This dissertation studies issues related to the problem of large class size in French-Speaking West Africa with a closer look at the specific cases of the Republics of Togo and Senegal. Statistical reports on school enrollment data from elementary and secondary schools have help…
The study of the League of Nations Mandates System is not frequently explored in the historiography of international history and the history of imperialism. The framers of the League of Nations Covenant created it to supervise the governance of the German colonies and Ottoman te…
This dissertation is concerned with contact phenomena between two languages of distinct branches of Niger-Congo in Togo, Kabiye and Ewe. My investigation seeks to determine the social and linguistic factors (e.g. prestige, pressure, wider communication) that constrain language c…
Following the end of the Cold War, the West African nation of Togo underwent a series of economic and political crises that led to an unraveling of state authority, with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and evangelical Christians taking over the role of governance. Within t…