Homicide and corpse dismemberment: A study of one case

Homicide may be an isolated impulsive act arising from a situation or based on a previous conception, which is premeditation. Despite its nature or motivations, homicide remains a wrongful criminal act at all times and in all places. Several studies conducted in Western countries on this topic have highlighted the overriding concern of the criminal, which includes concealing the criminal offence in most cases.In Africa, apart from cases of infanticide, the discovery of the body of a homicide victim in a public place is a relatively common phenomenon, particularly if it involves mutilation.The body was examined; it was a young adult African female whose corpse was wrapped in a plastic bag. The autopsy established that the section or cutting planes were preferably lodged in the large joints.Death was caused by mechanical asphyxia. The focus of this case lies in the atypical nature of this type of postmortem manipulation in the West African context.The unusual nature of this type of homicide illustrates and underscores some reality in our development context.

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Different but One? A Regional Application of an Ecumenical/Global Debate

Journal of Reformed Theology ◽

10.1163/156973111x562229 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 68-85

Author(s):

Godwin I. Akper

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

West African ◽

Ethnic Identities ◽

The West ◽

The Third ◽

African Experience ◽

African Context

AbstractThe essay in the first instance, presents a sample of discussions and views dominant in the ecumenical circles on affirming and living with differences in churches. In the second part, it offers two case studies from West African experience with ethnic identities in churches. The third part applies the dominant views in the ecumenical circles that call for affirmation of differences to the West African church circles. The essay argues and concludes that affirmation of differences in churches is not helpful in the African context.

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Islamic Millenarianism in West Africa: A ‘Revolutionary’ Ideology?

Religious Studies ◽

10.1017/s0034412500012348 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 317-339 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

P. B. Clarke

Keyword(s):

West Africa ◽

West African ◽

The West ◽

Transformative Capacity ◽

African Context ◽

Revolutionary Ideology

Social and political scientists, historians and others, have put forward a number of widely differing views concerning the ‘character’ of Islamic millenarian and/or Mahdist movements in Africa. The same is true of course with regard to the opinions ofscholars concerning the transformative capacity of Islam as an ideology. In this paper I want to look at one aspect only of Islamic millenarianism in the West African context, viz. its allegedly revolutionary character.

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Adapting Macbeth in a Lusophone context: the challenges of intercultural performance

Sederi ◽

10.34136/sederi.2015.6 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 129-151

Author(s):

Francesca Rayner

Keyword(s):

West African ◽

The West ◽

Post Colonial ◽

Guinea Bissau ◽

Intercultural Performance ◽

Critical Exploration ◽

African Context ◽

Political Intervention ◽

The Relationship

This article analyses the intercultural performance of The Prayers of Mansata, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth to the West African context of Guinea-Bissau. After a critical exploration of contemporary intercultural theory, it charts the relationship between the Shakespearean text and this adaptation, before exploring particular questions raised by the circulation of the performance within different Portuguese-speaking contexts. It argues that such performances can represent a potent social and political intervention in contemporary configurations of power within a Portuguese-speaking community of nations by combining concerns with local specificity and wider concerns with a post-colonial present.

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Thermoregulation in humid climate-adapted and Savannah breeds of goats exposed to West African cold (harmattan) season

Agricultura tropica et subtropica ◽

10.2478/ats-2021-0020 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 54 (1) ◽

pp. 192-200

Author(s):

Buhari Habibu ◽

Kausar Mohammed Umar ◽

Lukman Surakat Yaqub ◽

Sadat Salifu ◽

Hussaina Joan Makun

Keyword(s):

Respiratory Rate ◽

Core Body Temperature ◽

Cold Season ◽

West African ◽

The Body ◽

Humid Climate ◽

The West ◽

Body Surface Temperature ◽

Core Body ◽

Savannah Zone

Abstract The West African Dwarf (WAD) goats have hereditary dwarfism and are adapted to the humid climate. The study compared the cold tolerance of WAD and Savannah (Red Sokoto and Sahel) goats during the peak of the West African cold season in the Northern Guinea Savannah of Nigeria. A total of 18 adult non-pregnant, dry does comprising equal number of each breed (six per breed) were used for the study. Thermoregulatory variables were recorded four times in the morning (07:00 h) and afternoon (13:00 h) hours at two-day intervals. Results revealed that irrespective of the hour of day, the WAD had significantly (p < 0.05) higher respiratory rate when compared with Red Sokoto and Sahel goats. The diurnal afternoon rise in respiratory rate and the magnitude of afternoon rise in rectal temperature was higher (p < 0.0001) in WAD than Sahel and Red Sokoto goats. The body surface temperature in the morning hours was significantly lower in WAD compared with Sahel breed, while in the afternoon hours, the inter-digital space temperature was significantly lower in WAD compared with Savannah breeds. However, there were no significant (p > 0.05) differences in heart rate, rectal, head and leg temperatures between the breeds in both morning and afternoon hours. Discriminant analysis revealed that the morning hours induced greater homogeneity in the thermoregulatory responses between the breeds adapted to the humid and Savannah climates as compared with the afternoon hours. It was concluded that although WAD goats employed more intense peripheral vasoconstriction to survive cold exposure and demonstrated greater diurnal amplitude in thermoregulatory variables, they maintained comparable core body temperature as the indigenous Savannah breeds. Thus, suggesting that despite the hereditary dwarfism, the WAD goats could conserve body heat during the West African cold season in the Northern Guinea Savannah zone of Nigeria.

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Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution in the African Context: Peacekeeping in Liberia

Issue A Journal of Opinion ◽

10.1017/s0047160700501668 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 21 (1-2) ◽

pp. 70-73

Author(s):

Tafsir Malick N’Diaye

Keyword(s):

Conflict Resolution ◽

United Nations ◽

West African ◽

Regional Security ◽

Conflict Prevention ◽

Collective Security ◽

Economic Community ◽

The West ◽

African Context ◽

Monitoring Group

The West African force known as the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) was sent to Liberia by ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States). A closer look at the Force shows that it is an adaptation of the peacekeeping system used by the United Nations. What started as a system of collective security based on the regional security mechanism of ECOWAS turned into a standard peacekeeping operation as a result of “the Yamoussoukro process.”

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Urban Riots in West Africa, 1977–85

The Journal of Modern African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022278x0000714x ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 509-518 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

John Wiseman

Keyword(s):

Political Process ◽

West African ◽

The Political ◽

Military Rule ◽

The West ◽

Pressure Groups ◽

Urban Riots ◽

African Context ◽

Democratic System ◽

The Military

My aim is to examine one particular mode of political participation: the urban riot. In the West African context its importance is enhanced by the fact that there exist few, if any, other ways in which the mass of the population can participate in the political process and seek to bring some influence to bear upon governments. For most of the time, in the majority of states in the region, constitutional mechanisms for influencing governments have been largely absent due to the prevailing climate of political authoritarianism. Only in the Gambia have competitive parties operated throughout the last 10 years, although a few other states (Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Senegal) have had this type of democratic system for part of the time. For the rest, single-party or military rule has held sway, and opportunities for influencing, or indeed replacing, governments through the ballot box have been marked by their absence. Authoritarianism has extended not only to opposition parties — or, in the case of the military, any political organisation — but also to autonomous or semi-independent pressure groups, which have in general been fairly weak, even where not banned altogether.

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Landform-regolith mapping in the West African context

Ore Geology Reviews ◽

10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103782 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 126 ◽

pp. 103782

Author(s):

Benjamin Sawadogo ◽

Ousmane Bamba ◽

Dominique Chardon

Keyword(s):

West African ◽

The West ◽

African Context

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Age, growth and maturation of the loliginid squids Alloteuthis africana and A. Subulata on the west African shelf

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315400034822 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 73 (4) ◽

pp. 949-961 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Alexander Arkhipkin ◽

Nataly Nekludova

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Continental Shelf ◽

Life Span ◽

West African ◽

The Body ◽

The West ◽

Growth Increments ◽

Wide Range ◽

Growth Zones

Samples of two loliginid squids Alloteuthis africana and A. subulata were collected from the continental shelf off the west Sahara in August-September 1987. Statoliths were taken from 124 specimens and processed using statolith ageing techniques. Statoliths of both species were very similar in shape. In the ground statolith, growth increments were examined and grouped into four growth zones distinguished mainly by the width of the increments. Age of adult mature males of both species did not exceed eight months, that of females six months. Alloteuthis africana grew faster than A. subulata in weight and, particularly, in length. At age 180 d the mantle of A. africana was twice as long and the body weight 1·2–1·5 times as large. Both species matured over a wide range of sizes and ages (from 120 to 180 d). The life span of A. africana and A. subulata hatching between January and May on the west Saharan shelf is about six months, much shorter than that of A. subulata in its northern temperate range.

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GENDER, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND HOUSEHOLD CONFLICTS: A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN A CHRISTIAN MINORITY GEOGRAPHY

International Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship Research ◽

10.51594/ijmer.v3i2.207 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 57-70

Author(s):

Dr. Théophile Bindeouè Nassè

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Female Gender ◽

West African ◽

Exploratory Research ◽

The West ◽

Marketing Segmentation ◽

African Context ◽

Creativity And Innovation ◽

Conflictual Situation ◽

Gender Conflicts

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether gender has an influence on alcohol consumption and household conflicts in the West African geography. The research design complies with the exploratory research one, with a constructivist epistemological posture. It is a qualitative approach and with a triangulation of research tools. The results show that male gender has more influence on alcohol consumption and conflicts than the female gender. However, it is noticed that household conflictual situation involves intergenerational conflicts, intra-gender conflicts and inter-gender conflicts. The findings pratically imply that there should be a segmentation, creativity and innovation in the beverage market in order to meet consumers’core needs and real expectations. There must be a particular marketing segmentation consideration by taking into account the consumer’s gender in term of consumption as well as each gender’s role and responsibilities in the society. The original value of this research is that it is an exploratory research that shows the effects of gender on the relations between alcohol consumption and household conflicts in the West African context. Keywords: Gender, Alcohol consumption, Household conflicts.

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