Ato Quayson on Oscar-contender ‘The Revenant’
Ato Quayson takes on “The Revenant” and Hollywood’s predilection for glorifying colonial conquest in The Guardian. Check it out here.
The Ghana Reader is out!
The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics Kwasi Konadu and Clifford C. Campbell, editors Covering 500 years of Ghana’s history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation. Whether discussing the Asante kingdom and the Gold Coast’s importance to European commerce and transatlantic slaving, Ghana’s brief period…
GSA 2015 Year in Review
[First posted on the GSA Facebook page on 2 January. Compiled by Carina Ray. Note: This list is based on members’ response to the call to submit articles, books, awards, etc.] 2015 was an incredibly productive year for GSA members. Here’s a look back at some of what we accomplished. New Books Akosua Adomako Ampofo…
New publications from David Owusu-Ansah
David Owusu-Ansah’s 2013 co-authored book Islamic Learning, the State and the Challenges of Education in Ghana presents a comprehensive historical study of the interaction of Islamic education with educational policy in Ghana. It is based on rich analyses of documents, interviews and statistical data. The data from the study is available through the free-access digital…
GSA at ASA 2015
HIGHLIGHTS: Akosua Adomako Ampofo delivers the African Studies Review Distinguished Lecture. Abena Osseo-Asare wins the 2015 Herskovitz prize for Bitter Roots: The Search for Healing Plants in Africa! Jean Allman wins GSA’s own 2015 Boahen-Wilks Scholarly Article Prize. Carola Lentz has a panel to celebrate her 2014 Herskovitz-winning book, Land, Mobility and Belonging in West…
Congratulations to Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, Herskovitz Prize winner!
GSA is delighted to announce that, for the second year in a row, a GSA member has won the African Studies Association’s prestigious Melville J. Herskovitz given to “the author of the most important scholarly work in African studies published in English during the preceding year”. Previous winners of the prize have included prominent names…