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.
Most of the dissertations and theses below are available on ProQuest. Most universities, including Howard University, have ProQuest subscriptions so that students, faculty and other personnel have complimentary access when logged into their university account.
Title Sort ascending | Name | Area of Study | Country | Dissertation Type | Year |
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Constructive Engagement, State Terrorism and the Sociological Radicalization of the Black South African: 1984-1986 | Zamokuhle Zungu | Sociology, Terrorism | South Africa | Dissertation | 1993 |
Constitution Reforms in Ghana: 1957-1968 | Daniel Kobina Sam | Governance, Political Science | Ghana | Thesis | 1969 |
Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution in Central Africa: A Case Study of the Republic of Congo, 1965-1999 | Neuvic Kalmar Malembanie | Conflict Resolution, Political Science | Republic of The Congo | Dissertation | 2018 |
Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Assessing Peace Agreements, from the Lusaka Peace Accord to the Dar es Salaam Declaration 1999-2008 | Miranda Miims | Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy, Governance, Political Science | Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Thesis | 2008 |
Conflict in Congo-Zaire and the participation of the youth population: Implications on Human Security 1996-2000 | Mauna Dosso | Conflict Resolution, Human Security, Political Science, Youth | Democratic Republic of The Congo, Republic of The Congo | Thesis | 2010 |
Conceptualized Approach to Rural Development: Areas Studies of Eastern Africa with Special Reference to Ethiopia | Wosene Yefru | Development | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 1983 |
Concepts of Medicine as Interpreted by Akan Healers and Indigenous Knowledge Archives Among the Bono-Takyiman of Ghana, West Africa: A Case Study | Kwasi Konadu | Health / Medicine | Ghana | Dissertation | 2004 |
Complex Causality Between Transportation and Human Security: A Special Focus on the City of Douala, Cameroon | Stéphanie Laura Mbella Mouéllè | Human Security | Cameroon | Dissertation | 2014 |
Competing Visions in African Politics: A Case Study of Felix Houphouet-Boigny and Kwame Nkrumah on their Divergent Perspectives of African Independence and Unity | Aboussou Dadoua | Economics, Governance, History, Political Science | Cote D’ivoire, Ghana | Dissertation | 2017 |
Community Participation Programs: A Preliminary Study of Teklehaimanot Area, Ethiopia | Elizabeth Kibour | Public Policy | Ethiopia | Thesis | 1995 |
Communication – A System Model for Description of Social Processes, a Case Study: Ghana 1951-1981 | Rodney J. Scott | Communications and Media, Culture, Sociology | Ghana | Thesis | 1987 |
Communication in Culture and Society: Origin, Evolution, Challenge and Achievement in Senegalese Publishing | Elana Denise Anderson | Communications and Media, Culture | Senegal | Dissertation | 2013 |
Colonialism and the Underdevelopment of Sierra Leone 1918-1967 | Sheikh B. Daramy | Colonialism / Decolonization / Post-Colonialism, Development, Political Science | Sierra Leone | Thesis | 1983 |
Claudia and Assata: Historicizing Africana Women Literature and the Black Radical Tradition | Kimberly Ferren Monroe | Diaspora, Gender Studies, History, Literature, Pan-Africanism | Dissertation | 2019 | |
Civil Society Participation in the Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy and Regional Security: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Experience | Kpedetin D.S. Lucrece A. Oke | Development, Economics, Governance, Political Science, Public Policy | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), Cote D’ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo | Dissertation | 2018 |
Citizen Engagement and Democratic Governance: The Significance of October 2014 Popular Uprising in the Political Landscape of Burkina Faso | Barthélemy Bazemo | Foreign Policy, Governance, Political Science | Burkina Faso | Dissertation | 2020 |
Chinese Infrastructure Development Aid and Its Effect on Economic Growth and Productivity: The Nigerian Case, 2000-2015 | Janeen Cheree Guest | Development, Economics, Foreign Policy, International Relations | China, Nigeria | Dissertation | 2017 |
China’s Public Diplomacy in Kenya: The Case of Chinese Language and Cultural Programs at the University of Nairobi Confucius Institute | Anita C. Wheeler | International Relations, Language, Political Science | China, Kenya | Dissertation | 2012 |
Chieftaincy in Ghana: the Decline of the Power and Prestige of Chiefs in Ghana in General and Ashanti in Particular | Richmond Anaman | Governance, Political Science | Ghana | Thesis | 1976 |
Characterization of the Resistome and Bacteriophages in kitfo, an Ethiopian Beef Steak Tarter | Behailu B. Eshetea | Food Security, Health / Medicine, Biology | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 2021 |
Characterization of the Relationship Between West African Jet Streams and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO): Implications on Lake Chad Level Variability | Churchill Obinna Okonkwo | Atmospheric Sciences | Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria | Dissertation | 2015 |
Change Within the Sikleo Kru Society of Liberia with Emphasis on Marriage | Thomas Hayden | Culture, Gender Studies | Liberia | Dissertation | 1976 |
Challenges of Economic Growth and Development in Oil-Rich Countries: A Heterogeneous Panel Data Study | Alireza Motameni | Economics, Development | Algeria, Angola, Republic of The Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Nigeria | Dissertation | 2020 |
Challenges for Internally Displaced and Refugee Women in Gaining Access to Land for Food Security and Production in Post-Civil War Sierra Leone (2002-2011) | Bathsheba Bryant | Agriculture, Food Security, Gender Studies, Land Tenure | Sierra Leone | Thesis | 2012 |
Capital Goods Imports and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa | Bintou Lingani | Economics, Development | Dissertation | 2020 | |
Breaking the Chain: A Holistic Reconceptualization for Authentic African Value-based Institutions | Kelley Manning Page Jibrell | Culture | Dissertation | 2021 | |
Boundary Disputes Between Liberia and Colonial Powers: 1911-1923 | Anthony Wojloh | Colonialism / Decolonization / Post-Colonialism, Foreign Policy, Geography, History, Political Science | Liberia | Dissertation | 1971 |
Bottoms Up: An African Experience in Microfinance and Gender in Mali | Atia Byll-Cataria | Economics, Gender Studies | Mali | Dissertation | 2008 |
Botswana: A Case Study of Peripheral Development | Laura M. Byrd | Development | Botswana | Thesis | 1982 |
Blood Minerals and the Curse: The Invisible Hand, State Failure, War and Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Clarisse Yifwanda Ndjungu | Economics, Development, Violence | Democratic Republic of The Congo | Dissertation | 2020 |
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 |
Black British Women's Writing on Postwar Migration and the Migratory Subject | Ijeoma Odoh | Immigration / Migration, Literature | United Kingdom | Dissertation | 2018 |
Biological Evaluation of Four Selected African Medicinal Plants for Their Trypanocidal Properties, Mode of Action, and Chemical Compounds | Hilaire M. Kenguele | Biology, Chemistry, Health / Medicine | Dissertation | 2010 | |
Back on the Map - Framing Images, Realities, & Visions of the African World: The Role of Media in Recurring Definitions of Haiti & The Democratic Republic of Congo | Sophia Vilceus | Communications and Media | Democratic Republic of The Congo, Haiti | Thesis | 2013 |
Attitudes Toward Africa: A Comparative Study of the Degrees of Pan-Africanism Among Howard University Students | Isaac Ayodeji | Education, Pan-Africanism, Youth | Dissertation | 1976 | |
Assertions of Agency & Distributive Justice in Communication from the New World Information Order to Globalization: Has a Model Emerged for Africa's Development | Sandra Rattley | Communications and Media, Development, Foreign Policy, Globalization, Political Science, Technology | Thesis | 2009 | |
Archbishop Daniel William Alexander and the Rise of the African Orthodox Church, South Africa, 1925-1970 | Morris Johnson | Religion / Theology | South Africa | Dissertation | 1992 |
Arab Influences and Sociocultural Change among the Baganda, 1837-1894 | Maxine E. Letcher | Culture, International Relations, Sociology | Uganda | Thesis | 1965 |
Application of Linkage Politics: The Case of South African Political System | Feraidoon Shams-Barragh | Political Science | South Africa | Dissertation | 1974 |
Analysis of the Claims Presented by Ethiopia and Somalia over the French Territory of the Afars and Issas | Belkis Wolde-Giorgis | Colonialism / Decolonization / Post-Colonialism, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science | Djibouti, Ethiopia, France, Somalia | Thesis | 1975 |
Analysis of Problems and Projects of Kwame Nkrumah’s Pan-Africanism in Africa, 1945-1970 | Moses Nwoye | Pan-Africanism, Political Science | Ghana | Dissertation | 1974 |
An Introduction to Malinke Historiography | Nubia Kai Al-Nura Salaam | History | Dissertation | 2005 | |
An Interpretative Analysis of Symbols in the Black South African Short Story: a Critical Analysis of Literature and Life | Audrey L. Thomas | Literature | South Africa | Thesis | 1969 |
An Interdisciplinary Approach to the History of the Margi and Fali | Christopher M. Cahill | History | Nigeria | Thesis | 1970 |
An Inquiry Into Leadership and the Problem of Federation in East Africa: 1963-1967 | Ndalo R. Kobilo | Governance, Political Science | Thesis | 1970 | |
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 |
An Exploratory Study of Street Children in Ethiopia and South Africa | Alisa Wilder | Sociology, Youth | Ethiopia, South Africa | Thesis | 1996 |
An Exploration of the Well-Being Experiences of Igbo Immigrants in the United States Through the Investigation of Their Adaptation and Coping Strategies | Charles Okechukwu Chukwuani | Health / Medicine, Immigration / Migration, Social Work | Nigeria, United States | Dissertation | 2017 |
An Examination of the Inherent Inefficiencies and Shortcomings Contained in the Production/Processing/Distribution Chain of Sierra Leone’s Domestic Rice Industry | William Elbern Smith | Development, Public Policy | Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 2020 |
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 |