Shakespeare's Learned Heroines in Ovid's Schoolroom

Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, Vol: 171/2021, 2021

The introduction of Christianity in Africa by the missionaries was difficult and shrouded in Western cultural practices and orientation. This approach to the propagation of the gospel in Africa made many African communities either see Christianity as foreign religion or accepted it with syncretic orientation and praxis. It is noted that native, or indigenous religions, are still found and that their elements mingle with the Christian faith in many parts of Namibia. The reverence of ancestral spirits among Namibian Christians, especially in Pentecostal and Prophetic churches, attest to the syncretic nature of their religious beliefs and practices. In view of this, the article discusses the intersection of pre-Christian beliefs of the Owambo (the biggest ethnic group in Namibia) and Prophetic and Pentecostal Christianity. Field data for the study were gathered from the regions of Khomas, Windhoek, Erongo, Swakopmund, Damaraland (in Kunene region) and the towns of Tsumeb and Otjiwarongo.

Scienze dell'Antichità, 2023

Paper in Italian, co-authored with Carlo Giovanni Cereti and Gianfilippo Terribili. The research group in Iranian Studies at the Department of Ancient Studies (DiSA), Sapienza University of Rome, has concentrated its efforts over the years on the central-northern Zagros mountains, situated between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRG). Through a series of projects aimed at overcoming contemporary political and territorial boundaries, the investigation of this macro-region has been conceived as a holistic case study. Our objective is to preserve and valorize an exceptional cultural heritage that has faced several threats.

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Engineering materials, 2023

Several persistent organic and inorganic pollutants enter the environment accidentally or deliberately due to diverse advances in industrial activities, causing adverse alterations in the ecosystem and threatening human health. The quest for unique technologies to remediate environmental pollution is paramount. Consequently, nanotechnology, an evolving scientific approach, has been used in diverse fields, and nanoremediation (NNR) an engineered nanomaterial purposely for environmental remediation, proved effective, rapid, and efficient in the treatment of contaminated soil due to its diversity and versatility in applications. Thus, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are superparamagnetic because of their nanoscale size, which has excellent potential in various applications. They have become an efficient tool for soil remediation due to their intrinsic qualities, providing target specificity and cost-effectiveness compared to conventional treatment methods. The techniques are essential to separate the polluted negligible particles from the residual materials in any soil remediation approach, thereby reducing the accretion of pollutants while controlling their spread from one medium to another. Hence, nanoremediation using MNPs is a new option that treats soils contaminated by organic, heavy metals (HMs) and metalloid pollution.