This paper aims to understand how the significant out-migration of men from small-town Senegal influences the marriage process and resulting conjugal life, specifically in reference to those left-behind. To address this objective, a case study approach is utilized focusing on th…
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This dissertation engages questions about the intersection of the global agenda to help poor countries progress with those countries' own efforts to improve their citizens' wellbeing. Specifically, I integrate statistical modeling techniques with fieldwork and original data on n…
In my doctoral dissertation, I discuss and explore notions of the literary and literary form in postcolonial studies. Beginning with a focus on recent expressions of unease about the theoretical paradigms through which the postcolonial perspective responds to literary texts, I d…
This dissertation examines the first generation of Sahélien filmmakers, their films, and the broader Sahélien film industry as mechanisms of change in the Sahel—in particular in Senegal, Mali, and Niger—from the time of independence to circa 1980. This dissertation considers the…
This research aimed to assess the effects of economic status (ES), ideation and social interaction regarding family planning on fertility levels, fertility change, and women's fertility intentions in Ghana, Kenya and Senegal. Specifically, it aimed to determine (a) the relative …
The dissertation examines the recent trend in several African states toward the use of more local languages in early education, a curious phenomenon given empirical and historical preference for linguistic homogeneity in state-building. The explanation for these recent changes r…
Depuis le début des années 1990, Internet a mobilisé les êtres humains à travers des discours théoriques et institutionnels qui lui sont dédiés. Ces discours autant optimistes que critiques ont cherché à présenter les conséquences de l'avènement d'Internet dans la société modern…
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 …
Muslim communities developing around charismatic Sufi marabouts in twentieth-century West Africa represented the fruition of enduring values concerning the carrying of sacred knowledge in the bodily presence of Muslim scholars. Muslim mystics were not ahistorical constants in th…
This dissertation demonstrates how Glissant's theory of Relation is imagined within the contemporary African novel. Particular attention has been paid to novels by Abdourahman A. Waberi and Fatou Diome which highlight themes of errantry, migration, identity and belonging. These …
This is an examination of the thematic and formal elements of Ken Bugul's first six books (1982-2005). Fyfe contextualizes this Senegalese female author's works as a literary response to alienation in the post-colonial time period. Drawing on the performance and Wolofophone elem…
This dissertation examines the social history of garbage management in Dakar in the wake of structural adjustment as a lens into the changing landscape of citizenship in this important African democracy. Senegal's capital has been racked with a cycle of garbage crises which peri…
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…