This dissertation analyzes and interprets Ousmane Sembène's films. As a post-colonial African filmmaker, Sembène is known for the harshly satirical tone of his films that does not leave any aspect of African societies untouched. The recurrence of such themes as national liberati…
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Introduction . Despite the availability of effective vaccines, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) continues to cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. Introduction of Hib conjugate vaccine has been slow in developing countries due to high vaccine cost and lack of …
This dissertation discussed the political movements which took place throughout Africa in the early 1990. Known diversely as the third liberation of Africa or the awakening of democracy, the movements started as students, political activists and opponents, members of the civil s…
This dissertation focuses on the political implications of education in Senegal from 1884 to 1914, a period during which French colonial officials created significant numbers of new schools and reformed existing ones. It asks how the development of colonial schooling in Senegal …
This dissertation examines the representation of Africa in colonial and neocolonial novels and films and alternative representational approaches by postcolonial African novelists and filmmakers. The dissertation asserts that the "Dark Continent" image of Africa was established i…
A study of Beloved (1987), Douceurs du Bercail (1998) and David's Story (2001), novels written by Toni Morrison, Aminata Sow Fall and Zoë Wicomb respectively connects three women writers from North America, West Africa and South Africa. This dissertation will analyze how, as bla…
The aim of our research is to study the changing dynamics of poverty and solidarity in the context of economic crisis in the capital city of Dakar. It is based on qualitative data and a theoretical framework primarily founded on the emergent "sociology of the new African individ…
Piliostigma reticulatum and Guiera senegalensis are two native shrubs that coexist with row crops in parkland systems of the Sahel of Africa. Although permanently green all year around in soil depleted in nutrients and dry for a nine-month period, these shrubs have been largely …
For a number of years, there has been some concern about the status of English at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar (UCAD), Senegal, especially for upper level undergraduate and graduate students in the sciences and technology. This study analyzed the needs of students in the…
Les TIC sont à l'avant garde de l'économie postindustrielle. Toutefois, elles risquent d'élargir l'écart entre les pays riches et les pays pauvres si ces derniers n'arrivent pas à s'insérer dans l'économie du savoir. Comme ce fut le cas pour les universités occidentales, les uni…
Educational development in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries has long been delayed due to weak capacities in the production and management of relevant knowledge. The lack of adequate and reliable education management information systems continues to impede the formulation and …
Cartographic sources tell us 18th century Gorée was a rural colonial outpost with few military structures and three distinct villages of African settlement: Gourmettes (free merchants), Habitants (free persons associated with Company headquarters), and captives. The last group a…
Literary critics note in passing the unmistakable presence of Nature in much African literature; Africanists, likewise, have long acknowledged the value of the environment to indigenous cultures. These two important assessments have yet to converge at a formal textual level so a…
The early 1990s saw the collapse of undemocratic régimes across Africa. Suddenly, where single-party systems, racial dictatorships, or military rulers had offered them no such options before, citizens had opportunities to choose between myriad parties at the polls and to hold th…
This study presents an examination of what has been commonly referred to as Cheikh Anta Diop's Two Cradle Theory. After a review of Cheikh Anta Diop's English-translated works which elucidate the Two Cradle Theory and a discussion of the Afrikan worldview methodological framewor…
De nos jours et depuis longtemps, le rôle central des échanges économiques dans les relations internationales est sans conteste. Certains agents actifs de la mondialisation évoluent dans ce qui est communément appelé l'économie informelle. Cette zone grise de l'économie mondiale…
In this dissertation I examine the behavioral ecology of savanna chimpanzees in Senegal. I test hypotheses related to the effects of the environment on the diet of the chimpanzees at Fongoli, concentrating on their insectivory specifically. Fongoli is the hottest and driest site…
The literature related to world trends in il/literacy has well documented that women's lack of literacy limits their ability to maximize their potential on the individual, collective and national levels, thus leaving them at the margins of their respective societies. Women in Su…
This dissertation demonstrates how external agency participatory programs with village committees and how multi-party competition and rivalries have undermined women's decision making and access to forest resources and land in a rural Senegalese community. Using a participatory …