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May 2013

Editorial Matter

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

Kennesaw State University, ewohai@tsu.edu

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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

Managing Editor

Nurudeen B. Akinyemi

Web Editor

Jon Hansen

Senior Associate Editor

Kelechi A. Kalu

The Ohio State University

Associate Editor

Bakama BakamaNume

Prairie View A&M University

Book Review Editor

Al Bavon

University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service

Assistant Editors

Chinelo Okekeocha Meredith Harvey Ogechukwu Agim

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Editorial Board

Euel W. Elliott

University of Texas at Dallas

Brian J. L. Berry

University of Texas at Dallas

Harvey L. White

University of Pittsburg

Mitchell F. Rice

Texas A&M University

Kalu Kalu

Auburn University

Aloy Chife

Socketworks Global Limited

Michael L. McNulty

University of Iowa

Helen E. Purkitt

U.S. Naval Academy

Rasheed I. Akinyemi

University of Lagos

Onimi Wilcox

Osita Afoaku

University of Indiana, Bloomington

Berhanu Mengistu

Old Dominion University

Patience Akpan-Obong

Arizona State University

Paul Collins

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Edwin O. C. Ijeoma

University of Fort Hare, South Africa

Blue Wooldridge

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richard Vengroff

Peter Ngwafu

Albany State University

Juma Okuku

Makerere University

Bedford N. Umez

Lee College

Lisa A. Aubrey

Percy Amamasi

North Lake College

Steve A. Nkrumah

University of Ghana

James S. Guseh

North Carolina State University

Nicholas O. Alozie

Walle Engedayehu

Theophilus Herrington

Texas Southern University

James S. E. Opolot

Texas Southern University

Fidelis C. Okoli

University of Nigeria

Constansia A. Mumma-Martinon

University of Nairobi, Kenya

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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.

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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 (nakinyem@kennesaw.edu) and cc’d to Editor-in-Chief Andrew I. E. Ewoh (aewoh@kennesaw.edu). All book reviews should be forwarded electronically to Book Review Editor Al Bavon (aabavon@clintonschool.uasys.edu). 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

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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