Recent Africa-related Ph.D.s completed at Rice University

Dr. Enoch Gbadegesin, Ph.D. in Religious Studies, 2014
“Comparative Analysis of Gift Exchange among a Pentecostal Christian Denomination and an Indigenous Religious Tradition in Ile-Ife, Nigeria”

Dr. Mamadou Cisse, Ph.D. in Anthropology (African Archaeology), December 2010
“Archaeological Investigations of Early Trade and Urbanism at Gao Saney (Mali)”

Dr. Mickie Hudson-Koster, Ph.D. in History, 2010
“The Making of the Mau Mau: The Power of the Oath”

Dr. Meshack Owino, Ph.D. in History, 2004
“For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today: A History of Kenya African Soldiers in the Second World War”

Dr. Bheki Mngomezulu, Ph.D. in History, 2004
“A Political History of Higher Education in East Africa: The Rise and Fall of the University of East Africa”