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 | Name | Area of Study | Country | Dissertation Type | Year Sort descending |
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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 |
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 |
Johannesburg: Nationalism, Architecture, National Identity and Law, 1910-1948 | Lindokuhle Mnyandu | Culture, Development, Law, Political Science | 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 |
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 | |
Development Strategies and Adversities: An Examination of Electronic Waste in Ghana | Janet Jessica Imobisa | Environmental Studies, Technology | Ghana | Thesis | 2019 |
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 |
Ethiopian and African-American Relations and the Role of Ethiopianism within the Pan African movement | Kamau Grimes | Pan-Africanism, Sociology | Ethiopia, United States | Thesis | 2019 |
The Great Congress of Black Spirit: FESTAC’ 77, Jeff Donaldson’s United States Delegation, and the Convening of African Reaspora | Loren Jonathan Collier | Diaspora, History | Dissertation | 2019 | |
Three Essays in International and Development Economics | Majed Sulaiman Almozaini | Economics | Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Liberia, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela | Dissertation | 2019 |
Unraveling the Influence of Media: Skin Color Preferences in Youth of African Descent | Renee A. Davis | Ethnic and Racial Studies | United States | Dissertation | 2019 |
Religion, Peacebuilding and Human Security in Africa: A Case Study of Jos Plateau State Nigeria | Canice Chinyeaka Enyiaka | Human Security, Religion / Theology, Violence | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2019 |
Religion in the African Public Square: Examining the Role of Religion in African Women’s Reproductive Rights | Lakeisha Raquel Harrison | Gender Studies, Health / Medicine, Human Rights, Religion / Theology, Sociology | South Africa | Dissertation | 2019 |
The Effect of Unemployment on Black Youth in Gauteng, South Africa | Corey William Holmes | Education, Public Policy, Sociology, Youth | South Africa | Dissertation | 2019 |
Claudia and Assata: Historicizing Africana Women Literature and the Black Radical Tradition | Kimberly Ferren Monroe | Diaspora, Gender Studies, History, Literature, Pan-Africanism | Dissertation | 2019 | |
Currulao or Bambuco Viejo: African Creativity and Resistance on the Pacific Coast of Colombia | Verny H. Varela Ruiz | Culture, Diaspora | Colombia | Dissertation | 2019 |
Gender Equity and Mental Health: Strategic Pathways to Innovative Sustainable Development in Sierra Leone | Alimatu Sadia Mustapha | Gender Studies, Health / Medicine, Development | Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 2019 |
The Global and Regional Impact of Climate Change and Migration on Food Security and Development: A Case Study of Northern Ghana | Abdul-Gafaru Tahiru | Atmospheric Sciences, Development, Environmental Studies, Food Security, Globalization | Ghana | Dissertation | 2019 |
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 |
Steve Biko: The Radical Gospel of Black Consciousness | Traci Deneen Wyatt | Apartheid / Post-Apartheid, History, Religion / Theology | South Africa | Dissertation | 2019 |
Survival Through Memory: African Retentions in Diasporan Cultural Production of Venezuela’s Barlovento Region | Mesi Ecola Walton | Diaspora | Venezuela | Dissertation | 2019 |
Radiative Forcing Properties of Aging Saharan Dust Plumes Entering the Tropical Atlantic | Daniel Everett Yeager | Atmospheric Sciences | Dissertation | 2019 | |
African Art, the Entertainment Business Network and Hip Hop Culture | Omar Akbar Young | Fine Arts, Music, Culture, Sociology | Dissertation | 2020 | |
The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Technology Transfer Into the Ethiopian Manufacturing Industries | Tesfaye Abebe | Public Policy, Economics, Foreign Policy, Technology, Commerce / Trade, International Relations | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 2020 |
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 |
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 |
Continuous-Time and Discrete-Time Models of Cholera Infections in Cameroon | Eric Ngang Che | Biology | Cameroon | Dissertation | 2020 |
Afro-leadership the Path to Development Sub-Saharan Africa: Botswana as a Case Study | Richmond Danso | Political Science, International Relations, Governance, Development | Botswana | Dissertation | 2020 |
The Women’s Forgotten Voices and Building Peace Through a Gendered Lens | Florence Nwando Didigu | Gender Studies, Communications and Media | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2020 |
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 |
Understanding the Nexus Between Climate Change, Environmental Degradation, and Human Security in Mauritania | Darryl L. Jones II | Environmental Studies, Human Security | Mauritania | Dissertation | 2020 |
Capital Goods Imports and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa | Bintou Lingani | Economics, Development | Dissertation | 2020 | |
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 |
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 |
We Are Not Scared to Die: Julius Malema’s Signifying YouTube Rhetoric During the 2019 South African General Election Campaign Season | Tiffany Thames Copeland | Communications and Media | South Africa | Dissertation | 2020 |
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 |