Five College African Scholars Program (en Français)

Five Colleges, Incorporated

Résidents

August 2006

Alfred Babo, Ph.D.
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


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
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


August 2005

Sakhela Buhlungu, Ph.D.
Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Topic: Labour and Liberation: Ideology, organization and leadership in the nonracial unions in South Africa, 1973-2000


Francis Musoni
Curriculum & Arts Education, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Topic: Internal Displacements, Nationalism and Ethnicity in South-Central Zimbabwe, A Case of Buhera District 1950s to 2003


Susan Ntete
English, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

Topic: Transcending the Environment: Stories of learners at a township school


Lynda Spencer
English, University of South Africa, South Africa

Topic: Popular Literature in Uganda


January 2005

Ndiouga Benga, Ph.D.
Département d’Histoire, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal

Topic: Qui peut prendre la parole? Senegal: les citoyens et la vie Locale


Sethunya Mphinyane
Department of Sociology, University of Botswana, Botswana

Topic: The Creation of a Government-led Local Film Production Industry: Botswana Television and Commissioning


Lucien Toulou
Université catholique d'Afrique Centrale, Yaoundé, Cameroun

Topic: Qu'ils viennent au nom de Dieu: Eglise, Pouvoir, et politique d'appartenance au Cameroun


Nada Hussein Wanni
Department of English, University of Khartoum, Sudan

Topic: Culture Identity and Power Relations in Sudan: The Jungle and Desert School


August 2004

Rochelle Lynne Kapp, Ph.D.
Language Development, Centre for Higher Education Development
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Topic: The Politics of English: A Study of Classroom Discourses in a Township School


Elie Ngongang, Ph.D.
Départment de Sciences Economiques
Université de Yaoundé II, Cameroun

Topic: Sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle dans les ménages pauvres au Cameroun: effets induits pour la réduction de la pauvreté


Antoinette Theresa Tidjani Alou, Ph.D.
Department of Modern Literature
Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger

Topic: Critical Perspectives on Gender, Identity and Religion in Contemporary African Literature


Fredrick Ouma Wanyama, Ph.D.
Department of History and Political Science
Maseno University, Kenya

Topic: Local Organizations for Sustainable Development in Africa: A Study of Community Based Organizations and Politics in Kenya


January 2004

Richard Amarachukwu C. E. Achara, Ph.D.
Public and Private Law
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

Topic: The Constitution as Junction of Force and Law: A Re-examination of the Epistemological Foundations for Constitutional Law Study in Nigeria


Hamadou Adama, Ph.D.
Departément d'Histoire
University de Ngaoundéré, Cameroun

Topic: Islam et sociétés au Nord-Cameroun


Mildred Adhiambo Jalang’o Ndeda, Ph.D.
Department of History, Archeology, and Political Studies
Kenyatta University, Kenya

Topic: Nomiya Luo Church: A Gender Analysis of the Dynamics of an African Independent Church Among the Luo of Kenya District 1907-1999


Christine Noe
Department of Geography
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania


Topic: Implications of Involving Local Communities in the Conservation of Kilimanjaro-Amboseli Wildlife Corridor in Tanzania

August 2003

Abdussamad H. Ahmad, Ph.D.
Department of History
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Topic: Slavery in Ethiopia: The Case of Gojjam 1900-1935


Mothokoa Phumzile Mamashela
School of Law
University of Natal, South Africa

Topic: The Practical Implications and Effects of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 20, 1998


Pamela Kasabiiti Mbabazi
Faculty of Development Studies
Mbarara University of Science & Technology, Uganda

Topic: Supply Chains and Human Development: The Milk Industry in Ankole, South Western Uganda


Kennedy K. Mutundu, Ph.D.
Environmental Socio-Cultural Studies
Kenyatta University, Kenya

Topics: Genuine Hunter-Gatherers or Spurious Pastoralists?
Last Hunters and First Herders of East Africa
Problems in the Interpretation of the Later Stone Age/Pastoral Neolithic Sites in East Africa
Conflict and Consensus in Resource Use on the Laikipia Plateau, North Central Kenya


January 2003

Adam Beni Swebe Mwakalobo
Development Studies Institute
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

Topic: Implications of HIV/AIDS on Rural Livelihoods in Tanzania: The Case of Highly Infected Areas in the Southern Highlands


Olusanya Olufemi Osha, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy
University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Topic: And Where is She? A Feminist Critique of Postcolonial African Thought


James Omboga Zaja
Department of Kiswahili
University of Nairobi, Kenya

Topic: Translation in a Post-Colonial Context: The Case of Mariama Ba's So Long A Letter