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An explanatory study of the motives behind the plans to forge a closer relationship between Western Europe and the African colonies since the Second World War, from the historical perspective, and the success or failure of these plans. This study is not an in-depth institutional analysis of Western European integration or an attempt to examine the purely European aspects of organizations set up to further that goal. It is not a history of post-World War II Europe and Africa except to the extent that the Eurafrican concept had a bearing on events on both continents. Its primary concern is to examine the issues implied in the title, namely to what extent the ideal was shared among the European countries and their prospective partners, the peoples of Africa; whether it was a genuine attempt to create a new and more equal interdependent status, or whether as has often been charged, it was a fig leaf for neocolonialism. / It will also examine the postwar colonial economic development programs for the African colonies; the Strasbourg Plan; the Common Market and its African associated states; economic assistance to Africa from Europe; the impact of association on African regional groupings; the Common Market's impact on African trade; and the British Commonwealth and the European integration movement. Particular emphasis will be placed on the negotiations between the Common Market and Nigeria, and the East African states for associate membership. / This study relied on the documents and publications of the Council of Europe, the Commission of the European Communities, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the various organs of the United Nations, the United States Department of State, and journals and studies. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-06, Section: A, page: 2061. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.

The relationship between four philanthropic organizations (Slater, General Education Board, Jeanes and Rosenwald Funds) and education for Blacks were examined during an 11 month study. Two questions of interest arose: (1) What programs were created? (2) What were the effects of those programs on Black schools in Florida? Personal interviews, archival search and documentary analysis and consideration of other primary and secondary sources of information were used to explore these interests. / The overall aim of the programs was to stimulate public interest in the development of an efficient system of education for Blacks in Florida by cooperating with the established educational authorities. Although the donation of money carries with it a subtle form of direction or control, the aim of the foundations was to suggest and encourage rather than to interfere or dictate. To prevent the total collapse of public education for Blacks in Florida the intent of the foundations was to cooperate with Southern leaders in working out a program framed on the basis of local conditions and consideration. / To ascertain the impact of these organizations on Black schools in Florida it was important to find (1) persons who worked in the Florida school system during the years of this study (1920-47) and who had some knowledge of the working of the organizations and their relations to Black schools; (2) persons who were Jeanes Supervisors; (3) persons who worked with the State Agent for Black Schools in Florida. / In examining the development of education among Blacks in Florida, the foundation laid by philanthropic organizations and concerned individuals has not yet been fully recognized. This study will demonstrate the importance of their contributions to education for Blacks. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-09, Section: A, page: 2777. / Major Professor: John P. Lunstrum. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-06, Section: A, page: 2604. Adviser: Charles C. Stewart. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 265-277) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

A discussion of some of the experimental genres used in ethnographic writing today, their origins, and which particular genres are most effective in relaying ethnographic data. This brief study is followed by an original ethnography based on anthropological fieldwork in Senegal, West Africa.

The East Africa Royal Commission, 1953-55, was a wide-ranging investigation of the necessary conditions for promoting the economic development of the colonial dependencies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika. Commissioners conceived their task as apolitical, but evidence gathered from government officials and the public--including members of the African, Asian, and European communities within the region--demonstrated that politics and economics were not easily separable. Officials, settlers, and Africans presented contending historical narratives explaining the past, present, and future of East Africa. African witnesses took the opportunity to address the state, demanding redress for the injustices of colonialism. In their report, the commissioners suppressed the African dissent, largely ignored settler demands, and privileged much of the official narrative. The commission presented colonial development, achieved through multiracial cooperation, as the hope for East Africa's future. The report detailed the technical, and administrative requirements for future economic growth, but ultimately their proposals hinged upon the "human factor," especially the problem of winning the willing cooperation of the African people for the development program. The work of the commission revealed divisions among its members over the question of the degree of government intervention and control that should be exerted in the economy; the laissez-faire tone of the report was tempered by its substantive recommendations, which sanctioned continued official guidance of development plans. Following the report's publication, British commentators in government and among the public took up the debate. Left-wing critics denounced the document as a free-market tract that proposed exposing Africans to the full blast of an agricultural and industrial revolution, similar to that which had inflicted suffering upon British workers in the nineteenth century, without attempting to cushion the effects. Some of them also demanded faster movement towards self-government in the colonies. Conservatives rejected that idea, although they did generally support continued, paternalistic interventions by colonial officials. Despite the United Kingdom's evident inability to finance the recommended program of development, many commentators from different ideological perspectives viewed development as the culmination of Britain's imperial mission.

During the Second World War, nearly ninety-eight thousand Kenya African soldiers were recruited by the colonial government and deployed to serve on the Allied side. This thesis is about these soldiers. It is about their experience in the Second World War, examined and told from their own perspective. Using original primary sources such as archival documents, newspapers, and oral materials, many of them collected from the askaris themselves, the thesis analyzes how askaris perceived the war, what motivated them to fight on the side of their colonial masters, how they experienced the war in various parts of the world, and what happened to them when the war ended, and they came back to the colony. The thesis demonstrates how, contrary to much that we have come to popularly associate with ordinary African soldiers who served in the Second World War, Kenya African soldiers actively tried to find their niche in the war by interpreting it in ways that made their service in it useful and meaningful. While serving in the war, Kenyan askaris were always trying to appropriate discourses about the war in ways that were relevant to their lives. Many of them understood that if they joined the war and fought with determination and commitment, they would not only survive the war, but also improve their social, economic, and political standing in their communities and the colony as a whole. The thesis demonstrates how askaris' interpretation of the war laid grounds for conflicts with the colonial regime in Kenya. Askaris served in the war with passion and commitment, believing that their service in the war would lead to a rise in their social, economic, and political welfare, but the colonial regime did not have such grand plans. While many askaris nursed high hopes for a quid pro quo from the government after the war, the government, on the other hand, was determined to maintain and safe-guard the status quo. Conflict between askaris and the colonial government was virtually inevitable. Rebuffed by the colonial regime after the war, many bitter Kenyan askaris joined the growing ranks of Kenyan people who were disenchanted with colonialism. Many of them are still bitter with the colonial government even today. They feel betrayed and taken advantage of by a government they served diligently and unflaggingly during the war. Thus the experience of Kenyan askaris in the Second World War is one that begins with hope and expectation for a better future in the colony, but ends in disappointment and resentment against the colonial regime. The experience of African soldiers in the Second World War has increasingly become a topical subject among scholars. By examining the experience of Kenyan askaris in the Second World War, this thesis expands our knowledge and understanding of the experience of ordinary African soldiers in the Second World War, while contributing to scholarship on how African soldiers generally experienced war during the colonial period.

This thesis examines the historical evolution of air law in Kenya, its content and current challenges. Part One is a historical introduction designed to provide a brief background knowledge and information necessary for a proper understanding of the geo-political and socio-economic foundation of air law in Kenya. It focuses on colonization process of East Africa with particular reference to Kenya. / Part Two discusses the character and content of British air law and regulations exported to Kenya respecting aviation and attempts to analyse at the juridical basis of these regulations, Orders in Council and sub-delegated legislation. Effects on transition to independence on these laws is also examined in this part. / Part Three identifies and analyses the major post-independence developments in air law and the present regulatory system. Kenya's practice with regard to international aviation treaties is also briefly discussed. / The final part is an incursive summary of the preceding parts and possible conclusions drawn therefrom. Here, we also proffer some suggestions we think might be useful to Kenya's overall regulatory system.

A land tenure system is a set of rules which govern social relations between peoples in respect to land. It defines the property rights in land of individuals or groups in a specific locality or society. The property rights, which are in effect bundles of rights, may include the right to use, lease, mortgage, transfer, and so on. The source of these tenurial rules can be either customs or enacted laws. This thesis examines in detail these aspects of land tenure systems in respect to Eritrea, a country situated in the Horn of East Africa. Accordingly, the indigenous systems of land tenure of the country, land reforms introduced by the country's colonizers, and land laws enacted by the country's Government after independence, are discussed and criticized.