This paper aimed at promoting intercultural communicative competence (ICC) through designing intercultural tourism brochures. This is expected to raise the awareness of the tourism stakeholders to the necessity of designing the intercultural tourism brochures and the tourists to insist on having pre- intercultural knowledge about the culture they are intending to have an excursion. Consequently, tourism will develop and prosper on a solid ground of intercultural understanding and diversity. The methodology of this paper was based on suggesting some tourism brochures about six different cultures and destinations. Each brochure includes, the culture, a photo of one of the landmarks, a quote from one of the icons of the targeted culture, an ICC concept, the cultural purpose and “Dos” and Don’ts”. This paper is original since it presents new and creative ideas, applies new method of promoting both tourism and intercultural understanding, and even provides a new vision for developing tourism sector. The study came up with sample tourism brochures, which interpret the concepts of intercultural communicative competence alongside promoting tourism. Consequently, the researcher recommends adopting these tourism brochures by both tourism stakeholders and individuals.

At the root of the social construction of nations, there are almost always founding mythologies supposed to explain the advent of this or that fact and/or phenomenon. The Koongo nation is no exception. It has a mythology that relates how the muuntu, the primordial being, in its primitive uniqueness, split into two individual entities, each retaining its specificity, and, at the same time, the trace of this ontological split. From this ontological split in primordial being came man and woman. The aim of this paper is to show how, from this ontological split, the symbolism of the woman, who has become the most prominent social figure in Koongo civilization, has imposed itself to the point of structuring the entire Koongo imaginary, so that the man is reduced to the role of stooge, charged with magnifying and dignifying the image of the woman.

Road infrastructure is set to be a catalyst to urbanization and development in Sub-Saharan African towns. This article hypothesises that the Bamenda-Mamfe highway has contributed to the urban growth and development of Mamfe. The paper reveals that spatial growth, socio-economic development and trade of Mamfe town have been triggered by the highway. A multi-spectral Landsat satellite imagery of 1986 and 2020 were used to determine the spatial expansion of the town over a period of 34 years. Some 110 questionnaires were administered to households of 7 neighbourhoods in Mamfe to determine the outcome of expansion. Field observation and interview sessions were done to have information on the socio-economic development of the town. An in-depth secondary data collection was done to gather information on the rate of population growth in Mamfe. The data was processed to generate maps through the ArcGIS 10.4 and MapInfo soft wares and tables through SPSS 17 for results and analyses. Results from findings propound a rapid increase in the spatial expansion of Mamfe instigated by the construction of road as the urban space increased from 21% in 1986 to 59% in 2020. This was accompanied by a population upsurge of 119,000 inhabitants from 18,000 in 1987 to 137,000 inhabitants in 2020. There has been a remarkable increase in trade and commerce influenced by the construction of the road as people and goods can move in and out of the town with ease. The socio-economic development of Mamfe has as well improved with the presence of commercial centres, schools and health units. The development of Mamfe is however faced with planning challenges and urban ills which might escalate if not controlled. This paper recommends that stringent majors are taken to implement planning and proper security in Mamfe with the hope to render the town sustainable for living.

Purpose: The paper describes the contribution of Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth to the development of higher education in the Nyanza Region of Kenya. It also dealt with the nature of the Nyanza region before the development of Uzima University. Methodology: Being a historical study, the historical method of inquiry was used to enable a deeper understanding of the phenomenon. Primary sources of data accessed included oral testimonies of actual participants' archival documents like personal materials and institutional information of written notes, photographs, minutes of meetings before the establishment of the institution, and publications. Secondary sources included books, journals, published and unpublished. The oral interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using qualitative methods. Results: The study findings demonstrated that Archbishop Okoth as an individual has contributed greatly not only to education but also to the medical sector in the Nyanza Region and Kenya. In addition, the study reveals that the Archdiocese of Kisumu together with the people of Nyanza region had an impact on the establishment of the institution and development. It can be concluded that Archbishop Zacchaeus played a vital role in the growth and development of higher education in Nyanza Region through the establishment of Uzima University. The institution has contributed a lot not only to the people of the Nyanza region but to Kenya at large. The impact has been felt a lot by the people of Kisumu and the Archdiocese of Kisumu, producing qualified doctors and nurses.