Fellows

fellows

The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program consists of a remarkable group of fellows — currently 173 and growing. These are individuals who are leading their fields into new avenues of inquiry, finding new forms for community engagement, and undertaking research on some of the most important issues of the day. They also engage leaders in the space of academic research, politics, and community organization.

COHORTS

The Next Generation Social Sciences Africa Program has awarded 150 fellowships to date. Select a cohort year below to view a list of the fellows and their research topics.

2012-2013

Dissertation Completion

    • Benjamin Ajal, Islamic University in Uganda
      "Local Community Participation in Forest Conservation in Mount Elgon National Park"
    • Stephen Akoth, University of the Western Cape
      "Human Rights Modernities: Practices of the Luo Council of Elders in Contemporary Western Kenya"
    • Fabius Alya, Gulu University
      "Access to Justice in Northern Uganda: Restorative and Retributive Justice Discourse in International Law"
    • Michael Ayamga, University of Development Studies
      "Land Tenure, Farm Investment, and Technical Efficiency in Ghana"
    • Bernard Dubbeld, Stellenbosch University
      "Becoming Homeless: Superfluity, Governance, and the Experience of Insecurity in Glendale, South Africa"
    • Cleophas Karooma, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
      "Rwandan Refugees in Southwestern Uganda: Their Attitudes and Responses to Repatriation 1994-2011"
    • Igeme Katagwa, Makerere University
      "From the Bush to the Community: Framework for the Reintegration of Former Child Rebel Combatants (FCRCs) in Northern Uganda"
    • Kathleen McDougall, Stellenbosch University
      "Familiar Present, Familial History: Change, Afrikaner Culture Politics, and the Threat of History Repeating"
    • Eric Ochen, Makerere University
      "Life Beyond the Bush: Examining the Challenges and Opportunities for Reintegration of Formerly Abducted Child Mothers in Northern Uganda"
    • David Olema, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
      'Organized Violence and Mental Health of Families Living in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Northern Uganda"
    • Mathew Senga, University of Dar es Salaam
      "Social Networks and Collaboration in Management of Natural Resource and Protection of Livelihoods: Reflections from Rural Communities in East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania"
    • Verdiana, Tilumanya, University of Dar es Salaam
      "Land Use and Livelihood Changes in the Mount Rungwe Ecosystem, Tanzania"

Dissertation Research

      • Neissan Besharati, University of Witswatersrand
        "Evaluating Effectiveness of Development Institutions in South Africa"
      • Elias Courson, Niger Delta Univeristy
        "The Geography of Conflicts in Nigeria's Niger Delta"
      • Oluyemi Oyenike Fayomi, Covenant University
        "The Diaspora and Nigeria-Ghana Relations (1979-2009)"
      • Peter Jimoh, Lagos State University
        "An Interrogation of Commitment to Conflict-Sensitive Journalism in the Nigerian Print Media Coverage of the Jos Violent Crisis"
      • Emmanuel Letete, University of Cape Town
        "Essays on Political and Economic Institutions, Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Development in Kenya"
      • Godfrey Maringira, University of the Western Cape
        "The Life of Exiled Zimbabwean Ex-Soldiers in South America: Coping with the Repressed Memories of War and Political Violence"
      • Fankie Monoma, Stellenbosch University
        "Wartime Propaganda in the Union of South Africa, 1939-45"
      • Kemi Ogunsola, University of Ibadan
        "ICT Deployment: Readiness and Quality of Service as Predictors of E-Government Services Usage Provided by Selected Government Agencies in Nigeria"
      • Ebunoluwa Popoola, Ahmadu Bello University
        "The Protection of Environmental Rights Under International Law: A Comparative Study of Industrial Pollution Control in Nigeria and South Africa"
      • Eria Serwajja, Busitema University
        "Examing the Land Question in Resettlement: A Case of Post-Conflict Uganda"
      • Gugulethu Siziba, University of Zimbabwe
        "Languages and the Politics of Identity in South Africa: The Case of Shona and Ndebele Migrants in Johannesburg"
      • Samaila Suleiman, Bayero University
        "The Middle Belt in Nigeria: An Alternative Historiography"
      • Comfort Ugbem, Benue State University, Makurdi
        'Dynamics of Identity Construction Among Ethnic Groups in Benue State"
      • Joseph Usar, University of Jos
        "An Economic Analysis of Retail Pharmaceutical Market in Nigeria: Towards Access Expansion and Policy"

Dissertation Proposal

        • Issac Addo, University of Cape Coast
          "Finding Durable Solutions to Refugee Problems in Buduburam Camp of Ghana: Refugees, Ghana Refugee Board, and UNHCR's Perspectives"
        • Rosemary Kinmani, Central University College
          "Communicating for Sustainable Behavior Change: A Process Evaluation of the Anti-FGM Interventions in Tharaka District of Eastern Kenya"
        • Edwin Ngowi, University of Dodoma
          "The Interface between Information and Communication Technologies and Sustainable Agro-Livestock Livelihoods: A Study of Selected Rural Areas of Tanzania"
        • Lukmon Oderinde, Redeemer's University
          "Taxation and the Economics of Oil Investment Projects in Nigeria"
        • Robert Ojambo, Kyambogo University
          "The Land Question in the Socio-Political Conflicts in Bugisu and Bukedi in Eastern Uganda: 1900-1998"
        • Natasha Shivji, University of Dodoma
          "From Merchant Capital to Finance Capital: The Hawala System in Somalia from 1991-2001 from a Historical and Comparative Perspective"
        • Natalie Zahringer, University of Witswatersrand
          "An Investigative into the Institutionalization of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) Norm"
2013-2014

Dissertation Completion

      • Adewale Aderemi, Lagos State University
        "Oil and the Politics of Economic Development in Rentier States: Nigeria and Indonesia in Comparative Perspective 1966-1998"
      • Godfrey Maringira, University of the Western Cape
        "Soldiering in Exile: The Life of Exiled Zimbabwean Soldiers in South Africa"
      • Jean Pierre Misago, University of Witswatersrand
        "Migration, Governance, and Violent Exclusion: Exploring the Politics of Xenophobic Violence in Post-Apartheid South Africa"
      • Kalyango Ronald Sebba, Makerere University
        "Returning Home: Gender and Choice among IDPs in Northern Ghana"
      • Eria Serwajja, Busitema University
        "Examining the Land Question in Resettlement: A Case of Post-Conflict Northern Uganda"
      • Samaila Suleiman, Bayero University, Kano
        "The Nigerian History Machine: Institutional Practices and the Production of Middle Belt Historical Discourse"
      • Comfort Ugbem, Benue State University, Makurdi
        "The Dynamics of Identity Construction Among Ethnic Groups in Benue State"
      • James Wasike Mangeni, Makerere University
        "Cultural Understandings of Mental Illness in a Fragile Context: A Critical Ethnography of Karamoja, Uganda"
      • Longi Felix Yakubu, University for Development Studies
        "Mamprusi-Kusasi Relations, 1902-2000: A study in Inter-Ethnic Conflicts in Northern Ghana"

Dissertation Research

      • Patience Adzande, Benue State University, Makurdi
        "Analysis of the Determinants of Crime Pattern in Makurdi Town"
      • Ngozi Emeka-Nwobia, Enonyi State University, Abakaliki
        "A Pragmatic Analysis of the Perlocutionary Force in Nigerian Former President Olusegun Obasanjo's Political Speeches"
      • Siphokazi Magadla, Rhodes University
        "The 'Combative Mother' and the Aftermath of Liberation: Narrow and Broader Implications of the Integration of Female Ex-Combatants for the Process of Demobilization in Post-Apartheid South Africa"
      • Iddy Magoti, University of Dar es Salaam
        "Ethnic Identity and the State: The Dynamics of Intra- and Inter- Ethnic Relations in Mara River Basin, 1900-2010"
      • Lindiwe Makhunga, University of Witswatersrand
        "Examining the Parliamentary Politics of Women's Presence in Post-Genocide Rwanda and Post-Apartheid South Africa"
      • Richard Mbunda, University of Dar es Salaam
        "Peasant Agriculture and the Quest for Food Sovereignty in Tanzania"
      • Uche Okpara, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
        "Climate Change, Water Resources, and Conflict: Evidence and Proposed Policy Responses"
      • Muazu Shehu, Gombe State University
        "Religion and Land Degradation in Northeast Nigeria"

Dissertation Proposal

      • Ishaq Alhassan, University of Ghana, Legon
        "Participatory Local Development Planning in Ghana, 1996-2010"
      • Kwasi Amakye-Boateng, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
        "State Legitimacy, Political Conflict, and Democratization"
      • Scholastica Atata, University of Ibadan
        "Biafra Renaissance and Development in Democratizing Southeastern Nigeria"
      • Umesh Bawa, University of the Western Cape
        "Using Photovoice to Elicit Young People's Representations of Peace and Security in their Communities"
      • Elgidius Ichumbaki Bwinabona, University of Dar es Salaam
        "Built Heritage Assets as part of the Current Environmental Landscape: The Case of Central Coastal Tanzania"
      • Prudence Byambwenu, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
        "Land Rights and Food Security in Uganda: Assessing the Influence of Women's Land Rights on Food Security in Bushenyi District"
      • Edmore Chitukutuku, University of Witswatersrand
        "Rebuilding and Reliving Memories of Militia bases of Political Violence in Zimbabwe: The Search for Political Legitimacy and the Making of History in Post- 2000 Crisis"
      • Yaliwe Clarke, University of Cape Town
        "Feminist Notions of Peace and Security: Experiences of Women's Rights Activists in Uganda
      • Mary Ejang, Gulu University
        "Social Networks and Rural Livelihood Patterns in the Post-Conflict Northern Uganda"
      • Akin Iwilade, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife
        "Civil Society and the Democratization of Regional Security Governance in West Africa"
      • Idris Jamo, Ahmadu Bello University
        "Local Government and Service Delivery: A Study of Selected Local Governments in North Western Nigeria"
      • Miraji Kitigwa, The Open University of Tanzania
        "Different 'Terrorisms,' Different 'Wars,' on Terror: Why Tanzania Does Not Take Part in a War Against Somalia's Al-Shabaab"
      • Simangele Mayisela, University of Witswatersrand
        "Corporal Punishment: Socio-Cultural Practices and Perspectives of South African Primary School Teachers"
      • Wendo Mlahagwa, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
        "Re-examining Social Reintegration Dynamics of Formerly Abducted Mothers in Post Conflict Northern Nigeria"
      • Mildred Mushinga, University Kwazulu-Natal
        "Dissident Women's Sexualities? The (Un)Making of a New Local Sexual Marketplace: Situating the 'Small House' in Zimbabwe"
      • Abdul-Gafar Oshodi, Lagos State University
        "Political Economy of Sino-Africa Infrastructural Development Partnership: A Study of Nigeria"
      • Madelein Stoffberg, University of the Free State
        "The Transformation of Public Space in South Africa"
      • Nathaniel Umukoro, Delta State University
        "Regime Types, Human Rights Violation, and Conflict Escalation in the Niger Delta, 1993-2007"
2014-2015

Dissertation Completion

    • Patience Adzande, Benue State University, Makurdi
      "Analysis of the Determinants of Crime Pattern in Makurdi Town"
    • Herbert Ainamani, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
      "Traumatic Experiences, Working Memory Functions, and Aggressive Behavior Among the Congolese Refugees in Uganda"
    • Mary Ejang, Gulu University
      "Social Networks and Rural Livelihood Patterns in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda"
    • Ngozi Emeka-Nwobia, Ebonyi State University
      "A Pragmatic Analysis of Selected Political Speeches of Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo"
    • Iddy Magoti, University of Dar es Salaam
      "Ethnic Identity and the State: Dynamics of Ethnic Relations in the Mara River Basin, 1900-2010"
    • Lindiwe Makhunga, University of Witswatersrand
      "Examining the Parliamentary Politics of Women's Presence in Post-Genocide Rwanda and Post-Apartheid South Africa"
    • Mike Mavura, Rhodes University
      "Transnationalism and Re-thinking International Relations in Southern Africa: The Case of Short-Term Cross-Border Migration from Zimbabwe to South Africa"
    • Richard Mbunda, University of Dar es Salaam
      "Peasant Agriculture and the Quest for Food Sovereignty in Tanzania"
    • Felicia Odame, University for Development Studies
      Non-Formal Education and Social Chance in the Nadowli District of Ghana: Reality or Mirage?"
    • Robert Ojambo, Kyambogo University
      "The Land Questions in the Socio-Political Conflicts in the Former Districts of Bukedi and Bugisu in Eastern Uganda: 1990-2007"

Dissertation Research

    • Chidi Amaechi,University of Nigeria, Nsukka
      "Traditional Peacebuilding in Nigeria: The Case of the Umuada (Daughters of the Community) in Igboland up to 2010"
    • Umesh Bawa, University of the Western Cape
      "African Youth Constructions of Safety: A Multi-Country Photovoice Study"
    • Prudence Byambwenu, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
      "Woman Land Rights and Household Food Security in Uganda: A Case of the Bushenyi District"
    • Yaliwe Clarke, University of Cape Town
      "Exploring Feminist Notions of Peacebuilding in Africa; Experiences of Women Activists in Northern Uganda"
    • Harriet Efanodor, Delta State University, Abraka
      "The Impact of Contemporary Globalization Policies on Rural Women in Nigeria"
    • Isy India Geronimo, University of Witswatersrand
      "Policing Sex"
    • Decide Mabumbo, University of Pretoria
      "Understanding the Dynamics of Large Scale Investments in Biofuels in Zimbabwe and South Africa"
    • Simangele Mayisela, University of Cape Town
      "Corporal Punishment: Socio-cultural Practices of Teachers in a South African Primary School"
    • Tsitsi Jane Mpofu-Mketwa, University of Cape Town
      "'Asihlali phantsi!'A Study of Agency Among isiXhosa-Speaking Women Traders from a Cape Town Township"
    • Paschal Mugabe, University of Dar es Salaam
      "To Examing the Effects of Climate Variability on Food Consumption in Tanzania: The Case of the Bagamoyo District"
    • Mildred Mushinga, University of KwaZulu Natal
      "The 'Small House:' An Ethnographic Investigation into Economically Independent Women and Sexual Networks in Zimbabwe"
    • Xichavo Alecia Ndlovu, University of Witswatersrand
      "Sustaining the Unsustainable? Political Institutions and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa's Resource Economies"
    • Madelein Stoffberg, University of the Free State
      "Spatial Transformation and Political Change: Production of Space in Selected Community Centers Built After Democracy in South Africa"
    • Nathaniel Umukoro, Delta State University
      "Regime Types, Human Rights Violation, and Conflict Escalation in the Niger Delta"
    • Nkhaba Jantjie Xaba, University of Stellenbosch
      "A Comparison of Afrikaner Economic Empowerment and Black Economic Empowerment: A South African Case"

Dissertation Proposal

    • Patience Addo, University of Ghana, Legon
      "Effects of Climate Change on Social Networks and Gender Inequality and the Implication for Food Security in Fishing Communities in Ghana"
    • Peninah Agaba, Makerere University
      "Determinants of Utilization of Maternal Health Services Among Refugees in Nakivale Refugee Camp, Uganda"
    • Oluwagbemiga Ajayi, Osun State University
      "Structural Violence in Nigeria: How Religion Depoliticizes Young People and Silences Their Voice"
    • Ndubuisi Ani, University of KwaZulu Natal
      "The Africa Union's Role in Providing African Solutions to African Conflicts"
    • Adole Raphael Audu, University of Maiduguri
      "Political Violence and the Development of Nigeria: A Study of Yobe State"
    • Margaret Ayansola, Adeleke University
      "Conflict Reporting of Conflict Escalation? An Assessment of the Role of Nigerian Press in the Coverage of Religious Conflicts in Nigeria, 1999-2013"
    • Maame Brobbey, University of Ghana, Legon
      "Ghana's Security Burden: Youth Unemployment and Illegal Gold Mining"
    • Anthony Diala, Madonna University
      "Recognition of Living Customary Law in Nigeria: Women's Access to Land Under Customary Law of Succession in Southeast Nigeria"
    • Nkosiyazi Dube, University of Witswatersrand
      "Informal Social Security Systems as a Viable Alternative to Formal Social Security Systems: A Study of Selected Stokvels in South Africa's Gauteng Province"
    • Olugbenga Falase, University of Ibadan
      "The Politics of Forest Governance in Southwestern Nigeria"
    • Azindow Iddrisu, University of Ghana, Legon
      "The Impact of Land Use Change on Food Security in Northern Region Ghana"
    • Sauda Nabukenya, Kyambogo University
      "Uganda's 1995 Constitution and Conflict Management: Challenges and Opportunities of Democratization and Peacebuilding"
    • Leigh-Ann Naidoo, University of Witswatersrand
      "From Intellectuals to Functionaries?: A Brief History of Black Teacher Consciousness in South Africa, 1970-2013"
    • Emeka Thaddues Njoku, University of Ibadan
      "Counter-Terrorism and Civil Society in Nigeria"
    • Oni Ebenezer Oluwole, Crescent University
      "The Politics of Election Petitions in Nigeria's Fourth Republic"
    • Madalitso Phiri, University of South Africa
      "South Africa and Brazil's Comparative Political Economy of Development: Durable Inequalities Under Progressive Social Policy Reforms—The Humanist Imperative"
    • Yusuf Serunkuma, Makerere University
      "Making Biographies in Somali Poetry: Sculpting a Somaliland Identity Outside of Somalia"
    • Solomon Sika-Bright, University of Cape Coast
      "Nature of Maternal Employment and Its Influences on Exclusive Breastfeeding in Cape Coast"
2015-2016

Dissertation Completion

      • Chidi Amaechi, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
        “Traditional Peacebuilding in Nigeria: The Case of the Umuada (Daughters of the Community) in Igboland up to 2010”
      • John Baligira, Makerere University
        “Land Rights and Conflict in Uganda: A Case Study of Kibaale District Since 1962”
      • Edmore Chitukutuku, University of Witswatersrand
        “Rebuilding Liberation War Militia Bases: Reproducing Memories of Political Violence in Post-2000 Crisis in Zimababwe”
      • Anthony Diala, Madonna University
        “Recognition of Living Customary Law in Nigerian Legal System: Women’s Matrimonial Property Rights in Southeast Nigeria”
      • Numvi Gwaibi, University of Pretoria
        “Decentralization and Community Participation: An Ethnography of Local Development and Municipal Politics in Cameroon”
      • Simon Kizito, Makerere University
        “Maternal Mental Health: A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Predictors and their Impact on Infant Growth and Development in Post-War Torn Rural Masaka District, Uganda”
      • Simangele Mayisela, University of Cape Town
        “Corporal Punishment: Cultural-Historical Practices of South African Primary School Teachers”
      • Jacqueline Mgumia, University of Dar es Salaam
        “Choices on Money: Entrepreneurship, Livelihood, and Youth Aspiration in Tanzania”
      • Odette Murara, University of the Western Cape
        “Performing Diversity: Everyday Social Interaction among Migrants from the Great Lakes Region and South Africans in Cape Town”
      • Mildred Mushinga, University of Kwazulu-Natal
        “The Small House: An Ethnographic Investigation into Economically Independent Women and Sexual Networks in Zimbabwe”
      • Sifiso Ndlovu, University of Witswatersrand
        “Ethnic Identity in Post- Apartheid South Africa: A Case Study of Southern Ndebele Identity in the KwaMhlanda Region in Mpumalanga Province”
      • Xichavo Ndlovu, University of Witswatersrand
        “Sustaining the Unsustainable? Political Institutions and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Resource Economies”
      • Lawrence Ocen, Lira University College
        “Reading Monuments: Politics and Poetics of Memory in Postwar Northern Uganda”
      • Kester Onor, University of Ibadan
        “United States Africa Command and Human Security in Africa”

Dissertation Research

      • Bolutide Adefehinti, University of the Western Cape
        “Exploring Child Poverty in South Africa: Incorporating Children’s Views into Child Poverty Measurement via Participatory Poverty Assessment and Quantitative Methods”
      • Toyin Ajao, University of Pretoria
        “Citizen Journalism, A Catalyst for Conflict Transformation in Africa: A Case of Ushahidi Crowd-Sourcing Platform in Kenya”
      • Oluwagbemiga Ajayi, Osun State University
        “Religiosity as Depoliticization: Pentecostalism, Youth, and Structural Violence in Nigeria”
      • Simbarashe Gukurume, University of Cape Town
        “Pentecostal Charismatic Churches, Prosperity Gospel, and Upwardly Mobile University Students in Zimbabwe: Two Case Studies of PCCs at the University of Zimbabwe”
      • Lauren Hutton, University of Johannesburg
        “Interrogating Fragility and Intervention in the Greater Horn of Africa”
      • Bernadine Jones, University of Cape Town
        “From the Miracle to the Mundane: South Africa’s Five General Elections on Television News”
      • Emilly Maractho, Uganda Christian University
        “Media, Women, and Public Life in Uganda: Interrogating Representation, Interaction, and Engagement”
      • Sithembile Mbete, University of Pretoria
        “The ‘Middle Power’ Debate Revisited: South Africa on the United Nations Security Council 2007-2008 and 2011-2012”
      • Emeka Njoku, University of Ibadan
        “Counter-Terrorism and Civil Society in Nigeria”
      • Ebenezer Oni, Crescent University
        “The Politics of Election Petitions in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic”
      • Madalitso Phiri, University of South Africa
        “Durable Inequalities under Progressive Social Policy Reforms—A Comparative Study of South Africa and Brazil”
      • Yusuf Serunkuma, Makerere University
        “Making Somaliland: Poetry, Song, and the Campaign for International Recognition”
      • Thobekile Zikhali, University of Witswatersrand
        “Power and Hydro-Hegemony: Understanding the Dynamics of Transboundary Water Interactions in the Incomati International River Basin and Their Impact on Southern Africa’s Regional Peace and Security after Apartheid”

Dissertation Proposal

      • Innocent Badasu, University of Ghana
        “The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding: A Case Study of West Africa”
      • Frederick der Bebelleh, University for Development Studies
        “Managing Development-Induced Livelihood Vulnerabilities: A Study of Ghana’s Bui Dam Affected Peoples’ Livelihood Changes”
      • Carolé Cilliers, North-West University
        “Intersexed Bodies and Medicine in South Africa”
      • Noleen Leach, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
        “The Paralegal: Access to Justice and the Transformation of the Legal Profession in South Africa”
      • Irene Mngutyo, Benue State University
        “Street Utilization Patterns and Sustainable Urbanization in Makurdi, Benue State Nigeria”
      • Ruth Murambadoro, University of Pretoria
        “Transnational Justice and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe: A Comparative Study on Tradition-Based Approaches in Three Ethnic Rural Communities”
      • Olivia Nankinga, Makerere University
        “Health Status and Well Being of Children in Uganda: A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Arrangements in Relatively Secure and Post Conflict Areas”
      • Simbarashe Nyuke, University of Witswatersrand
        “Fear of Violence and the Pentecostalization of Everyday Life Among Migrants in Johannesburg”
      • Moses Ohaegbuchi, University of Ibadan
        “Peacebuilding and Social Transformation by Women Societies in Post-Civil War Southeast Nigeria”
      • Phillip Oketcho, Makerere University
        “Ethnic Conflicts and the Dilemma of Ethnic Identity in Uganda”
2016-2017

Dissertation Completion

  • Semeneh Asfaw, Makerere University
    “Youth Politics in Addis Ababa: Towards a Popular History of Revolution in Ethiopia, c. 1950-1974”
  • Umesh Bawa, University of the Western Cape
    “African Youth Constructions of Safety: A Multi-Country Photovoice Study
  • B Camminga, University of Cape Town
    “Bodies Over Borders and Borders Over Bodies: The Journey of the ‘Gender’ Refugee and the Imagined South Africa”
  • Yaliwe Clarke, University of Cape Town
    “Exploring Feminist Notions of Peacebuilding in Africa: Experiences of women Activists in Northern Uganda”
  • Bernadine Jones, University of Cape Town
    “From Miracle to The Mundane”
  • Senzeni Ncube, University of Cape Town
    “Fast Track Land Reform and Social Change: A Case of Bubi District, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe, 2000-2015”
  • Temitope Ogungbemi, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
    “Patterns of Interaction on Boko Haram Insurgency in Online Newspapers”
  • Madalitso Zililo Phiri, University of South Africa
    “Social Assistance in National Social Policy Architectures: A Comparative Study of South Africa and Brazil's Selected Districts”
  • Yusuf Kajura Serunkuma, Makerere University
    “Making Somaliland: Popular Culture, Identity, and International Recognition”
  • Thobekile Zikhali, University of Witswatersrand
    “Power, Hydro-Hegemony and Their Impact on Southern Africa’s Regional Peace and Security: The Case of the Incomati International River Basin”

Dissertation Research

  • Christiana Oluwatosin Akinjobi-Babatunde, Obafemi Awolowo University
    “A Historical Analysis of Nigerian Women Peacekeepers in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in Africa”
  • Haydee Bangerezako, Makerere University
    “Lake communities and hinterland relations: Formation of a political community on Lake Tanganyika in the 19th century Burundi”
  • Yonas Ashine Demisse, Makerere University
    “Developmentalism in Africa: A Geneology of the Ethiopian Developmental State”
  • Isaac Dery, University of Cape Town
    “Ghanaian Men and the Performance of Masculinity: Negotiating Gender-based Violence in Post-colonial Ghana”
  • Olugbenga Samuel Falase, University of Ibadan
    “The Politics of Forest Governance in South-Western Nigeria”
  • Pedzisai Maedza, University of Cape Town
    “Chains of Memory in the Postcolony: Performing Collective Remembering in Namibia and Zimbabwe”
  • Ruth R. Murambadoro, University of Pretoria
    “Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe: A Case Study on Tradition-based Approaches in Two Local Communities”
  • Wellington Mvundura, University of Witswatersrand
    “Operating under the Radar: Rethinking Forestry Plantation Workers’ Resistance & Quiescence in Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands, Chimanimani District”
  • Leigh-Ann Naidoo, University of Witswatersrand
    “Black Student Intellectuals and the New Student Movement in South Africa: The Case of the Rhodes Must Fall Movement”
  • Cecilia Lwiindi Nedziwe, Rhodes University
    “Beyond State-centrism: Informal Regionalization by Gender-based Civil Society and Its Implication for Future Region-building in Southern Africa”
  • Phillip Oketcho, Makerere University
    “Symbolic Identities: Language, Conflict, and Identity Making in Uganda”
  • Marion Atieno Ouma, University of South Africa
    “Social Protection Policy Making in Kenya: A Study of The Dynamics of Policy Transfer”

Dissertation Proposal

  • Bernadette Araba Adjei, University of Ghana, Legon
    “Water Resources Governance in Ghana; Outcomes of Formal and Customary Management Frameworks – Selected Case Studies”
  • Lydia Amoah, University of Ghana, Legon
    “Women, Peace, and Security: A Study of Akan Queenmothers as Intermediaries in Conflict Resolution”
  • Moduppe Elizabeth Animashaun, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
    “Commercial Sex Workers and Gender Violence in Communities Along the Southern Axis of Nigeria-Benin Republic Border Corridor”
  • Alusa Susan Doreen, Murdoch University
    “Acculturation and the Radicalization of Young Women in Kenyan Universities”
  • Aminu Dramani, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
    “Ethnic Conflict Resolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of the Bawku Conflict in Northern Ghana”
  • John Mwangi Githigaro, United States International University, Nairobi
    “The Insecurity Within? Pathways to Youth Radicalization in Kenya's Nairobi and Mombasa County”
  • Joseph Lucky Kidega, Uganda Martyrs University
    “Uganda’s Military Interventions in Sovereign States: An Analysis of UPDF Interventions in South Sudan and DRC”
  • Blessed Magadzike, University of Cape Town
    “Rewriting Post-colonial Representations and Historical Omissions: The Case of Refugees in Zimbabwe's War of Liberation”
  • Sisanda M. Mguzulwa, University of Cape Town
    “An Exploration of Youth Violence Perceived Impact on Young People and The Reaction of the Community Towards Youth Violence”
  • Norah N. Mose, Maseno University
    “Lexical Pragmatic Choices of 2013 Kenyan Presidential Campaign Discourse in Conflict Management”
  • Wilfred Nasong'o Muliro, University of Nairobi
    “Addressing Emerging Security Challenges in Africa: The Relationship between Somalia Peace Support Operations and Organized Crime in East Africa”
  • Sallek Yaks Musa, University of Stellenbosch
    “Military Internal Security Operation: Creating security or insecurity for society? The case of Plateau State, North Central Nigeria”
  • Job M. Mwaura, University of Witswatersrand
    “The Role of Social Media In Protest Behavior and Activism: A Study of Bloggers in Kenya”
  • Patricia Ndhlovu, University of Witswatersrand
    “Understanding the Shifting Dynamics of Resistance and Claim-making in South Africa: A Case Study of Duncan Village 1980- 2015”
  • Ajumeze Henry Obi, University of Cape Town
    “The 'Theatre of the Bloody Metaphor': the Aesthetics of Violence in Modern Nigerian Drama and Theatre”
  • Yahya Sseremba, Makerere University
    “Beyond Class and Ethnicity: A Genealogical study of the social violence in the Rwenzori Region of Uganda”
2017-2018

Dissertation Completion

  •  Toyin Ajao, University of Pretoria
    "Citizen Journalism and Conflict in Africa: The Ushahidi Platform in Kenya's 2008 Post-Election Violence"
  • Innocent Babili, University of Bagamoyo
    "A Novel Theory for Clarifying Successes of Decentralized Forest Management: Institutional Dynamics and Institutional Performance in Babati District, Tanzania"
  • Ernest Bagson, University of Ghana
    "The Place and Space of Informal Crime Prevention Strategies in Urban Ghana"
  • Haydee Bangerezako, Makerere University
    "Lake Communities and Hinterland Relations: Histories of Politics of the Imbo Region on Lake Tanganyika in the 19th and 20th Century"
  • Yonas Demisse, Makerere University
    "Developmentalism in Africa: a Geneology of Ethiopian Developmental State"
  • Olugbenga Samuel Falase, University of Ibadan
    "The Politics of Forest Governance in South- Western Nigeria"
  • Ruth Nekura Lekakeny, University of Cape Town
    "Evaluating Integration as a Means of Fulfilling State Obligation to Address Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls: A Comparative Study of Integration Models in Kenya and South Africa"
  • Tsitsi Jane Mpofu-Mketwa, University of Cape Town
    "'Asihlali phantsi!" A Study of Agency Among isi-Xhosa- speaking Women Traders in a Cape Town Township
  • Ruth Murambadoro, University of Pretoria
    Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe: A Case Study on Tradition-Based Approaches in Two Local Communities"
  • Leigh-Ann Naidoo, University of the Witwatersrand
    "Black Student Intellectuals and the New Student Movement in South Africa: The Case of the Rhodes Must Fall Movement 2015-2016"
  • Marion Atieno Ouma, University of South Africa
    "Social Protection Policy Making in Kenya: A Study of the Dynamics of Policy Transfer"
  • Netsanet Weldesenbet, Makerere University
    "Topographies of Memories: Remembering Asmara through Personal Histories, Metaphors of Place and Time from Ethiopia (1952-1975)"

Dissertation Research

  • Bernadette Araba Adjei, University of Ghana
    "Water Resources Governance in Ghana—Outcomes of Formal and Customary Management Frameworks"
  • Patricia Serwaa Afrifa, University of Ghana
    "Changing Cultures of Care in Ghana: The Commercialization of Childcare and its Impact on Development in Neoliberal Urban Accra"
  • Moduppe Elizabeth Animashaun, University of Ibadan
    "Commercial Sex Workers and Gender-Based Violence in Communities Along Benin Republic- Nigeria Border Corridor"
  • Norah Atambo, Kenyatta University
    "Language, Gender, and Power: The Discursive Construction of the Kenya National Assembly Politician"
  • Innocent Badasu, University of Ghana
    "The Role of CSOs in Preventing Electoral Violence in Africa: The Case of Ghana"
  • Carina Bruwer, University of Cape Town
    "Understanding and Responding to Maritime Trafficking off the East African Rim: Do the Measures against Piracy off the Horn of Africa Provide a Model?"
  • Carolé Cilliers, University of the Witwatersrand
    "Intersex Bodies and Medicine in South Africa"
  • John Githigaro, United States International University—Nairobi
    "Community Based Approaches to Countering Youth Radicalization in Kenya's Nairobi and Mombasa Counties"
  • Safiyya Goga, University of Stellenbosch
    "Clothing and Becoming Muslim in Post-Apartheid Johannesburg: the Politics of Middle Class Women's Distinction"
  • Juma Marmo, University of Dar Es Sallam
    "The Co-existance and Conflicts over Land Use between Farmers and Pastoralists in Kiteto Districts from 1945-2010"
  • Simbarashe Nyuke, University of the Witwatersrand
    "Pentecostal Urbanism? Exploring the Experiences of Immigrants in Johannesburg"
  • Ajumeze Henry Obi, University of CApe Town
    "The Bio-politics of Violence in the Theatre of the Niger Delta"
  • Yahya Sseremba, Makerere University
    "A Historical and Political Inquiry into the Political Violence in the Rwenzori Area of Western Uganda"
  • Albano Troco, University of the Witwatersrand
    "Electoral Politics in Post-conflict Angola, 2008-2017: Furthering Democracy or Sustaining Authoritarian Rule?"

Dissertation Proposal

  • Titilope Folarin Ajayi, University of Ghana
    "Unmasking Invisibilities: Politics of Resistance/ Mobilizing Against Violence in a Militarized Age"
  • Peter Awodi, University of Ibadan
    "Embedding Conflagaration: Large-Scale Land Acquisition, Women's Land Rights and Farmers-Herders Conflict in North-Central Nigeria"
  • Oluwaseun Bamidele, Ekiti State University
    "Securing the Local: The Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and the Struggle against Terrorism in the North-Eastern Region of Nigeria"
  • Stephen Temitope David, University of the Freestate
  • John Mary Kanyamurwa, Nairobi University
    "Citizen Competence and Local Governance in Uganda: the Case of Mbarara District"
  • Nicodemus Minde, United States International Universty
    "Political Parties, Democratization and Constitutional Developments in the Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union"
  • Margaret Monyani, University of the Witwatersrand
    "Implications of Securitisation on the Human Security of Somali Women Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya"
  • Rosemary Nakijoba, University of the Western Cape
    "Gender, Child Labour and Disability Among War Affected Communities in Northern Uganda"
  • Thatshisiwe Ndlovu, University of the Witwatersrand
    "Uluthwala in Rural South Africa: Abduction Marriage as a Site of Contention between state policies, human rights and customary law in rural Kwazulu Natal and Eastern Cape"
  • Evarist Ngabirano, Makerere University
    "Beyond Ethnic Violence: A Genealogical Study of the Bakiga Culture and Politics in Kigezi and the Diaspora"
  • Maxine Rubin, University of Cape Town
    Exit, Voice and Loyalty: A Theoretical Case Study of African States' Behaviour in Relation with the International Criminal Court
  • Aloys Rwehabura Rugazia, University of Capte Town
    "Petroleum Framework for Land Acquisition and Compensation in Tanzania: A Conflict Mitigating Approach"
  • Abdullahi Hamisu Shehu, Ahmadu Bello University
    "Performing Religion in Northern Nigeria: A Study of the Maukibi (of Qadriyya) Religious Procession in Kano, 1958-2015
  • Specioza Twinamasiko, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
    "Oil Discovery and Compensation over Land: Conceptualizing the Risks and Vulnerability of Women's House Hold Livelihoods in Albertine Graben, Uganda
2018-2019

Dissertation Completion

  • Bernadette Adjei, University of Ghana
    "Legal Pluralism and Water Resouces Governance in Ghana: Outcomes of Formal and Customary Management Frameworks"
  • Patricia Serwaa Afrifa, University of Ghana
    "Changing Cultures of Care in Ghana"
  • Christiana Akinjobi-Babatunde, Obafemi Awolowo University
    "A Historical Appraisal of Nigerian Women Peacekeepers in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in Africa since 1962"
  • Irene Anying, Gulu University
    "Legal Pluralism And Customary Land Dispute Resolution In Post War Northern Uganda ‘Testing The Potential Of Plurality In Practice"
  • Innocent Badasu, University of Ghana
    "The Role of CSOs in Preventing Electoral Violence in Africa: The Case of Ghana"
  • Barbara Bugembe Nakangu, Makerere University
    "Understanding Protected Area (PA) Related Conflicts: Re-casting Natural Resources Management in Uganda as a Framework for Centralized Despotic Rule"
  • Carolé Cilliers, University of the Witwatersrand
    "Intersex Bodies and Medicine in South Africa"
  • John Mwangi Githigaro, United States International University
    "Community Based Approaches to Countering Youth Radicalization in Kenya’s Nairobi and Mombasa Counties"
  • Decide Mabumbo, University of Pretoria
    "Understanding the Dynamics of Large Scale Biofuel Developments in Zimbabwe"
  • Pedzisai Maedza, University of Cape Town
    "Chains of Memory in the Postcolony : Performing and Remembering the Namibian Genocide"
  • Esther Makau, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
    "Exploring the Intervention Efforts in Combating Women's Sexual Violence in the Aftermath of the 2007/08 Post-Election Violence in Kenya: A Case Study of Kisumu County"
  • Juma Marmo, University of Dar es Salaam
    "The History of Land Conflicts between Peasants and Pastoralists in Kiteto District; 1945 to 2016"
  • Wellington Mvundura, University of the Witwatersrand
    "‘Operating under the Radar’: Rethinking Forestry Plantation Workers’ Resistance & Quiescence in Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands, Chimanimani District."
  • Simbarashe Nyuke, University of the Witwatersrand
    "Pentecostal Urbanism? Exploring the Immigrants’ Experiences of Violence in Johannesburg"
  • Ajumeze Henry Obi, University of Cape Town
    "The Biopolitics of Violence in the Drama of the Niger Delta"
  • Yahya Sseremba, Makerere University
    "A Historical and Political Inquiry into the Political Violence in the Rwenzori Area of Uganda"

Dissertation Research

  • Alamin Alamin, Makerere University
    "Eritrean National Identity Versus its Constituent Parts: Problematizing the Concepts of 'Beiher' and Village of Origin"
  • Peter Awodi, University of Ibadan
    "Politics of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and the Land Rights of Smallholder Women Farms in North-Central Nigeria"
  • Oluwaseun Bamidele, Ekiti State University
    "Securing the Local: Civilian Join Task Force (CJTF) - a Community Security Option and the Future of Counter-Insurgency in the North-Eastern Region of Nigeria"
  • Aminu Dramani, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
    "Peace Agreements, Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict Resolution in Ghana"
  • Emmaculate Liaga, University of Pretoria
    "The Local Turn in Peacebuilding: Critical Analysis of Peacebuilding Strategies in South Sudan, 2005-2015"
  • Jacqueline Masengo, Makerere University
    "Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda, Lira District"
  • Sisanda Mguzulwa, University of Cape Town
    "An Exploration of the “Crew Members” Phenomenon: Youth Violence in Khayelitsha and Its Influence on Broader Community"
  • Nicodemus Minde, United States International University
    "Political Parties, Democratization and Constitutional Developments in the Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union, 1992-2015"
  • Nasser Mohammed, Makerere University
    "Myth, Memory and Identity: The Re-invention of Tigray as the new External Significant Other of Eritrea"
  • Margaret Monyani, University of the Witwatersrand
    "Implications of Securitization on the Human Security of Somali Women Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya"
  • Evarist Ngabirano, Makerere University
    "Politics and Violence: A Comparative Study of Bakiga Politics in Kigezi and the Politics of Ethnicity in Toro and Bunyoro in Uganda"
  • Abdullahi Shehu, Ahmadu Bello University
    "Performing Religion in Northern Nigeria: A Study of Religious Processions in Kano, 1958-2016"
  • David Tshimba, Makerere University
    "Transgressing the State: An Inquiry into Violence in the Rwenzori Borderlands"

Dissertation Proposal

  • Sani Adam, University of Cape Town
    "A History of the Islamic Book Market in Kano Metropolis 1903-2015"
  • Oluwole Adekola, University of Ibadan
    "Time Threshold and Public Confidence in the War against Terrorism in Kenya and Nigeria"
  • Diskson Ajisafe, University of Pretoria
    "Radicalization and Extremism in United Kingdom Prisons"
  • Adebayo Akinyemi, University of Ibadan
    "Practices and Social Relations Dynamics of 'shrinking' Sacred Waters in Selected Communities of Lagos"
  • Catherine Akurut, Nelson Mandela University
    "Humanitarian Organizations’ Response to Conflict-Related Male Sexual Victimization: An Exploratory Study"
  • Margaret Monyani, University of the Witwatersrand
    "Implications of Securitisation on the Human Security of Somali Women Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya"
  • Chad Brevis, University of Cape Town
    "Communicative Freedom in a Digital Democracy: Political and Economic Resistance to Free Speech and the Rise of Digital Activism"
  • Jojolola Fasuyi, University of Ibadan
    "The Practice and Challenges of Monitoring and Evaluation in a Conflict Prone Region, Nigeria"
  • Flora Hasunga, The Open University of Tanzania
    "Contribution of Customary Land Titles on Rural Women's Economic Empowerment in Tanzania: a Case of Mbozi District, Songwe Region, Tanzania"
  • Anne Jepkemboi, Makerere University
    "Plantation Agriculture and Socio-economic Development in Busoga Sub-region, Eastern Uganda 1910-2012: A Historical Perspective"
  • Furaha Julius, University of Dar es Salaam
    "A Study on the Changing Trend of Minerals Resource Governance in Tanzania"
  • Salma Khatibu, The University of Dodoma
    "Implication of Climate Services for Smallholder Farmers Adaptation and Resilience in Semi-Arid Areas of Rural Communities in Tanzania"
  • Chtalu Kiprotich, Kenyatta University
    "Socio-Political Effects of Military Involvement in Domestic Security in Kenya"
  • Claire-Anne Lester, University of Stellenbosch
    "The Concept of Violence in the Official Discourse of Commissions of Inquiry: Colonial and Post-Colonial South Africa"
  • Faith Mabera, University of Pretoria
    "The Responsibility to Rebuild and Jus Post Bellum: Mapping the Normative Discourse on Stabilization in Africa"
  • Makhukwane Malala, University of South Africa
    "Where Did we go Wrong? A Critical Exploration of Humanitarian Aid on the Sex Worker Communities of Gauteng, South Africa"
  • Susan Muriungi, University of Witwatersrand
    "Exploring the Nexus Between Foreign Assistance and Security in the Horn of Africa: Evolving Civil Military Relations in the Fight Against Terrorism"
  • Florence Ncube, University of the Western Cape
    "Migrants and Political Violence in South Africa: The Case of Rwandan Former Soldiers Living as Refugees in Cape Town"
  • Alaba Ogwumike, University of Ibadan
    "Pastoralists' Movement in Edo and Delta States, Nigeria"
  • Sophia Sanan, University of Cape Town
    "Being Dark and Foreign in South Africa and India"
  • Muema Wambua, United States International University
    "International Interventions in Conflict Transformation Processes in Kenya, 2008-2017"