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 ascending | Name | Area of Study | Country | Dissertation Type | Year |
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Farm Production and Resource Use Patterns of Farmers in a Rural Nigerian Community | Robinson Eboigbodin | Agriculture | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1986 |
Excessive Drinking and Alcoholism in the Republic of Zambia | Vernon X. Smith | Health / Medicine | Zambia | Thesis | 1973 |
Evaluation of Large Scale Irrigation and Its Linkage to Food Sufficiency in Nigeria | Ebere Oriaku | Agriculture, Food Security | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1985 |
European Influences on Nigerian Art | Gloria L. Harper | Art History, Colonialism / Decolonization / Post-Colonialism, Fine Arts | Nigeria | Thesis | 1970 |
Ethnic and Transnational Identities in the Diaspora: A Phenomenological Study of Second-Generation Igbo-American Young Adults | Uchenna A. Onuzulike | Communications and Media, Culture, Diaspora, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Youth | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2014 |
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 |
Ethiopia's Foreign Relations with Israel: 1955-1998 | Jennifer Ann Joyce | Foreign Policy, Political Science | Ethiopia, Israel | Thesis | 2000 |
Ethiopia and Social Change: A Philosophical Assessment | Abiy Tsegaye | Philosophy, Sociology | Ethiopia | Dissertation | 1999 |
Ethio-Somalia Territorial Dispute: A Case Study of Geo-Political Confrontation | Peter Gabriel | Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy, Geography, International Relations, Political Science | Ethiopia, Somalia | Thesis | 1972 |
Eritrea and Ethiopia: A Case Study of Self-determination in the Post-Colonial Africa | Meron Agonafer | Colonialism / Decolonization / Post-Colonialism, Political Science | Eritrea, Ethiopia | Thesis | 1996 |
Environmental and Energy Conservation in Zimbabwe | Yodit G. Kassaye | Energy, Environmental Studies | Zimbabwe | Thesis | 1999 |
Environment and Life-Style, A Case Study: The Impact of the Aswan High Dam on Egyptian Rice Production | Samy A. Musa | Environmental Studies, Food Security | Egypt | Thesis | 1984 |
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 |
Energy as An Instrument of Power in Nigeria Foreign Policy, 1960-1979 | Veronica Nmoma | Energy, Foreign Policy | Nigeria | Dissertation | 1984 |
Encounters, Identities, and Religious Struggle: The Roots of the Revival Churches of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Congos | George Imongo Kintiba | History, Religion / Theology | Democratic Republic of The Congo, Republic of The Congo | Dissertation | 2014 |
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 |
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 | |
Egyptian Society in Transition: A Sociological Study Concerning the Change in Class Structure Since the 1952 Revolution | Galal A. Badr | Political Science, Sociology | Egypt | Thesis | 1969 |
Educational Development Policy in Africa: A Case Study of Egypt (1952-1974) | Mohamed T. R. Hamada | Development, Education, Youth | Egypt | Thesis | 1989 |
Education: An Indispensable Element of the Congo Economic Infrastructure | Trippe-Andre Manenga | Economics, Education, Political Science | Democratic Republic of The Congo | Thesis | 1968 |
Education in Malawi | Betty Wilbert | Education | Malawi | Thesis | 1966 |
Education for Development: Educational Policy, Planning, and Management in Tanzania, 1967-1987 | Linda Byrd-Johnson | Development, Education, Youth | Tanzania | Dissertation | 1992 |
Education for African Development; Elites, School Leavers and Drop-Outs and their Effect on Nation-Building | Mary Steven Sandrock | Development, Education, Youth | Thesis | 1970 | |
Education and Pan-Africanism: A Case Study of Ghana, 1957-1966 | Mjiba Frehiwot | Education, History, Pan-Africanism, Youth | Ghana | Dissertation | 2012 |
Education and Indigenous Knowledge in Africa: Traditional Bonesetting and Orthopaedic Medicine in West Africa | Chika Anne Ezeanya | Education, Health / Medicine | Dissertation | 2011 | |
Economic Impact of Kenya on the East African Common Market | Bernard C. Amadi | Commerce / Trade, Economics, International Relations, Political Science | Kenya | Thesis | 1970 |
Early Portuguese Imperialism in Ethiopia, 1490-1632: Origins, Responses, Consequences | Getahun Dilebo | Colonialism / Decolonization / Post-Colonialism, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science | Ethiopia, Portugal | Thesis | 1971 |
Driving on an Unpaved Road: The Case of the Arts and Film Industry in the Republic of Namibia | Mutheu Maitha Bomba | Cinema, Public Policy | Namibia | Dissertation | 2010 |
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 |
Distinct Drumbeats Katherine Dunham: Dance as Nonverbal Communication and Cultural Understanding | Tamara L. Brown | Culture, Dance | Thesis | 1993 | |
Discourse on Regional Integration in Africa: Towards a Pan African Theory of Authentic Development | Gervais Gnaka | Development, Economics, Pan-Africanism, Public Policy | Dissertation | 2009 | |
Dimensions of Conflicts Under President Moi in Kenya | Bente Brandt | Conflict Resolution, Governance, Political Science | Kenya | Thesis | 2004 |
Development Strategies and Adversities: An Examination of Electronic Waste in Ghana | Janet Jessica Imobisa | Environmental Studies, Technology | Ghana | Thesis | 2019 |
Development of Secondary Education in Ethiopia | Atsede Asfaw | Education, Youth | Ethiopia | Thesis | 1972 |
Development in Government-Sponsored Education in Liberia, 1944-1964 | Barbara C. Patterson | Development, Education, Governance, Political Science | Liberia | Thesis | 1967 |
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 |
Developing a Study Unit of Africa For the Black Primary Children | Betty Owsley | Education, Youth | Thesis | 1973 | |
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 |
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 |
Deregulation Policy and Competition in Nigeria’s Telecoms Industry | Onochie Jude Dieli | Communications and Media, Economics | Nigeria | Dissertation | 2015 |
Decolonizing Research: A Study of the Indigenous Research Efforts of AAWORD/AFARD – The Association Of African Women For Research and Development/ Associacion Des Femmes Africaines Pour La Recherché Sur Le Developpement | Betty Ellerson | Colonialism / Decolonization / Post-Colonialism, Development, Gender Studies | Thesis | 1991 | |
Currulao or Bambuco Viejo: African Creativity and Resistance on the Pacific Coast of Colombia | Verny H. Varela Ruiz | Culture, Diaspora | Colombia | Dissertation | 2019 |
Culture and Development: A Case Study of the National Museums of Kenya and Nigeria | Conchita Ndege | Art History, Culture, Development, Fine Arts | Kenya, Nigeria | Dissertation | 1991 |
Cooperative Liberalism or Competitive Realism in International Organizations in Africa? A Case Study of the Nature of the BRICS in Nigeria, Angola and South Africa | Constance Monique Pruitt | Political Science, International Relations, NGOs / International / Intergovernmental Organizations, Governance, Development | Nigeria, Angola, South Africa | Dissertation | 2022 |
Contributing Factors to the Dramatic Drought in Black East African Theatre | Lawrence Thindiu | Art History, Literature | Thesis | 1970 | |
Continuous-Time and Discrete-Time Models of Cholera Infections in Cameroon | Eric Ngang Che | Biology | Cameroon | Dissertation | 2020 |
Continuity and Discontinuity in Elite Structure in Ethiopia | Shibabaw Yimenu | Sociology | Ethiopia | Thesis | 1969 |
Continuity and Change in The Role of the Twenty-First Century West African Griot | Jane Bernoudy | Culture, Music, Sociology | Thesis | 2004 | |
Continuity and Change in Ghanaian Narrative Literature | Cyprian Rowe | Literature | Ghana | Dissertation | 1973 |
Contextualizing Womanism: Representations of Black Women in the Plays of Athol Fugard and Zakes Mda | Kari Miller | Gender Studies, Literature | South Africa | Dissertation | 2009 |