Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch’s new book, The Politics of Chieftaincy examines debates over authority and property in Accra, Ghana, during the peak decades of British colonial rule. Between 1920 and 1950, imperial policies marginalized educated elites, local authorities, and landowners in favor of Ga chiefs, whom the British authorities viewed as more loyal to the empire. Conflicts erupted throughout…
2013 Research Grant Report, by Joseph Darko (2013 Grantee) I can still remember my face beaming with smiles when I read through the email notifying me of the grant I had been given by the Ghana Studies Association. In the 2011/2012 academic year, I enrolled on an MPhil Programme in Statistics at the University of…
GSA mourns the loss of a literary hero, Prof. Kofi Awoonor, who was among those killed at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Kenya. We are grateful for his wisdom so beautifully conveyed through his words. KOFI AWOONOR, 1935-2013
By Gracia Clark (Indiana University) Professor Clark, right, in Kumasi I was fortunate in 2011 to participate in two group research projects, which enabled me to spend nine months in Kumasi. In the fall I wrapped up work on an NEH grant originating with Michigan State historian David Robinson preparing materials for a series of web…