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 | Year |
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Radiative Forcing Properties of Aging Saharan Dust Plumes Entering the Tropical Atlantic | Daniel Everett Yeager | Atmospheric Sciences | 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 | |
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 | |
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 |
Johannesburg: Nationalism, Architecture, National Identity and Law, 1910-1948 | Lindokuhle Mnyandu | Culture, Development, Law, Political Science | South Africa | Dissertation | 2018 |
South African Women in Art: Women’s Needlework Cooperatives as Income Generating Enterprise | Genira N. Nelson | Economics, Fine Arts, Gender Studies | South Africa | Dissertation | 2018 |
From Djembe to WhatsApp: Understanding the Adoption Factors, Uses and Benefits of WhatsApp by Healthcare Providers in Cameroon | Jean-Louis Philémon Ntang-Beb | Communications and Media, Health / Medicine | Cameroon | Dissertation | 2018 |
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 |
African Philosophy and the Metaphysics of the “After-Man”: Examining Selected Texts by Erna Brodber | A. Marie Sairsingh | Philosophy | Jamaica | Dissertation | 2018 |
Determining School Dropout Rates Among Black Students: A Comparative Study of Mdantsane, South Africa and Baltimore, Maryland | Pearline Marie Tyson | Education, Ethnic and Racial Studies | South Africa, United States | Dissertation | 2018 |
Black British Women's Writing on Postwar Migration and the Migratory Subject | Ijeoma Odoh | Immigration / Migration, Literature | United Kingdom | Dissertation | 2018 |
Zimbabwe’s Land and Resettlement Program: Assessing the Public Policy Impact on the Economy | Crystal Biobelemoye Oluwadamilare | Economics, Land Tenure, Public Policy | Zimbabwe | Thesis | 2018 |
Dr. John Henrik Clarke and the Significance of the Black Self-Educated Intellectuals in the African World: A Case Study of a Self-Made Scholar | Gordon Keith Allen | Pan-Africanism, Sociology | United States | Dissertation | 2018 |
Secondary Education in Northern Uganda and Its Impact on Transformative Gender-Integration Amongst the Lango: A Socio-cultural Analysis of the Challenges of Male Engagement in Rural Development | Loy Loggosse Azalia | Development, Education, Gender Studies, Sociology | Uganda | Dissertation | 2018 |
The Globalization and Foreignization of Indigenous Landscapes: Gender, Agrofuels and Ecological Transformation Among Dagomba Communities of the Northern Savannah of Ghana, 2004-2017 | Bathsheba Felice Bryant-Tarpeh | Culture, Environmental Studies, Foreign Policy, Gender Studies, Globalization | Ghana | Dissertation | 2018 |
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 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 |
“An Analysis of Women’s Participation: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa | Tasha Reid Hippolyte | Conflict Resolution, Gender Studies, Sociology | South Africa | Dissertation | 2018 |
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 |
Generations in Conversation: Historical Memory and Social Critique in Kenyan Literature | Vanessa A. Oyugi | History, Literature, Sociology | Kenya | Dissertation | 2017 |
Poverty Amidst Plenty: A Case of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria | Ogechi L. Paschal-Ejiogu | Development, Public Policy | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2017 |
Monetary Union and Regional Economic Integration: An Empirical Study on East Africa | Maryam A. Vuai | Economics, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science | Dissertation | 2017 | |
The Effects of Identity Politics and Border Porosity on Governance in Mali: The Tuareg Rebellion, 1960-2016 | Salia Fabrice Zouande | Conflict Resolution, Governance, Political Science | Mali | Dissertation | 2017 |
The Successes and Failures of Ujamaa: A Study of the Impact of Culture on Ujamaa Policy and Tanzanian Development | Gurlaine Jean | Culture, Development, Public Policy | Tanzania | Thesis | 2017 |
The Environmental Discourse of Sassou-Nguesso 2002 to 2012 Rhetoric and Reality | Felicia C. Ross | Environmental Studies, Governance, Political Science | Republic of The Congo | Thesis | 2017 |
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 |
Development and Validation of an Amharic Version Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) and Its Use in the Assessment of Medication Adherence Predictors Among Persons of Ethiopian Descent | Raniya Ali Al-Matari | Biology, Health / Medicine | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 2017 |
Three Essays on Examining Monetary Policy in South Africa | Khalid I. Ali | Economics | South Africa | Dissertation | 2017 |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
Malaria Parametric Model with Applications to the Disease Incidence in Mali and Nigeria | Moussa Doumbia | Health / Medicine | Mali, Nigeria | Dissertation | 2017 |
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 |
Women’s Education and Employment Rights in Egypt: From President Gamal A. Nasser to President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi | Engie Abousarieh Saleh Hamed | Education, Gender Studies, Governance, Political Science, Public Policy | Egypt | Dissertation | 2017 |
Intra-state Conflicts in the Horn of Africa and Their Implications for the Regional Security | Bekele Bengessa Hirbe | Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy, Global Security, International Relations, Political Science | Dissertation | 2017 | |
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 |
Regional Integration, Institutions and Trade Flows: The Case of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) | Aicha Lompo | Economics, Foreign Policy, International Relations | 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 | 2017 |
History Dances: Toward an Understanding of History and Culture Through the Lens of Mande Dance | Ofosuwa M. Abiola | Culture, History, Dance | Dissertation | 2016 | |
Forging a New Africa: Black Internationalism and the Council on African Affairs, 1937-1955 | Alhaji H. Conteh | Diaspora, History | Dissertation | 2016 | |
National Security Challenges: An Assessment of State Responses to Boko-Haram Insurgency in Nigeria | Ayotunde Femi Igbalajobi | Foreign Policy, Global Security, Human Security, International Relations, Terrorism | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2016 |
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 |
The Identity Politics of Nation, Color, Language and Land in the Literature of Nubian Egyptians: Contextualizing Muhammad Khalil Qasim’s Novel al-Shamandourah | Naglaa Fathi Mahmoud Hussein | Ethnic and Racial Studies, Language, Literature, Political Science | Egypt | Dissertation | 2016 |
Emerging Infectious Diseases: Sierra Leone’s 2014 Ebola as a Case Study of Modern Day Epidemic Plagues | Sao-Kpato Hannah Isatta Max-Kyne | Health / Medicine, Public Policy | Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 2016 |
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 |
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 |
Transformations in Art Production and Exhibition in Egypt From 1980 to 2014 | Sarah Kristine Sharp | Art History, Fine Arts | Egypt | Dissertation | 2016 |
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 |
Afro-Islamic Philosophy, Black Liberation and the Intellectual Efforts of Blacks to lead Meaningful Lives in American Society | Jasmine Underwood | Religion / Theology, Sociology | United States | Thesis | 2015 |
Human Security and Grassroots Development: Case Studies from Kenya and Ethiopia | Fikre Debela | Development, Human Security | Ethiopia, Kenya | Thesis | 2015 |
Determinants of Effective Development Aid in Africa: Examining the Impact of International Assistance in Rwanda | Shirley Pierre | Development, Humanitarianism, International Relations, NGOs / International / Intergovernmental Organizations | Rwanda | Thesis | 2015 |