Rusangu University International Journal for Interdisciplinary Research
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description: Rusangu University International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (RUIJIR) is a leading academic forum devoted to expanding the frontiers of knowledge via interdisciplinary research, collaboration and innovation. Integrative and holistic pursuit of knowledge cutting across conventional disciplinary boundaries are necessary to address the challenging conundrums of the twenty-first century. RUIJIR is published twice a year. The goal of this journal is to disseminate knowledge, offering a forum for trading research and development-related ideas both domestically and internationally. It seeks to contribute towards national and international development by guiding and influencing policy on a range of topics that will ultimately impact positively people's quality of life. Vision of the Journal "A high-caliber, international journal of interdisciplinary research that engages in an exchange of remarkable knowledge and ideas to bridge disciplines and inspire innovation” Aim The main aim of the Rusangu University International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (RUIJIR) is to promote and facilitate the advancement of interdisciplinary research by providing a platform for the publication and dissemination of high-quality research findings that integrate diverse academic perspectives and methodologies. This central aim encompasses fostering collaboration among researchers from various disciplines, enhancing the accessibility of knowledge to a global audience; and finding solutions to contemporary global challenges. Objectives The objectives of the Rusangu University International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research: Publication of Scholarly Articles: Regularly publish peer-reviewed research articles, review papers, case studies, and theoretical analyses in a wide range of disciplines. Ensure Research Quality: Maintain rigorous standards of quality through a robust peer-review process, ensuring the integrity and validity of published research. Encourage Emerging Schola…
publisher: Rusangu University
language: en
publication name: Rusangu University International Journal for Interdisciplinary Research
items: Traumatic Portraits of Marginalized Juveniles: Experiences from Zambia
items: Socio-Cultural and Historical Significance of Tinti: Community Perspectives from Monze, Southern Zambia
items: Gender-Specific Labour Dynamics in Zambian Livestock Production: Empirical Evidence
items: Evaluation of Students’ Academic Achievement: Dynamics in Selected Senior High Schools in Assin North Municipal, Central Region, Ghana
items: End-time remnant and the 144000: A comparative study
items: Customer relationship management in the banking sector
items: Climate change early warning signs and use of indigenous knowledge among Pastoralists in Namwala, Zambia

Traumatic Portraits of Marginalized Juveniles: Experiences from Zambia
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description: Marginalized juveniles in Zambia face profound social, economic and psychological challenges that shape their lived experiences in traumatic ways. This study explores the traumatic portraits of disadvantaged youth, focusing on their struggles with poverty, abuse, homelessness, discrimination and limited access to education and healthcare. Using a qualitative approach, using in-depth interviews, life narratives and ethnographic observations, the study captures the voices of juveniles in correctional facilities, orphanages and street environments. Findings reveal patterns of emotional distress, societal exclusion and systemic failures that contribute to cycles of vulnerability and marginalization. Despite these adversities, the study also uncovers resilience strategies, such as peer support networks, artistic expression and community-based interventions, which provide coping mechanisms. The study brings to the fore the urgent need for inclusive policies, psychosocial support systems and rehabilitative programs that prioritize the well-being and empowerment of marginalized juveniles. Recommendations emphasize multi-sectoral collaboration to address structural inequalities and create sustainable pathways for juvenile reintegration and social justice.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Marginalized Youth, Trauma, Juvenile Justice, Social Exclusion, Rehabilitation
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creator: Mwale Lilungwe
creator: Atangambuyu Silungwe
creator: Christine Mushibwe
creator: Moses Changala
creator: Daniel L. Mpolomoka
creator: Beatrice Kapanda
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Rusangu University International Journal for Interdisciplinary Research
date: 2026-05-05
publication date: 2026-05-05

Socio-Cultural and Historical Significance of Tinti: Community Perspectives from Monze, Southern Zambia
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description: Sacred natural sites are widely recognized as biocultural hotspots where spiritual authority, cultural memory, and local environmental governance converge, often-generating conservation outcomes through customary rules, taboos, and ritual sanctions. This study examines Tinti, a sacred landscape near Rusangu Mission in Monze District, Southern Zambia, as a dynamic arena of cultural meaning, environmental change, and political contestation. Drawing on focus group discussions and key informant interviews with elders, community leaders, and residents, the study addresses three objectives: (i) to document community perceptions of Tinti’s socio-cultural and historical significance; (ii) to analyse local explanations for its degradation; and (iii) to examine community perspectives on restoration pathways. Framed by Political Ecology, the analysis treats ecological decline as inseparable from shifting relations of power and authority over land, knowledge, and legitimacy (Blaikie & Brookfield, 1987; Robbins, 2012; Roberts, 2020). Findings show that community interpretations of Tinti’s degradation extend beyond biophysical loss to include perceived moral and spiritual ruptures, linked to weakened customary institutions and competing religious interpretations of sacred landscapes. These findings resonate with broader African scholarship demonstrating that sacred forests and groves persist or decline in relation to transformations in governance, belief systems, and social cohesion (Barre et al., 2009; Sinthumule, 2024). The study argues that restoration prospects are strongest where ecological rehabilitation is pursued alongside culturally legitimate governance, including community-led rule-making and, where locally acceptable, the re-authorization of ritual protection.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: sacred natural sites; political ecology; indigenous environmental governance; taboos; cultural heritage
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creator: Richman Wankie
creator: Ata Silungwe
creator: Ignatius Ncube
creator: Trywell Nankulo
creator: Irene Chimoga
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Rusangu University International Journal for Interdisciplinary Research
date: 2026-05-05
publication date: 2026-05-05

Gender-Specific Labour Dynamics in Zambian Livestock Production: Empirical Evidence
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description: This study investigates gender-specific labour dynamics in Zambia’s livestock sector, a critical yet underexplored dimension of agricultural production and rural livelihoods. Drawing on World Development Indicators (1990–2024), the analysis applies an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) framework to assess the impact of men’s and women’s labour contributions on livestock productivity. Results reveal that female employment in agriculture exerts a significant positive effect on livestock production in the long run, underscoring women’s indispensable role in sustaining daily animal care and management. However, women’s unpaid contributions as family workers, though essential for short-term operations, do not translate into long-term productivity gains, largely due to structural exclusion from decision-making and limited access to land, credit, and extension services. Male employment in agriculture and both male and female family labour show stronger short-run effects, reflecting men’s influence in market-oriented tasks and household labour’s role in immediate livestock upkeep. Control variables such as agricultural land and cereal yield further reinforce productivity linkages through feed availability and grazing space. Policy implications highlight the urgent need for gender-sensitive livestock policies that enhance women’s access to productive resources, formally recognize unpaid labour, and promote equitable participation.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Agriculture, gender, labour dynamics, livestock production, Zambia
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creator: Kiru Sichoongwe
creator: John Sichuundu
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Rusangu University International Journal for Interdisciplinary Research
date: 2026-05-05
publication date: 2026-05-05

Evaluation of Students’ Academic Achievement: Dynamics in Selected Senior High Schools in Assin North Municipal, Central Region, Ghana
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description: This study evaluated students’ academic achievements in selected senior secondary schools in Assin North Municipal in Ghana. It employed a qualitative research paradigm, in particular a case study, undertaken within the Assin North Municipal in three senior high schools in the Central Region of Ghana. Using purposive sampling method, I selected six English teachers and 100 students for the study. The result accruing from the investigative study conducted by the researchers revealed that most of the teachers are adept and highly competent in their profession using appropriate evaluation techniques such as objective questions, group assignment, and provision of ample feedback for students and evaluation of students’ understanding more than three times in a term. The study also revealed that most of the students are well informed to make English their career path, possesses basic knowledge and communicative skills. The investigative study also indicated that teachers assess students on various fronts, such as objective of the lesson, profile dimensions of the English syllabus and what WAEC often use for assessment. These approaches employed by the selected teachers had a positive impact on students so that they there was an improvement in their performance in English. Without a doubt, the study shows that students’ academic performance improved due to the teachers’ approach to evaluation practices as influenced by the supervisor in those selected schools. Approach to evaluation, as shown by the findings of the study, was proactive, result-oriented and didactic. However, there is room for improvement on the part of the teachers, it is recommended that teachers should strive to furnish students with feedback on time and provide ample comments on students’ papers so as to facilitate understanding of core issues in the English language so as to ensure continued development of the students in communicating effectively in the king of languages – English.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Evaluation of Students, Academic Achievement, English Syllabus, Communication Skills
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creator: Mustapha Bin
creator: Tabiri Francis
creator: Daniel L. Mpolomoka
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Rusangu University International Journal for Interdisciplinary Research
date: 2026-05-05
publication date: 2026-05-05

End-time remnant and the 144000: A comparative study
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description: This paper presents a comparative biblical-theological analysis of the End-Time Remnant and the 144,000 as depicted in the Book of Revelation. It examines whether these two designations refer to distinct entities or to the same eschatological community, focusing on their theological, ethical, and missional significance within Adventist theology. Employing a historicist hermeneutic grounded in the Adventist interpretive tradition, and informed by comparative exegesis and Ellen G. White’s writings, the study argues that the 144,000 represent the consummate spiritual maturity of the End-Time Remnant rather than a separate group. The paper finds that divine sealing confirms sanctified character, evidencing God’s power to restore His image in humanity. It concludes that true readiness for the Second Advent is not rooted in eschatological speculation but in the formation of Christlike character and mission-driven obedience empowered by grace.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: End-Time Remnant, 144,000, Sealing, Eschatology, Adventist Theology, Character Formation, Revelation
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creator: Edward Eddie Moyo
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Rusangu University International Journal for Interdisciplinary Research
date: 2026-05-05
publication date: 2026-05-05

Customer relationship management in the banking sector
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description: Adoption of customer relationship management (CRM) is commonly acknowledged as a key factor in effective sales. There is, however, a dearth of data from emerging-market banks that empirically support this assertion. This study examined the relationship between sales success in the banking industry and the three aspects of CRM implementation, which are system quality, user training quality and data quality. Access Bank Zambia Limited was chosen as the focus for the study. A total of 200 sales people participated in a cross-sectional survey. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to analyze objective sales metrics together with measures of perceived system functioning, reliability, and usefulness; training comprehensiveness and interactivity; and data accuracy, completeness, and timeliness. Results show that 32.5% of the variation in sales performance was explained by CRM system quality alone (β = 0.37, p < 0.001). A total adjusted R2 of 0.486 (p < 0.001) was obtained by adding user training quality, which raised explained variance by 9.3% (β = 0.24, p = 0.002), and CRM data quality, which added 6.8% (β = 0.29, p < 0.001). These results show that over half of the observed diversity in sales success is driven by a combination of strong system platforms, extensive training programs, and high-fidelity customer data. Practical implications include prioritizing infrastructure redundancies, blended-learning training frameworks, and automated data-governance controls to maximise CRM returns in resource-constrained banking environments.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: CRM implementation; sales performance; system quality; training quality; data quality; Zambia
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creator: Suwilanji Simumba
creator: Wilson Silungwe
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Rusangu University International Journal for Interdisciplinary Research
date: 2026-05-05
publication date: 2026-05-05

Climate change early warning signs and use of indigenous knowledge among Pastoralists in Namwala, Zambia
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description: Climate variability and change is one of the environmental stresses that have impacted negatively on the Zambian economy. In Namwala District in Southern Zambia, a study was conducted among pastoralists with the aim of understanding early warning signs to climate change. The objective was to determine <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">pastoralists’ local perceptions to climate variability and e<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">stablish early local warning signs and use of <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">indigenous <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: E…
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Early warning sign, Kafue Flats, Indigenous knowledge, Pastoralists
  topic: keywords
creator: Shepande Kalapula
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Rusangu University International Journal for Interdisciplinary Research
date: 2026-05-05
publication date: 2026-05-05