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 Sort descending | Name | Area of Study | Country | Dissertation Type | Year |
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(Re)Writing Africa: Thomas Narven Lewis and the Politics of Indigenous Language in Liberia, 1870-1933 | Melvin Kadiri Barrolle | History, Language | Liberia | Dissertation | 2012 |
A 4th - 5th Century Monk, 20th Century Conflict Theories, and a Question of the Role of Nationalism | A. Steven Clay | Conflict Resolution, Political Science | Thesis | 1996 | |
A Biography of Ahmed Ben Mohammed Raisuli, the Eagle of Zinat | Robert B. Boeder | History, Religion / Theology | Morocco | Thesis | 1970 |
A Case Study of Sierra Leone Sewage and Escreta Disposal System and Cost Appraisal | Robert Metzger | Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 1981 | |
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 |
A Comparative Analysis of George W. Bush’s and Barack H. Obama’s Foreign Policies Towards Ghana | Abdul Razak Iddris | Foreign Policy, Governance, International Relations, Political Science | Ghana, United States | Dissertation | 2017 |
A Comparative Analysis of the Drama of Imamu Baraka and Wole Soyinka during the Period 1934-1973 | Sidney J. Walker | Literature | Nigeria | Thesis | 1976 |
A Comparative and Analytical Survey of the Mask in Traditional African Art | Vernon A. Douez-Smith | Art History, Fine Arts | Thesis | 1971 | |
A Comparative Study of Segregation and Racial Discrimination in the United States and Republic of South Africa | Richard E. Williams | Ethnic and Racial Studies, Political Science | South Africa, United States | Thesis | 1978 |
A Comparative Study of the Political Thoughts and Policies of Kwame Nkrumah and Kofi Abreja Busia | Kofi Asamoa | Political Science | Ghana | Dissertation | 1977 |
A Comparative Study of the Socio-Cultural Dynamics of the Role of Women in Nationalist Religious Movements; A Case Study of the Nation of Islam in the United States and the Cherubim and Seraphim Movements in Nigeria | Eillen E. Crawford | Culture, Gender Studies, Religion / Theology, Sociology | Nigeria, United States | Thesis | 1973 |
A Contrastive Phonological Analysis of Swahili and English | Mary J. Hjelm | Language | Thesis | 1963 | |
A Contrastive Phonological Analysis of Yoruba and English | Sonja M. Bolling | Language | Benin, Nigeria | Thesis | 1963 |
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 |
A Diachronic Introduction to the Autochthonous Authors of South Africa | R. E. Alain Kirsch | Literature | South Africa | Thesis | 1971 |
A Discourse Analysis of The Works of Amos Tutuola and Cyprian Ekwensi: The Palm-Wine Drunkard and Jugua Nana: A Preliminary Examination | Stanford A. Cameron | Literature | Nigeria | Thesis | 1973 |
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 |
A Historical Analysis of Adventist World Radio’s Impact in the East Central Africa Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church: A Case Study of Tanzania | Desrene L. Vernon | Communications and Media, History, Religion / Theology | Tanzania | Dissertation | 2011 |
A Historical Case Study of Ethnic Agitations in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: Creating the Path to National Integration | Oluwaseyi E. Ajayi | Ethnic and Racial Studies, Political Science | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2021 |
A Historical Materialist Analysis of Transnational Capitalism and Shifts in Poverty and HIV Prevalence Among Women in Uganda, 1983-2013 | Sabrina Lynn Smiley | Gender Studies, Health / Medicine, History, HIV/AIDS, Sociology | Uganda | Dissertation | 2015 |
A History of the Recent Scientific Thinking of African Monogenesis | Lezmore E. Emanuel | History | Thesis | 1968 | |
A Literary Criteria for the Study of African Drama | Andrea J. Love | Literature | Thesis | 1971 | |
A Method of Investigating the Conceptualization of Time among Yoruba/English Bilinguals | Mary Adiboye | Language | Benin, Nigeria | Dissertation | 1977 |
A Paradigm/Model for Rhetorical Communication and Language Planning in the State Development: Annang and Ibibio Perceptions of Bidialectalism in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria | Nathaniel Isong-Uyo | Communications and Media, Development, Language | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1997 |
A Planning Model For the Educational Requirements of Economic Development in Gabon | Jasper K. Smith | Development, Economics, Education, Political Science | Gabon | Thesis | 1966 |
A Post-Modern Approach to Knowledge and its Application to the Field of African Studies | David McGill | Education, Political Science, Sociology | Thesis | 1969 | |
A Return Migration: The Afro-Jamaican Garveyites of Liberia, 1920-1964 | Adisa Vera Louise Beatty | Immigration / Migration, History, Diaspora | Liberia, Jamaica | Dissertation | 2022 |
A Scale For the Measurement of Afro-American Attitudes Toward Continental Africans | Linda McCoy Kumi | Sociology | Thesis | 1974 | |
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 |
A Study of Attitudes of African Students in the United States towards Education for Self-Reliance | Shirley Ann Pryor | Education, Youth | United States | Thesis | 1970 |
A Study of Political Development in Sierra Leone: 1950-1972 | George B. Goba | Development, Governance, Political Science | Sierra Leone | Thesis | 1973 |
A Study of the Evolution of Theocratic Kingship in Medieval Ethiopia | Clifton Brown | History | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 1979 |
A Study of the Regime of the National Liberation Council in Ghana after Kwame Nkrumah | Kofi V. Asamoa | Governance, Political Science | Ghana | Thesis | 1970 |
A Study of the Unrest Which was the Mau Mau Movement as it was Defined by the East African Standard, the Kenyan Government, And the Public Statements of Kenyan African Leaders | Barbette Blackington | Communications and Media, Conflict Resolution, Governance, Political Science | Kenya | Thesis | 1962 |
A Sustainable Development Model: Exploring Social Entrepreneurship in Nigeria | Tochukwu Okasi-Nwozo | Development, Commerce / Trade | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2021 |
Acculturation and Values in the Kasai | Daniel P. Juengst | Culture, Sociology | Democratic Republic of The Congo | Thesis | 1966 |
Africa Neo-Diaspora Dynamics and Prospects for Afrocentrism and Counter-penetration: a Case Study of the Nigerian Community in the United States | Chike Anigbo | Diaspora, Immigration / Migration | Nigeria, United States | Dissertation | 1994 |
Africa-Japan Relations: From Economic Development to Human Development | Naoko Takemoto | Development, Economics | Japan | Dissertation | 1998 |
African Americans, United States Policy Toward South Africa, and the Release of Nelson Mandela | Duane Cheers | Foreign Policy, Political Science | South Africa, United States | Dissertation | 1994 |
African Arab Cooperation 1955-1974 | Ali K-E. Al-Bakri | Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science | Thesis | 1975 | |
African Art, the Entertainment Business Network and Hip Hop Culture | Omar Akbar Young | Fine Arts, Music, Culture, Sociology | Dissertation | 2020 | |
African Cultural Persistence in Grenada | Irma Francis | Culture | Grenada | Thesis | 1977 |
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 |
African Nationalism in Southern Rhodesia: A Case Study in Arrested Political Development | Francis A. Kornegay | Development, Governance, Political Science | Zimbabwe | Thesis | 1969 |
African Philosophy and the Metaphysics of the “After-Man”: Examining Selected Texts by Erna Brodber | A. Marie Sairsingh | Philosophy | Jamaica | Dissertation | 2018 |
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 |
African Responses to an Issue of Disputed Representation in the United Nations: The Case of China in the General Assembly | Jude-Cyprian Nwugo | NGOs / International / Intergovernmental Organizations | China | Dissertation | 1977 |
African Union, Peace and Security Structure: Implications for the Horn of Africa and Nigeria | Samson Olanipekun | Global Security, Governance, Human Security, International Relations, NGOs / International / Intergovernmental Organizations, Political Science | Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia | Thesis | 2019 |
African-Arab Cooperation, 1955-1974 | Ali Al-Bakri | Foreign Policy, Political Science | Dissertation | 1975 | |
African-centered Bookstores as Weapons of Culture: Applying the Thoughts of Amilcar Cabral to the Development of Black Cultural Institutions in the U.S. | Bernard Sutton | Culture, Development, Sociology | United States | Thesis | 1998 |