Alusine Jalloh

The United States and West Africa : interactions and relations

Over the last several decades, historians have conducted extensive research into contact between the United States and West Africa during the era of the transatlantic trade. Yet we still understand relatively little about more recent relations between the two areas. This multidisciplinary volume presents the most comprehensive analysis of the U.S.-West African relationship to date, filling a significant gap in the literature by examining the social, cultural, political, and economic bonds that have, in recent years, drawn these two world regions into increasingly closer contact. Beginning with examinations of factors that linked the nations during European colonial rule of Africa, and spanning to discussions of U.S. foreign policy with regard to West Africa from the Cold War through the end of the twentieth century and beyond, these essays constitute the first volume devoted to interrogating the complex relationship -- both historic and contemporary -- between the United States and West Africa. Contributors: Abdul Karim Bangura, Karen B. Bell, Peter A. Dumbuya, Kwame Essien, Andrew I. E. Ewoh, Toyin Falola, Osman Gbla, John Wess Grant, Stephen A. Harmon, Harold R. Harris, Olawale Ismail, Alusine Jalloh, Fred L. Johnson III, Stephen Kandeh, Ibrahim Kargbo, Bayo Lawal, Ayodeji Olukoju, Adebayo Oyebade, Christopher Ruane, Anita Spring, Ibrahim Sundiata, Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani, Ken Vincent, and Amanda Warnock. Alusine Jalloh is associate professor of history and founding director of The Africa Program at the University of Texas at Arlington. Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Evaluating Autonomous Systems with Hybrid Generation Facilities in support of Fishing Villages

The availability of affordable and reliable energy is one of the most crucial requirements for economic development and modernization of developing countries. This is particularly important in Africa. With a population of 13.4% of the world and a land area of 15%, Africa has only 2% of the worlds industrial capacity. Its per capita income is only 15% of the world average and only consumes 3% of world energy. Today, less than 15% of Africas population has access to electricity and where much of the available supply is unreliable. In addition to regional cooperation and integration through energy pooling and cross-border energy trading, a balanced distributed generation strategy through modified microgrids has been proposed in the previous discussion. This paper serves as continuation of a distributed microgrid application specific to small towns and villages fishing processing potential. This development will serve as primary building blocks for future system expansion. Issues regarding the potential resources for hybrid distributed generation and reliability of power supply are addressed.