The role of Black legislators in the development of African-American policy is assessed. Also considered are the influence which Blacks have exerted upon governmental actions within the United States, as well as the impact that Congress, in general, has had upon the development of foreign policy. (Author/GC)

In recent years, educational policies for boys have not been given as much attention as those for girls in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rural Nigerian nomadic boys are especially disadvantaged, considering their livelihood is based on a pastoral economy that demands constant migration to interior grasslands in search of pasture. For a…