The purpose of this ethnonursing study was to describe, analyze and interpret the culture care beliefs, meanings and practices related to health and well-being of South Sudanese "Lost Boy and Lost Girls" following resettlement in the United States. Leininger's theory of culture …
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Using the literature on persuasion and deterrence, this study assesses the effectiveness of U.S. economic and diplomatic efforts to prevent genocide in Sudan.
Human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a parasitic disease affecting rural populations in up to 36 countries in Africa. Sixty million people are at risk for the disease but surveillance is poor. An estimated 300,000 new cases occur each year with 100,000 deaths.…
While governance has traditionally been the realm of states, new "Emerging Political Complexes," as Mark Duffield calls them, incorporate networks of public and private actors. These networks of governance come in two competing ideal types: a) strategic-commercial complexes, sha…
The question of how immigrant groups become political and how the politics of developing countries are brought to life on the streets of Western cities is now critical. With the onset of major international crises, the influx of foreign nationals and the existence of multiple fo…
The prolonged civil-war and famine in the African nation of Sudan has displaced millions over the last two decades, many of these are women and children. Refugee women who are resettled to the US with their children must make profound adjustments to learn how to live in the Amer…
Civil conflicts in other parts of the world have brought some good in liberating people and in changing reforms. However, with the case of Sudan, conflict has led to total destruction of social, cultural, economical and political structures of the country. It has led to high num…
Using a wider theoretical framework and recognizing the gaps that exist in studying political Islam, this study utilized Social Movement Theory (SMT) in examining the rise of the Islamic Movement in Sudan (1945-1989). Social Movement Theory (SMT) can provide a more comprehensive…
This thesis establishes a framework for analysing and evaluating human rights within the contexts of global, African-Islamic and Sudanese cultural diversity. The normative impact of culture on international human rights is viewed from the perspective that culture is adaptive and…
Throughout its history, Islam has been marked by two trends. The first trend is a literalist tradition, which considers the Sharia laws as expounded in the medieval manuals as the eternally valid and immutable standards of conduct. The second trend is a liberalist interpretation…
Rituals have influenced the definition of physical time and space since the earliest of human settlements. Stemming from social and religious beliefs and traditions, rituals develop as means of expression and fulfillment. This thesis investigates and analyzes this evolution in t…
One of the world's richest collections of untouched archaeological sites is found in the region of Darfur. Prior to its incorporation into the modern state of Sudan in 1916, Darfur was one of the old Sudanic sultanates that stretched in an east-west line across pre-colonial Afri…
Why would a colonial administration, a post-colonial military dictatorship, a democratically elected government, a disadvantaged civil society, and a variety of international aid agencies all seek to use their limited resources in the pursuit of building the rule of law? This di…
Among the Hadendowa of eastern Sudan, fertility and motherhood are not simple biological matters. Rather they represent a complex set of contested concepts and practices through which women strive to achieve an ideal reproductive status. This ethnography examines how Hadendowa i…