2007 BRITISH THESES ABOUT AFRICA Agriculture Auguet, O.T. Theileria parva: inter and intra species interactions in the community of endemic pathogens of African cattle a longitudinal study in South East Uganda. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Das, B. Epidemiology and management of Cerocospora Zeae-Maydis, Causal pathogen of Gray leaf spot of maize, in Zambia. Ph.D., London, Imperial Coll. of Science, Technology and Medicine. Fyfe, J. The impact and outcomes of recent control interventions against trypanosomiasis in eastern Uganda. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Kaare, M.T. Rabies control in rural Tanzania: optimising the design and implementation of domestic dog vaccination programmes. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Lembo, T. An investigation of disease reservoirs in complex ecosystems: rabies and canine distemper in the Serenget. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Msogoya, T.J. Characteristics and mechanisms of in vitro induced variation in landraces of East African highland bananas (Musa AAA East Africa) [Uganda]. Ph.D., Essex. Nalivata, P.C. Evaluation of factors affecting the quality of compost made by smallholder farmers in Malawi. Ph.D., Cranfield. Nying, C. Reading. Phosphate rock dissolution in P-deficient soils of Cameroon. Ph.D., O'Gorman, G.M. Transcriptional profiling studies of trypanotolerant and trypanosusceptible African cattle during Trypanosoma congolense infection. Ph.D., U. Coll., Dublin. Obeng-Antwi, K. Ph.D., Reading. Genetic diversity in maize (Zea mays L.) landraces in Ghana. Osei, K. Nematode suppression and soil improvement potential of some leguminous cover crops in Ghana. Ph.D., Reading. Schoonman, L. Epidemiology of leptospirosis and other zoonotic diseases in cattle in Tanzania and their relative risk to public health. Ph.D., Reading. Simonit, S. Ecological-economic modelling and implications of land use change and wetlands extent on freshwater fisheries: the case of Lake Victoria (East Africa) [Kenya]. Ph.D., York. Takan, J.P. A study on the genetic diversity, sexuality and pathogenicity of the finger millet blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea populations in two East African countries [Uganda & Kenya]. Ph.D., Exeter. von Wissmann, B. Investigating the epidemiology of trypanosomiasis in domestic livestock at the micro-scale in Busia, Kenya. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Anthropology Basell, L.S. An exploration of the Middle Stone Age of Eastern Africa, and excavations at Rambogo Rock Shelter, Kenya. Ph.D., Cambridge. Desta, M.S. Fertility dynamics in Ethiopia: a multi-faceted analysis. Southampton. Ph.D., Gogonas, N. Ethnolinguistic vitality and language maintenance in secondgeneration migrants: a study of Albanian and Egyptian pupils in Athens. D.Phil, Sussex. Hamza, B. Berber ethnicity and language shift in Tunisia. Hutchinson, E. Coll. D.Phil., Sussex. Private loss, public gain: orphans in Malawi. Ph.D., London U. Khattab, I. Mobile phone use across cultures: a comparison between the UK and the Sudan. Ph.D., Brunel. Kimani, M. J. Community-based local capacities for peace in pastoralised areas: the case of Isiolo district - Kenya. Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (Univ. of Dublin). Kituyi, Z.N. Conflict management, sustainable peace and development: the Mbale 1995/96 conflict (Uganda). Ph.D., Warwick. Lado, L. Locating a Catholic charismatic movement in Cameroon and in Paris. D.Phil., Oxford. Lauzzana, L. The politics of local knowledge and communication: Seed systems, gender and development in Dodoma and Singida regions, Tanzania. D.Phil., Sussex. Melo, S.A.S. Connections@ Cape Verde: postcolonial globalisation through the Internet. Ph.D., Nottingham Trent. Parsons, I. Later Stone Age socio-economic variability during the last 2000 years in the Northern Cape, South Africa. Ph.D., Cambridge. Piquette, K.E. Writing, Art and society: a contextual archaeology of the inscribed labels of late predynastic-early dynastic Egypt. Ph.D., London, U. Coll. Porter, A.C.L. The production, distribution, and use of ceramic jar, Type 4100, in South Arabia and the northern Horn of Africa [Eritrea & Ethiopia]. Ph.D., London U. Coll. Saddiq, A. Exploring the link between the dynamics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the practice of polygamy in Maiduguri, Borno State of Nigeria. Ph.D., Liverpool. Stevenson, A.E. An analysis of the Predynastic cemetery of el-Gerzeh: Social identities and mortuary practices during the spread of the 'Naqada culture' [Egypt]. Ph.D., Cambridge. Stolz, Y. Early Byzantine jewellery and related finds from the underwater excavations in Abuqir Bay in Egypt: their classification, production and function. D.Phil., Oxford. Stuhlfelder, C. R. Pride, plague and protest: a comparative study of defiance in AIDS campaigns, testimonies and protest art by affected gay and black African men. Ph.D., Liverpool John Moores. Ugba, A. Shades of belonging: identity construction among Pentecostal Africans in 21st century Ireland. Ph.D., Trinity Coll. Dublin (U. of Dublin). Ukiwo, U.O. Horizontal inequalities and violent ethnic conflicts: a comparative study of ethnic relations in Calabar and Warri, Southern Nigeria. D.Phil, Oxford. Venkatachalam, M. Anlo-Ewe [Ghana]. Slavery in memory: a study of the religious practices of the Ph.D., London, Sch. of Oriental and African Studies. Architecture Amer, A.A. Comparison study of traditional and contemporary housing design with reference to Tripoli, Libya. Ph.D., Salford. Barac, M.J.W. From township to town: urban change in Victoria Mxenge TT informal settlement, Cape Town, South Africa. Ph.D., Cambridge. Bilghit, E.A. A comparative study of Libyan public housing. Ph.D., Salford. Djiar, K.A. War on the Casbah: housing, culture and French colonialism in Algiers. Ph.D., Westminster. Biological Sciences Baldock, K.C.R. Multi-species pollination interactions in a Kenyan savannah ecosystem. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Blanchard, M.L. Locomotor behaviour and ecology of three sympatric lemur species in Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. Ph.D., Liverpool. Blythe, J.E. The stevor multigene family of Plasmodium falciparum [Kenya]. Ph.D., London U. Coll. Brand, R. Evolutionary ecology of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. De Melo, M.F.P. Edinburgh. Bird speciation in the Gulf of Guinea island system. Ph.D., Field, S. Recovery of coral reef communities following disturbance associated with ship-grounding events in the Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Graham, M.D. Coexistence in a land use mosaic?: Land use, risk and elephant ecology in Laikipia District, Kenya. Ph.D., Cambridge. Griffiths, A.J.K. The ex-situ conservation of endemic Seychelles plant species: Impatiens gordonii Horne ex Baker as a case study. Ph.D., Reading. Hockings, K.J. Human-chimpanzee coexistence at Bossou, the Republic of Guinea: a chimpanzee perspective. Ph.D., Stirling. Mackinder, B. A systematic study and phylogenetic investigation of the genus Berlinia (Caesalpinioideae: Leguminosae. Ph.D., Edinburgh. MacNeil, M.A. Robust analysis of reef fish communities [Tanzania]. Newcastle upon Tyne. Ph.D., Mamo, Y. Ecology and conservation of mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni. Ph.D., Aberdeen. Marshall, A. R. Disturbance in the Udzungwas: responses of monkeys and trees to forest degradation [Tanzania]. Ph.D., York. Morgan, D.B. Socioecology of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo. Ph.D., Cambridge. Nowak, K. Behavioural flexibility and demography of Procolobus kirkii across floristic and disturbance gradients [Zanzibar]. Ph.D., Cambridge. Otwe, E.P. Genetic diversity, candidate genes and gene expression in relation to drought tolerance in Ghanaian cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata). Ph.D., Leicester. Pierotti, M.E.R. Origin, maintenance and evolutionary consequences of male mating preference variation in East African cichlid fishes. Ph.D., Hull. Plavsic, M.J. Small mammal responses to fire in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Ph.D., Cambridge. Plenderleith, M. Reproductive isolation, mate preference and aggression in Lake Malawi cichlid fish. Ph.D., Hull. Randle, N. Evolution of resistance to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae [Ghana & Kenya]. Ph.D., Liverpool. Selim, A.E.M. Sedimentation threats to Red Sea corals: an ecological study of reefs in Hurghada Region, Egypt. Ph.D., Hull. Tallents, L.A. Determinants of reproductive success in Ethiopian wolves. D.Phil., Oxford. White, E.C. Ecology of Mandrillus sphinx: Ranging, diet and social structure of a mandrill horde in Lopé National Park, Gabon. Ph.D., Exeter. Wohland, P.N. Ecosystem fluxes in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Ph.D., Leeds. Business Administration Abboud, D.G. Globalization and localization in contemporary advertising with special reference to Egypt. Ph.D., Manchester Metropolitan. Ahadzie, D.K. A model for predicting the performance of project managers in mass house building projects in Ghana. Ph.D., Wolverhampton. Awadelkarim, K.S.A. The development of quality management in Sudan: an empirical study of implementation factors. Ph.D., Nottingham. Azumah, G. E-organisations: forms and strategies in the internet cultural era [Ghana]. Ph.D., Sheffield. Elgammal, W.M.R. National culture and management control in multinational enterprises operating in Egypt. Ph.D., Manchester. Elkassrawy, M.F. Institutions and multinational companies strategies: the case of six foreign subsidiaries in Egypt. Ph.D., Manchester. Hokoma, R.A. The status of manufacturing and quality control philosophies and techniques within the Libyan manufacturing industries. Ph.D., Bradford. Ibrahem, F.El-A. Ph.D., Salford. Factors affecting overseas training in Libyan oil companies. Idemudia, U. Corporate social responsibility and community development in the Niger Delta, Nigeria: a critical analysis. Ph.D., Lancaster. Kavei, G. Corporate social responsibility and human resource development: a perspective from Namibia private business. Ph.D., Manchester. Obeng, B.A. Business development services and small business growth in Ghana. Ph.D., Durham. Ogba, I-E. Organisational commitment in developing countries: The case of Nigeria. Ph.D., Northumbria. Oluikpe, P. Knowledge management in development projects [Niger, Uganda, Senegal]. Ph.D., Loughborough. Owusu, K. A study of factors leading to growth in small firms: An examination of factors that impact on growth of small manufacturing in least developed countries: the case of Ghana. D.B.A., Bradford. Woldesenbet, K. Top-level managers business knowledge in a transition economy: the case of Ethiopia. Ph.D., Open U. Youssef, A.E. The contingent factors that affect the use of performance measurement systems in the Egyptian medium and large sized manufacturing companies. Ph.D., Durham. Earth Sciences Bambury, M.C. Development of a sediment yield model for South East Ghana in the regions around Lake Volta. Ph.D., Aston. Bernau, R. The geology and geochemistry of the Lumwana Basement hosted coppercobalt (uranium) deposits, NW Zambia. Ph.D., Southampton. Briggs, S.E. Structural evolution of the deepwater west Niger Delta passive margin. Ph.D., Wales, Cardiff. Butler, J.J. Reconstructing the Quaternary denudation history of the Orange River basin, southern Africa using cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al analysis. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Cornwell, D.G. Magma-assisted continental rift margins: the Ethiopian rift. Ph.D., Leicester. Ferreira, H.C.G. Post Oligocene sedimentation and salt tectonics of the Kwanza and Lower Congo Basins. Ph.D., Aberdeen. Hammond, J.O.S. Imaging the upper mantle beneath the Seychelles: Architecture of a microcontinent. Ph.D., Leeds. Heiniö, P.T. 3D seismic analysis of sedimentary processes on deepwater continental margins [West Africa]. Ph.D., Wales, Cardiff. Ivanic, T. J. The chromite-garnet peridotite assemblage and their role in the evolution of the mantle lithosphere [South Africa]. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Jones, T.D. The response of low-latitude calcareous phytoplankton to global change through the Eocene-Oligocene transition [Tanzania & Mozambique]. Ph.D., London, U. Coll. Kender, S. Foraminiferal characterisation and taxonomy of Oligocene Miocene Congo Fan deep sea sub-environments, offshore Angola. Ph.D., London, U. Coll. Machado, V.A.G. Sand provenance, diagenesis and hydrocarbon charge history of the Kwanza Basin, Angola. Ph.D., Aberdeen. Mumba, M. Hydrological and ecological changes in the Kafue Flats floodplain, southern Zambia, after dam construction: the case of Chunga Lagoon. Ph.D., London, U. Coll. Ngala, U.J. 4 D delta tectonics: tectonic evolution of the deepwater south central Niger delta. Ph.D., London, Royal Holloway. Opoku-Duah, S. Remote sensing of energy and water fluxes over Volta Savannah catchments in West Africa [Ghana]. Ph.D., Durham. Phoon, S.Y. Application of global circulation model results on hydrological conceptual models that simulate future river flows feeding Lake Victoria, East Africa. Ph.D., Birmingham. Sansom, V. Crustal structure of the NE Seychelles rifted continental margin from geophysical observations. Ph.D., London, Imperial Coll. of Science, Technology and Medicine. Trickett, S.K. Mapping lithofacies within the D/K1 kimberlite pipe at Letlhakane, Botswana: an assessment of petrographic, geochemical and mineralogical indicators. Ph.D., London, U. Coll. Whittle, R.J. Systematics, taphonomy and palaeoecology of selected invertebrates from the Late Ordovician Soom Shale Lagerstätte, South Africa. Ph.D., Leicester. Economics Ackah, C.G. Essays on trade, growth and poverty [Ghana]. Ah Tow, C.W.C. Napier. Ph.D., Nottingham. An examination of Freeport development in Mauritius. Ph.D., Albrechtsen, L. Studies of bushmeat trade in West Africa [Equat. Guinea, Nigeria & Cameroon]. D.Phil, Oxford. Atkins, S.L. Investment decisions and rural poverty: an appraisal of the Lower Usuthu smallholder irrigation project in Swaziland. Ph.D., West of England. Bawakyillenuo, S. Rural electrification in Ghana: issues of photovoltaic energy technology utilisation. Ph.D., Hull. Behar, A. Are skilled and unskilled labour complements or substitutes [South Africa]. D.Phil., Oxford. Boakye, S.A.A. Land tenure and urban agricultural development in Tema district, Ghana. Ph.D., Sussex. Bold, T. Oxford. Economics of informal insurance arrangements [Ethiopia]. D.Phil., Chigunta, F. An investigation into youth livelihoods and entrepreneurship in the urban informal sector in Zambia. D.Phil., Oxford. Cole, O. Petroleum resource management and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa: the cases of Nigeria and Angola. Ph.D., Cambridge. Coleman, S. The macroeconomics of the monetary union of Sub-Saharan Africa, the CFA Franc Zone. Ph.D., Leicester. Edwik, A.A. Oil dependency, economic diversification and development: a case study of Libya. Ph.D., Salford. El-Katiri, M. The role of rules of origin in Moroccan free trade agreements network: Present predicament and future alternatives. 2007, Exeter. El-Shukri, A.S. Non-financial performance measurement in the Libyan commercial banking sector: four grounded theory case studies. Ph.D., Dundee. Ellabbar, K. Capital market and accounting disclosure in emerging economies: the case of Libya. Ph.D., Salford. Hesse, H. Essays on banking and monetary policy. D.Phil., Oxford. Husien, N.M. Financial sector development, savings and economic performance: a case study of Libya. Ph.D., Salford. Kabambe, D.S. An economic analysis of the impacts of international trade liberalisation on smallholder export crop supply chains and producers in Malawi. Ph.D., London, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. Keetharuth, D. Privatisation and liberalisation of the telecommunication sector: a case study of Mauritius. Ph.D., Sheffield. Kganetsano, T.A. The transmission mechanism of monetary policy in Botswana. Ph.D., Loughborough. Lagoarde-Segot, T. Equity market development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: An empirical analysis. Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (Univ. of Dublin). Lee, S.R.H. Nottingham. Impact of Ugandas universal primary education policies. Ph.D., Lindley, A. The dynamics and effects of migrants’ remittances in insecure settings: the Somali case. D.Phil., Oxford. Maravanyika, D. The impact of the internet on distribution strategies of airlines in southern Africa. Ph.D., Nottingham Trent. McFie, J.B. High quality financial reporting: the case of the Nairobi stock exchange. Ph.D., Strathclyde. Mugabi, J. Determinants of customer decisions to pay utility water bills promptly [Uganda]. Ph.D., Loughborough. Mukungu, A.C.K. Monetary integration in developing countries: an assessment of East Africa as a monetary union. Ph.D., Westminster. Mungongo, E.M. Banking liberalisation in Tanzania: the impact in the financing of small enterprises. Ph.D., Cambridge. Mwandumba, G.E. Globalisation, structural adjustment and small and micro-sized enterprises in Malawi. Ph.D., Liverpool John Moores. Olajide-Awosedo, O. Regulatory forbearance, prompt corrective action and the Nigerian banking system. Ph.D., Manchester. Omilola, B.O. The impact of small-scale irrigation development project on poverty reduction in Nigeria. D.Phil., Sussex. Palmer, R. Skills development, the enabling environment and informal microenterprise in Ghana. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Rist, J. Bushmeat catch per unit effort in space and time: a monitoring tool for bushmeat hunting [Equatorial Guinea]. Ph.D., London, Imperial Coll. of Sci., Tech. and Medicine. Solomon, O-A.H. A macroeconomic study of the impact of government policy on the informal sector in Nigeria. Ph.D., Essex. Tanner, K. Networks and economic exchange: The international political economy of the seashell trade between Tanzania and India. Ph.D., Cambridge. Teera, J.M. Tax performance: a comparative analysis and a focus on Uganda. Ph.D., Bath. Thebe, V. Searching for a new rural development narrative: questioning Zimbabwes small-family farm approach to land reform (1980-2003). Ph.D., East Anglia. Valente, C. The land transfer programme in South Africa: impact on beneficiary welfare. Ph.D., Sheffield. Willey, B.A. Household socio-economic status, social support and infant and child growth in urban South Africa: a cohort study from 1990. Ph.D., Loughborough. Wood, S.R. Spatial dimensions of the regional evaluation of agricultural livelihood strategies: insights from Uganda. Ph.D., London, External. Education Abd-El-Aal, W.M.M. Towards practising constructivism in pre-service science teacher education programmes in Egypt, lessons from the British experience. Ph.D., Manchester Metropolitan. Abd-Elhamid, A.S. Behaviour and emotional disorders among Egyptian primary school children: prevalence and risk factors. M.D., East Anglia. Adjoe, C.K. Language policy and planning in Ghana: a monolingual ideology, ethos and discourses in a multilingual society. Ph.D., London, Inst. of Education. Alhmali, R. Student attitudes in the context of the curriculum in Libyan education in middle and high schools. Ph.D., Glasgow. Aljdee, A.A. The vocabulary learning strategies of Libyan university students of English and their vocabulary knowledge. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Areaya, S. The process of curriculum development and implementation in Ethiopia. Ph.D., East Anglia. Asgedom, A. Academic freedom and the development of higher education in Ethiopia: the case of Addis Ababa University, 1950-2005. Ph.D., East Anglia. Bishop, E. Schooling and pastoralists livelihoods: a Tanzanian case-study. Ph.D., London, U. Coll. Boler, T.M. Facing the consequences of AIDS: Orphans, Educational outcomes and cash grants in South Africa. Ph.D., London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Chataika, T. Inclusion of disabled students in higher education in Zimbabwe: from idealism to reality a social ecosystem perspective. Ph.D., Sheffield. Dombo, F. A case study of the quality and relevance of vocational and technical education offered at Zambezi polytechnical college in Zimbabwe. Ed.D, Bristol. El-Sawaf, M.M.F. Educational beliefs development with pre- and in-service teachers using Perrys model: a cross-cultural study. Ph.D., Glasgow. Elmojahed, A.A.A. The impact of using authentic texts on teaching reading in an EFL setting in an English department at a Libyan university. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Emira, M.F.A.M. Understanding Egyptian teachers perspectives on teacher leadership and its relationship with decision making. Ed.D., Exeter. Gouda, A G M M. Using a distance learning network to develop teachers knowledge: a case study in Egypt. Ph.D., Open U. Hammett, D.P. Constructing ambiguous identities: negotiating race, respect, and social change in coloured schools in Cape Town, South Africa. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Hunt, F. Schooling citizens: A study of policy in practice in South Africa. D.Phil., Sussex. Innajih, A.A. The impact of textual cohesive conjunctions on the reading comprehension of 4th year English major students in Libyan universities. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Kamau, A.N. Invisibility, silence and absence: a study of the account taken by two Kenyan universities about the effects of HIV and AIDS on senior women staff. Ph.D., London, Inst. of Education. Lumala, P.F.M. Towards the reader-text interactive approach to teaching imaginative texts: the case for the integrated English curriculum in Kenya. Ph.D., Nottingham. Makoe, M.E.Q. Students experiences and conceptions of learning in a South African distance education context. Ph.D., Open U. Mamabolo, J.M. Rehabilitation through education?: A case study of curriculum perspectives in a South African prison. Ph.D., Birmingham. Mengesha, N. Socio-educational mediation among Ethiopian immigrant Jews in the Israeli school system. Ph.D., Sussex. Mensah, D.K.D. A study of teacher job satisfaction among primary school teachers in the Sekondi-Takor'adi (Shama-Ahanta East) district of Ghana. East Anglia. Ph.D., Mjoli, B.A. Investigating conceptual difficulties: their sources and effects in teachers understanding of distance mathematics materials for upgrading in South Africa. Ph.D., Nottingham. Mose, J.N. Leading from the middle: an analysis of the role and impact of academic middle leaders in the Kenyan secondary school. Ed.D., Leicester. Mouvogny, L.P. Information and communication technology and initial English language teacher education in Gabon. Ph.D., Brighton. Mugisha, B.E.M. Gender and teacher education in Uganda: responses to contemporary changes. Ph.D., Birmingham. Mzee, A.Y. Effective school leadership and head-teachers professional learning in Zanzibar secondary schools: a mixed-method exploratory study of the perceptions of key education stakeholders. Ed.D, Bristol. Ngoepe, M. Continuing professional development and school improvement in an era of transformation: towards schools as learning organisations in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Ed.D., Notthingham U. Nimulola, M.A. A sociocultural approach to the study of young womens re-entry in secondary schools in Mbale district [Uganda]. Ph.D., Bath. Njoka, E.W. Guiding and counselling pupils in Kenyan public primary schools: Headteachers and teacher counsellors role perceptions and experiences. Ph.D., Durham. Nudzor, H.P. Exploring the policy implementation paradox: the case of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (fCUBE) policy in Ghana. Ph.D., Strathclyde. Odinko, M.N. Evaluation of classroom interaction patterns at the pre-primary level of education in Nigeria. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Rarieya, J.F.A. School leadership in Kenya: the lived realities of women heads of schools. Ed.D, Keele. Rondyang, H.W. The role of indigenous languages in Southern Sudan: educational language policy and planning. Ph.D., London, Institute of Education. Sadek Mohamed, S.A. Salford. The use of the L1 in Egyptian EFL classrooms. Ph.D., Salifu, S.S. African Caribbean educational experiences in Preston: a case study. Ph.D., Central Lancs. Sanhueza, C.Y. Three essays on education and development [South Africa]. Ph.D., Cambridge. Simelane, S.S. Perceptions of funding higher education: a comparative study of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Ph.D., Nottingham. Swartz, S.G. Cambridge. The moral ecology of South Africas township youth. Ph.D., Torstensson, G. A. M. Managing the impact of HIV/AIDS in Botswanas education system: redefining effective teaching in learning in the context of AIDS. Ph.D., Leicester. Watuulo, R. Rethinking policy review in English language education in developing nations: the case of Uganda. Ph.D., Portsmouth. Wedgwood, F.R. Aspiration and reality in the teaching and learning of science in Tanzania. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Wright, T.G.A. Education and conflict: border schools in western Uganda. Ph.D., Warwick. Zani, A.P. Continuity and change in Kenyan secondary education since independence, 1969-2004: a study of gender and social inequalities on educational attainment. D.Phil., Oxford. Environmental Sciences Bunce, M.P. Avoiding collapse: resilience and sustainable development in vulnerable small islands [Mauritius]. Ph.D., Plymouth. Kulkarni, G.R. Development and application of a new thermal gradient diffusion chamber to study the ice nucleation properties of inhomogeneous dust aerosols. Ph.D., Leeds. Pasquini, L. Privately-owned lands and biodiversity conservation: analysing the role of private conservation areas in the Little Karoo, South Africa. Ph.D., Sheffield. Vincent, K. Gendered vulnerability to climate change in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Ph.D., East Anglia. Fine Arts Deisser, A-M. Investigating partnership between Local and Institutional Communities for the preventive conservation of cultural heritage in East Africa [Ethiopia & Kenya]. Ph.D., Southampton. Embola, O.K. Contemporary museum practice in England and its potential applications for Cameroon museums. Ph.D., Southampton. Kwami, G.D.A. Kumasi painting 1951-2007. Ph.D., Open U. Nabulime, L.M. The role of sculptural forms as a communication tool in lives and experiences of women with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Geography Abane, H. Sustainable rural livelihoods and womens access to resources in a southern Ghanaian forest community. Ph.D., Leeds. Abdulai, R.T. The operation of urban traditional landholding institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Ghana Study. Ph.D., Wolverhampton. Adepoju, M.O. Land use and land cover change detection with remote sensing and GIS at metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria (1984 2002). Ph.D., Leicester. Agyemang, I. Assessment of environmental degradation in northern Ghana: a GIS based participatory approach. Ph.D., Leeds. Bristol-Alagbariya, E.T. Stakeholder perspective of community participation in petroleum development in Nigeria: role of corporate responsibility & impact assessment in the Delta ethnic minority region. Ph.D., Dundee. Brown, L.T. Collective action among micro and small scale enterprises in The Gambia: exploring the developmental roles of small business associations operating in the Gambian tourism sector. D.Phil, Sussex. Carlisle-Gaye, S. A political economy of small scale business development in Gambian tourism. Ph.D., West of England. Cimatche, L. Managing ecotourism in national parks: a case study of Korup National Park, Cameroon. Ph.D., Strathclyde. Dickinson, J. Placing transnational migration: the circulation of Indian South African narratives of identity and belonging. Ph.D., Leeds. Eguavoen, E.O. Modelling land cover change in Edo and Delta states, Nigeria. Ph.D., Leicester. Garba, S.B. Change in the public space of traditional Hausa cities: a study of Zaria 1804-2004 AD. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Groom, R.J. How to make land subdivision work: an analysis of the ecological and socio-economic factors affecting conservation outcomes during land privatisation in Kenyan Maasailand. Ph.D., Bristol. Hockley, N. Cost-benefit analysis for global environmental issues: with a case study of biodiversity conservation in Madagascar. Ph.D., Wales, Bangor. Kivelia, J. Cultivation trends in the buffer zones of East African rangeland protected areas: the case of Ngorongoro and Loliondo, Tanzania. Ph.D., London U. Coll. Koutra, C. Development, equality and participation: socially responsible tourism through capacity building [Ghana]. Ph.D., Brighton. Kyaruzi, I.S. Business incubation and clustering in Tanzania: a case study of Dar-es-Salaam. Ph.D., Birmingham. Larsen, L. Shaping the symbolic landscape: public monuments in Nairobi, 18991992. Ph.D., Trinity Coll. Dublin (U. of Dublin). Lind, J. Fortune and loss in an environment of violence: living with chronic instability in South Turkana, Kenya. Ph.D., London, King's Coll. Mkwambisi, D.D. Urban agriculture in Malawi: poverty reduction, waste management and institutional barriers. Ph.D., Leeds. Pudsey, A. Sex, soldiers and statistics: new approaches to the demography of Roman Egypt B.C. 259 A.D. Ph.D., Manchester. Sandbrook, C.G. Tourism, conservation and livelihoods: the impacts of gorilla tracking at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Ph.D., London, U. Coll. Tuodolo, O.F. Corporate social responsibility, local communities and TNCs in the oil and gas sector of Nigeria. Ph.D., Liverpool. Vaz Pereira de Silva, J.L. Heterogeneity in explanatory factors for development in the long run: the cases of Latin America and Africa. Ph.D., U. Coll., Dublin. Ward, S. Reconstructing vegetarian dynamics from archaeological cave sites in the western Mediterranean: links with climate and cultural changes [Morocco]. D.Phil., Oxford. Zimmermann, S.E. Somali and Afghan refugees: exploring reactivity and need with case studies of country profiles and interviewing. Ph.D., London, London Sch. of Economics and Political Science. Health Sciences Abubakar, A. Epidemiology of human and bovine tuberculosis in the Federal Capital Territory and Kaduna State of Nigeria. Ph.D., Plymouth. Akpogheneta, O.J. Determinants of the longevity of antibody response to Plasmodium falciparum antigens [Gambia]. Ph.D., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Anderson, S. The role of mutations and polymorphisms in the interferon gamma receptor 1 gene and susceptibility to childhood tuberculosis [South Africa]. Ph.D., London, Imperial Coll. of Sci., Tech. and Med. Ansah, E.K. The effect of reducing direct cost of health care on utilization of health services and health outcomes in Ghana: randomized controlled trial. Ph.D., London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Bejon, P. Clinical and immunological evaluation of new malaria vaccines encoding the thrombospondin related adhesion protein [Kenya]. Ph.D., Open U. Campbell, J.M. An assessment of the pharmaceutical and therapeutic merit of remedies within the Kahun, Edwin Smith, Ebers and Chester Beatty ancient Egyptian medical papyri. Ph.D., Manchester. Colan, A J K. Modelling measles epidemics in high birth rate countries [Niger]. Ph.D., Cambridge. Cordery, D.V. Characterisation of macrophage migration inhibitory factor homologues in Plasmodium species [Kenya]. Ph.D., Open U. Dotchin, C.L. What is the prevalence, and nature, of Parkinsons disease in the Hai district of northern Tanzania?. M.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Elmestiri, F.M. Evaluation of selected Libyan medicinal plant extracts for their antioxidant and anticholinesterase activities. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Gusbi, M.M. Aetiology of acute diarrhoea in hospitalized children, Tripoli, Libya. Ph.D., Salford. Hallet, T.B. Mathematical modelling in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in southern Africa. Ph.D., London, Imperial Coll. of Sci., Tech. and Medicine. Hausler, H.P. Feasibility and cost effectiveness of interventions to prevent tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa. Ph.D., London, London Sch. of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Hemmings, J.M. Infertility and womens life courses in northern Malawi. London, London Sch. of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Ph.D., Ishihara, L.S. The genetic and environmental epidemiology of Parkinsons disease [Tunisia]. Ph.D., Cambridge. John, L. Monitoring the virological response to antiretroviral therapy in Africa [Uganda]. M.D., London, Imperial Coll. of Science, Technology and Medicine. Jones, A.E. Seasonal ensemble prediction of malaria in Africa [Botswana]. Ph.D., Liverpool. Kudzi, W. A pharmacogenetic profile of a Ghanaian population: its analysis and potential uses. Ph.D., Portsmouth. Kunda, J.S. The epidemiology of human brucellosis in the context of zoonotic diseases in Tanzania. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Kyelem, D. Epidemiology and control of lymphatic filariasis in Burkina Faso. Ph.D., Liverpool. Lamberton, P.H.L. Adaptation and evolution of Schistosoma mansoni under chemotherapeutic pressure. Ph.D., London, Imperial Coll. of Sci., Tech. and Medicine. Ling, E.Y.S. Host genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis and malaria in Africa. D.Phil., Oxford. Malik, I.A. Liverpool. Antimicrobial resistance among Enterobacteriaceae in Sudan. Ph.D., Mandala, W.L. Immunological mechanisms that determine why some African children develop severe malarial anaemia while others develop cerebral malaria in response to infection with Plasmodium falciparum. Ph.D., Liverpool. Medina Lara, M.A del C. Adaptation and assessment of health related quality of life (HRQoL) instruments for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Ph.D., Liverpool. Mukadam, R. Drug resistance polymorphisms in African isolates of Plasmodium falciparum and their influence on drug response [Kenya]. Ph.D., Liverpool. Mundy, C.J.F. The development, piloting and evaluation of an essential medical laboratory services package at district level in a low income country in SubSaharan Africa [Malawi]. Ph.D., Liverpool. Mutalima, N. Infections and childhood cancer in Malaw. D.Phil., Oxford. Nagot, N. Impact of suppressive therapy for genital herpes on HIV- and HSV-2 genital shedding among high risk women in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso: the ANRS1285 randomised controlled trials. Ph.D., London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Ngondi, J.M. The epidemiology of trachoma and evaluation of trachoma control in southern Sudan. Ph.D., Cambridge. Njie, R. The effect of acute malaria on EBV: host balance [Gambia]. Birmingham. Ph.D., Okiro, E.A. Transmission dynamics of respiratory syncytial virus within the household and in the community [Kenya]. Ph.D., Open U. Opoku, S.Y. Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behaviour and breast cancer screening practices in Ghana, West Africa. Ph.D., City. Owen, H.J. The effect of orphanhood on the health and nutritional status of children in Zimbabwe. Ph.D., London, Imperial Coll. of Sci., Tech. and Medicine. Pink, R. Molecular basis for maize as a risk factor of oesophageal cancer in a South African population. Ph.D., Cranfield. Siegfried, N.L. Methodological quality of randomized controlled trials of HIV/AIDS interventions with special reference to trials conducted in Africa. D.Phil., Oxford. Simwaka, B.M.N. Strengthening the skills and capacity of the informal community health system to increase early access to tuberculosis services for poor men and women [Malawi]. Ph.D., Liverpool. Slyker, J.A. HIV-1 infection in Kenyan infants: natural history and T cell responses. Ph.D., Open U. Sousa Varanda Preces Ferreira, J.F. A Bem da Nação: medical science in a diamond company in Twentieth-century colonial Angola. Ph.D., London U. Coll. Wringe, A.G. Access to HIV care and treatment among residents of a rural ward in North-West Tanzania during the first two years of the national antiretroviral therapy programme. Ph.D., London, London Sch. of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. History Afrifa Taylor, A.O. An economic history of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, 1895 2004: land, labour, capital and enterprise. Ph.D., London, London Sch. of Economics and Political Science. Alexander, R.A. Leadership in the national movements of Egypt and Iraq 19451963. Ph.D., Exeter. Corrado, J. The Creole elite and the rise of Angolan proto-nationalism (18701920). Ph.D., Essex. Durand, M. Sétif May 1945: an investigation into the background behind the violence of the French armed forces and European civilians circa 1939-1945 [Algeria]. Ph.D., Portsmouth. Elbendary, A. Faces in the crowd: urban protest in late medieval Egypt and Syria. Ph.D., Cambridge. Gange, D. Ancient Egyptian discovery in the British imagination, 1860-1922. Ph.D., Cambridge. Green, T. Masters of difference: creolization and the Jewish presence in Cabo Verde, 1497-1672 [Cape Verde & Guinea-Bissau]. Ph.D., Birmingham. Hynd, S. Imperial gallows: capital punishment, violence and colonial rule in Britain’s African territories, c. 1903-1968. D.Phil., Oxford. Klein, G.L. The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) in Britain and support for the African National Congress (ANC), 1976-1990. D.Phil, Oxford. Okenve Martinez, E. S. Equatorial Guinea 1927-1979: A new African tradition. Ph.D., London, Sch. of Oriental and African Studies. Pollard, E.J.D. Archaeology of Tanzanian coastal landscapes in the Middle Iron Age (6th to 15th centuries AD). Ph.D., Ulster. Prior, C. Constructing imperial mindsets: race and development in Britains interwar African colonial administration. Ph.D., Durham. Sebe, B. Celebrating British and French imperialism: the making of colonial heroes acting in Africa, 1870-1939. D.phil., Oxford. Xekalaki, G. Symbolism in the representation of Royal children during the New Kingdom. Ph.D., Liverpool. Atanga, L.L. Lancaster. Language Gendered discourses in the Cameroonian parliament. Ph.D., Bach Baoueb, S. L. Communication in Tunisian business companies: Arabic, French and English: language choice and code switching. Ph.D., Reading. Ihemere, K U. A tri-generational study of language choice and language shift in Port Harcourt City, Nigeria. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Morapedi, S. The syntax of locative inversion and related constructions in Setswana: an approach to information structure in lexical functional grammar. D.Phil., Sussex. Stapley, K.M.G. A sociolinguistic study of three types of Tunisian Arabic song. D.Phil, Oxford. Tabe, F.A.E. Null subjects in Kenyang [Cameroon]. D.Phil, Sussex. Wagner, E-M. A linguistic analysis of Judaeo-Arabic letters from the Cairo Genizah [Egypt]. Ph.D., Cambridge. Law Burgess, G. Campaigning for womens rights in Ethiopia: the law as a tool for social change. Ph.D., Cambridge. Ilesanmi, O.O. A world of difference: Contemporary theocracies and human rights [Nigeria]. Ph.D., Aberdeen. Kanyongolo, N.R. Social security and women in Malawi: a legal discourse on solidarity of care. Ph.D., Warwick. McLean, K.S. Judicial interpretation and enforcement of socio-economic rights in South Africa. D.Phil., Oxford. Musole, M. Land policy and the urban land market in Zambia: property rights, transaction costs and institutional change. Ph.D., Glasgow. Musumba, L.A. Law in Kenya as a regulator of the state: an evaluation of its efficacy, through an examination of the constitutional review process. Ph.D., Birmingham. Oni, O.F. The problems of title to maritime territory and resources with special reference to Nigeria under international law. Ph.D., Durham. Tonye Mahop, M. Community rights and biodiversity regulations: lessons from Cameroon and South Africa. Ph.D., London, Queen Mary. Wesson, M. Equality and social rights: an exploration in light of the South African constitution. D.Phil, Oxford. Zaid, Z.A. Illegal immigration in international law and practice in selected countries: the case of Libya and Italy. Ph.D., Glasgow Caledonian. Library Science Keakopa, S.M. Management of electronic records in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa: opportunities and challenges. Ph.D., London, U. Coll. Literature Ammari, D.N. Cross-cultural exchanges: Nawal El Saadawi and feminism in the Arab world [Egypt]. Ph.D., Oxford Brookes. Baker, C.A. Enduring negativity: representations of the black African albino in the novels of Didier Destremau, Patrick Grainville and Williams Sassine [Guinea]. Ph.D., Nottingham. Barker, C.F. Exceptional children, disability and cultural history in contemporary postcolonial fiction [Zimbabwe & Nigeria]. Ph.D., Leeds. Cheref, A. The triumph of the muzzled: a postcolonial feminist reading of selected narratives by African-American and Maghrebi Women. Ph.D., Exeter. Deckard, S.G. Exploited Edens: paradise discourse in colonial and postcolonial literature [Zanzibar]. Ph.D., Warwick. Hayes, P. Oxford. J.M. Coetzee and the novel: reading the later fiction. D.Phil., Horrell, G.A. White women in the midday sun: white women and white guilt in southern African postcolonial literature. Ph.D., Cambridge. Materson, J.E. The disorder of things: A Foucauldian Approach to the work of Nuruddin Farah [Somalia]. Ph.D., Essex. McGregor, S.M. Representations of Algeria in selected texts by Albert Camus, Marie Cardinal and Assia Djebar. Ph.D., London, Birkbeck. Mostafa, D.S. Re-cycling the Flâneur: the image of the narrator in three postcolonial novels on the cities of Cairo, Karachi, and Beirut. Ph.D., Manchester. Murray, J. Trauma and testimony in the work of Antjie Krog and Yvonne Vera [Zimbabwe & South Africa]. Ph.D., York. Naher, S. Chronotopic manifestations and narrative discourse: a comparative study of the works of Naguib Mahfouz and R. K. Narayan [Egypt]. Ph.D., London, Sch. of Oriental and African Studies. Yillah, D. Post-war French writings on black Africa: the ambiguities and paradoxes of a cross-cultural perspective. D.Phil, Oxford. Physical Sciences Ashhuby, B.A. Biofouling studies on reverse osmosis desalination of hypersaline waters [Libya]. Ph.D., Sheffield. Chileshe, P. A multi scalar analysis of local responses to shifting paradigms in water management: a case study of Zambia. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Engelstaedter, S. An analysis of the role of atmosphere in modulating desert dust variability: controls on emission and atmospheric transport. D.Phil., Oxford. Mutemererwa, A.M. A nonparametric approach to productive efficiency measurement: an application of bootstrap DEA to gold mining [Zimbabwe]. Hull. Ph.D., Political Science Agyare, J. The politics and governance of GM agriculture in Africa [Ghana & South Africa]. Ph.D., Nottingham. Avi, B.A. Development co-operation between Israel and Ethiopia from an Israeli perspective. Ph.D., Anglia P. Badran, A. Civil society and peace-building in ethnic-national states: a comparative study of Israeli/Jewish protest groups today and white protest groups in South Africa under apartheid. Ph.D., Exeter. Banya, M.M. The political economy of HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone. Southampton. Ph.D., Barltrop, R. Help or hindrance: Mediation and relief in Sudans civil war, 19832004. D.Phil, Oxford. Bergman, R. Cambridge. Israel and Africa: military and intelligence liaisons. Ph.D., Beswick, D. Aid and security in post-genocide Rwanda: the politics of a Donor Darling. Ph.D., Manchester. Bompani, B. African independent churches and the challenge to the state: South Africas first democratic decade. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Carey, M.A. Ephemeral institutions: practical anarchy in the Moroccan High Atlas. Ph.D., Cambridge. Cheeseman, N. The rise and fall of civil-authoritarianism in Africa: patronage, participation, and political parties in Kenya and Zambia. D.Phil., Oxford. Choudhury, S. A study of policy-making in Malawis education sector: the case of HIV/AIDS. D.Phil., Oxford. Dorman, W.J. The politics of neglect: the Egyptian state in Cairo, 1974-1998. Ph.D., London, School of Oriental and African Studies. Emenike, U.E. Reading. Africa, the centre-piece of Nigerias foreign policy. Ph.D., Higazi, K.M.M. Maghrebi integration and Libyas foreign policy: a balance between interests and principles. Ph.D., Lincoln. Hurst, A. Reconciling Rwanda?: (Ir)reconcilable narratives of history, identity and justice at the International Tribunal for Rwanda. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Isima, J. Demilitarisation, informal security forces and public (In)Security in Africa: Nigeria and South Africa compared. Ph.D., Cranfield. Ismail, O. Youth, political violence and human security: a case study of Lagos, Nigeria (1999-2005). Ph.D., Bradford. Jensen, E.G. "Organisational learning in UN peacebuilding operations: efforts at demilitarisation in Angola during the 1990s.". D.Phil., Oxford. Kippin, H.P.W. History, space & place: exploring politics, development and identity in contemporary West-Central Tanzania. Ph.D., Sheffield. Kudamatsu, M. Political economy of development: health as a development outcome, micro evidence, and heterogeneity of democracies and autocracies. Ph.D., London, London Sch. of Economics and Political Science. Masters, L. A multistakeholder foreign policy: dynamics of foreign policy making in post-apartheid South Africa. Ph.D., Leicester. Nakamura, Y. Supporting self-help efforts: CanDo, a Japanese NGO in Kenya. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Nyabuga, G.M. Mobilisation and reinforcement: assessing modalities of internet use in Kenyan politics. Ph.D., Coventry. Oppong-Koranteng, R. Politics of policy-making: case studies of decentralisation policies in Ghana. Ph.D., Birmingham. Polakow-Suransky, S. The unspoken alliance: Israel and apartheid South Africa 1960-1994. D.Phil., Oxford. Smith, A. A dialogic approach to constitutionalising equality: lessons from South Africa and Canada for Northern Ireland. Ph.D., Ulster. Stavrianakis, A. Too close for comfort: NGOs, global civil society and the U.K arms trade [Tanzania]. Ph.D., Bristol. Stewart, A.E. The pipe dream of partnership: The Type Two outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development [South Africa, Gambia, Ghana]. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Vieira, M.A.M. de C. Southern Africas response(s) to international HIV/AIDS norms: the politics of assimilation [Bostwana, Mozambique, South Africa]. Ph.D., London, London School of Economics and Political Science. Wansamo, K. Towards building stability in a multinational/ethnic society: conflicts in Sidaamaland, Ethiopia. Ph.D., Lancaster. Waschsening, D. Oppression and the consciousness of freedom: towards the ethical transcendence of the political [South Africa]. Ph.D., London, Sch. Of Oriental and African Studies. Zahid, M. Economic and political liberalisation in the Middle East: the Muslim Brotherhood and the politics of succession in Egypt. Ph.D., Leeds. Zaroug, B.E.M. Learning to be a politician: impact of the Sudanese Islamic Womens Movement on women in politics. Ph.D., Warwick. Psychology Cullum, E. Sub-Saharan African women in the north of England: the experiences of HIV-positive asylum-seekers. D.Clin.Psy., Sheffield. Swart, H. Affective mediators of intergroup contact: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses in South Africa. D.Phil., Oxford. Tagiuri, A.H. The emergence of small business in Libya: cases in the tourism sector. Ph.D., Nottingham Trent. Visser, W.A.M-T. Meaning in the life and work of corporate sustainability managers [South Africa]. Ph.D., Nottingham. Religion Jennings, B.K. Christian virtue in a West African context: a study of the interaction and synthesis of Methodist and Fanti moral traditions as a model for the contextualisation of Christian ethics. Ph.D., Birmingham. Mattia, J.P. Walking the rift: Alfred Robert Tucker in East Africa, imperialism and idealism, 1890 - - 1911. Ph.D., Birmingham. Newman, L.G. Mission from the margin: a critical analysis of the participation of West Indians as agents of Christian mission in the western missionary enterprise in Africa in the nineteenth century, with special reference to their conception of Christian mission. [Ghana, Cameroon, Guinea]. Ph.D., Wales. Nyirenda, M. The Bible through African eyes: a comparative study of the epistemology in the hermeneutics of indigenous preachers in eastern Zambia with that in select intra-biblical appropriations and re-appropriations of the Exodus event and its ramifications for African biblical hermeneutical methods. Ph.D., Edinburgh. Sociology Aburounia, H.M. The internal layout design of social housing in Libya: a cultural value perspective. Ph.D., Salford. Alberti, H. Damm Sokkor: Identifying, exploring and testing the factors influencing the care of patients with diabetes in primary care in Tunisia. M.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Arnall, A.H. Development interventions in Mozambique: human agency and the NGO community interface. D.Phil., Oxford. Bassel, L. From refugee woman to citizen: the politics of integration in France and Canada [Somalia]. D.Phil., Oxford. Chaligha, L.E. Bristol. Sustainable development in Tanzanian urban areas. Ph.D., de Kok, B.C. Constructing identity in Malawi: management of interpersonal normative and moral issues in talk. Ph.D., Edinburgh. De Sas Kropiwnicki, Z. The sex trade hierarchy: the interplay of structure and agency in the decision-making of female adolescent prostitutes in Cape Town, South Africa. D.Phil., Oxford. Ebai, E.S. The role and development of human rights based policing in the transition from dictatorship to democracy in Cameroon. Ph.D., Limerick. Flood, A. The clinical nurse manager (2): unlocking the potential of this key role in the transformation of Irish healthcare. Ph.D., Ulster. Gichoya, D.M. Government informatics: towards the successful implementation of ICT projects in Kenya. Ph.D., Loughborough. Gunkel, H. The cultural politics of female same-sex intimacy in post-apartheid South Africa. Ph.D., East London. Johnson, M. An exploration into support for communication between health care practitioners and Somalis using assistive language technology in the context of asthma consultations. Ph.D., Manchester. Kamukwamba, M. The development of industrial relations in the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority. Ph.D., Manchester. Kilonzo, N. The practical and policy requirements for implementing post rape care services in resource limited settings [Keny]. Ph.D., Liverpool. Koba, C.H.M. The emergence of gendered political awareness in Cameroon: women organising for social chang. Ph.D., Bradford. Kuganab-Lem, R.B. process in Ghana. An empirical study of the National Health insurance policy Ph.D., Keele. Rajaraman, D. Strategies for HIV prevention: a multi-level study of HIV testing behaviour in Botswana. D.Phil, Oxford. Riviere-Cinnamond, A. Economic analysis of animal health systems and their implications for public health: from funding mechanisms to service delivery [Senegal & Kenya]. Ph.D., London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Sakyi, E.K. Health sector decentralisation at district level in Ghana: A case study in reform implementation. Ph.D., Manchester. Sardinha, J. Immigrant associations, integration and identity: Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European communities in Portugal. D.Phil., Sussex. Shiohata, M. communities. Exploring the literacy environment in two Senegalese urban Ph.D., Sussex. Sumbye, K. Vulnerability and social protection in Zambia: a case study of three villages in Luapula province. Ph.D., East Anglia. Taegtmeyer, M. Approaches to the successful scale of HIV voluntary counseling and testing services in Kenya 2001-2005. Ph.D., Liverpool. Theater Aimufua, E. Press and national integration: analysis of the role of the Nigerian press in the promotion of Nigerian national identity. Ph.D., Wales, Cardiff. Franks, S. Famine, politics, aid and the media [Ethiopia]. Ph.D., Westminster. Thomas, I.A.S. The changing landscape of broadcasting in Sierra Leone: past, present and future. Ph.D., Leicester. Theology Adu-Gyamfi, Y. Leviticus 16 and Asante Odwira festival: a comparative analysis with reference to Christian witness in Ghana. Ph.D., Sheffield. Daswani, G. Social change and religious transformation in a Pentecostal church in Ghana and London. Ph.D., London, London Sch. of Economics and Political Science. Harries, J.O. Pragmatic theory applied to Christian mission in Africa: with special reference to Luo responses to Bad in Gem, Kenya. Ph.D., Birmingham. Igwe, O.C. Putting the Igbo woman in her place: A hermeneutical investigation into the New Testament household codes and selected Igbo womens writings and proverbs. Ph.D., Birmingham. Olaniyi, M. The meaning of religious conversion in the CAC: towards the incarnation of the gospel in Yorubaland. Ph.D., Birmingham. Urban & Regional Planning Abdalla, A.A. Meeting housing needs in Libya: towards responsive owner-built housing with particular reference to Benghazi City. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Altayeb, A. K. Evaluating the urban policy-making process in Egypt: informal settlements, poverty and urban management, the case of Cairo. Ph.D., Birmingham. Boussaa, D. Urban conservation in North Africa and the Gulf: problems, challenges and opportunities. Ph.D., Liverpool. Egbu, A.U. Impact of land use planning on urban housing development in Nigeria. Ph.D., Wolverhampton. Ibrahim, M.M.Y. Promoting sustainable urban development under conditions of rapid metropolitan growth: the case of Greater Cairo. Ph.D., Liverpool. Mbaziira, R. The Nile Basin Initiative: towards a regime of cooperation?. D.Phil, Oxford. Ndezi, T.P. An investigation of a partnership approach for providing water services to informal settlements in Dar-es-Salaam and Lilongwe. Ph.D., Loughborough. Obasi, G.A. Public space in the context of transformation of the Nigerian city: the case of Arochukwu, Enugu and Abuja. Ph.D., Newcastle upon Tyne. Weber, B. Can participatory planning improve sustainable urban development in Angola. Ph.D., Heriot-Watt.