Liberia / by Sir Harry Johnson ; with an appendix on the flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf.

Johnston, H. H.; Stapf, O.

doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17173

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“…These regional designations will serve as the basis for reporting the total population living in environmentally suitable areas. Tungiasis occurrences records (n = 86) (please see Supplementary Materials : Table S2 ) were assembled through a search of the literature from 1324–2019 [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , …”

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Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Tungiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Deka

2020

TropicalMed

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The geographic distribution of tungiasis is poorly understood, despite the frequent occurrence of the disease in marginalized populations of low socioeconomic status. To date, little work is available to define the geography of this neglected tropical disease (NTD). This exploratory study incorporated geostatistical modeling to map the suitability for tungiasis transmission in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In SSA, environmental suitability is predicted in 44 countries, including Angola, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Cote de Ivoire, Mali, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Gabon, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, and South Africa. In total, an estimated 668 million people live in suitable areas, 46% (304 million) of which reside in East Africa. These evidence-based maps provide vital evidence of the potential geographic extent of SSA. They will help to guide disease control programs, inform policymakers, and raise awareness at the global level. Likewise, these results will hopefully provide decisionmakers with the pertinent information necessary to lessen morbidity and mortality in communities located in environmentally suitable areas.

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Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Tungiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Deka

2020

TropicalMed

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“…Johnston (1906, cit. in Tuchscherer 1999, however, called the Vai script characters "clumsy adaptations of Roman letters or of conventional signs employed by Europeans", adding that the Vai syllabary had "little logic", and he even called on the Liberian government of the period to "combat this movement".…”

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“…Given that the first Whites came to Fumban on July 6 th 1902, he assumed that the first design of the script took place in 1903. Six modifications followed between 1906and 1916(Schmitt 1963.…”

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Competing scripts: the introduction of the Roman alphabet in Africa

Pasch¹

2008

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

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The introduction of the Roman script since the turn of the 20 th century was the first attempt of mass alphabetization in Africa, and it has become the most important writing system. It was, however, not the first script on the continent. In Old Egypt and its successor states, writing systems were developed, transferred to other languages and modified, replaced by new systems, and occasionally became obsolete. In a number of northern and north-eastern African languages Latin replaced earlier scripts. Despite many efforts to alphabetize the population and graphize African languages only a few languages have become media of written communication and learning. For some languages, however, independent scripts were, some of which are used till today. The introduction of the internet enhanced the chances for the Latin script as a written medium for African languages. It is also the platform for a revival of the old scripts likeTifinagh and Ajami, and some of the independent African scripts.

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“…On voit 9. Sir Harry Johnston, naturaliste en poste dans l'administration coloniale, fait cependant paraître deux volumes de synthèse sur le Libéria en 1906 (Johnston 1906(Johnston ), et, en 1926 bien ici comment les conditions de recherche hors situation coloniale tendent à renverser les rapports de pouvoir entre chercheurs « blancs » et population « noire » (Holas insiste à plusieurs reprises sur cette distinction). Dès lors, pour l'ethnologue, la recherche en territoire libérien ne doit plus seulement permettre de « gagner de nouvelles connaissances » : il s'agit également de « faire pénétrer un peu de civilisation française dans ce pays corrompu ».…”

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