Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon

IAS
A Newsletter published by
the Institute of African
Studies, University of
Ghana, Legon. May, 2014

In This Issue
From the Directors Desk----------------- 2
Major Events------------------------------- 3
50th Anniversary Celebrations
Reggae Symposium
International Conference
IAS-GILBBT International
Conference
NUFU Conference
Nketia Festschrift
Annual AngloGold Lecture on Business
in Africa
African Thinkers
The Biography Project
Inaugurals
Professor Akosua Adomako
Ampofo Inaugural Lecture
nd
Installation of 2 Occupant
of Kwame Nkrumah Chair
Kwame Nkrumah Information Bank
Meet the faculty and staff--------------16
Prole of IAS Fellows
Ongoing Research
Special Awards

Students Corner-------------------------18
Meet our alumni/student
Student Conference Presentations
Maiden Alumni Night
Mkandawire meets IAS Staff and
Students
Student Awards and Graduations
Recent Collaborations-------------------22
Swedish Linnaeus-Palme Programme
Social Sciences Research Council
Research Afliation with African
Leadership Centre, Kings College

KASEB

Directors Message
Beginnings are good moments for reection. They are also times when we in
anticipation of future celebrations give our creative juices an energetic edge. The
revival from a long hiatus of our Newsletter portends well for the year; I am excited
about 2014!
We are half way through the 2013/14 academic year and we have dealt with the usual
business: orientation of new students, welcome of new faculty, mounting old and new
courses, running our weekly seminars and bi-monthly lm shows, meetings of faculty,
interacting with prospective faculty, and attending the usual university meetings. In all
of that, we have had to contend with strike actions that disorganized our routines and
schedulesrst, teaching faculty (UTAG) and later the senior (FUSSAG) and junior
(TEWU) support staff; all of us pressing for delivery from government on diverse
conditions of service.
2013 had some low moments: we were deeply saddened by the senseless bombing at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in
Septemberin which the roll call of those who joined the ancestors included Professor Ko Awoonor, renowned
Ghanaian poet (and former Ambassador to the UN and Council of State member). We pray that the people of Kenya,
and all the loved ones of family members who passed on may nd peace. It urges us anew that the Pan-African agenda
retains deep salience.
The highest point for 2013 was the IAS International Conference held from October 24-26 to climax the celebration of
our 50th anniversary. The IAS International Conference revisited the 1962 Congress of Africanists held at UG.
Established in 1961, and formally opened in 1963, we began the celebrations in 2012 with a conversation among some
of our former Directors/Ag. Directors, Deputy Directors and some senior Fellows to plan activities for the
celebration. The idea of an international conference was supported by all, and when Professor Gordon, our Kwame
Nkrumah Chairwho had rst visited IAS as a Senior Fulbright Specialist in 2012encouraged us to revisit the
1962 congress this seemed like an excellent idea. In all we received over 280 abstracts, selected 220, and eventually
had 110 papers presented that include papers from 33 countries and 148 institutions-what thrilling diversity! We were
honoured and delighted to have Dr Carlos Lopes of the ECA, and Professors Fatou Sow and Ngg wa Thiong'o as
Keynote speakers. And what fun it was! We enjoyed every bit, from the keynote speeches, all exciting in their own
way, through the fashion show, to the celebration awards dinner and dance. The intellectual discourse was refreshing
and invigorating. But perhaps, for me, the high point was the open conversation between Professors Fatou Sow and
Ngugi wa Thiong'o, and senior high school students. It gave me hope that our future can safely be left in the hands of
the next generation. You can read all about the conference on page 4.
Given the long hiatus of the newsletter it would be impossible to capture all our events and moments; so in this initial
edition of its new life, the editorial time has used its discretion to share some of the most signicant ones. In July 2009,
during the last year of the former Director, Professor Takyiwaa Manuh's term, we hosted an international Revisiting
Modernization Conference, in collaboration with the African Studies Initiative at the Universities of California, USA.
This conference brought together scholars from Ghana and the US, and culminated in the rst special issue of Ghana
Studies after Stephan Miesher (UC Santa Barbara) and I took over as editors. That year also saw the Institute begin
work on an expansion of the old chalets with a $1.5m loan from Prudential Bank. Despite a rocky start with
timelines, construction problems, and management and other stafng challenges, the new Yiri Lodge (meaning
household in Dagbani) is nally slowly coming out of the woods and paying the bills. We appreciate the efforts of Ms.
Naa Lamley Lamptey and her team.
Another major happy event was our celebration of Professor Emeritus J.H. Kwabena Nketia's 90th birthday with an
international conference in his honour in 2011 (see page 10). We are grateful to our newfound corporate partners,
Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd. for partly sponsoring that event, and the University of Michigan for joining us to
publish selected papers as a Festschrift. That event marked the second in our Cultural and Intellectual Festival
seriesthe idea having been proposed by our rst Nkrumah Chair, Professor Ko Anyidoho, following the
successful conference the theme The Dream, The Reality: Reassessments of African Independence, which was
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held under the auspices of the Chair, in September, 2010 with support from CODESRIA. The University of Ghana
has now formally accepted this as a biennial event (in October).
Research and teaching are what we do, and our graduate students continue to thrive. The NUFU-supported (the
Norwegian acronym for Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education) collaboration with the
University of Bergen ended in 2012 and with that we celebrated the graduation of four PhD students, including two of
our younger faculty, Deborah Atobrah and Edward Nanbigne (see page 10). The Institute continues to graduate a
signicant proportion of the University of Ghana's PhDs, and at the March 2011 congregation, one of our NUFU
graduates, Peter Agbodza, earned the Vice-Chancellor's award for best PhD thesis.
On the teaching front a number of things have happened: in 2009 we revitalized our masters courses completely; in
2010 we re-designed the required undergraduate course(s) in African Studies and teaching began in 2010; this year we
developed a new set of PhD courses in line with the University's policy that doctoral programs should include course
work; and with support from Diaspora Visiting Professor Pius Adesanmi, (Carleton University) we are completing
work on a new set of Masters and PhD courses on African Thought. Naturally, all these additions have implications
for Fellows' work load, and since 2010 a number of new appointments have taken place albeit with some departures as
well: Drs Deborah Atobrah; Philip Afeadie (who has since transferred to the History Dept.); Michael Kpessa
(currently on a leave of absence as policy advisor to the President of the Republic); Mercy Akro Ansah (who joined
us from the UG Language Centre); Benjamin Kwansa and Obadele Kambon (the newest on the block since February
2014). Between 2010 and 2013 we also received 3 Visiting Fellows: Dr. Afe Adogame (from the University of
Edinburgh); Professor Abraham Berinyu (from the University for Development Studies, Tamale); Dr Courtnay Micot
(then graduated from the University of Florida); Professor Suzanne Gott (Fulbright scholar from the University of
British Columbia) and Professor Pius Adesanmi (from the University of Carleton, Canada, under the UG Diaspora
programme). Happily, there have also been several promotions: to Senior Research Fellow, Drs Alhassan (2010) and
Aidoo (2012); to Associate Professor, Sutherland-Addy (2009); and to Professor Awedoba (2009) and Adomako
Ampofo (2010). Additionally, the Assistant Registrar, Mavis Addotey, was promoted to Senior Assistant Registrar in
2012. Sadly, Dr Abraham Akrong left us to join the ancestors in 2010, and we also bade farewell to Mr. James Narh,
who had been driver to the former Director, Professor Manuh, for many years.
Fellows and students have done us proud with a variety of awards (see page 17 & 21) and we are happy to have
installed our rst two Kwame Nkrumah ChairsProfessor Ko Anyidoho and Emeritus Professor Jacob Gordon.
The Chair received generous funding from AngloGold Ashanti and other donors. AngloGold also supports our
annual lecture on Business in Africa, and in October 2013, Mrs Felicity Acquah, former CEO of Eximguaranty Ghana
Limited, was our fourth speaker and rst female presenter (see page 14).
Research remains central to our identity, and Fellows and students engage with a variety of questions ranging from
storytelling to neopatrimonialism, and democratic stability through to the changing roles of traditional queenmothers.
To support our teaching and research, the Media and Visual archives received a major boost with the purchase of new
equipment under the supervision/management of Mrs. Judith Opoku-Boateng (Archivist, Audio-visual archives), Mr.
Philip Owusu (Curator, Museum) and Mrs. Fidelia Ametewee and Ms. Selina Laryea (Senior Research Assistants,
Video/Photography). We have collaborated with NYU in digitizing our resources and really appreciate the personal
interest and support of Dr Mona Jimmez. Mrs. Opoku-Boateng was in Nairobi in November 2013 for a conference on
the preservation of archival material under the auspices of ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the
Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) and Trust for African Rock Art (TARA). In all of this, Dr Labi, art
historian, coordinator of the Media and Visual Arts section, and Deputy Director, provides the leadership that
oversees this full repertoire.
During 2013 IAS also engaged in conversations to begin, continue or conclude new partnerships meant to diversify
our teaching and research, and provide opportunities for faculty and student exchanges (see page 22).
I will conclude with a snippet from Nkrumah's words to us at the formal opening of the Institute in 1963, an
exhortation that we have had many opportunities to revisit in the last year, and that we happily share with you:

We must regard education as the 'gateway to the enchanted cities of the mind' and not only as a
means to personal economic security and social privilege. Indeed, education consists not only in the
sum of what a (wo)man knows, or the skill with which (s)he can put this to (her/)his own advantage. In
my view, a (wo)man's education must also be measured in terms of the soundness of (her/)his
judgment of people and things, and in (her/)his power to understand and appreciate the needs of
(her/)his fellow men, and to be of service to them. The educated (wo)man should be so sensitive to the
conditions around (her/)him that he makes it (her)his 'chief endeavour to improve those conditions for
the good of all. (From The African Genius; additions mine).
Please enjoy this issue and send us comments and suggestions.
Akosua Adomako Ampofo, May 2014.
Director

MAJOR EVENTS
50th Anniversary Celebrations

Reggae Symposium

The Institute's 50th Anniversary was ofcially launched at

a colourful ceremony on April 16, 2012 at the
International Press Centre. The ceremony was chaired by
the Vice-Chancellor, and was attended by students and
faculty as well as former IAS Directors/Acting Directors
and the general public.

As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, the

Institute and the School of Performing Arts (SPA) in
collaboration with Promo Plus Services and
MUSIGA organized a Reggae Music symposium in
May, 2012. The well attended symposium entitled
Reggae in the World Today, took place at the Efua
Sutherland Drama Studio, University of Ghana. It
was organized to explore and reect on the origins of
Reggae Music, its connections with some African
musical traditions, and the positive or liberating
aspects of the Jamaican popular music.

Professors George Hagan (L) and Takyiwaa Manuh ( R

) at the launch of IAS @ 50 celebrations

Ghana Dance Ensemble in a performance on

emancipation at the Reggae Symposium

Professor Emeritus J.H Kwabena Nketia addressing

the audience at the launch of IAS @ 50 celebrations

THREE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN STUDIES

The Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Ghana, Legon hosted a three-day international conference on the
theme: Revisiting the First International Congress of Africanists in a Globalised World.
The conference was the climax of activities marking the 50th anniversary celebration of the Institute, and coincided
with the 65th Anniversary of the University of Ghana.

Opening Ceremony
Professor Adomako Ampofo noted, in particular, the
extensive work done in recent years in the areas of
traditional leadership, gender, folklore and the lives of
important contributors to Ghana's social and political
thought.

At the formal opening ceremony, held at the Great Hall

of the University of Ghana on October 24, 2013, the
President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency
John Dramani Mahama, who was the special Guest of
Honour, stressed the need for Africans to tell the story
of the uniqueness of our cultures. He was hopeful that
deliberations at the Conference would help guide
future directions for African nations on the continent
as well as those in the Diaspora.

The Keynote Speaker for the occasion was Dr. Carlos

Lopes, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General
and Executive Secretary of UN Economic
Commission for Africa (UNECA). He gave a
historical perspective of the Pan-Africanist
movement, and stressed that instead of simply
proclaiming an African Renaissance as the new wave
of Pan-Africanism, Africans must practice
revolutionary democracy in every aspect of their lives.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor

Ernest Aryeetey, who chaired the ceremony, referred
to the two main thrusts of the University of Ghana's
renewed mandate: namely, to broaden and deepen
links within the international higher education
community and bring into the main stream of the
global academy, essential discourses involving Africa
generated by Africans.

Solidarity messages were received from Dr.

Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, Commissioner for Social
Affairs, African Union Commission, Prof. Etienne
Ehouan Ehile, Secretary-General of the Association
of African Universities, Prof. Dzodzi Tsikata, ViceChairperson of the Board of the Council for the
Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA), and Dr. Luke Hodgkin son of the
First Director of the Institute of African Studies,
Thomas Hodgkin.

In her welcome address, the Director of the Institute,

Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, noted that over
the years, the Institute had tried to full its mandate as
outlined by the rst President of Ghana, sagyefo Dr.
Kwame Nkrumah at the formal opening of the
Institute in 1963. She reminded the gathering that this
mandate emphasized the study and teaching of Africa
and her Diaspora in African-centred ways.

L-R: Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, President John Dramani Mahama, Dr. Carlos Lopes singing the
national anthem at the opening ceremony

The gathering was also treated to a spoken word

performance by Professor Atukwei Okai,
Secretary General of the Pan African Writers
Association, and a former Fellow of the IAS; as
well as a drum and Seperewa performance by the
Ghana Dance Ensemble.
Other dignitaries, who attended the opening
ceremony included the Chairman of the
University Council, Justice Samuel Date-Bah,
Minister for Tourism, Mrs Elizabeth OfosuAgyare, and her Deputy, Ms Abla Dzifa
Gomashie, a former Vice Chancellor, Prof.
Akilagpa Sawyer, past Directors of the Institute, as
well as members of the University community.

Keynote Address on Role of Women in Culture, Religion and Politics

by Professor Fatou Sow; October 25, 2013
On the second day of the three-day conference, Professor Fatou Sow, a Social Scientist and Specialist in Gender
Studies, delivered a keynote address on the theme: When Culture and Religion meet Politics: What is at stake for
Women's Citizenship?
Professor Sow stated that in their struggle for human rights, people, especially women, often faced critical challenges
where religion, culture and politics were either in conict or colluded. She pointed to some of the religious and
cultural practices and their outcomes which often oppress women such as early and forced marriages, the impunity of
rape, and unequal inheritance systems between men and women.
Professor Sow advised that women should be involved in decisions and policies that concern their bodily, economic
and political rights. We cannot let patriarchal organisations continue to decide for women's rights as citizens, with
the view of preserving religion and culture, she stressed.
The morning's session ended with a roundtable discussion that brought together Directors of Centres of African
Studies from various regions of the continent. The participants were as follows:
Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon.
Professor Dele Layiwola, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan.
Professor Heidi Hudson, Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State.
Professor Catherine M. Ndungo, Institute of African Studies, Kenyatta University.
Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza, Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town.
Dr Maude Dikobe, University of Botswana.
Prof Yahya Abou El Farah, Institute of African Studies, Mohammed V University -Soussi
Professor Jacob U. Gordon, Distinguished Occupant, Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies, and
Convenor of the roundtable.

Professor Fatou Sow, one of the keynote speakers

delivering her address

A section of the participants and audience at the

conference

Ghana Textile Printing (GTP) Exhibition

As part of the three-day conference, the Institute jointly
organized an ongoing textile exhibition with the Ghana Textile
Printing (GTP). The exhibition will run until January, 2014,
and is on the theme: Ghanaian Prints; Seasonally
Appropriate, Timely Fashionable.
The exhibition displays Ghanaian prints as a quintessential
fashion identity, and is in six sections, which represent the
history, occasion-appropriateness and the trendy elements of
Ghanaian print fashion. It also highlights the multifaceted use
of the prints to mark the various life milestones including
childbirth, marriage, death and other ceremonial events.

He used the occasion to praise President Kwame

Nkrumah for setting up the Bureau of Ghanaian
Languages in Accra to ensure the teaching and
learning of African languages on the continent.
Professor Fatou Sow, spoke about the role of African
women in politics. She stated that African women
need to assert themselves and be empowered both
politically and economically instead of conning
themselves to the kitchen as well as to small
businesses such as handicrafts, weaving and basketry.
She asserted that there is not one static African woman
but that each individual needs to nd her identity.
The High Schools, which were represented at the
brunch included Ofori-Panyin Senior High School,
Ghana Secondary School, Asamankse Senior High
School, Aburi Girls' Senior High School, The Roman
Ridge School, Presbyterian Boys' Senior High
School, SOS Herman Gmeiner International College,
and Attifua Senior High School.

depicting customary marriage

depicting different textile prints

Informal Brunch with Senior High School

Students and Conference Keynote Speakers
Professors Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and Fatou Sow
As a pre-conference activity, the Institute hosted an
informal brunch interaction between selected High
School students and two of the conference keynote
speakers, Professors Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and Fatou
Sow at the Institute's Yiri Lodge.
The conversation centred on the Contemporary
Relevance of Pan Africanism and the Youth. In brief
welcome remarks, the Director of the Institute,
Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, described the
informal brunch as a rare opportunity for the students
to learn more about Pan-Africanism from senior
activist-intellectuals.

During the brunch, two Level 300 students from the

Department of Economics, presented a portrait of the
late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah - Lewis OduroAcheampong had sketched the portrait in about three
hours, and Elliot Delali Marcells prepared the frame
for the work. The Director of the Institute received the
portrait and exhorted the High school students to note
that disciplines are not bound, noting how an
economics student could be artistically creative. She
also encouraged them to see giving to their
communities in diverse ways as an opportunity.

A section of the students with Ngg Wa Thiong'o and Fatou Sow

In his presentation, Prof. Wa Thiong'o decried the

colonial system which forced Africans to reject their
own names, languages and colour in favour of western
forms of expression. He advised the students to master
their own languages by reading and writing books in
their own languages. If you know all the languages in
the world and you do not know your mother tongue,
that is enslavement. But if you know your mother
tongue, and add all the languages in the world, that is
empowerment, he said.
Prof. Wa Thiong'o stressed the need for African
languages to be taught both at home and at school.

Professors Fatou Sow (L) and Ngg Wa Thiong'o ( M ),

Ms. Serwaa Afrifa (R)

Afrifest Fashion Show

On Friday October 25th, the Institute,
together with GTP, organized a
fashion show, dubbed: "Afrifest - IAS at
50 Coming of Age".
It was an exciting evening outdoor
programme, which was hosted by Jessica
Saforo of Citi FM.
In all, ve designers, namely, Karim
Isaka, B-Pure, Poqua Poqu, Lyran and
Smaquah worked with 20 models to
showcase fashionable designs with the
latest GTP Nustyle cloth for various life
events such as marriage, birth and
outdooring, work, funeral and trendy
youthful fashion.
In his welcome remarks, the Deputy
Director and Curator of the show,
Dr
Kwame Labi noted that, over the period of its 50 year existence, the IAS had, and was still in the process of pursuing
its mandate of researching into all aspects of the arts and the social studies in Africa. The Institute had also worked
with various institutions such as AngloGold Ashanti Ghana Limited and the Guinness Ghana Brewery Limited for
collaborative research projects the latest one being Afrifest, a joint project with GTP.

AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AFRICA (ASAA)

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ASAA
The ASAA resulted from extensive discussions among directors of various centres and institutes of African Studies
in Africa as well as other scholars. The consultations led to a colloquium hosted by Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza at
the Centre for African Studies (CAS), University of Cape Town, October 1-2, 2012. The colloquium was attended
by representatives of many institutions including the University of Ghana (Ghana), Kenyatta University (Kenya),
University of Botswana (Botswana), University of Pretoria (South Africa), University of Edwardo Mondlane
(Mozambique), University of Cape Town (South Africa), Human Science Research Council (South Africa) and the
Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC), a South African NGO based in Cape Town. At this
colloquium an interim working group (IWG) or steering committee was constituted to work on the establishment of
an African based structure to promote African Studies on the continent. The ASAA was launched on October 25,
2013 at the International Conference on African Studies organised by the Institute of African Studies, University of
Ghana (October 24-26, 2013).

MISSION
To promote Africa's own specic contributions to the advancement of knowledge about the peoples and cultures of
Africa and the Diaspora.

GOALS

Promote and support networking and interdisciplinary exchanges among Africanist scholars, centres

and institutes of African Studies on the continent.

Promote research and discussions on topical issues of concern to the wellbeing of Africans.
Promote and encourage research by African scholars on the continent.
Promote and encourage Africa-centred education - an informed understanding of Africa through
museums, archives, schools, policymakers, NGOs, media, business, learned societies, and other
interested communities.
Promote links with Africans and institutions in Africa and the Diaspora involved and interested in
African Studies.
Encourage partnerships with existing Associations of African Studies and other organizations interested
in promoting African affairs.
Create professional opportunities for its members.
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OFFICIAL BANQUET AND SPECIAL AWARDS CEREMONY OF THE INSTITUTE OF

AFRICAN STUDIES
The Institute of African studies has held an ofcial banquet and Special Awards ceremony at the Great Hall,
University of Ghana, to climax the activities of the 3-day international conference on African studies. The closing
ceremony was on the theme: The future of African scholarship: Resistance to European Metaphysical Empires.
Delivering his keynote address at the ceremony, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o, a literary scholar and writer noted that,
in order to achieve the 21st century African renaissance, African languages should be encouraged by governments in
Africa.
African governments can achieve this, he said, by encouraging African languages to be thought in schools, and further
establishing Bureaus or Ministries of African languages at both the national and continental levels as the basis of
African renaissance.
Professor Ngg noted how language was used by Europeans to rule Africa, as they made the speaking of African
languages unpopular. He therefore pushed for individuals to speak more in their mother tongues, and read and write
books in African languages.
He used the occasion to praise President Kwame Nkrumah for his contribution to African unity, as he established the
Bureau of Ghanaian languages to enforce the teaching and learning of African languages on the continent.
Special awards were given to the following personalities for their invaluable contribution to the growth and
development of the Institute and University of Ghana: Professor Ko E. Agovi, Acting Director (1995-1996);
Professor Irene Odotei, Acting Director (1998-2002); Professor Brigid Sackey, Acting Director (2009) and Professor
Gilbert Ansre. Others were; Professor Asare Opoku, Emerita Professor Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu, Professor
Christine Oppong, and Professor Albert K. Awedoba.
The Ghana Dance Ensemble and the Sappers International Dance Band were in attendance to grace the occasion with
traditional music and dance, while Trax Catering Services provided meals and drinks.
The ofcial banquet ceremony brought together academics from the Institute and across the globe, ministers,
members of parliament, student body, and staff of the Institute and University of Ghana.

Patrons enjoying dinner

L-R: Mr. George Gyesaw, Mrs. Selina Obli, Dr. Kwame Amoah
Labi, Mrs. Fidelia Ametewee and Mr. Philip Owusu

Prof. Gilbert Ansre receiving his award from

Prof. Jane Naana Opoku, Minister of Education

L-R: Ms. Abena Karikari, Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo,

Ms. Araba Essuman-Johnson and Ms. Serwaa Afrifa

IAS GILLBT International Conference

A two-day international conference on Language, Culture and National Development was jointly organized by the
Institute and the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT) in April, 2012 at the Kwame
Nkrumah Complex, IAS.

NUFU Conference
A two-day international conference on Globalization and Changes in the Cultures of Care: Local and International
Dimensions was held at the Kwame Nkrumah Complex, IAS in February, 2012.
The conference marked the closing of the NUFU (the Norwegian acronym for Norwegian Centre for International
Cooperation in Higher Education) Project, a multi-disciplinary project, which began in 2007 as a collaboration
between the Institute and the University of Bergen to support Graduate Training through research and other capacity
building activities.

Nketia Festschrift
A two-day international conference was organized by the Institute in honour of Emeritus Professor J. H. K. Nketia, the
rst African Director of the Institute in September, 2011 at the Kwame Nkrumah Complex, IAS. A Festschrift is
expected to be published by the University of Michigan Press from the papers presented at the conference.

Daughters of Prof. Emeritus Nketia: Dr. Naana Nketia (L) and

Prof. Akosua Perbi (R)

Prof. Emeritus J.H. Kwabena Nketia

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CONFERENCE IN PICTURES: Awards Night

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Annual AngloGold Ashanti Lecture on Business in Africa

Since its institutionalization by the University in 2009, three of the annual series of AngloGold Ashanti Lectures on
Business in Africa have been delivered at the Kwame Nkrumah Complex, IAS as follows:
1. The rst in the series was delivered by the Chief Executive of AngloGold Ashanti Ghana Limited, Mr. Mark
Cutifani, on Friday, 23 October 2009. The title of the lecture was, The Role of the Mineral Industry in the
Economic Development of Africa: Pathway to a Better Model."
2. The second lecture was delivered by Mr. Tony Oteng-Gyasi, former Chairman of the University Council, on
Tuesday, 29 March 2011. His topic was Financiers of Political Change in Ghana: Heroes & Villains?
3. The third lecture was delivered by Mr. Tito Mboweni, Chairman, Board of Directors of AngloGold Ashanti,
and former Governor of the Bank of South Africa. The lecture, which was on the topic: Are we there yet? Or
is it the case that we will never be there, was delivered on Friday, 28 October 2011.
4.

Mrs Felicity Acquah, former CEO of Eximguaranty Ghana Limited, delivered the fourth lecture on the topic
"Micronance: Its revolution and impact on the economic development and growth of emerging economies
over the past three decades - lessons for Africa and Ghana, was delivered on Wednesday, 16 October 2013.
Copies of the lectures are on sale at the IAS bookstore.

Mr. Mark Cutifani

Dr. Tony Oteng-Gyasi with plaque

Mr. Tito Mboweni

Mrs Felicity Acquah receiving a plaque from

Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo after her lecture

African Thinkers
The Institute has developed a core group of courses that will highlight, unearth, and present to students the thoughts,
philosophies and ideas of our foremost African thinkers from antiquity to the present. The programme will include
core and elective courses and will provide scholarships for a select group of outstanding African students courtesy of
the University of Ghana Next Generation Programme funded by Carnegie.
The Biography Project
The Institute of African Studies (IAS) was awarded a University of Ghana Research Fund Grant (6th UGRF 20122013) in June 2013. This is an investigator-led study which is being conducted by fellows of the IAS. The project is
entitled 'A Biographical Study of Some Prominent Ghanaian Personalities, their Lives and Times'. The personalities
are yman Wereko Ampem, Justice Annie Jiagge, Dr. Oku Ampofo and kyeame Kwadwo Boafo Akuffo,
Professor Florence Abena Dolphyne and Tolon-Naa Yakubu Tali. The project is being executed over the period: June
3, 2013- July 31, 2015. The project is expected is being executed over the period: June 3, 2013- July 31, 2015. Sadly,
Mrs Nyameky Tetteh, the daughter of Dr Oku Ampofo, one of our subjects, passed away in January 2014 before we
had the opportunity to fully interview her. May her soul rest in peace.
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INAUGURALS
Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo Delivers Inaugural Lecture
The IAS Director
Professor Akosua
Adomako Ampofo,
delivered her inaugural
lecture as a (Full)
Professor at the Great
Hall, University of
Ghana, on February
28, 2013.

The lecture was

entitled 'The Driver and the Mate: Gender Politics in
Africa and Social Transformation'.
Prior to the event, a formal ceremony was held to open
an exhibition of Prof. Adomako Ampofo's scholarly
works at the Balme Library. The exhibition was open for
a week.

compared gender relations in Africa to the relations

between the driver and the 'mate'. The driver and the
'mate' run the public transportation buses used
throughout Africa, referred to as 'tr-tr' in Ghana. She
argued that, although the driver appears to be in control
of affairs, in reality the mate who is typically male, but
sometimes feminized and abused by passengers who
question his manhood is able to 'subvert' the driver or
the passengers. The mate really controls the process by
being able to determine what seat passengers get, where
the driver drops them, and whether or not they receive
their change and so driver and mate must work together.
Professor Adomako Ampofo argued that various studies
on femininities and masculinities that signify collective
gender identities are socially constructed and are uid,
resulting in diverse manifestations across local and
global histories and geopolitics. Further, these identities
are mediated by socio-economic positions, race,
ethnicity, religion, age, and other diverse factors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-TyT9ahK-s

In her inaugural lecture, Prof. Adomako Ampofo

Installation of Second Occupant of Kwame Nkrumah Chair

The second occupant of the Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies, Professor
Emeritus Jacob Ukunoritsemofe Gordon was installed in the traditional
Ghanaian fashion of enstooling chiefs at the Great Hall, University of Ghana in
February, 2013.
In her formal welcome to guests, the IAS Director gave a brief background to the
Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies. In partnership with AngloGold
Ashanti Ghana Limited, the Chair was formally launched in 2007 with two
objectives in mind: rstly to honour Dr Kwame Nkrumah's intellectual legacy to
African thought and Pan-Africanism, and secondly, to promote research,
teaching, and publication in African Studies.
Professor Emeritus Jacob. U Gordon

The enstoolment ceremony was followed by Professor Gordon's inaugural

lecture, titled, 'Winning the future for African Studies in Africa'.
Prof. Gordon covered the history of African Studies, the present status of the discipline, and the way forward in
making it more relevant in African Universities. He regretted that
the discipline has not been pursued vigorously by many HE
institutions in Africa, stressing the need for African scholars to
engage with their continent, and to see African Studies as the very
source of their identity, pride, and humanity. Prof. Gordon
emphasized that good leadership, good governance, and
sustainable resource management were key factors that would
help move Africa forward. He also stressed the need to form an
African Studies Association in Africa, which happily, happened
during the IAS 50th anniversary conference.

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Kwame Nkrumah Information Bank

An online archive about the life and
works of the late sagyefo Dr. Kwame
Nkrumah, rst President of the Republic
of Ghana, was recently launched at the
Kwame Nkrumah Complex, IAS, to
carry on the legacy of the sagyefo Dr.
Nkrumah. Known as the Kwame
Nkrumah Information Bank, the archive
was launched as a sustainable landmark
project of the Kwame Nkrumah

Centenary Planning Committee to

signicantly coincide with the 50 th
anniversary of the African Union.
Further, the Information Bank will build
on the different knowledge repositories
into an integrated and accessible one at
www.nkrumahinfobank.org.
Quoting portions of the African Genius,
Professor Adomako Ampofo noted that
during its over 50 years of existence, the

Institute has, as mandated by sagyefo

Dr. Nkrumah, been involved in research
into the history, culture and institutions,
languages and arts of Ghana and of
Africa in new African-centred ways
She indicated that the Institute had
recently re-tooled its Strategic Plan to
bring it into closer alignment with
contemporary local and global trends
and demands.

Meet the Faculty and Staff

Meet our faculty (prole of IAS Fellows)
IAS News will prole Research Fellows of the Institute from time to time. This edition takes a closer look at Dr Stephen
Owoahene Acheampong, a theologian and sociologist, and Coordinator of the Religions and Philosophy Section.
Dr. Acheampong began his elementary education in Ejisu, and realized at the young age of about 10 or 11, that he
wanted to become a priest in the future. He recalls So when the time came for Secondary School, I chose to go to the
seminary. Though I passed the Common Entrance exam very well, I chose to go to the seminary, and that required that I
write a different exam which I also passed. Dr. Acheampong gained admission into St Hubert's Seminary in Kumasi
and later went on to the St Peter's Seminary in Pedu, Cape Coast in 1978, after which he was formally ordained as a
priest in Kumasi in 1984.
Following his ordination, Dr. Acheampong worked for a few years at Bekwai in the Ashanti Region after which he
proceeded to the University of Toronto in Canada to pursue further studies. He obtained two Masters degrees and two
PhD degrees from the University of Toronto (one from St Regis college and the other from St Michael's college), and
taught in the same University before returning to Ghana after 20 years to continue his career in academia at the
Institute of African Studies (IAS).
At IAS, Dr. Acheampong teaches Africa and the Diaspora and Philosophy and African Cultures at the undergraduate
level, and Islam and Christianity in Africa as well as African Traditional Religion at the graduate level. He also serves
on the Standing and Management Committees as well as the Advisory Board of the Institute

Ongoing Research
In this edition, IAS News details ongoing joint research being conducted by Prof. Esi Sutherland-Addy and Dr. Edward
Nanbigne, both of the Language, Literature and Drama section of the Institute. Prof. Sutherland-Addy and Dr.
Nanbigne received a research grant from ORID for the project entitled Shall I Tell You or Shall I Not Tell You?: A
Survey of Ghanaian Tales and Storytelling Traditions. The thrust of the project was to conduct a thorough search for
stories in both private and institutional archival and library holdings in order to identify written and audio-visual
records of tales and data on storytelling in Ghana. The texts will be, as necessary and with permission, digitized and
archived for study. Fieldwork was also undertaken and is still on-going to collect new data on under-represented areas,
particularly from lesser-studied languages and language areas. It is anticipated that the volume of edited scholarly
essays will be published by the Institute this year. A future phase of the project will create a web based depository of
folk tales as a site for scholarly research on tales.

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Special Awards
Professor Abraham Berinyuu, a visiting Scholar from UDS was selected as the 2013 recipient of the E

Prof. Abraham Berinyuu

Dr. Deborah Atobrah

Dr. Richard Asante

Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo

Mr. E. Ekow Arthur-Entsiwah

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Dr. Obadele Kanbom

Dr. Godwin K. Adjei

Ms. Mavis Addotey

Ms. Njoki Wamai

Prof. S. K Amanor

Dr. Michael W. Kpessa

Prof. Albert Awedoba

H Johnson award for persons or groups who are deemed as serving on the cutting edge of global
missions.
Professor Albert Awedoba and Dr. Deborah Atobrah received a prestigious Rockefeller residential
award tenable at the Bellagio Centre in Italy in December, 2012.
Dr Richard Asante was awarded a Mellon Global Encounters Postdoctoral award at Northwestern
University, USA in September, 2012.
Ms. Njoki Wamai, who joined the Institute during the 2011/2012 academic year as a Research Afliate
from Kings' College, received a Gates Award to pursue a PhD programme at the University of
Cambridge in September, 2012.
Prof. S.K. Amanor, Associate Professor and former Deputy Director of IAS, received the Gerti
Hesseling Award for the Best Article written by an African Scholar in the European Journal, Africa, in
June, 2012.
Dr. Michael Kpessa, Research Fellow, received the 2011-2012 Faculty of Social Sciences Award for
the Most Promising Young Scholar, while Mr. Emmanuel Ekow Arthur-Entsiwah, Principal ICT
Assistant, received the Best Worker Award for the same period.
Two Research Fellows, Dr. Godwin Kwafo Adjei and Dr. Richard Asante were awarded the Doctor of
Philosophy degrees at the University's November, 2011 congregation, and the Administrative
Secretary, Ms. Mavis Oye Addotey, obtained a Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies
during the same congregation.
Dr. Godwin Adjei's won the University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars Programme award.
Professor Adomako Ampofo received the Feminist activism award from the Sociologist for Women
and Society, SWS, in 2010. As part of her award she visited two underserved sociology departments
in the US at the University of Wichita and Monmouth Universityin 2011 where she delivered
public lectures titled, Responding to Violence: Local Activism in a Global Context.
Professor Adomako Ampofo (and Professor Josephine Beoku-Betts, Florida Atlantic University) were
elected co-presidents (elect, for 2014-2018) at the 17th International Sociological Association World
Congress held in Gothenburg in 2010.
Dr. Obadele Kambon received the 2012/2013 Vice-Chancellors Award for best PhD thesis

Students' Corner
Meet our alumni/students
Beginning with this maiden edition, IAS News will prole our alumni and students who continue to make us
proud. Ms Serwaa Afrifa graduated from the Institute in November, 2011 with a Master of Philosophy in African
Studies. She is currently a Teaching Assistant at the Institute.
Interviewer (Q): Good morning, Serwaa. Could you tell us your full name and a little about yourself?
Ms Afrifa (A): Good morning. I am Patricia Serwaa Afrifa.
Q: So who is Patricia Serwaa Afrifa?
A: I am the fourth of six children born to Mr Sampson Afrifa, an Educationist and present headmaster of Asamankese
Senior High School and Madam Comfort Peprah also an Educationist. I was born on 10th March, 1983 and I come
from Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region. For my basic education I attended Swedru International School (SWIS) in
Agona Swedru. After completing Junior Secondary School, I continued on to Ofori Panin Senior High School and
obtained my Senior Secondary School Certicate.
I am a resilient and hardworking young woman who is ready to learn. As a results oriented person with an acute sense
for detail, I undertake whatever tasks are assigned me with passion and enthusiasm. I am Christian and fellowship at
the Seventh-Day Adventist Church at Legon.
Q: Kindly tell us about your undergraduate studies
A: I undertook my undergraduate degree in Linguistics and Sociology at the University of Ghana. I completed in
2007. I am a proud afliate of the Mensah Sarbah Hall.
Q: After your successful completion of the Bachelor's degree, what informed your decision to pursue
postgraduate studies at the Institute of African Studies?
A: Well, as I mentioned earlier, I studied Linguistics and Sociology for my B.A and I wanted a postgraduate degree
that would tie these two disciplines together. That is to say, I was looking for a degree that was interdisciplinary and
would integrate my previous studies in a way that would make me versatile. I thought carefully about this and sought
advice from a former lecturer of mine, Dr. Clement Appah, and nally decided to undertake the MPhil in African
Studies.
Q: What are some of the courses you studied as a postgraduate student and how have these impacted the development
of your scholarship and future goals?
A: We took several courses over the two-year period for the degree, that is, from 2008 to 2010. Some of them were
Family Studies, Gender and Development, African Social and Political Systems and Research Methods. These
exposed me to rigorous research and to a wider eld of scholarship in both the Social Sciences and the Arts which has
been helpful in guiding me in the development of a career in academia.
Q: Please tell us a bit more about your academic interests.
A: I did my MPhil dissertation on Emerging Fostering Practices in Ghana: A Micro-study of Institutionalized
Fosterage in the Tema Municipality. The study reects my interest in Family Studies, with specic emphasis on
Child Care. I also have interests in Gender Studies.
Q: Have you done any work in your area of interest?
A: Yes, I have. At the 62nd Annual New Year School of the University of Ghana, I co-presented a paper titled The
Youth and Career Aspirations: A Case Study of the University of Ghana with Prof Olivia A.T. Frimpong
Kwapong and Prof Kate Addo Adeku of the Institute of Continuing and Distance Education. Recently, I presented
a paper on Childcare in Foster Homes: Public Policy on Institutionalized Fosterage in Ghana at the 2012
Social Sciences Colloquium. I am also currently working on a research paper with Prof Frimpong Kwapong on
Women's Participation in the Design and Implementation of Basic Adult Literacy Programmes: The Case of
the Adult Literacy Programme at the University of Ghana

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Q: Do you have any fond memories of the Institute as a student?

A: Oh yes! I do. I remember the Institute's end-of-year dinner during my rst year. The mood at the event was so
relaxing. It was just exciting to see the Director at the time, Prof. Takyiwah Manuh open the dance oor with the late
Rev. Dr. Akrong. It was a privilege for students and their fellows interact and even dance to beautiful tunes! It was
simply an evening of wining and dining after a hard day's work.
Q: That is very impressive. Where are you working presently?
A: I am a Teaching Assistant at the Institute of African Studies. In line with my aspirations for a career in academia I
applied for the position after I completed the MPhil and began work in 2010. In addition to my duties as Teaching
assistant, I am the Project Assistant of the Social Science Research Council's (SSRC) African Studies Hub at the
Institute.
Q: What do you do in your leisure time?
A: I enjoy reading. I also like organizing events and occasionally emceeing at events.
Q: Do you have any comments for future students of the Institute of African Studies?
A: I would advise them to explore the broad spectrum of opportunities the Institute offers.
This would help them greatly to unearth their full potential.
Q: Thank you very much for granting this interview.
A: Thank you too.
Ms. Serwaa Afrifa

Student Conference Presentations

Below is a brief selection of some of the conference presentations of our students in recent years.
University for PEACE and International Development Research Centre Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
June 7-8, 2013.
i.

Mr. Collins Adu-Bempah Brobbey. Neopatrimonialism and Democratic Stability in Africa: A case of
Ghana's 1992 Re-Democratization.

Ghana Studies Conference, KNUST, Kumasi, May 23-26, 2013.

i. Ms Abena Kyere - Women in Ministry Who is the Pastor's wife?
ii. Mr. Kafui Tsekpo - Allowing Institutions to work: Institutional Democracy in Ghana's Fourth Republic.
iii. Mr. Collins Adu-Bempah Brobbey. The Logic of Neopatrimonialism and the Deepening of Democracy in
Ghana's Fourth Republic.
Faculty of Social Sciences Colloquium, Legon, Accra, March 21, 2013.
i.

Ms Abena Kyere (with Akosua Adomako Ampofo) - We have two hands, two feet and a mind we can apply:
A look at the work of Ghanaian women musicians.
ii. Ms. Lydia Amoah - The Changing Roles of Akan Queenmothers: A Study of Nana Yaa Asantewaa II.
iii. Ms. Gloria Sarsah Buabeng Transformational Gendered Ideology: A Case Study of Migrants in Accra.
University of Birmingham-Economic and Social Science Research Council (ESRC)
Maame Kyerewaa Brobbey and Edem Adotey benetted from a University of Birmingham-Economic and Social
Science Research Council (ESRC) - 4-6 September 2013
International Partnership and Mobility Grant to present papers at the Crossroads in African Studies
Conference at the University of Birmingham
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Maame Kyerewaa Brobbey - Conceptions of Economic Knowledge and their Implications for Women's
Economic Decisions in Akrokerri.
ii. Edem Adotey - Founder or Founders: Power, People and the Independence Narrative in Ghana

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Maiden Alumni Night

A maiden gathering of IAS Alumni was recently held at the Yiri Lodge to formally inaugurate the Alumni Association
of the Institute. The alumni took turns to share their experiences, and used the occasion to reminisce about their
student days. Before parting, an interim local executive team was formed under the chairmanship of Dr. Moses NiiDortey. The new executives will be expected to draw up future programmes of the new Association as well as
coordinate its activities. A soiree was also held during the IAS conference.

A section of IAS Alumni with some senior

members of the Institute

Professor Thandika Mkandawire meets IAS Staff and Students

As part of his visit to deliver the 2013 Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg Memorial Lectures at the University, Professor
Thandika Mkandawire, took time off to interact with staff and students of the Institute at a brief 'Breakfast Meeting'
at the Yiri Lodge, IAS. Professor Mkandawire, rst Chair in African Development at the London School of
Economics, shared his experiences with the gathering, and observed, in particular, that Africa's future should not be
determined only by the opinions of experts but also those of the youth. He urged the junior members to determine to
do things that would lift the continent from its current status and enable it to rise to greater heights.

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Student Awards and Graduations

Collins Adu Bempah Brobbey 2013 UPEACE-IDRC Scholarship

Edwin Adjei - 2013 Kwame Nkrumah prize
Regina Fuller 2012 Agyemang Duah Award
George Bob-Milliar 2011 Kennel Jackson Award
Collins Adu Bempah Brobbey 2012 Kennel Jackson Award
Laapowiseh Vanderpuije 2011 Agyemang Duah Award
Prince Ofei Darko - 2010 Kwame Nkrumah Prize
Maame Kyerewaa Brobbey & Charles Prempeh - 2010 Agyemang Duah Award
.
Our students continue to make us proud. Dr Peter Agbodza, who graduated from the Institute in 2012, received the
Vice-Chancellor's award for the Best Thesis in the Humanities; and Mr Edem Adotey and Ms Rosemary Kimani, PhD
students at the Institute, both won Dissertation Fellowships from the African Humanities Program. During the
University congregations held in November, 2011 November, 2012, twenty of our students obtained degrees as
follows:
PHD

Baataar, Cuthbert K.M. (2012): Under Fives in Crisis in The Upper West region of Ghana: Changes In
Parental care And Dwindling Kin Support
Bob-Milliar, George Meyeri (2012): The Dynamics of Political Party Activism in Ghana: A Comparative
Study of the Activists of the NDC and NPP in Wa Central and Lawra-Nandom Constituencies, (1992 2008)
Obeng-Asamoa, Peter Kwabena (2012): Chiefs, Power and Change: Stool Politics in Manya Krobo (18351957)
Agozie Edward Ko (PhD)-2009: The Impact Of Cults On Gender Relations In Contemporary Anl.

MPhil
Atiemo, Ernest Kwame (2012): Girls' nubility rite in contemporary Asante: A study of Bragoro in Suhyien
Abraham Lopawiseh Vanderpuye (2012): Between tradition and modernity: Chieftaincy and the contestation
of authority in the Lambussie Chiefdom of the Upper West Region of Ghana.
Iddrisu Azindow Yakubu (2012): An analysis of the impact of contract farming on the Land Tenure Systems: A
case study of the integrated Tamale Fruit Company in the Savelugu Nanton District.
Akosua Afrakomah Boakye-Ansah (2012): The performance of the contracted Okyeame in contemporary
customary marriage in Accra.
Abena Kyere (2012): A comparative study of the lives and works of selected Ghanaian female musicians from
1980-2010.
Addo, Patience Afua (2011): Inuence of the extended family on couples' reproductive decision making: A
study of Anomabu, a fishing community in the Central Region
Adzei, Ko Semanu Atsu (2011): The rituals associated with the sacred paramount stool of Anfoega
Traditional area
Afreh-Nuamah, Joyce (2011): Women in Ghana Baptist convention: A case study of Accra and Eastern
Associations
Afrifa, Serwaa (2011): Emerging fostering practices in Ghana: A micro study of institutionalization of
fostering in the Tema Municipality
Akolgo, Joseph Octavius (2011): Do Households Budget? Poverty Management In Zuarungu, Ghana
Bonsu, Osei (2011): The changing roles of Chieftaincy in conict resolution in a contemporary Akan Society:
A case study of Oforikrom in the Techiman Municipality
Godswill, Arikor Tetteh (2011): The literary expression of personal experience an examination of the
Authobiography of Camara Laye and Letitia Eva Obeng
Latifu, Tahiru (2011): Civil society and community participation in water provisioning: A case study of
Krachi West District
Offei, Darko Prince (2011): Children as Financial Contributors to Family Sustenance: The case of children
working at quarry site at Pokuase
Joris Atia (2011): The political parties of chieftancy disputes in Northern Ghana: A case study of Zuarungu in
the Bolgatanga Municipality.
Maame Kyerewaa Brobbey (2011): Producing economic knowledge in women's groups: A case study of
Microcredit Groups in Akrokerri, Ghana.
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Mphil

Prempeh, Charles (2011): Islam and Drugs: A Study of the Use of Marijuana among Muslim Youth in

MA

Maamobi Community, Accra

Sarfo, Kwasi (2011): The Effect of Land Tenure on Yam Farming in the Atebubu Traditional Area

Antoinette Annan (2013): Freed slave children in the ports of Cape Coast.

Polley, Samuel Alexander (2012): Challenge faces of religion and politics of the Anlo and Agave Eve
Kafui O. Tsekpo (2012): Political parties and development in Ghana's fourth republic, A study of the

manifestos of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), 1992-2012.
Regina Yvonne Fuller (2012): Africanizing church music: A case study of women in a Methodist
congregation in Akwapim States of Ghana.
Abubakari, Musah Sadat (2011): Theatre for Development as an Interventionist Tool of Education for
Democratic Consolidation in Kintampo Municipality
Amoah, Lydia (2011): The changing roles of Akan queenmothers: A study of Nana Yaa Asantewaa II
Ford, Andrea (2011): Wealth, worldview, and modernity: Economic values in a case study of students at the
University of Ghana
Hayab, John Philip (2011): Realism in African Literature: A case study of selected Nigerian Novels: Kole
Omotoso's Just before Dawn and Festus Iyayi's the Contract.

Recent Collaborations
Swedish Linnaeus-Palme Programme
The Institute run a 2-year programme under the Linnaeus-Palme programme with the Department of Language,
Migration and Society (LMS), University of Malm, Sweden.

Social Sciences Research Council

Under Carnegie's Next Generation in Africa's programme the Institute of he University and the Social Sciences
Research Council (SSRC) are collaborating to support early career academics in Africa start and complete PhDs. The
IAS serves as the hub (for workshops, two to date) that bring mentors and mentees together.

Research Afliation with African Leadership Centre, Kings College, London

Also under Carnegie's Next Generation in Africa programme, the Centre trains young African leaders in the eld of
peace and security. The younger scholars are also placed in African Universities to be mentored by senior scholars. To
date two young leaders have been posted to the InstituteMs Nkoji Wamai (Kenya) and Ms Salamatu Kemokai
(Liberia).
Field trip to Obuasi under auspices of AngloGold Ashanti.

IAS has spear-headed new collaborations for

faculty and student exchanges, PhD training and
joint research with The University of North
Carolina, Greensboro and Bryn Mawr College,
PA, both in the US. Discussions are on-going to
formalise relationships with the Centres of African
Studies at the Universities of the Free State,
Bloemfontein, and Cape Town, both in South
Africa; as well as the University of Ibadan,
Nigeria; Concordia University, CA, USA; and the
University of Edinburgh, UK. We continue old
collaborations with Trent University; Calvin
College; AngloGold Ashanti; and Guinness Ghana
Breweries Ltd.

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Institute of African Studies
University of Ghana
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Legon

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University of Ghana
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Editorial Team
Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Professor Albert K. Awedoba
Dr. bdl Kambon
Ms. Mavis O. Addotey
Ms. Europa Mildred Taylor
Mr. Emmanuel Ekow Arthur-Entsiwah
Ms. Eva Dzegblor
Mr. Prince Offei Darko
Ms. Abena Karikari
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