Soil fertility decline has been said to constitute a major cause of low agricultural productivity and a threat to food security in SubSaharan Africa, especially in its ecologically fragile regions. Already nutrient-poor soils, subjected to continuous cropping, wind and water ero…
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This dissertation is the first application of Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) to design of water rates in a developing country. A deterministic net revenue model and its stochastic counterpart were developed and calibrated using data from a financial study and a contingent valuatio…
As globally generated trends of education decentralization and alternative modes of education provision ripple out from national centers, this research examines what is intended by “decentralized” education in one country, how it is perceived by decentralization actors, and why …
This thesis focuses on informal actors involved in urban solid waste recovery. More specifically, it aims to confirm the existence, within these activities, of two distinct fringes based on their access facility. One of them is stagnant if not volutional, and only serves as a me…
This dissertation examines the development of narrative form in 19 th century Yiddish and 20th century West African literature. Engaging with the theory of “minor” literature articulated by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, this study adds to their framework for identifying “mi…
African Literature written in European languages still remains a critical subject among scholars who reflect on the adequateness between the substantial ideas of such literature and its linguistic medium. This book seeks to shed light on the correlation between Senegalese poetry…
Négritude is a condensed form of Western ideologies; yet it is still the basis for any claim of Black/African specificity. However, that specificity is not unique to Black/Africans, but is, rather, part of a wider universal system. At the same time, because racism is one of the …
À Dakar, cet immense marché à ciel ouvert, les femmes marginalisées par les politiques officielles de développement s'organisent pour prendre en charge les problèmes économiques, sociaux et environnementaux à travers les initiatives qui leur permettent de participer à la vie urb…
The overall goal of this study was to better understand the drivers of the expansion of agriculture in rural Senegal, and was attained through research focusing on two major objectives. (1) To determine an accurate approach for modeling the expansion of agriculture in southern S…
The advent of the African woman to literary writing has provided sources of inspiration for black francophone literature. A characteristic trait of feminine francophone sub-saharan literature is the breaking of silence by women in order to affirm their self-liberation. This diss…
The effects of temporary rural-urban migration on health issues in the sending rural African context have largely remained unexplored although circulation is an intense process in this region and migration constitutes an important vehicle of social change. The question addressed…
Carbon sequestration in small-scale farming systems in semi-arid regions offers the possibility to increase local soil fertility, improve crop yields, enhance rural people’s wellbeing, and strengthen the resilience of agricultural systems while reducing CO2 accumulation in the a…
Cette recherch est une reponse a la necessite d'adapter les pratiques formatives aux besoins changeants des personnels du secteur sanitaire, en termes d'aptitudes et de connaissances. En sus des deficiences structurelles que connaissent tous les systemes d'education et de format…
This thesis is based on six-months of archaeological field research in the upper Senegal/Lower Falemme region aimed at reconstructing patterns of social and economic change during the past 1500 years. The target area was a 50 kilometer-segment of the lower Falemme river that was…
This dissertation investigates the effects of alternative methodological approaches on estimates of farm efficiency. A meta-analysis is performed to examine the effects of factors such as functional form, sample size, type of product, number of variables in the model, and estima…
This thesis is a study of the animals and the animal imagery found in the poetry of Leopold Sedar Senghor. Part One examines in detail the signification of each animal group, such as the Felines, the Pachyderms, the Canines, and so forth. Like that of traditional animal literatu…
This paper argues that the Mouride Brotherhood's approach to economic development is an alternative to the external resource paradigm, the dominant model for economic development in low-income countries. The Mouride model is one that integrates the theories of migration, human a…
Griots throughout West Africa have always been thought of first and foremost as “masters of the word,” known for their oratory skills, as singers, praisers, and keepers of oral history. In this dissertation, I show that the Wolof griot (ġewël) of Senegal is not primarily a verba…
Dans mon étude intitulée Place et fonction du conte et de l'épopée dans le théâtre contemporain d'Afrique noire francophone, je me suis penchée sur les nouvelles formes de théâtre apparues en terre africaine depuis la décolonisation. En retenant des œuvres formellement novatrice…