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African Humanities Program Dissertation Fellows

Through fellowship competitions, regional workshops, and peer networking, the African Humanities Program provides support to the humanities in five African countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The centerpiece of the program is the distribution of fellowships to African scholars in these countries for work on dissertations, research projects, and scholarly manuscripts. The program is supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Read more about this fellowship program.

2010 African Humanities Program Awardees (PDF). These awards are pending confirmation of acceptance of their terms by recipients. Confirmed Fellows will be published here when all acceptances are received.

Please note: affilations shown are as of time of award. Please click on fellows' names for current information.

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2009

Mawuyram Quessie Adjahoe\|Abstract Doctoral Student, Music, University of Cape Coast - The Notation System of Gyil (Xylophone) Music of Ghana: An Alternate Approach	Folasade Oyinlola Hunsu\|Abstract Doctoral Student, Obafemi Awolowo University - Engendering an Alternative Approach to Reading African Women’s Construction of “Self” and “Other” in Autobiography
Jeremiah O. Arowosegbe\|Abstract Doctoral Student, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria - The State, Democracy, and Development in the Works of Claude Ake	Evelyn Kisembe\|Abstract Doctoral Student, University of Ghana - Investigating Social and Educational Factors in the Success of English Learning: The Case of Ghana
Nasir Mohammed Baba\|Abstract Doctoral Student, Department of Science and Tech. Education, University of Jos - Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Integrated Qur'anic Curriculum as an Instructional Design for Dispensing Basic Education in Zamfara State	Augustine Uka Nwanyanwu\|Abstract Doctoral Student, English Studies, University of Port Harcourt - Chinua Achebe’s Fiction: A Study in Stylistic Criticism
Dinnah Enock\|Abstract Doctoral Student, Fine and Performing Arts, University of Dar Es Salaam - Stylistic Evolution of Modern Makonde Sculpture In Tanzania	Celestino Oriikiriza\|Abstract Doctoral Student, Linguistics, Makerere University - Elicitation and Arrangement of Meanings of Words in the Lexicography of Less Documented Languages
Chinwe Roseann Ezeifeka\|Abstract Doctoral Student, English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University - Power Relations and Linguistic Repression in Print Media and Political and Gender Discourses: The Nigerian Experience	Omon Merry Osiki\|Abstract Doctoral Student, Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos - A History of Trafficking across the Nigeria-Benin Border, 1914-2005
Gbenga Fasiku\|Abstract Doctoral Student, Philosophy, Obafemi Awolowo University - A Physicalist Understanding of Phenomenal Consciousness

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