Overview of Master Theses

2024

Charlotte Bruns Knight: Conversational Self-Portraits in Motion. Perceptions of Identity amongst Lamu Islanders: Centering East African Indian Ocean Island Perspectives on Notions of Self. 
Country focus: Kenya

Patricia Dowling: Examining what impact the lived experiences of the Chuth Ber community have on the re-contamination of healthy drinking water in the home. 
Country focus: Kenya

Muzzar Kresna: From Farmer to Dalali: Rethinking Structural Transformation Pathway in Tanzania. 
Country focus: Tanzania

Frieke de Raadt: Xenophobia and the perspective of African migrants living in Cape Town, South Africa.  
Country focus: South Africa

Leo Ricca: The Changing Political Landscape of the 2024 Senegalese Presidential Election, and the Pivotal Role of the Casamance. A Study on Regional Impacts & Political Dynamics  
Country focus: Senegal

Juliette Verschuur: Low-Intensity Conflict and Third-Party Mediation in Africa: Do traditional forms of Peacebuilding Account for the Nuances of Low-Intensity Conflicts and What is the Role of Civil Society? 
Country focus: Africa, a.o. Angola, Guinea-Bissau

2023

Chiara Cozzatella
Country focus: Botswana
 
Leo Dietrich
Country focus: Mauritania
 
Salomé Hindriks
Power Together? Exploring the Ability of the Kenyan National Land Coalition to Enable Its Members to Influence Land Governance Processes
Country focus: Kenya
 
Dian Hulsebosch
Country focus: Kenya
 
Hannah Kay
Country focus: Senegal
 
Ailis Oattes
Country focus: Rwanda
 
Kendra Parry
Country focus: Kenya
 
Idil Samatar
Country focus: Senegal
 
Emma Velásová
Country focus: Kenya
 

2022

Robin van Andel
Country focus: Uganda
 
Júlia Arenós Karsten
Country focus: Egypt
 
Pleun van der Brug
Country focus: Ghana
 
Mathijs Cazemier
Country focus: Côte d'Ivoire
 
Layla Farah
Country focus: Kenya
 
Sara Gianesello
Country focus: Burkina Faso
 
Marieke van der Heijden
Country focus: Tanzania
 
Oussama El Khairi
Country focus: Morocco
 
Daantje van de Linde
Coming to terms with a colonial past: Repatriating Namibian heritage from German museums
Country focus: Namibia
 
Sheki Lumumba
The coping strategies of internally displaced women in Yaoundé
Country focus: Cameroon
 
Maartje Markus
On n'a pas la même réalité: Practices of homemaking by Senegalese students in France
Country focus: Senegal, France
 
Kuki Noordam
Country focus: Africa
 
Roos de Raadt
Country focus: Ghana
 
Gilda Rodrigues
Country focus: Senegal
 
Robin van Seumeren
Country focus: Nigeria
 
Ine van de Voorde
Country focus: Uganda
 
Bouwe Werker
Country focus: Rwanda
 
Ria Winters
Country focus: South Africa
 
Xu Yangzhi
"When the bill came we realized the need for nKabomu": Constructing a digital safe space for queer Ghanaians
Country focus: Ghana

2021

Marly van den Boom 
Country focus: Ethiopia
 
Mira Demirdirek
Country focus: Tanzania
 
Christen Faver
Country focus: South Africa
 
Marcia Semedo Gonçalvez
Country focus: Rwanda
 
 
Janina Hubmann
Country focus: Africa
 
Diene de Jong
Country focus: Nigeria
 
Shannon Lorimer
Social media and cultural violence in northern Nigeria
Country focus: Nigeria
 
Samantha da Luz
Country focus: Subsaharan Africa
 
Joris Martens
Daniel Okiror
Country focus: East Africa
 
Jochem Scheelings
Country focus: Africa
 
Junyang Shen
Country focus: Tanzania
 
Femke van Zeijl
Country focus: Nigeria