Search for dissertations about: "Sudan"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 51 swedish dissertations containing the word Sudan.

  2. 6. Livelihood diversification and land use change in the Sahel: an interdisciplinary analysis of gum arabic in Sudan

    Author : Bodil Elmqvist; LUCSUS; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sudan; Remote sensing; Livelihood; diversification; land use change;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the ongoing debate about livelihood diversifi cation and the related question of agriculture’s central role in rural development in the Sahel. It focuses on on-farm diversifi cation during the dry season. The aim is to assess the practice and potential of gum arabic production for smallholders in central Sudan. READ MORE

  4. 7. Permanent pilgrims : an anthropological study of the role of pilgrimage in the lives of West African Muslims in Sudan

    Author : Christian Bawa Yamba; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Muslimska pilgrimer och pilgrimsfärder; Islam; Sudan; Västafrika;

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  5. 8. The language survey of Sudan : the first phase: a questionnaire survey in schools

    Author : Björn H. Jernudd; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This is a report on a sociolinguistic survey of pupils in selected junior secondary schools and some primary schools in Northern Sudan, and in Malakal and Adong in Southern Sudan, conducted in 1972. This survey began the Language Survey of Sudan, which is a continuing project of the Institute of African and Asian Studies, Khartoum. READ MORE

  6. 9. Autoimmunity in Africa: Comparing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Anti-phospholipid Antibodies in Sudan and Sweden

    Author : Sahwa Elbagir; Johan Rönnelid; Iva Gunnarsson; Amir I Elshafie; Bo Nilsson; Cem Gabay; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SLE; anti-phospholipid antibodies; IgA; immune complexes; pregnancy; autoimmunity; Sudan; Africa; Klinisk immunologi; Clinical Immunology;

    Abstract : Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic immune complex (IC)-mediated disease with variable prevalence worldwide, reported to be more common in Africans, Hispanics and Asians than in Caucasian populations. Expression of autoantibodies might vary between different ethnic populations due to environmental and genetic factors. READ MORE

  7. 10. “That will be your home” : Resettlement preparations for children and youth from the Horn of Africa

    Author : Mehek Muftee; Jakob Cromdal; Anna Lundberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Resettlement; cultural orientation program; refugee; children; Sudan; Kenya; Sweden; stereotyping; agency; discursive practices; Vidarebosättning; barn; Sverigeprogram; Kenya; Sudan; agens; stereotypifiering; flyktingskap; diskursiva praktiker;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes how children and youth being resettled from Kenya and Sudan were prepared for their upcoming resettlement to Sweden, through cultural orientation programs (COPs). COPs are held for refugees who have been granted permanent Swedish residence and are undergoing resettlement to Sweden. READ MORE