Five College African Scholars Program

Five Colleges, Incorporated

Fellows 2006

August 2006

Alfred Babo, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Université de Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire

Topic: “Crise sociopolitique, et reconstruction d’une agriculture périurbaine durable pour l’approvisionnement en produits horticoles du marché urbain, cas de la ville d’Abidjan en Côte d’Ivoire”
["Socio-political crisis and the reconstruction of a sustainable periurban agriculture supplying an urban market: the case of Abidjan in Ivory Coast"]


Adeyinka O. Banwo, Ph.D.
Department of History, University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Topic: “Bending the Rule?: Agricultural Production in Colonial Ilorin Emirate of Northern Nigeria, 1900-1939,”


Anne Mumbi Karanja, Ph.D.
Social Sciences, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya

Topic: “Why the provision and delivery of basic services cannot be left to governments alone: the case of Solid Waste Management (SWM) in Nairobi, Kenya”


January 2006

Olufunke Asake Adeboye, Ph.D.
History, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Topic: “Dispensing Spiritual Capital: Faith-Based Responses to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nigeria”


Patricia Anafi
Geography and Tourism, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Topic: “Communication Channels and strategies and the potential role of community members in HIV/AIDS awareness creation and behavioural change in a rural district in Ghana”


Chimaraoke Otutubikey Izugbara, Ph.D.
Sociology & Anthropology, University of Uyo, Nigeria

Topic: “Constituting the Unsafe: Nigerian Sex Workers’ Notions of Unsafe Sexual Practices”