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 ascending | Name | Area of Study | Country | Dissertation Type | Year |
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The Failure of One-Party Rule in Kenya | Miyoga Wa Mochoge | Governance, Political Science | Kenya | Thesis | 1970 |
The Extent to Which Corruption Has Hindered the Implementation of Economic Development in Africa: The Case Study of Nigeria from 1970 to 1983 | Uzobeyi Anigboh | Development, Economics | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1984 |
The Evolution of Catholic Education and Governance in Nigeria, 1960-2010 | Eucharia O. Madueke | Education, Governance, Public Policy, Religion / Theology, Youth | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2015 |
The European in West African Novels | Huda Karamen | Literature | Thesis | 1968 | |
The Ethiopian Diaspora and United States Foreign Policy Towards Ethiopia | Mesfin Endrias Hailegebriel | Diaspora, Foreign Policy, International Relations | Ethiopia, United States | Dissertation | 2012 |
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 |
The Entrance of Women into Higher Education in the New South Africa: Factors that effect the entrance of Black women into traditionally male-dominated fields of study | Rowena Martineau | Education, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Gender Studies, Youth | South Africa | Thesis | 1998 |
The Encouragement and Operation of Joint Ventures Between American Private Capital and African Private or Public Capital | Sheldon J. Gitelman | Commerce / Trade, Economics, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science | United States | Thesis | 1967 |
The Elite Press, U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa's National Liberation Movements | Asgede Hagos | Communications and Media, Foreign Policy | Dissertation | 1991 | |
The Eighteenth Century Ge’ez (Classical Ethiopic) Manuscript, A Theological Treatise of the Daqiqa Estifanos Monastic Order | Steffan A. Spencer | History, Religion / Theology | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 2010 |
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 Effect of Unemployment on Black Youth in Gauteng, South Africa | Corey William Holmes | Education, Public Policy, Sociology, Youth | South Africa | Dissertation | 2019 |
The Economic Integration of Trade Policy in South Africa: A Case Study of Ethekwini | Nichelle Sylvette Williams | Commerce / Trade, Economics, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science | South Africa | Dissertation | 2012 |
The East African Community: The Progress and Problems of Multinational Economic Cooperation, 1967-1973 | Reginald F. Biddle | Economics, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science | Thesis | 1975 | |
The Dual Economy Model and Industrialization: A Case Study of Nigeria | Gustavus Aluko | Economics | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1995 |
The Distribution of Socio-Economic Resources and Political Power in Ethiopia, 1955-2000 | Kassahun Woldemariam | Economics, Political Science, Sociology | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 2004 |
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 |
The Dialectics of the Ethiopian Student Movement: 1960-1974 | Fentahun Tiruneh | Education, Youth | Ethiopia | Thesis | 1988 |
The Dialectical Process in Modern African Literature: A Study in the Epistemology of Decolonization | Obi Egbuna | Colonialism / Decolonization / Post-Colonialism, Literature | Dissertation | 1986 | |
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 |
The Development of the Use of Swahili as a Lingua Franca in East Africa | Calvin T. Harrington | Language, Political Science | Thesis | 1968 | |
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 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 Secondary Education in Nigeria | Elijah A. Oluokun | Education | Nigeria | Thesis | 1966 |
The Development of Nigerian Federalism 1946-1966 | Victor O. Ajaero | Governance, Political Science | Nigeria | Thesis | 1971 |
The Development of Nationalism in Kenya from 1951 to 1963 | Deanna V. Holland | Political Science | Kenya | Thesis | 1971 |
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 Agriculture & Import Substitution in Nigeria | Bernard Amadi | Agriculture, Development | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1974 |
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 Debt Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Development Dilemma | Paula T. Brooks | Development, Economics | Thesis | 1989 | |
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 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 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 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 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 Climate Change Impact on Crop Yield in Sub-Saharan African Countries Production Function Approach | Mohamed M. Eltayeb | Agriculture, Economics, Environmental Studies | Dissertation | 2018 | |
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 Changing Perspective of Wasa Amanfi Traditional Religion in Contemporary Africa | Vincent Damuah | Religion / Theology | Ghana | Dissertation | 1971 |
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 Central Tanganyikan Trade Route: Origin and Development to 1884 | Melvin Eugene Page | History, Slavery | Tanzania | Thesis | 1968 |
The Causes and Consequences of Igbo Migration to Northern Nigeria 1900-1966 | Charles C. Elegalam | History, Immigration / Migration | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1988 |
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 Bassa Migrants and the Castlike Social System in Monrovia | Matilda E. Cooper | Immigration / Migration, Political Science | Liberia | Thesis | 1972 |
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 Asian Conflict in Kenya | Ng'weno Osolo-Nasubo | Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science | Kenya | Thesis | 1969 |
The Afro-Centric Perspective in African Journalism; A Case Study of The Ashanti Pioneer | Adrienne Manns | Communications and Media | Ghana | Thesis | 1973 |
The African Writer and Social Change: A Case Study of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o | Sidney Walker | Literature | Dissertation | 1984 | |
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 Masking Process: Re-Interpreting Mask and Mas’ in Six Anglophone Texts | Kela Nnarka Francis | Literature | Dissertation | 2012 | |
The Africa Debt Crisis and Endogeneization of Development: The Case of Cameron, 1975-1992 | Dominic Ntube | Development, Education, Foreign Policy | Cameroon | Dissertation | 1998 |