3rd Ghana Studies Triennial Conference ‘GHANA AS CENTER’ University of Ghana 10-13 July 2019 Geographically, Ghana is at the center of the world where the Greenwich Meridian meets the Equator. Conceptually, Ghana can be said to be at the center in regards to important themes in the study of Africa, such as pan-Africanism, the…
Ben Talton, associate professor of history at Temple University and immediate past president of GSA, reviews Jemima Pierre’s The Predicament of Blackness: Postcolonial Ghana and the Politics of Race, published by University of Chicago Press. Read more at Africa is a Country….
The Boahen-Wilks Outstanding Scholarly Article Prize commemorates two outstanding scholars of Ghana Studies, Albert Adu Boahen and Ivor Wilks. GSA Boahen-Wilks Article Prize recognizes and highlights scholarship on Ghana that demonstrates rigor, innovation, and dynamism. The prize winner is announced at the GSA Business Meeting at the annual African Studies Association meetings. For the 2018…
As always, GSA was very present and active in the 60th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association from 16-18 November in Chicago, which coincided with Ghana’s 60th independence anniversary. Here a few highlights, in words and pictures: Carina Ray was awarded the 2017 Women’s Caucus Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize for Crossing the Color Line: Race,…
Dr. Phidelia Theresa Doegah is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Health Research (IHR) at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), with a background in Population Studies. Her research titled “Lifestyle Behaviours and its implications on Body Mass Index” takes off from the fact that, while non-communicable diseases usually emerge in middle…
The President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) has the pleasure to invite members of the University community to an Inaugural Lecture by Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, former Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, as follows: Topic: Who are we and whose are we? Identity and Transforming the Nation…
GSA member and winner of last year’s Boahen-Wilks Article Prize, Ebony Coletu, has been named a Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholar for 2017. In a nation-wide search conducted by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Ebony was selected to be one of 10 Malkiel scholars. This award acknowledges and further supports Ebony’s work as a scholar…