Africa-Related Dissertations Database
The Africa-Related Dissertations Database is a resource that represents various areas of Africa-Related expertise developed by Howard University graduate students. It provides information about Africa-Related dissertations and theses completed at Howard University. The database is searchable by area of study, country, type or year. You can also search using any keyword or name in the "Search" field.
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Title | Name | Area of Study | Country | Dissertation Type Sort ascending | Year |
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Black Female Entrepreneurs in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Achieving Female Economic Empowerment in the Formal and Informal Sectors | Aamira Chaney | Apartheid / Post-Apartheid, Economics, Gender Studies | South Africa | Dissertation | 2014 |
Physical and Chemical Characterization of Airborne Saharan Dust Aerosols During the Aerosol and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE) | Esther Bassey Effiong | Chemistry | Dissertation | 2013 | |
(Re)Writing Africa: Thomas Narven Lewis and the Politics of Indigenous Language in Liberia, 1870-1933 | Melvin Kadiri Barrolle | History, Language | Liberia | Dissertation | 2012 |
Understanding Men’s Interference in Women’s Empowerment and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Nigeria: A Gender Comparison | Annie N. Duru | Communications and Media, Culture, Gender Studies, NGOs / International / Intergovernmental Organizations | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2011 |
Human Security and Environmental Sustainability: The Impact of Environmental Factors on Socio-Economic Systems in the Horn of Africa | Edwin M. Oyoo | Economics, Environmental Studies, Global Security, Sociology | Dissertation | 2010 | |
The Feminization of Sustainable Development: Effective Participation of Women in Achieving Food Security in Ghana – A Case Study of Greater Rural Accra | Nana Aba Kweiba Sam | Development, Economics, Food Security, Gender Studies, Humanitarianism, NGOs / International / Intergovernmental Organizations | Ghana | Dissertation | 2008 |
The Political Development of Nigeria in a Comparative Analysis: An Inquiry Into Why States Succeed or Fail in Nation Building. The Case Study with Selected Countries | Emuaredhowo Ozomeyo | Development, Governance, Political Science | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2003 |
Africa-Japan Relations: From Economic Development to Human Development | Naoko Takemoto | Development, Economics | Japan | Dissertation | 1998 |
African Repatriation: A Case Study of Rastafarians and the Malcoda Land-Grant at Shachemane, Ethiopia from 1930 to Present | Shirlie Gibson | Land Tenure | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 1996 |
The Elite Press, U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa's National Liberation Movements | Asgede Hagos | Communications and Media, Foreign Policy | Dissertation | 1991 | |
The Political Economy of Health Care in Senegal | Maghan Keita | Economics, Health / Medicine, Political Science | Senegal | Dissertation | 1988 |
The Development of the United States Divestiture Movement and Its Impact on Apartheid | Mary Coffee | Apartheid / Post-Apartheid, Foreign Policy, International Relations | South Africa, United States | Dissertation | 1986 |
Maternal and Child Services in Tanzania: The Role of Women and its implications in Maternal and Child Health | Belkis Wolde-Giorgis | Gender Studies, Health / Medicine, Youth | Tanzania | Dissertation | 1979 |
A Socio-economic Study of the Kenyan Highlands from 1900-1970: A Case Study of the Uhuru Government | Ng'weno Osolo-Nasubo | Economics, Governance, Political Science, Sociology | Kenya | Dissertation | 1973 |
Perspectives on Nigeria Historiography, 1875-1971; the Historians of Modern Nigeria | Robert Hess | Geography, History | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1972 |
An Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between the Perceived Threat of Obesity and Hypertension and the Adoption of Preventative Health Practices in Congo-Brazzaville | Felicien Bidzimou | Health / Medicine, Sociology | Republic of The Congo | Dissertation | 2020 |
Senegal: Continuity and Change | Gamby Diagne Camara | Culture, Development, Literature, Communications and Media, Sociology, Globalization | Senegal | Dissertation | 2021 |
The Role of Islam in the Construction and Affirmation of Identity in the Nation of Islam and the Layenne Brotherhood of Senegal | Julius G. Johnson | Religion / Theology, Culture | Senegal | Dissertation | 2022 |
Religion in the African Public Square: Examining the Role of Religion in African Women’s Reproductive Rights | Lakeisha Raquel Harrison | Gender Studies, Health / Medicine, Human Rights, Religion / Theology, Sociology | South Africa | Dissertation | 2019 |
Secondary Education in Northern Uganda and Its Impact on Transformative Gender-Integration Amongst the Lango: A Socio-cultural Analysis of the Challenges of Male Engagement in Rural Development | Loy Loggosse Azalia | Development, Education, Gender Studies, Sociology | Uganda | Dissertation | 2018 |
A Grounded Theory Approach to Understanding Ethical Leadership with School Leaders in Southern Nigeria: A Perspective of Three Primary Schools | Dorothy Chukwudumebi Egbufor | Education, Sociology, Youth | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2017 |
The Identity Politics of Nation, Color, Language and Land in the Literature of Nubian Egyptians: Contextualizing Muhammad Khalil Qasim’s Novel al-Shamandourah | Naglaa Fathi Mahmoud Hussein | Ethnic and Racial Studies, Language, Literature, Political Science | Egypt | Dissertation | 2016 |
A Case Study on Poverty and Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Examining Government Policy and Practices, 1994-2012 | Sechaba Khoapa | Apartheid / Post-Apartheid, Economics, Governance, Political Science, Public Policy | South Africa | Dissertation | 2015 |
Migration as a Strategy of “Authentic” Development? The Case of Senegal | Jau-Yon Chen | Development, Immigration / Migration, International Relations | Senegal | Dissertation | 2014 |
Politics of Ethnicity, Region and Religion in Post Houphouët-Boigny Côte D’Ivoire | Balla Mohamed Keita | Ethnic and Racial Studies, Political Science, Religion / Theology | Cote D’ivoire | Dissertation | 2013 |
The African Masking Process: Re-Interpreting Mask and Mas’ in Six Anglophone Texts | Kela Nnarka Francis | Literature | Dissertation | 2012 | |
Education and Indigenous Knowledge in Africa: Traditional Bonesetting and Orthopaedic Medicine in West Africa | Chika Anne Ezeanya | Education, Health / Medicine | Dissertation | 2011 | |
The Eighteenth Century Ge’ez (Classical Ethiopic) Manuscript, A Theological Treatise of the Daqiqa Estifanos Monastic Order | Steffan A. Spencer | History, Religion / Theology | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 2010 |
A Culture of Resistance: Student Activism at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa, 1970-1994 | Rico Chapman | Education, History, Sociology, Youth | South Africa | Dissertation | 2008 |
An Introduction to Malinke Historiography | Nubia Kai Al-Nura Salaam | History | Dissertation | 2005 | |
The Reconstitution of the East African Cooperation: A Strategy for Development | Andrew D. Musila | Development, International Relations, Political Science | Dissertation | 2003 | |
The Internationalization of Capital: International Capital and the Prospects for Economic Development in Sierra Leone | Gerald Smith | Development, Economics | Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 1993 |
The Political Biography of Chief Jeremiah Oyeniyi Obiatemi Obafemy Awolowo, 1909-1987 | Bamidele Akintunde | Political Science | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1991 |
The Causes and Consequences of Igbo Migration to Northern Nigeria 1900-1966 | Charles C. Elegalam | History, Immigration / Migration | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1988 |
Oral Literature in Zimbabwe: An Analytico-Interpretative Approach | Solomon Mutswairo | Literature, Oral Tradition | Zimbabwe | Dissertation | 1979 |
An Appraisal of the Economic Impact of Government Investments in the Farm Settlements and Plantations Schemes in Eastern and Western Nigeria During the First National Development Plan, 1962-1968 | Cornelius Ojimba | Development, Economics, Governance, Political Science | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1975 |
The Influence of the Traditional African Religion in the Political Structure of the Ashanti and Oyo Empires, 1700-1817: A Comparative Study | Richard Nzeadighibe | Political Science, Religion / Theology | Ghana | Dissertation | 1973 |
Continuous-Time and Discrete-Time Models of Cholera Infections in Cameroon | Eric Ngang Che | Biology | Cameroon | Dissertation | 2020 |
Human Development Pedagogy for At-Risk Students: The Case of a Community Afterschool in Nigeria | Priscilla Nkechi Chukwu | Development, Public Policy, Education | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2021 |
An Assessment of the Impact of Oil Revenues on the Social Sectors in Ghana | Maame Frema Praa Osei Boakye | Economics, Sociology, Environmental Studies | Ghana | Dissertation | 2022 |
The Effect of Unemployment on Black Youth in Gauteng, South Africa | Corey William Holmes | Education, Public Policy, Sociology, Youth | South Africa | Dissertation | 2019 |
The Globalization and Foreignization of Indigenous Landscapes: Gender, Agrofuels and Ecological Transformation Among Dagomba Communities of the Northern Savannah of Ghana, 2004-2017 | Bathsheba Felice Bryant-Tarpeh | Culture, Environmental Studies, Foreign Policy, Gender Studies, Globalization | Ghana | Dissertation | 2018 |
Development and Validation of an Amharic Version Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) and Its Use in the Assessment of Medication Adherence Predictors Among Persons of Ethiopian Descent | Raniya Ali Al-Matari | Biology, Health / Medicine | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 2017 |
Emerging Infectious Diseases: Sierra Leone’s 2014 Ebola as a Case Study of Modern Day Epidemic Plagues | Sao-Kpato Hannah Isatta Max-Kyne | Health / Medicine, Public Policy | Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 2016 |
Regional Integration in West Africa: An Analysis of the Mano River Union, With a Focus on Sierra Leone | Falla Dominic Lamin | Economics, Foreign Policy, Political Science, Public Policy | Cote D’ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 2015 |
Zanzibari Women in Local Social Entrepreneurship: A Participatory Social Learning Approach to Community Sustainability | Ronya Foy Connor | Gender Studies, Social Work | Tanzania | Dissertation | 2014 |
The United States of America’s Strategic Policy Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa: Beyond Humanitarianism and Development Assistance | Loralie Noutong Oyelowo | Development, Foreign Policy, Humanitarianism, Political Science | United States | Dissertation | 2013 |
Education and Pan-Africanism: A Case Study of Ghana, 1957-1966 | Mjiba Frehiwot | Education, History, Pan-Africanism, Youth | Ghana | Dissertation | 2012 |
Toward a Successful Plan for Educational Technology for Low-Income Communities: A Formative Evaluation of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Projects in Nigeria and Ghana | Bellarmine Anthonia Ezumah | Communications and Media, Education, Technology, Youth | Ghana, Nigeria | Dissertation | 2011 |
Human Security and Conflict Management: Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Sierra Leone, 2002 to 2009 | Francis Wiafe-Amoako | Conflict Resolution, Global Security, International Relations, Political Science | Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 2010 |