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 descending | Year |
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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 |
Bottoms Up: An African Experience in Microfinance and Gender in Mali | Atia Byll-Cataria | Economics, Gender Studies | Mali | Dissertation | 2008 |
Peace and Justice in Sierra Leone: The Lome Peace Process Revisited | Abdul Lamin | Conflict Resolution, Political Science | Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 2003 |
The Role of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the Liberia Civil Conflict, 1980-1997: The Case Study of Conflict Management | Amos Sirleaf | Conflict Resolution, Economics, Foreign Policy | Liberia | Dissertation | 1998 |
Military Intervention in Sierra Leone Politics: The Case of National Reformation Council (NRC), 1967-1968 | Julian Sam-Bomah | Conflict Resolution, Governance, Political Science | Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 1995 |
Urban Housing in Nigeria: A Historical Analysis, 1960-1983 | Joel Ademisoye | History, Public Policy | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1991 |
The Political Economy of the Food in Lusophone West Africa | Laura Bigman | Economics, Food Security, Language, Political Science | Dissertation | 1988 | |
The Pan-African Perception of United States’ Foreign Policy Toward South Africa, 1961-1983 | Kalu Ukiwe | Foreign Policy, International Relations, Pan-Africanism | South Africa, United States | Dissertation | 1985 |
Conceptualized Approach to Rural Development: Areas Studies of Eastern Africa with Special Reference to Ethiopia | Wosene Yefru | Development | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 1983 |
The Role of Cotton in Industrial Development in Egypt (1960-1975) | Hamed Megahed | Agriculture, Development | Egypt | Dissertation | 1979 |
African Nationalism in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe): A Critical Analysis of the Various Approaches and Techniques Africans Have Employed in an Attempt to Achieve their Independence, 1890-1973 | Wellington Nyangoni | Governance, Political Science | Zimbabwe | Dissertation | 1975 |
The Great Congress of Black Spirit: FESTAC’ 77, Jeff Donaldson’s United States Delegation, and the Convening of African Reaspora | Loren Jonathan Collier | Diaspora, History | Dissertation | 2019 | |
Characterization of the Resistome and Bacteriophages in kitfo, an Ethiopian Beef Steak Tarter | Behailu B. Eshetea | Food Security, Health / Medicine, Biology | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 2021 |
Cooperative Liberalism or Competitive Realism in International Organizations in Africa? A Case Study of the Nature of the BRICS in Nigeria, Angola and South Africa | Constance Monique Pruitt | Political Science, International Relations, NGOs / International / Intergovernmental Organizations, Governance, Development | Nigeria, Angola, South Africa | Dissertation | 2022 |
Claudia and Assata: Historicizing Africana Women Literature and the Black Radical Tradition | Kimberly Ferren Monroe | Diaspora, Gender Studies, History, Literature, Pan-Africanism | Dissertation | 2019 | |
The Climate Change Impact on Crop Yield in Sub-Saharan African Countries Production Function Approach | Mohamed M. Eltayeb | Agriculture, Economics, Environmental Studies | Dissertation | 2018 | |
Three Essays on Examining Monetary Policy in South Africa | Khalid I. Ali | Economics | South Africa | Dissertation | 2017 |
Entering the Sacred Circle: A History of the Akan Spiritual Tradition in the United States, 1965-2015 | Angela Tamika McMillan | Culture, Diaspora, History | Cote D’ivoire, Ghana, United States | Dissertation | 2016 |
Sustainable Rural Development and Forestry in Uganda: A Systematic Analysis of Grassroots Participation in Kibale National Park Management | Lydia Kakwera Levy | Governance, Public Policy | Uganda | Dissertation | 2015 |
Ghana’s Black Gold Rush: Analyzing the Effects of Globalization, Political Leadership, and Insecurity on Development and Unemployment From Independence to Present, Ghana’s Oil Era | Monique Alicia Gamble | Energy, Globalization, International Relations, Political Science, Public Policy | Ghana | Dissertation | 2014 |
Harder than de Rock: The Contribution of Social Role to the Resilience of Youth in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone | Julie Guyot-Diangone | Social Work, Sociology, Youth | Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 2012 |
Humanitarian Development in Zimbabwe, 1995-2005 | Bruce Ormond Grant | Development, Humanitarianism | Zimbabwe | Dissertation | 2011 |
Structures: Representations of the House in African-American and Black Southern African Women's Writing | Lanisa Kitchiner | Gender Studies, Literature | South Africa, United States | Dissertation | 2010 |
The Northern Frontier in Kenya's External Relations: Diplomacy and Conflict | Teresia Awuor | Conflict Resolution, International Relations | Kenya | Dissertation | 2003 |
From Nomadism to Sedentarism: An Analysis of Development Constraints and Public Policy Issues in the Socioeconomic Transformation of the Pastoral Fulani of Nigeria | Ismail Iro | Development, Education, Public Policy, Sociology | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1995 |
The State and Small-farmer Production: A Case Study Based on Empirical Research in Pramso, A Small Village in Southern Ghana | Baffour Osei-Tutu | Agriculture, Political Science | Ghana | Dissertation | 1992 |
Evaluation of Large Scale Irrigation and Its Linkage to Food Sufficiency in Nigeria | Ebere Oriaku | Agriculture, Food Security | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1985 |
The Role of the Cooperative Movement in Gambia ’s National Development | Mohamed Samura | Development | The Gambia | Dissertation | 1982 |
A Study of the Evolution of Theocratic Kingship in Medieval Ethiopia | Clifton Brown | History | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 1979 |
The Development of the Ideology of Authenticity As a Paradigmatic Solution to the Problem of Cultural Identity in Zaire | Tshihamba Luendu | Culture, Development | Democratic Republic of The Congo | Dissertation | 1975 |
Afro-leadership the Path to Development Sub-Saharan Africa: Botswana as a Case Study | Richmond Danso | Political Science, International Relations, Governance, Development | Botswana | Dissertation | 2020 |
Breaking the Chain: A Holistic Reconceptualization for Authentic African Value-based Institutions | Kelley Manning Page Jibrell | Culture | Dissertation | 2021 | |
People-Centered Approach in Environmental Policy: The Case of Burkina-Faso | Aicha Lompo | Public Policy, Environmental Studies | Burkina Faso | Dissertation | 2023 |
Currulao or Bambuco Viejo: African Creativity and Resistance on the Pacific Coast of Colombia | Verny H. Varela Ruiz | Culture, Diaspora | Colombia | Dissertation | 2019 |
The Making of American Islam and the Emergence of Western Islamic Intellectual Thought to Counter Violent Extremism: A Case Study of American Muslim Revivalist Imam W.D. Mohammed | Herbert Muhammad Fraser Abdur Rahim | Religion / Theology | United States | Dissertation | 2018 |
Intra-state Conflicts in the Horn of Africa and Their Implications for the Regional Security | Bekele Bengessa Hirbe | Governance, International Relations, Political Science | Dissertation | 2017 | |
The Developmental Element in South Africa-China Relations: Dynamics, Imperatives, and Paradigms From Mbeki to Zuma | Phiwokuhle Wisdom Mnyandu | Development, International Relations, Public Policy | China, South Africa | Dissertation | 2016 |
The Evolution of Catholic Education and Governance in Nigeria, 1960-2010 | Eucharia O. Madueke | Education, Governance, Public Policy, Religion / Theology, Youth | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2015 |
Lawyering Against Apartheid: The Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1967-1994 | Myra Ann Houser | Apartheid / Post-Apartheid, History, Law | South Africa | Dissertation | 2014 |
Structure and Evolution of Developing and Non-developing African Easterly Waves During National Aeronautics and Space Administration African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) | Nelsie A. Ramos | Atmospheric Sciences | Dissertation | 2013 | |
State Breakdown and the Rise of Somaliland, Puntland and Somalia: Understanding the Organizing Principles and Dynamics of Nationhood | Yohannes Haile | Conflict Resolution, Governance, International Relations, Law, Political Science | Somalia | Dissertation | 2012 |
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: The Gold Coast, the Asante and the Era of Illegal Slave Trading, 1807-1874 | Jarvis Lamar Hargrove | History, Slavery | Ghana | Dissertation | 2011 |
Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Women in Rwanda | Reggy Anyango | Conflict Resolution, Gender Studies, Sociology | Rwanda | Dissertation | 2009 |
Ethiopia and Social Change: A Philosophical Assessment | Abiy Tsegaye | Philosophy, Sociology | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 1999 |
The Africa Debt Crisis and Endogeneization of Development: The Case of Cameron, 1975-1992 | Dominic Ntube | Development, Education, Foreign Policy | Cameroon | Dissertation | 1998 |
The Dual Economy Model and Industrialization: A Case Study of Nigeria | Gustavus Aluko | Economics | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1995 |
Mozambican-South African Relations 1975-1985: A Study of Destabilization | Joshua St. Mark | History | Mozambique, South Africa | Dissertation | 1990 |
Superpower Involvement in the Horn of Africa: The Ethiopian-Somali Border Conflict | Hilletework Mathias | Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy, International Relations | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 1985 |
Urban Housing and Housing Policy in Dakar, Senegal | Robert McKinnie | Public Policy | Senegal | Dissertation | 1982 |