Carola Lentz, professor of Anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, has been named the new president of the Goethe-Institut. A lifetime member of the Ghana Studies Association (GSA), Prof. Lentz joined the association in the 1990s. She has conducted fieldwork in Ghana since the late 1980s; for many years, her focus was on the Upper…
Our 3rd Triennial Conference at the University of Ghana in July 2019 was another wonderful meeting of the Ghana Studies community. Visit “GSA Triennial Conferences” on the main menu for the highlights of the program, presentations, special events, social interactions, and social media stream from “Ghana as Center”, and much more.
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…