African and African American Studies Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Black Sound, White Noise: An Autoethnographical Examination of the African American Musician
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Black Sound, White Noise is an autoethnographical examination of the American Music Educational system and the damaging effects its ideologies, practices, and abuses have on the African American student musician. The first ... -
Revolutionary TransNationalism: The Revolutionary Action Movement, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, and the Black Power Movement in the United States and Brazil, 1961-1972
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)This thesis investigates the role of transnational interactions and solidarity as central components to the Black Power movement in the United States and Brazil. Beginning with Brazilian artists and political radicals ... -
No Longer Your Best Black Friend (BBF): The Roles and Expectations of Black Women in Contemporary Television
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)There are still certain expectations held about black women and certain roles that they are expected to fit into. This is heavily prevalent in the film and television industry. This study aims to analyzes the black female ... -
“This Used To Be a Black College”: Narratives of Deprivation and Agency in A Kansas Women’s Correctional Facility
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)In 1897 African-American educators in Kansas opened the state’s second black college as part of a broader initiative to bring educational and economic opportunities to black communities in the wake of Plessy vs Ferguson ... -
AAU Basketball: A Necessary Evil?
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)Too many young basketball players are forced to go through the current Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball system to get the attention needed to continue through the ranks in hopes of accomplishing their dream of playing ... -
Lasting Implications of the Elephants' Demise in Kenya and Tanzania
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of elephant deaths on the livelihoods of the people living in Kenya and Tanzania. The trade of ivory and conservation resistance were examined as the key factors for ... -
Strategic Location and Neopatrimonialism in Djibouti
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)This thesis discusses how Djibouti, a country with minimal resources, survives by using its geostrategic location. The money Djibouti uses to survive is obtained through three revenue earners: The International Port of ... -
The State and Natural Resource Exploitation: A Comparative Analysis of Nigeria and Botswana
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)This thesis compares the role of the ruling elite in national-resource exploitation and revenue distribution in Nigeria and Botswana. It explores the ways indigenous hierarchical (political) structures of the ruling elite ... -
Athens of the West: African American Associational Life in Lawrence, Kansas, 1861-1948
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)This study highlights the various organizations and strategies used by African Americans in a small semi-rural town to resist the institutionalized racism faced in their daily lives. The work argues that the "Free State" ... -
African Athena: Discussions Surrounding Martin Bernal's Black Athena
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)This thesis will explore the various ways in which Martin Bernal's peers received the first two volumes of his four-volume series, Black Athena. In Black Athena, Bernal questions the extent to which 19th-century and ... -
Racial Stressors and the Black College Experience at Predominately White Institutions
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)African American students attending predominately white institutions (PWIs) face a different climate than their white counterparts. This is due to their unique experiences shaped by the multifaceted issues of racism that ... -
Institutional Control of the Armed Forces in Nigeria's Fourth Republic
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)This study examines civil-military relations in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. It aims to determine the challenges of institutionalizing civilian control over the armed forces in the country and the consequences of failure for ... -
“The Sun Do Move” Lloyd Gaines and Lucile Bluford—Interconnected Histories of the NAACP’s Campaign for Educational Equality
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This thesis develops the two, interconnected narratives of two African Americans, Lloyd Lionel Gaines and Lucile Harris Bluford. Specifically, the work explores the two plaintiffs’ attempts for admission to the University ... -
No Readership for Peace? American News Media Coverage of Transitional Justice in South Africa and Sierra Leone
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)This thesis examines how the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Los Angeles Times covered and represented the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Special ... -
LAND REFORM IN NAMIBIA: AN ANALYSIS OF MEDIA COVERAGE
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)The highly inequitable land ownership that resulted from nearly a century of colonization is an important socio-economic issue that must be overcome in order to ensure Namibia's long-term stability and success. The media ... -
An Existential Reflection on Suffering in James Baldwin's Just Above My Head and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)By examining the suffering and by extension the trauma that are experienced in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye (1970), and James Baldwin's Just Above My Head (1979) I propose the question raised by DuBois nearly a century ... -
Where Is Jill Scott?: The Significance of Cultural Mulattoes on Disrupting Class Identity Archetypes
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)The purpose of this work is to demonstrate the occurrence and fluidity of cross-cultural exchanges exhibited through cultural mulattoes. Jill Scott serves as a working example of cultural mulatto characteristics, a person ... -
The "Social Lives" of Tuareg Bracelets and Tent Posts in the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the "social lives" of Tuareg bracelets and tent posts in the collection of the Spencer Museum of Art. My goal is to examine each phase in the "social lives" of these objects from ... -
Belizean Racial Project: A PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION OF A BLACK RACIAL PROJECT
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)This preliminary Belizean racial project connects how Black identity was used as a political platform through a Pan-African framework to overthrow colonialism and neo-colonial aspects of what developed into a contemporary ... -
People and Forests: a case study from Benin, West Africa
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)The purpose of this work is to demonstrate how sacred forests in Benin, West Africa, contribute to forest conservation. Local use of natural resources is well-practiced in maintaining wooded space; the same use of those ...