“Representations of History in African Diasporic Literatures and the Politics of Postmodernism” examines four novels published by African American and African authors in late 1970s and early 1980s. Literary criticism set narrow terms for literary production during these politica…
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This thesis examines my personal experience of human rights violations in Africa, including some stories of my closest relatives. I address the urgent need of respecting human dignities in Africa from the perspective of a victim. As a result of the failures of officials to take …
The field of stock returns and assessing stock returns utilising financial ratios has attracted substantial interest from various stakeholders. In terms of previous research, the role of financial ratios on stock returns has been based on studies in developed markets, with limit…
This dissertation is a comparative study on policy formulation processes of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) approach of three cases in Africa. At the centre of this inquiry are the issues of the replication of the TRC-approach across borders, and the policy formula…
This work attempts to determine the exchange rate policy objectives of monetary authorities in emerging markets and analyze the instruments used to achieve them. The introductory chapter discusses a wide range of issues related to exchange rate policy, exchange rate regimes, and…
Is China a revisionist, aggressive rising power seeking world hegemony or is it a status-quo oriented, cooperative member of international society? Scholars of international relations and Chinese foreign policy produce diverse and contradictory responses to this question. Offens…
The growth in multinational corporations looking to expand and invest in foreign countries, particularly in the emerging markets such as Africa, has grown tremendously. "Africa is already the world's second fastest growing economy after expanding 5% a year in the past two years,…
The focus of this research was to provide a better understanding of the issues facing African telecommunications regulators and policy makers. The problem addressed in this study was the relationship between development in the telecommunications industry in Africa and the factor…
Somali refugees arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa following apartheid’s official end in 1994 and have since established a well-organized “Little Mogadishu” in Mayfair, a suburb just west of the city center, which continues to grow as Somalis migrate to the country in search …
The Internet and social media have become a pervasive part of our global environment over the last few decades, utilized primarily for commerce, communication, and entertainment. The last several years, however, have seen an increase in the application of social media in politic…
Moringa oleifera is potentially an economically important tree species. It has gained interest globally for its multipurpose uses, in particular as a source of nutrition and oil, as well as for its various medicinal properties. Moringa is native to India, Malaysia and the Middle…
The situation in which the Palestinians are living, both within Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories continues to worsen with little end in sight. The exact status of the Palestinians, however, has been the subject of much debate with terms such as 'disputed territori…
South Africa has a ruling dominant party, the African National Congress (ANC), which has been in power since apartheid ended in 1994. In national elections, the ANC has consistently received an overwhelming majority of the vote, even though the majority of South Africa's citizen…
Building on both the current thinking among international development practitioners and the on-going scholarly debate on evaluation capacity development (ECD), this study aims to identify strategies that might help to strengthen national evaluation capacity in a variety of count…
This dissertation traces the efforts of Lemba people to position themselves variously as diasporic Jews and as indigenous Africans in pursuit of political and cultural citizenship in South Africa. Best known for DNA tests that Lemba men participated in to prove their Jewish ance…
The paper shall offer a vigorous debate on the opportunities and challenges of enactment of Beneficiation Law. The term beneficiation has been used largely to mean downward linkages and value addition to mineral resources for the benefit and full participation of the communities…
For decades, cadastral systems implemented within different countries have not provided a meaningful communication between parties involved. This problem has resulted in barriers to cadastral information exchange between different parties within and between different countries. …
This thesis examines the process of creating intercultural theatre and the transfer of theatre from Africa to Canada. I use Patrice Pavis' “hourglass of cultures” as a tool to examine that process, and integrate theories of hybridity, third space, and translation into the analys…
This dissertation describes a participatory evaluation research project conducted by the researcher to evaluate the five aspects of the FutureLinks-South Africa training program conducted in Washington, D.C. and directed by Dr. Dudley Weeks. This case study involved collecting d…