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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Violence, terrorism and instability in the Niger Delta: Understanding the domestic and global dimensions of underdevelopment | Sabella Abidde | Economics, Globalization, Political Science, Sociology, Terrorism, Violence | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2009 |
The War on Terror in the Horn of Africa: Human Security Matters | Adrian Taylor | Human Security, Terrorism | Dissertation | 2007 | |
The Distribution of Socio-Economic Resources and Political Power in Ethiopia, 1955-2000 | Kassahun Woldemariam | Economics, Political Science, Sociology | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 2004 |
Migration and Rural Development in Gambia | Madi Touray | Development, Immigration / Migration | The Gambia | Dissertation | 1999 |
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 |
Nigeria Foreign Policy Toward Southern Africa Liberation Struggles: A Case Study of the Zimbabwean Independence Struggle | Olayiwola Abegunrin | Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science | Nigeria, Zimbabwe | Dissertation | 1979 |
African-Arab Cooperation, 1955-1974 | Ali Al-Bakri | Foreign Policy, Political Science | Dissertation | 1975 | |
The Women’s Forgotten Voices and Building Peace Through a Gendered Lens | Florence Nwando Didigu | Gender Studies, Communications and Media | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2020 |
Petroleum Extraction, Agriculture and the Local Communities in the Niger Delta: A Case Study of Ilaje Community | Adedayo Razak Ladelokun | Development, Economics, Agriculture | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2021 |
The Disregarded Lens: The Marginalization of Black Women in Cinema, a Look at Ghana and the United States | Shannon Sherri Warren | Cinema, Diaspora, Gender Studies | Ghana, United States | Dissertation | 2019 |
Leadership in African Public Policy: A Comparative Study of the Effects of African Political Thought on Monetary, Trade and Aid Policy in the Gambia and Senegal | Suleyman Garaba Konte | Economics, Humanitarianism, NGOs / International / Intergovernmental Organizations, Political Science, Public Policy | The Gambia, Senegal | Dissertation | 2018 |
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 |
Remittances and the Dutch Disease: Evidence from Selected South African Development Community Countries | Isaac Dyendelayi | Economics, Public Policy | Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland | Dissertation | 2016 |
Relationship Management of the ‘Brain Circulation’ Phenomenon: The Case of the Ugandan Government and Its Ugandan Diaspora in the United States | Stella-Monica Nalugwa Mpande | Communications and Media, Diaspora, Governance, International Relations | Uganda, United States | Dissertation | 2015 |
Healing Narratives and Treatment Approaches in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management in the Republic of Chad | Laounodji Mbairessem | Communications and Media, Culture, Health / Medicine, HIV/AIDS, International Relations | Chad | Dissertation | 2014 |
“Izingoma zo Mzabalazo” Esiqithini! Role of Songs in the African Liberation Struggle of South Africa, 1960-1991, A Culture History of Robben Island | Neo Lawrence Ramoupi | Culture, History, Music | South Africa | Dissertation | 2013 |
The Social Implications of Sub-Saharan Financial Markets: Case Analysis From the Nairobi and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges | Curtis E. Kidd III | Economics, Public Policy | Kenya, South Africa | Dissertation | 2012 |
Projecting Nation? Cinema and the Creation of a National Identity in Post-Apartheid South Africa | Cara Moyer-Duncan | Apartheid / Post-Apartheid, Cinema | South Africa | Dissertation | 2011 |
The Regional Dimensions of Ethiopia’s Economic and Social Development with Special Reference to the Nile | Debay Tadesse | Development, Economics, Sociology | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 2007 |
Traditional Processes of Peace-Making in War-Torn Societies: Situating the New Relevance of Paramount Chieftaincy in Engendering Sustainable Peace Among the Mende of Sierra Leone | Hindowa Momoh | Conflict Resolution | Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 2004 |
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Consequences of Development for Women in Africa: The Case of Ghana | Kingsley Owusu-Afriyie | Communications and Media, Development, Gender Studies, Technology | Ghana | Dissertation | 2002 |
Increasing Cocoa Production under Ghana’s Structural Adjustment Programs: An Empirical Study of Established Farmers in Tano North Cocoa District in the Brong-Ahafo Region | Kwaku Osei-Akom | Agriculture | Ghana | Dissertation | 1999 |
The Role of Intellectual Property in the Economic Development of sub-Saharan African Countries | Frances Michalkewicz | Development, Economics | Dissertation | 1994 | |
Music and Dance Associations of the Igede of Nigeria: The Relevance of Indigenous Communication Learning Systems in Rural Development Projects | Robert Nichols | Communications and Media, Development, Education, Music, Dance | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1992 |
The Role of Development Planning and International Assistance in Post-World War II Ethiopia, 1914-1988: A Comparative Analysis of the Successive Five and Ten Year Plans and the Development Attained | And Alem Mulaw | Development, Foreign Policy, History, International Relations | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 1990 |
The Origins, Evolution and Performance of the Economic Community of the African States (ECOWAS): Since 1975 | Robert Thomas | Economics, Foreign Policy, History, International Relations | Dissertation | 1987 | |
Soviet Foreign Policy Towards the Horn of Africa (1968-1978) | Peter Gabriel | Foreign Policy, History, International Relations | Russia | Dissertation | 1985 |
Some Significant Relationships Between Taxation and Economic Performance During Transitional Periods of Development: The Zambian Experience from 1964 to 1980 | Shadrack Kwasa | Development, Economics, Governance, Political Science | Zambia | Dissertation | 1982 |
Un/silencing Resistance in the African Diaspora: Unokanma Okonjo and the Pan African Student Union of Austria (PASUA), 1961-1964 | Araba Evelyn Johnston-Arthur | Political Science, Diaspora | Austria | Dissertation | 2020 |
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 |
Steve Biko: The Radical Gospel of Black Consciousness | Traci Deneen Wyatt | Apartheid / Post-Apartheid, History, Religion / Theology | South Africa | Dissertation | 2019 |
Socioeconomic and Institutional Quality Effect of Regional Trade Agreements: A Case Study of East African Community Regional Integration | John Ltalipen Lekuton | Economics, Sociology | Dissertation | 2018 | |
Malaria Parametric Model with Applications to the Disease Incidence in Mali and Nigeria | Moussa Doumbia | Health / Medicine | Mali, Nigeria | Dissertation | 2017 |
The Non-Western Female Consumer: A Look at Confidence, Culture Conflict, Communication Clashes and Western Corporation Computer-Mediated Communication Platforms | Chizoma Celestina Nosiri | Communications and Media, Culture, Gender Studies, International Relations | China, India, Nigeria | Dissertation | 2015 |
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 |
Secret Societies and Other Mutual Aid Societies: A Triangular Investigation of Africa, the West Indies and the United States of America, 1775-1950 | Ronald Courtney Noel | History, Sociology | United States | Dissertation | 2012 |
The Cultural Geography of Insecurity in the African Great Lakes Region: Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Lonzen Rugira | Conflict Resolution, Culture, Geography, Political Science | Burundi, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Rwanda | Dissertation | 2011 |
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 |
Sudanese Government Policies and the Roles and Status of Nubian Women | Sherri McFarland | Gender Studies, Governance, Public Policy | Sudan | Dissertation | 2002 |
Multinational Companies and Rural Development in Cameroon: A Case Study of Pamol Limited | Aja Oro | Development | Cameroon | Dissertation | 1999 |
Language, Culture, and Communication: The Role of Swahili Taarab Songs in Kenya, 1963-1990 | Geoffrey King’ei | Communications and Media, Culture, Language | Kenya | Dissertation | 1992 |
The Management of Solid Waste in Nigerian Cities | Richard Olowomeye | Political Science | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1987 |
Students and National Politics in Nigeria: A Case Study of the National Youth Corps Scheme | Solomon Esemuede | Education, Political Science, Youth | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1985 |
In Search for an African Identity in the French-Speaking Caribbean: Genesis and Rise of Haitianism and Negritude | Christian Filostrat | Haiti | Dissertation | 1978 | |
Understanding the Nexus Between Climate Change, Environmental Degradation, and Human Security in Mauritania | Darryl L. Jones II | Environmental Studies, Human Security | Mauritania | Dissertation | 2020 |
The Role of Culture, History and Indigenous Institutions in Building Viable Nation Statehood, The Case for Somaliland | Rashid Mohamed Nur | Culture, History, Governance, Political Science, Conflict Resolution, Public Policy, Development | Somalia | Dissertation | 2021 |
Radiative Forcing Properties of Aging Saharan Dust Plumes Entering the Tropical Atlantic | Daniel Everett Yeager | Atmospheric Sciences | Dissertation | 2019 | |
Emancipating Black: Black/Afrikan/Quare/Trans* (In)visibility Liberation Aesthetics and Praxis in Contemporary African and Diaspora Art | Ashley D. Lynch | Fine Arts | Dissertation | 2018 |