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Submissions from 2011
Soul Medicine: The Role of Traditional Senegalese Music in a Therapeutic Context, Alexa K. Dorris , Denison University
A Foreigner’s Gaze on the Micro-culture of the Car-Rapide—Senegalese Values vs. Monetary Lust, Merrill Pierce , University of Denver
A National Symbol or a National Frustration Academic, Artistic, and Political Perspectives of the African Renaissance Monument, Justin Wayne Ritter , University of Denver
Batik: A Process and a Means of Progress, Emily Swietlik , Tulane University
Submissions from 2009
Lost Wax: An Exploration of Bronze Sculpture in Senegal, Kevin Bell , University of Denver
Ceeb ak Jën: Deconstructing Senegal’s National Plate in Search of Cultural Values, Megan Duffy , Kenyon College
The Traditional Wolof Voice: Lessons from a Griot in Pout, Senegal, Lucy French , Washington University in St. Louis
L’Abandon de l’Excision au Sénégal d’ici 2015: Une analyse de la Collaboration entre l’ONG Tostan et le Ministère de la Famille, Karen Kirk , Davidson College
Learning the Kora in Two Senegalese Contexts: As a Tradition vs. As a Religion, Emily Merkert , Alfred University
Environmental Conscience and Comportment of Youth in Dakar, Elizabeth Van Brocklin , Duke University
Submissions from 2008
On est ensemble: A participatory study of the jembe tradition as preserved by the griots of West Africa, Joel Rowe , Fordham University
Submissions from 2007
Senegalese Family Values and SOS Village d’ Enfants, Shauna Davidson , Southwestern University
The Music of Senegal: A Way of Life in West Africa, Lucien DeLaBruere , Ithaca College
A Qualitative Study Of Pregnancy And Maternal Mortality In Rural Senegal; An Examination Of The Pregnant Woman’s Experience, Megan Frances Harlow , Amherst College
Unemployment, Women, and Taxis: A Study of the Taxi-Sister Program in its Test Phase, Mackenzie Israel-Trummel , Occidental College
Mame Coumba Bang: A Living Myth and Evolving Legend, Michelle Margoles , Carleton College
“Tout Travail Doit Nourrir Son Homme” The Dakar-Niger Railroad and the 1947-1948 Strike in the Political and Labor History of Senegal, Julia Coyner Robinson , Columbia University
The Musician Is the Messenger: Islam and Jaliya in Mandinka Music, Blake Walker , Northwestern University
Submissions from 2005
Concientious Cinema: Senegalese Cineastes as Preservers of Cultural Identity and Promoters of Social Change, Paula Fortner , Tufts University