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African Social Science Review Volume 6 | Issue 1

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5-23-2013

Editorial Matter Andrew I.E. Ewoh Kennesaw State University, [email protected]

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Ewoh: Editorial Matter

AFRICAN SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEW

Andrew I. E. Ewoh Editor-in-Chief

The African Journal of Social Science, Public and International Affairs Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 2013

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AFRICAN SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEW The African Journal of Social Science, Public and International Affairs

Editor-in-Chief Andrew I. E. Ewoh Kennesaw State University

Senior Associate Editor Kelechi A. Kalu The Ohio State University

Managing Editor Nurudeen B. Akinyemi Kennesaw State University

Associate Editor Bakama BakamaNume Prairie View A&M University

Web Editor Jon Hansen Kennesaw State University

Book Review Editor Al Bavon University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service

Assistant Editors Chinelo Okekeocha Meredith Harvey Ogechukwu Agim Kennesaw State University

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Editorial Board Euel W. Elliott University of Texas at Dallas

Blue Wooldridge Virginia Commonwealth University

Brian J. L. Berry University of Texas at Dallas

Richard Vengroff Kennesaw State University

Harvey L. White University of Pittsburg

Peter Ngwafu Albany State University

Mitchell F. Rice Texas A&M University

Juma Okuku Makerere University

Kalu Kalu Auburn University

Bedford N. Umez Lee College

Aloy Chife Socketworks Global Limited

Lisa A. Aubrey Arizona State University

Michael L. McNulty University of Iowa

Percy Amamasi North Lake College

Helen E. Purkitt U.S. Naval Academy

Steve A. Nkrumah University of Ghana

Rasheed I. Akinyemi University of Lagos

James S. Guseh North Carolina State University

Onimi Wilcox Prairie View A&M University

Nicholas O. Alozie Arizona State University

Osita Afoaku University of Indiana, Bloomington

Walle Engedayehu Prairie View A&M University

Berhanu Mengistu Old Dominion University

Theophilus Herrington Texas Southern University

Patience Akpan-Obong Arizona State University

James S. E. Opolot Texas Southern University

Paul Collins University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Fidelis C. Okoli University of Nigeria

Edwin O. C. Ijeoma University of Fort Hare, South Africa

Constansia A. Mumma-Martinon University of Nairobi, Kenya


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The African Social Science Review (ISSN 1521-6667) is an annual publication sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kennesaw State University and Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. This publication seeks articles from all disciplines of social science. The Review particularly welcomes manuscripts on the social, economic, political, and policy problems and issues of the African continent and the Diaspora as well as empirical and theoretical articles. Book reviewers are requested to submit articles on recent publications in related topics. Only papers not currently under review or previously published elsewhere can be considered. All submissions are blind refereed. Clarity and directness of presentation are required.

Manuscripts must be typed and doubled-spaced following the Chicago Manual of Style. Manuscripts should be submitted to the appropriate editors. Authors are advised to keep copies for their own record since it will not be possible for us to return the manuscripts. We need an abstract of no more than 150 words. The length of the paper should not exceed 25 double-spaced typewritten pages, including notes, references, tables, figures or graphs and appendices; all must be presented on separate pages, with instructions suggesting the placement in the text. Notes and references should appear at the end of the article. A separate cover sheet showing the title of the paper, the name, affiliation, position and address of the author should accompany each submission. To enhance blind review, the body of the text should include the title, but not the author’s name. The views of expressed in published articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the editors or editorial board. Subscriptions for institutions are $50.00 annually and $20.00 for individuals. Editor-in-Chief: Andrew I.E. Ewoh, African Social Science Review, Department of Political Science & International Affairs, Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road, Mail Drop #2205, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144-5591, USA Senior Editor: Kelechi A. Kalu, Center for African Studies, The Ohio State University, 386D University Hall, 230 North Oval Mall, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA Managing Editor: Nurudeen B. Akinyemi, Center for African and African Diaspora Studies, 1000 Chastain Road, Mail Drop #9119, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144-5591, USA Editorial Correspondence, Submission of Manuscripts and Business Correspondence. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to Managing Editor Nurudeen Akinyemi ([email protected]) and cc’d to Editor-in-Chief Andrew I. E. Ewoh ([email protected]). All book reviews should be forwarded electronically to Book Review Editor Al Bavon ([email protected]). Letters and all other business correspondence should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief at the address listed. We encourage authors to submit their papers online via http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/assr/.


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African Social Science Review VOLUME 6, NUMBER 1, SPRING 2013—ISSN 1521-6667 Articles Perennial Floods in the Accra Metropolis: Dissecting the Causes and Possible Solutions………………………................1 Agyemang Frimpong Questioning the Constitutionality of Sharia Law in Some Nigerian States….15 Chinelo Okekeocha and Andrew I. E. Ewoh The Bush Administration, U.S. Democracy Promotion, and Elections in Africa………………………...........................………….……....29 George Klay Kieh, Jr Rural-Urban Differences in the Utilization of Maternal Healthcare in Ghana: The Case of Antenatal and Delivery Care Services...........……….42 Gloria Afful-Mensah, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, and Louis Boakye-Yiadom African Immigrant Women in the United States: Perception on Female Circumcision and Policies that Outlaw the Practice........................................64 Lucinda M. Deason and Rosa M. Githiora Interests and Identities in Peace Negotiations: Nigeria, Cameroon, and the Bakassi Peninsula.......................................................................................83 Rebecca K. LeFebvre Do Pluralist Power Structures Enhance Involvement in Decision-making by Nongovernmental Organizations?......…………...….…95 Simon H. Okoth The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in the Diaspora: Expansion in the Mist of Expansion………………………………………..115 Walle Engedayehu


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