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Reclaiming Motherhood and Resisting Erasure in Belgian Colonial Rwanda: The Story of Perusi Kagaju
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Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, Journal Volume 12, Issue
4, 02 October 2026
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Mothers of colonial Métis, Perusi Kagaju, colonial Rwanda, undeserving motherhood, denied motherhood, reclaimed motherhood, reproductive injustice, counter-archive
Pages: 243–259
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Bonds of Resistance: African Women’s Solidarity as Counter-Narrative to Oppression in Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira’s A Letter to Mariama Bâ
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Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, Journal Volume 12, Issue
4, 02 October 2026
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Transnational solidarity, stiwanism, resistance, historical memory, women’s movement, Kenya, Mariama Bâ’s legacy, feminist killjoy, Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira
Pages: 274–289
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Ubuntu as Aesthetics and a Frame to Decentre Dominant Ideologies: Focus on Bakiga Storytelling
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Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, Journal Volume 12, Issue
4, 02 October 2026
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Ubuntu, aesthetics, storytelling, values, performances, dominant, Bakiga
Pages: 260–273
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Hindlimb and pelvic girdle reduction with associated skeletal changes in the South African limb-reduced skink Scelotes Fitzinger, 1826
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African Journal of Herpetology, Journal Volume 75, Issue
2, 03 July 2026
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Scelotes , hindlimbs, pelvic girdle, reduction, phylogeny
Pages: 131–149
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Molecular phylogenetics, biogeography and patterns of limb loss in the genus Scelotes (Squamata: Scincidae)
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African Journal of Herpetology, Journal Volume 75, Issue
2, 03 July 2026
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ancestral state reconstruction, divergence dating, Greater Cape Floristic Region, limbless skinks, Maputaland, phylogeny, South Africa
Pages: 150–176
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Regional threat assessments for amphibians of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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African Journal of Herpetology, Journal Volume 75, Issue
2, 03 July 2026
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amphibia, Anura, central Africa, conservation, environmental pressure, Gymnophiona, Katanga, threat assessment
Pages: 192–210
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The first Plio-Pleistocene Cordylidae (Squamata) from Aves Cave I, Bolt's Farm Palaeokarst System, South Africa: Anatomical keys and palaeoecological significance
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African Journal of Herpetology, Journal Volume 75, Issue
2, 03 July 2026
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acid preparation, anatomical identification, Bolt's Farm, Cordylidae, Cradle of Humankind, palaeoecology, Plio-Pleistocene, Squamata
Pages: 177–191
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Individuality of the advertisement call in Xenopus laevis (Pipidae)
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African Journal of Herpetology, Journal Volume 75, Issue
2, 03 July 2026
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advertisement call, indication of body mass, indication of size, individual vocal signature, interannual constancy of call, Xenopus laevis
Pages: 311–320
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Too cool, low, and slow: Camera traps used to determine leopard tortoise occupancy in arid areas of South Africa
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African Journal of Herpetology, Journal Volume 75, Issue
2, 03 July 2026
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detection estimates, modelling, reptile monitoring, South Africa, Stigmochelys pardalis
Pages: 211–225
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Laurent’s elusive skinks: A taxonomic review of Eumecia anchietae major Laurent, 1964, Eumecia anchietae wittei Laurent, 1964 and Lubuya ivensii septemlineata (Laurent, 1964)
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African Journal of Herpetology, Journal Volume 75, Issue
2, 03 July 2026
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Squamata, Mabuyinae, Morphological variation, isolation by distance, Angola
Pages: 285–310
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Mapping the vulnerability of the Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia ) in Egypt to climate change: Distributional shifts and conservation needs
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African Journal of Herpetology, Journal Volume 75, Issue
2, 03 July 2026
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climate change, conservation measures, conservation prioritisation, Egyptian herpetofauna, Egyptian reptiles, habitat shift, Maxent, potential suitable habitat, protected areas
Pages: 226–250
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Phylogeographic evidence for an African subspecies of spiny toad (Bufo spinosus )
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African Journal of Herpetology, Journal Volume 75, Issue
2, 03 July 2026
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Bufo spinosus , integrative taxonomy, Maghreb, ultra-conserved elements
Pages: 251–284
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Soil carbon sequestration through community-managed exclosures in Tigray, Ethiopia
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South African Journal of Plant and Soil, Journal Volume 43, Issue
4, 08 August 2026
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area exclosure, community-managed exclosure, soil carbon sequestration
Pages: 222–231
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Sugarcane rust pathogens and their management: emerging strategies
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South African Journal of Plant and Soil, Journal Volume 43, Issue
4, 08 August 2026
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biocontrol, Macruropyxis fulva , plant disease management, Puccinia kuehnii , Puccinia melanocephala , rust diseases, silicon fertilisation, sugarcane
Pages: 209–221
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Advancing the application of micro-nano bubble technology for postharvest management of banana fruit
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South African Journal of Plant and Soil, Journal Volume 43, Issue
4, 08 August 2026
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activated water systems, banana, ethylene, Musa spp, ripening
Pages: 199–208
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Isolation of sweet potato rhizobacteria with growth-promoting and antifungal activity against Fusarium oxysporum
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South African Journal of Plant and Soil, Journal Volume 43, Issue
4, 08 August 2026
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biocontrol activity, growth promotion, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, sustainable agriculture, sweet potato
Pages: 232–242
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Death as Psychoredemptive in Margaret Ogola’s Place of Destiny
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Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, Journal Volume 12, Issue
4, 02 October 2026
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Sigmund Freud, instincts, compensation, rationalization, Oedipus complex, Electra complex, psychoanalysis, regression, repression
Pages: 213–225
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Contemporary Jewellery as a Reflection of Female Muslim Identities in South Africa, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia
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Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, Journal Volume 12, Issue
4, 02 October 2026
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Contemporary jewellery, Muslim identity, visual culture, South Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Pages: 226–242
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Infection by Cardiodectes bellottii (Copepoda: Pennellidae) on Lampanyctodes hectoris (Actinopterygii: Myctophidae) in the southern Benguela Current upwelling ecosystem
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African Journal of Marine Science, Journal Volume 48, Issue
3, 03 July 2026
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copepod, gonadosomatic index, lanternfish parasitism, population dynamics, reproductive success, spatio-temporal variability
Pages: 287–299
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Regional mesopelagic fish assemblages in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal, and their relationships to hydrographic characteristics
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African Journal of Marine Science, Journal Volume 48, Issue
3, 03 July 2026
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Gonostomatidae, light penetration, marine ecoregions, Myctophidae, Phosichthyidae, Sternoptychidae, Stomiidae, taxonomic surrogacy
Pages: 263–285
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