Athomas1995

About me

Hi! I'm a junior at Rice University, majoring in Anthropology and minoring in Business and Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities (PJHC). My academic interests include refugee rights, racial and ethnic inequality, and urban planning. I first joined the Wikipedia community fall 2015 for my Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities course, during which I worked on the "Dadaab" article. The next semester, I worked on the "Child labour in Swaziland" article.

Current article

I'm currently creating an article for Leopard's Kopje, for a class I'm taking on African Prehistory.

Sources

1. Calabrese, J. A. (2000). Interregional interaction in southern Africa: Zhizo and Leopard's Kopje relations in northern South Africa, southwestern Zimbabwe, and eastern Botswana, AD 1000 to 1200. African Archaeological Review, 17(4), 183-210.
2. Huffman, Thomas N. Handbook to the Iron Age. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2007.
3. Huffman, Thomas N. (1984). Leopard's Kopje and the nature of the Iron Age in Bantu Africa. Zimbabwea, 1(1), 28-35.
4. Robinson, K. R. (1966). The Leopard's Kopje culture, its position in the Iron Age of Southern Rhodesia. The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 21(81), 5-51.

Past articles

Child labour in Swaziland

Child labor is a topic that is well covered on Wikipedia for many countries, but the page on Swaziland in particular is extremely brief, with only one source. I would add some sections and subsections to this existing article, using a page on child labor such as the one for India as a good example. A full proposal on the changes I want to make can be found here: https://docs.google.com/a/rice.edu/document/d/1o0xNJekxUV5zbL1Obxt6jZTG5ROot4o7BaayCySCZjU/edit?usp=sharing

Sources

1. Bass, Loretta Elizabeth. Child labor in sub-Saharan Africa. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004.
2. Basu, Kaushik. "Child labor: cause, consequence, and cure, with remarks on international labor standards." Journal of Economic literature (1999): 1083-1119.
3. Canagarajah, Sudharshan, and Helena Skyt Nielsen. "Child labor in Africa: A comparative study." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 575 (2001): 71-91.
4. Edmonds, Eric V. Does illiquidity alter child labor and schooling decisions? Evidence from household responses to anticipated cash transfers in South Africa. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004.
5. Kielland, Anne, and Maurizia C. Tovo. Children at work: child labor practices in Africa. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006.
6. Monasch, Roeland, and J. Ties Boerma. "Orphanhood and childcare patterns in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of national surveys from 40 countries." Aids 18 (2004): 55-65.
7. Neff, Stephen C. "Human Rights in Africa: Thoughts on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights in the Light of Case Law from Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland." International and Comparative Law Quarterly 33 (1984): 331-347.
8. Roggero, Paola, Viviana Mangiaterra, Flavia Bustreo, and Furio Rosati. "The health impact of child labor in developing countries: evidence from cross-country data." American Journal of Public Health 97 (2007): 271-275.
9. Simelane, Hamilton Sipho. "Landlords, the state, and child labor in colonial Swaziland, 1914-1947." International Journal of African Historical Studies (1998): 571-593.
10. Weiner, Myron. The child and the state in India: Child labor and education policy in comparative perspective. Princeton University Press, 1991. 

Dadaab

Dadaab is the largest refugee camp in the world, and yet until recently I hardly knew anything about it. I think refugee rights are vastly underreported in the media, and even with the recent coverage of Syrian refugees, there are still many misconceptions. I would like to improve the existing article on Dadaab by adding information about its history, specifics about the living conditions, and the opportunities or lack of opportunities that refugees there have to leave. For a full description of how I plan to edit the article, please see my proposal here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hmp4tH4PFr6ORbn5SUWmkSBa7GlGPH7Nd2K7g0ufRAU/edit?usp=sharing

Sources

1. Abdi, Awa M. "In Limbo: Dependency, Insecurity, and Identity amongst Somali Refugees in Dadaab Camps." Refuge. Refuge, 2005. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.
2. Ahmed, Jamal A., Edna Moturi, Paul Spiegel, Marian Schilperoord, Wagacha Burton, Nailah H. Kassim, Abdinoor Mohamed, Melvin Ochieng, Leonard Nderitu, Carlos Navarro-Colorado, Heather Burke, Susan Cookson, Thomas Handzel, Lilian W. Waiboci, Joel M. Montgomery, Eyasu Teshale, and Nina Marano. "Hepatitis E Outbreak, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya, 2012." Emerging Infectious Diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Web. 10 Sept. 2015.
3. Enghoff, M. "In Search of Protection and Livelihoods: Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of Dadaab Refugee Camps on Host Communities." ALNAP. ALNAP, Sept. 2010. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.
4. Horst, Cindy. Transnational Nomads: How Somalis Cope with Refugee Life in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya. New York: Berghahn, 2006. Print.
5. Horst, Cindy. "Xawilaad: The Importance of Overseas Connections in the Livelihoods of Somali Refugees in the Dadaab Refugee Camps of Kenya." Somaliland Cyberspace. University of Amsterdam, Web. 10 Sept. 2015.
6. Hyndman, Jennifer, and Bo V. Nylund. "UNHCR and the Status of Prima Facie Refugees in Kenya." 10 International Journal of Refugee Law 1998 UNHCR and the Status of Prima Facie Refugees in Kenya. HeinOnline, 1998. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.
7. Pavanello, Sara, Samir Elhawary, and Sara Pantuliano. "Hidden and Exposed: Urban Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya." Humanitarian Policy Group (2010): Mar. 2010. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.
8. Perouse DeMontclos, M.-A., and P. M. Kagwanja. "Refugee Camps or Cities? The Socio-economic Dynamics of the Dadaab and Kakuma Camps in Northern Kenya." Journal of Refugee Studies 13.2 (2000): 205-22. Web.
9. Polonsky, Jonathan A., Axelle Ronsse, Iza Ciglenecki, Monica Rull, and Klaudia Porten. "High Levels of Mortality, Malnutrition, and Measles, among Recently-displaced Somali Refugees in Dagahaley Camp, Dadaab Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, 2011." Conflict and Health 7.1 (2013): 1. 2013. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.
10. Verdirame, Guglielmo. "Journal of Refugee Studies." Human Rights and Refugees: The Case of Kenya. Oxford Journals, 1 May 1998. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.

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