Five College African Scholars Program

Five Colleges, Incorporated

Fellows 2006

Fall 2006

Alfred Babo
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 Sustainable Urban Agriculture Supplying Urban Markets in Abidjan, Ivory Coast)

Adeyinka O. Banwo
History, University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

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

Bongi Bangeni (hosted through UMass-UCT exchange program)
Language Development Group, Centre for Higher Education Development
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Topic: Exploring the Links Between Writing Development and Identity Among a Group of ESL Postgraduate Students in the Humanities at the University of Cape Town: A Case Study


Anne Mumbi Karanja
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




Nakanike Musisi (Fulbright New Century Scholar)
Makerere Institute of Social Research, Uganda

Topic: The Public-Private Mix in Uganda’s Higher Education

Spring 2006

Olufunke Asake Adeboye
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 Izugbara
Sociology and Anthropology, University of Uyo, Nigeria

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