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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Poverty Amidst Plenty: A Case of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria | Ogechi L. Paschal-Ejiogu | Development, Public Policy | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2017 |
Predominance and Diversity of Antibiotic Resistant ESKAPE Pathogens in Leafy Vegetables and Clinical Sources From Gondar, Ethiopia | Cherinet Wondyifraw Yigrem | Biology, Chemistry | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 2021 |
Preliminary Planning Framework for Information Communication Technology (ICT) Policy for African Women | Adryan R. Wallace | Communications and Media, Gender Studies, Technology | Thesis | 2003 | |
Presidential Public Address as Power Maintenance: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Selected Speeches by President Uhuru Kenyatta | Shamilla Amulega | Communications and Media, Governance, Political Science | Kenya | Dissertation | 2021 |
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 |
Protest and Resistance in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1976-1990 | Paul Pressley | History, Human Rights, Political Science | South Africa | Dissertation | 2006 |
Race and Culture Contacts in Ghana and French Equatorial Africa: A Comparative Study | Clytia C. Montllor | Culture, Ethnic and Racial Studies | Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of The Congo, Gabon, Ghana | Thesis | 1958 |
Race Relations: Case Study of the Falashas in Israel | Pamela Kirkland | Ethnic and Racial Studies, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Sociology | Ethiopia, Israel | Thesis | 1991 |
Race, Class and Gender in the Novels of Alex La Guma | Nancy N. Plaatjies | Ethnic and Racial Studies, Gender Studies, Literature | South Africa | Thesis | 1988 |
Radiative Forcing Properties of Aging Saharan Dust Plumes Entering the Tropical Atlantic | Daniel Everett Yeager | Atmospheric Sciences | Dissertation | 2019 | |
Reflection on Black Studies as Human Studies | Charles A. Frye | Ethnic and Racial Studies | Thesis | 1970 | |
Regional Integration in West Africa: An Analysis of the Mano River Union, With a Focus on Sierra Leone | Falla Dominic Lamin | Economics, Foreign Policy, Political Science, Public Policy | Cote D’ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 2015 |
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 |
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 |
Religion as a Potent Factor in Social Stability and Traditional Continuity among the Nilotic Nuer | Isiah Robinson, Jr. | Culture, Religion / Theology, Sociology | Thesis | 1969 | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Representation of Nigerian Women in Nollywood Films | Naomi Brock | Cinema, Communications and Media, Gender Studies | Nigeria | Thesis | 2009 |
Representation of Women in Oral Tradition Literature and Film | Julia M. Landau | Cinema, Culture, Gender Studies, Literature, Oral Tradition | Thesis | 1988 | |
Resource Management in a Stratified Fulani Community | Wendy Wilson | Economics | Dissertation | 1984 | |
Revolutionary Democracy in Guinea-Bissau | Laura Bigman | Political Science | Guinea-bissau | Thesis | 1980 |
Rising Screen: Women Filmmakers, Poetic Politics and the Developmental Cinema Complex of the Rwandan Film Industry,1991-2018 | Camille Ciara Dantzler | Cinema, Communications and Media, Gender Studies, Political Science, Development | Rwanda | Dissertation | 2022 |
Sagesse Negro-Africaine | Pierre Shamba | Political Science | Thesis | 1968 | |
Saudi Arabia Development and Cultural Assistance to Sub-Saharan African Countries, 1975-1995 | Khaled Alghoraiyr | Culture, Development | Saudi Arabia | Dissertation | 2001 |
Saudi Arabian Economic Aid to West Africa: A Case Study of the Gambia and Sierra Leone, 1975-1985 | Mohammed-Bassiru Sillah | Economics, Foreign Policy, International Relations | The Gambia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone | Dissertation | 1988 |
Scattering Texts: Translation of Dani Kouyate’s Keita: The Heritage of the Griot (1995), Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies (2008), and Zadie Smith’s White Teeth (2000) as Edouard Glissant’s Relationality and Diasporization | Desperina Emily Broaster | Literature, Diaspora | Burkina Faso, India, United Kingdom | Dissertation | 2022 |
Science and Technology Policy Formulation and Planning: A Case Study of Nigeria | Angel Batiste | Political Science, Technology | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1992 |
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 |
Secondary-Level Educational Planning For Economic Development in Democratic Republic of Congo | James L. Hope | Development, Education, Political Science | Democratic Republic of The Congo | Thesis | 1967 |
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 |
Self Concept in the Novels of John A. Williams and Chinua Achebe | Gloria Dickinson | Literature | Dissertation | 1978 | |
Senegal: Continuity and Change | Gamby Diagne Camara | Culture, Development, Literature, Communications and Media, Sociology, Globalization | Senegal | Dissertation | 2021 |
Settler-Colonialism and the Development of Settler Ideology: A Comparative Historical Analysis of Zionism and Afrikaner Nationalism until 1948 | John G. Murray | Colonialism / Decolonization / Post-Colonialism, Development, History | South Africa | Thesis | 1979 |
Slaves or 'Black Moors' in Captivity: The Enslaved African Muslim in the Transatlantic Discourse of Islam, Humanity and Freedom | Gadah Saad Algarni | Slavery, Religion / Theology, Literature, History | Dissertation | 2022 | |
Small Farmers in Kenya 1955-1982: Credit, Transportation, and Extension Services | Mueni Wa Muiu | Agriculture, Political Science | Kenya | Thesis | 1991 |
Social Change and the Crises of Religious Politics in Africa: A Critical Review of Christian-Muslim Relations in Nigeria | Jude Chinweuba Asike | Political Science, Religion / Theology, Sociology | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2014 |
Social Progress and Industrialization in Egypt, 1957-1965 | Abdel Mohammed Khalil | Development, Political Science, Sociology | Egypt | Thesis | 1971 |
Socio-Cultural Influences of Courtesy Stigma Among Family Members of Nigerians Living With Mental Health Challenges: A Multi-National Study | Folasade Patricia Akinkuotu | Sociology, Culture, Health / Medicine | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2022 |
Socio-Religious Interaction in Liberia with a Focus on Bassa Baptists | Bradley D. Brown | Religion / Theology, Sociology | Liberia | Thesis | 1973 |
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 | |
Some Economic, Political and Racial Factors in the Development of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | Jewel R. Mazique | Economics, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Governance, Political Science | Malawi, Zimbabwe | Thesis | 1957 |
Some Publications in English on the Yoruba Language Since 1831 | Jeannine S. Clark | Communications and Media, Language | Benin, Nigeria | Thesis | 1963 |
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 |
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 |
South Africa’s Arms Merchant: Armscor | James McWilliams, Jr. | Political Science | South Africa | Dissertation | 1989 |
South-South Cooperation: The Role of Brazilian Investments in Mozambique's Agricultural Transformation | Wheeler R. Winstead | Agriculture | Brazil, Mozambique | Dissertation | 2014 |
Soviet Foreign Policy Towards the Horn of Africa (1968-1978) | Peter Gabriel | Foreign Policy, History, International Relations | Russia | Dissertation | 1985 |
State Breakdown and the Rise of Somaliland, Puntland and Somalia: Understanding the Organizing Principles and Dynamics of Nationhood | Yohannes Haile | Conflict Resolution, Governance, International Relations, Law, Political Science | Somalia | Dissertation | 2012 |
State Failure, Terrorism and Piracy in an Interconnected World: Somalia as a Test Case for the Global Security Concerns of the Twenty-First Century | Christopher L. Daniels | Foreign Policy, Global Security, Governance, International Relations, Law, Political Science, Terrorism | Somalia | Dissertation | 2010 |