Table of Contents
January 01, 2018; Volume 21
Editorial
- You have accessRestricted accessA Note from the EditorsGhana Studies @20Carina Ray and Kofi BakuGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 1-2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.1Carina RayBrandeis UniversityRoles: Associate ProfessorKofi BakuBrandeis UniversityRoles: Senior Lecturer
Articles
- You have accessRestricted accessJack GoodyEarly Fieldwork and the Passing of an Era of Cambridge Anthropology in Northern GhanaIsidore LobnibeGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 3-23; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.3Isidore LobnibeIsidore Lobnibe () is an associate professor of social cultural anthropology at Western Oregon University, specializing in West Africa. His major research interests are social organization, West African political economy (Ghana and Burkina Faso), the household and peasant economy, labor migration, historiography, and the history of anthropology.
- You have accessRestricted accessMapping the Web of RelationsUnderstanding Mobile Phone Appropriation among Produce Traders in GhanaRabiu K. B. Asante and Dan-Bright S. DzorgboGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 24-40; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.24Rabiu K. B. AsanteRabiu K. B. Asante, PhD, () is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Ghana, Legon. His major interests include technology and society, ICT and informal markets, mHealth, digital gaming, smart governance, and digital research in Ghana and Africa.Dan-Bright S. DzorgboDan-Bright S. Dzorgbo, PhD, () is an assistant professor in sociology at the University of Ghana, Legon. His major research interests include social and economic issues in development; political development; governance and democratization; the social, economic, and behavioral dimensions of health; and the patterns and impact of scientific communication in Ghana and Africa.
- You have accessRestricted accessA Shared LegacyAtlantic Dimensions of Gold Coast (Ghana) History in the Nineteenth CenturyRebecca ShumwayGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 41-62; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.41Rebecca ShumwayRebecca Shumway () is assistant professor in the Department of History at the College of Charleston. She is the author of The Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade and coeditor with Trevor R. Getz of Slavery and Its Legacy in Ghana and the Diaspora. Her work has appeared in the International Journal of African Historical Studies, History in Africa, Slavery and Abolition, and edited collections.
Ghana Studies @20/The Ghana Studies Association @30 Special Anniversary Forum
- You have accessRestricted access@60Jean AllmanGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 63-68; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.63Jean AllmanJean Allman (), Washington University in St. Louis
- You have accessRestricted accessGhana Studies Since the 1960sAto QuaysonGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 69-85; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.69Ato QuaysonAto Quayson () is professor of English and postcolonial literature at New York University. He is the author of several monographs and edited collections, including the award-winning Oxford Street, Accra: City Life and the Itineraries of Transnationalism (Duke University Press, 2014).
- You have accessRestricted accessEditing Ghana StudiesA Conversation with Akosua Adomako Ampofo and Stephan F. MiescherGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 86-94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.86
- You have accessRestricted accessWomen, Gender, and “Specifically Historical” Research on GhanaA RetrospectiveKate SkinnerGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 95-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.95Kate SkinnerKate Skinner () is a senior lecturer in the History of Africa and Its Diasporas at the University of Birmingham UK. Her first book, The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland (Cambridge University Press, 2015), is concerned with education, literacy, and politics in the Ghana-Togo borderlands, while the present article reflects some of her more recent research interests.
- You have accessRestricted accessThe Ivorian Origins of the Ghana Studies AssociationElisa ProsperettiGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 121-129; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.121Elisa ProsperettiElisa Prosperetti () is a PhD candidate in history at Princeton University. She is completing a dissertation on the history of education in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, titled Education for Development: Going to School in Postcolonial West Africa. Her research focuses on the connected histories of development, schooling, and citizenship.
- You have accessRestricted accessGhana StudiesReflections on the AssociationDennis LaumannGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 130-132; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.130Dennis LaumannDennis Laumann (), The University of Memphis
- You have accessRestricted accessReflections on the GSA @30Ben TaltonGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 133-135; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.133Ben TaltonBen Talton (), Temple University
- You have accessRestricted accessThe Ghana Studies AssociationLooking AheadNana Akua AnyidohoGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 136-141; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.136Nana Akua AnyidohoNana Akua Anyidoho (), University of Ghana, Legon
From the GS Vaults
- You have accessRestricted access“Eating Kola”The Pharmacological and Therapeutic Significance of Kola NutsEdmund AbakaGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 143-155; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.143Edmund AbakaEdmund Abaka (), University of Miami
- You have accessRestricted accessComment on “Eating Kola”The Revolution to Come? or The Revolution That Never Was?Edmund AbakaGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 156-162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.156Edmund AbakaEdmund Abaka (), University of Miami
- You have accessRestricted accessComment on “Eating Kola”The Global Circulation of Plants from GhanaAbena Dove Osseo-AsareGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 163-165; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.163Abena Dove Osseo-AsareAbena Dove Osseo-Asare (), University of Texas at Austin
Book Reviews
- You have accessRestricted accessChristianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in GhanaSandra E. GreeneGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 167-168; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.167Sandra E. GreeneCornell University
- You have accessRestricted accessBrazilian-African Diaspora in Ghana: The Tabom, Slavery, Dissonance of Memory, Identity, and Locating HomeSean H. ReidGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 168-170; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.168Sean H. ReidSyracuse University
Contributors
- You have accessRestricted accessContributorsGhana Studies, January 2018, 21 (1) 171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.21.1.171