloud interviews with community participants in Uganda and South Africa. 3) Administration of the tool to community participants, university staff and cancer experts for assessment of validity using test-retest reliability (using Intra-Class Correlation (ICC) and adjusted Kappa coefficients), construct validity (comparing expert and community participant responses using t-tests) and internal reliability (using the Kuder-Richarson (KR-20) coefficient). 4) Translation of the final AWACAN tool into isiXhosa and Acholi. Results ICC scores indicated good test-retest reliability (≥ 0.7) for all breast cancer knowledge domains and cervical cancer risk factor and lay belief domains. Experts had higher knowledge of breast cancer risk factors (p < 0.001), and cervical cancer risk factors (p = 0.003) and symptoms (p = 0.001) than community participants, but similar knowledge of breast cancer symptoms (p = 0.066). Internal reliability for breast cancer risk factors, lay beliefs and symptom and cervical cancer symptom subscales was good with KR-20 values > 0.7, and lower (0.6) for the cervical cancer risk subscale. Conclusion The final AWACAN tool includes items on socio-demographic details; breast and cervical cancer symptom awareness, risk factor awareness, lay beliefs, anticipated help-seeking behaviour; and barriers to seeking care. The tools showed evidence of content, face, construct and internal validity and test-retrest reliability and are available for use in SSA in three languages.

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Development and validation of the African Women Awareness of CANcer (AWACAN) tool for breast and cervical cancer

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“…Returning to Amin, his brutal years in power led to thousands of deaths of Acholi and Langi soldiers in northern Uganda (Hansen & Twaddle 1998;Amone 2015). In total, hundreds of thousands of Ugandans (including people from the central region) were killed during Amin's reign and an unknown number of civilians and military personnel fled the country to escape the state-sanctioned massacres (Mwenda 2007;Serwajja 2014).…”

Section: Uganda's Agricultural Development Approachmentioning

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Smallholders and pigs in northern Uganda : an ethnographic study of pig rearing, disease management and local knowledges

Arvidsson¹

2023

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae

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In Uganda, pig numbers have increased rapidly in recent decades, with the majority reared by smallholder farmers in rural areas. It has been suggested that pig production can play an important role in reducing rural poverty. However, the severe and often fatal disease of African swine fever (ASF) represents a major threat to the Ugandan pig sector, hampering its potential to mitigate poverty. This thesis work is situated in post-conflict northern Uganda and aims to contribute knowledge about the challenges that smallholders face in pig production, paying particular attention to ASF. A discourse analysis of policy documents informing the Ugandan veterinary and agriculture sector was combined with ethnographic fieldwork among smallholders in northern Uganda. Results show that pig diseases such as ASF are one of many challenges faced by smallholders who keep pigs. Besides the obstacle of pig diseases and the associated difficulties commonly experienced, smallholders described social tensions caused by the possibility of accumulating individual wealth through pig production. The findings also reveal that smallholders have very limited access to veterinary services and are therefore heavily dependent on the resources and knowledge available in their local communities when dealing with pig diseases. In contrast to the dominant development narrative found in agricultural policies, which focus on transforming smallholder farming into large-scale agriculture, smallholders often perceive their own pig production as a potential launch pad out of poverty, rather than as a means to become large-scale farmers. Despite all the challenges associated with pig rearing, most smallholders continue to invest in pigs in the hope of improving their everyday lives and their future.

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“…The subregion borders Southern Sudan (in the north), West Nile region (in the west), Karamoja and Lango subregions, in the east and south respectively. This group is known to have migrated from Barh-el-Ghazel in Southern Sudan with some settling in Northern Uganda while others settled in Kenya (Amone, 2015). Acholi are found in both Southern Sudan and Northern Uganda.…”

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“…Acholi can be traced over many hundred years mainly on the basis of oral tradition, (Atkinson, 1994;1989). The creation of an Acholi identity was the work of outsiders, mainly Arab traders who had extensive history with the Luo language and its speakers throughout Sudan (Whitmre, 2013;Amone, 2015). The Arab traders had previously had an interaction with the Shilluk, a Luo speaking group in Sudan.…”

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Anthropological Narratives of Nodding Disease among the Acholi of Northern Uganda

Isiko

Acayo

2021

IJMMU

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Despite the scientific and specific medical interventions, nodding disease with neither a cure nor plausible explanation to its cause continues to affect the people of Acholi sub region. The disease continues to be a mystery to both the medical professionals and its victims. The World Health Organisation (WHO) affirms no known aetiology. It is so mystical that it affects only children between the ages of five and fifteen years; the disease has only been reported in Acholi sub region in Uganda without a previous history of existence in the area. In spite of the disease’s association to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) war and Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camps, other areas like Lango and Teso sub regions affected by the same have not experienced this disease. Nodding disease, therefore, seems to have defeated Western science of biomedicine and needs a different approach to explain its existence. Overtime, African societies, the Acholi inclusive, find solace in their cultural and religious beliefs to explain the existence and treatment of diseases. Using an ethnographic methodological approach as well as cultural construction of disease theoretical perspective, this article analyses the way the people of Acholi visualise, understand and interpret nodding disease in relation to their cultural and religious beliefs.

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Contructivism, instrumentalism and the rise of Acholi ethnic identity in northern Uganda

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Development and validation of the African Women Awareness of CANcer (AWACAN) tool for breast and cervical cancer

Development and validation of the African Women Awareness of CANcer (AWACAN) tool for breast and cervical cancer

Smallholders and pigs in northern Uganda : an ethnographic study of pig rearing, disease management and local knowledges

Anthropological Narratives of Nodding Disease among the Acholi of Northern Uganda

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