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 descending | Name | Area of Study | Country | Dissertation Type | Year |
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State Monopolization and Discontentment in Post-Independence South Sudan: A Déjà Vu All Over Again | Benjamin Aciek Machar | Governance, International Relations, Political Science | South Sudan | Dissertation | 2016 |
Steve Biko: The Radical Gospel of Black Consciousness | Traci Deneen Wyatt | Apartheid / Post-Apartheid, History, Religion / Theology | South Africa | Dissertation | 2019 |
Structural Determinants of the Kenyan Pharmaceutical Industry, 1960-1981 | Joseph Jordan, Jr. | Health / Medicine | Kenya | Dissertation | 1983 |
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 | |
Structures & Policies Influencing Health Care Utilization in Poor Urban Areas: Case of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria in Nairobi - Kenya | Wilson Gachiri | Health / Medicine, HIV/AIDS, Public Policy | Kenya | Dissertation | 2009 |
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 |
Students and National Politics in Nigeria: A Case Study of the National Youth Corps Scheme | Solomon Esemuede | Education, Political Science, Youth | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1985 |
Sudanese Government Policies and the Roles and Status of Nubian Women | Sherri McFarland | Gender Studies, Governance, Public Policy | Sudan | Dissertation | 2002 |
Suffering in Silence? Intrapersonal Communication Regarding Female Empowerment and Healthcare Access for Breast Cancer Screening in Cape Town, South Africa | Jennifer J. Jones | Communications and Media, Culture, Gender Studies, Health / Medicine | South Africa | Dissertation | 2011 |
Superpower Involvement in the Horn of Africa: The Ethiopian-Somali Border Conflict | Hilletework Mathias | Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy, International Relations | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 1985 |
Survival Through Memory: African Retentions in Diasporan Cultural Production of Venezuela’s Barlovento Region | Mesi Ecola Walton | Diaspora | Venezuela | Dissertation | 2019 |
Surviving Africanisms in Virgin Islands English Creole | Lezmore Emanuel | Language | Virgin Islands | Dissertation | 1970 |
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 |
Symbolism in the Traditional Religion of the Akan of Ghana | Kojo F. Baiden | Religion / Theology | Ghana | Thesis | 1972 |
Tanganyika and the Problem of African Unity and Liberation, 1954-1964 | Tulingwe F. Mbangulla | Political Science | Tanzania | Thesis | 1965 |
Tax Structure Change in Kenya (1964-1978) and Tax Reform Implications for the Nineteenth Eighties | Bob Abdrabboh | Economics, Governance | Kenya | Dissertation | 1981 |
Tchyika U Tam'si's “Brushfire;” An Analysis | Barbara E. Weisse | Literature | Republic of The Congo | Thesis | 1971 |
Telecommunications and Development in the African Context | Patricia K. McCormick | Communications and Media, Development | Thesis | 1990 | |
Textiles and Clothing in the Gambia: An Analysis of Culture and Development | June Pearson Bland | Culture, Development | The Gambia | Dissertation | 1996 |
The Africa Debt Crisis and Endogeneization of Development: The Case of Cameron, 1975-1992 | Dominic Ntube | Development, Education, Foreign Policy | Cameroon | Dissertation | 1998 |
The African Masking Process: Re-Interpreting Mask and Mas’ in Six Anglophone Texts | Kela Nnarka Francis | Literature | Dissertation | 2012 | |
The African Socialism of Leopold Senghor And Julius Nyerere: Ideology and Practice in Senegal and Tanzania | Joseph P. Donaghy | Governance, Political Science | Senegal, Tanzania | Thesis | 1971 |
The African Writer and Social Change: A Case Study of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o | Sidney Walker | Literature | Dissertation | 1984 | |
The Afro-Centric Perspective in African Journalism; A Case Study of The Ashanti Pioneer | Adrienne Manns | Communications and Media | Ghana | Thesis | 1973 |
The Asian Conflict in Kenya | Ng'weno Osolo-Nasubo | Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science | Kenya | Thesis | 1969 |
The Attributes of High Status in an African Transitional Generation: High Status Persons in the Gold Coast Colony | Ella S. Prudent | Sociology | Ghana | Thesis | 1974 |
The Bassa Migrants and the Castlike Social System in Monrovia | Matilda E. Cooper | Immigration / Migration, Political Science | Liberia | Thesis | 1972 |
The Black-White Conflict in South Africa: The Roles of the African States, the United Nations Organization and the South African Liberation Movements 1960-1970 | James A. Famusipe | Conflict Resolution, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Foreign Policy, International Relations, NGOs / International / Intergovernmental Organizations, Political Science | South Africa, United States | Thesis | 1977 |
The Causes and Consequences of Igbo Migration to Northern Nigeria 1900-1966 | Charles C. Elegalam | History, Immigration / Migration | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1988 |
The Central Tanganyikan Trade Route: Origin and Development to 1884 | Melvin Eugene Page | History, Slavery | Tanzania | Thesis | 1968 |
The Challenges of Implementation to Achieve Universal Primary Education in Post-Conflict Societies: Historical Analysis of the Ugandan Experience | Loy Azalia | Education, History, Youth | Uganda | Thesis | 2012 |
The Changing Perspective of Wasa Amanfi Traditional Religion in Contemporary Africa | Vincent Damuah | Religion / Theology | Ghana | Dissertation | 1971 |
The Clash of the Titans: Augustine Ngom Jua, Solomon Tandeng Muna, and Politics of Transition in Post-Colonial Anglophone Cameroon, 1961-1972 | Womai Ignatius Song | Colonialism / Decolonization / Post-Colonialism, Governance, History, Political Science | Cameroon | Dissertation | 2015 |
The Climate Change Impact on Crop Yield in Sub-Saharan African Countries Production Function Approach | Mohamed M. Eltayeb | Agriculture, Economics, Environmental Studies | Dissertation | 2018 | |
The Concept of Social Class in the Thoughts of Kwame Nkrumah and Amilcar Cabral | Melvin H. Debruhl, Jr. | Political Science, Sociology | Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), Ghana, Guinea-bissau | Thesis | 1978 |
The Conflict Between Theodore II and the Ethiopian Coptic Orthodox Church in the Mid-Nineteenth Century | Lettechidan Ghebremedhin | Conflict Resolution, Political Science, Religion / Theology | Ethiopia | Thesis | 1976 |
The Conflict of Culture as Found in the Works of Three Sierra Leonean Writers: William Conton The African Robert Wellesley Cole Kossoh Townboy and Prince Modupe A Royal African | Sadie Roberts | Culture, Literature | Sierra Leone | Thesis | 1980 |
The Copts in Egypt under their Early Moslem Rulers: Coptic Renaissance and The Fatimid Caliphate | Carol Woodbury Eagen | Governance, History, Political Science | Egypt | Thesis | 1970 |
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 |
The Debt Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Development Dilemma | Paula T. Brooks | Development, Economics | Thesis | 1989 | |
The Development and Nature of American Involvement in Portuguese Colonialism in Africa from 1960 to 1973 | Jacqueline Howard | Colonialism / Decolonization / Post-Colonialism, Development, Political Science | Portugal, United States | Thesis | 1977 |
The Development of Agriculture & Import Substitution in Nigeria | Bernard Amadi | Agriculture, Development | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1974 |
The Development of Local Government in the Eastern Region of Nigeria from 1960 to 1964 | Isaiah O. Adegbile | Development, Governance, Political Science | Nigeria | Thesis | 1967 |
The Development of Nationalism in Kenya from 1951 to 1963 | Deanna V. Holland | Political Science | Kenya | Thesis | 1971 |
The Development of Nigerian Federalism 1946-1966 | Victor O. Ajaero | Governance, Political Science | Nigeria | Thesis | 1971 |
The Development of Secondary Education in Nigeria | Elijah A. Oluokun | Education | Nigeria | Thesis | 1966 |
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 |
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 |
The Development of the Use of Swahili as a Lingua Franca in East Africa | Calvin T. Harrington | Language, Political Science | Thesis | 1968 | |
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 |