Segregation in British West Africa.

Ebola Treatment and Prevention are not the only Battles: Understanding Ebola-related Fear and Stigma

British Army surgeons commissioned 1840-1909 with west Indian/west African service: a prosopographical evaluation.

In the decade of the 1 840s the British Army Medical Department (AMD) commissioned 419 assistant surgeons to care for the health of its soldiers. Of this total 75 saw service in the West Indies or West Africa or both, some 18 per cent of those commissioned. For 67 of these officers the dates of their deaths are known. Seven died within less than one year of their commission date and another sev...

Influence of atmospheric circulation patterns on dust transport during Harmattan Period in West Africa

This study has used TOMS AI as well as the reanalysis dataset of thirty-four years (1979-2012) to investigate the influence of atmospheric circulation on dust transport during the Harmattan period in West Africa, using Aerosol Index (AI) data, obtained from various satellite sensors. Changes in Inter-Tropical Discontinuity (ITD), Sea Surface Temperature (SST) over the Gulf of Guinea, and North ...

Glaucoma in West Africa: a neglected problem.

Glaucoma in sub-Saharan Africa is a devastating disease which has not been fully addressed by the global ophthalmology community. The key issue is the lack of a satisfactory treatment.

A Thematic Analysis of the National Anthems of English West Africa

This paper investigates major themes espoused in the national anthems of English West Africa. Further, it seeks to find out how these themes are projected linguistically and literarily. Five English-speaking countries in West Africa, namely, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia, were purposively sampled based on their colonial history, language and geographical location for this...