Table of Contents
January 01, 2019; Volume 22
Editorial
- You have accessRestricted accessA Farewell Note from the EditorsCarina Ray and Kofi BakuGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 1-2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.1Carina RayBrandeis UniversityRoles: Associate ProfessorKofi BakuUniversity of Ghana, LegonRoles: Senior Lecturer
Articles
- You have accessRestricted accessPolitical Economy of Internal Migration and Labor-Seeking Behavior of Poor Youth in GhanaJoseph KWEKU Assan and Dinar D. KharismaGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 3-35; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.3Joseph KWEKU AssanJoseph Assan (), PhD, is currently assistant professor of International Political Economy of Sustainable Development in the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, where he teaches development studies and courses related to social policy in the Master’s in Sustainable International Development Program and the PhD concentration in Global Development and Sustainability. Professor Assan is also a lead investigator with the Center for Global Development and Sustainability at the Heller School. Until his appointment at Brandeis, Joseph was assistant professor of Development Practice at Trinity College Dublin. Prior to this, he served as the director of the International Development Program at the University of Liverpool, UK. Joseph has extensive field research experience in cross-sector partnerships in international development policy and practice and social policy.Dinar D. KharismaDinar Kharisma (), PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow and Fulbright Scholar at the Center for Global Development and Sustainability at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Prior to studying at Heller, he worked with the government of Indonesia, mostly on the development of national social protection programs, including the National Health Insurance, conditional cash transfer, and many types of social assistance initiatives. Dinar has expertise in social policy analysis and evaluation. He holds PhD and MA in Social Policy from Heller, an MA in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University, as well as a BA in Economics from the University of Indonesia.
- You have accessRestricted accessWhen Men Touch Women Without LicenseInterrogating the Reasons for Women’s Entry into Consensual Unions in Urban Accra, GhanaRosemary Obeng-HinnehGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 36-58; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.36Rosemary Obeng-HinnehRosemary Obeng-Hinneh () is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology, University of Ghana, Legon. Her major research interests include the dynamics of marriage, family, and intimate partnerships in the urban spaces of Ghana and Africa more broadly.
- You have accessRestricted accessThe Posuban is our PrideMaintaining and Modernizing a Tradition and Its Visual LanguageKwame Amoah LabiGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 59-94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.59Kwame Amoah LabiKwame Amoah Labi () is an African art historian at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in African art. His research interests are in Ghanaian modern and contemporary art and art studies, conservation of ethnographic works, and the history of museums. He has published widely on the art of the Asante, the Akuapem, and the Fante asafo in journals such as Anthropos and Critical Interventions: Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture.
- You have accessRestricted access“Kill Rats and Stop Plague”Race, Space, and Public Health in Postconquest KumasiBenjamin TaltonGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 95-113; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.95Benjamin TaltonBenjamin Talton () is a professor of African history at Temple University, where his research, writing, and teaching focus on politics and culture in modern Africa and the African Diaspora. His publications include Politics of Social Change in Ghana: The Konkomba Struggle for Political Equality (Palgrave, 2010); Black Subjects in Africa and Its Diasporas: Race and Gender in Research and Writing, edited with Quincy T. Mills of Vassar College (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), and, most recently, In This Land of Plenty: Mickey Leland and Africa in American Politics (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019). He is currently an editor of African Studies Review and serves on the executive board of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) and is a past president of the GSA.
- You have accessRestricted accessTaxation Without ResistanceNative Treasuries in the Northern TerritoriesSarah KunkelGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 114-145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.114Sarah KunkelSarah Kunkel () wrote her PhD thesis at the Humboldt University of Berlin on the labor history of Ghana. She taught at the University of Basel as well as the University of Education in Winneba. Sarah is currently teaching at Ashesi University and is conducting her post doctoral research project, funded by the Gerda-Henkel Foundation, on agricultural history in Ghana under Nkrumah.
Special Forum
- You have accessRestricted accessReframing the Reach of Archaeology in GhanaCommemorating James Kwesi Anquandah (1938–2017)Ebony ColetuGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 146-149; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.146Ebony ColetuPennsylvania State UniversityRoles: SPECIAL FORUM EDITOR
- You have accessRestricted accessDescendant EpistemologyEbony ColetuGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 150-172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.150Ebony ColetuEbony Coletu () is an assistant professor of African American Studies, English, and African Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is also a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana (2019–2020) at the Institute for African Studies, University of Ghana-Legon. This essay draws from her Fulbright research and book project: Pan-African Logistics: Chief Sam and the Origins of African American Migration to Ghana.
- You have accessRestricted access“Archaeo, That Useless Subject”Excavating the Past through Autoarchaeology and Community Outreach EducationRachel Ama Asaa EngmannGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 173-190; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.173Rachel Ama Asaa EngmannRachel A. A. Engmann () is an assistant professor in Critical Social Inquiry at Hampshire College (USA). Her research and teaching interests include the historical and contemporary forms of the African experience, such as archaeological ethnography, critical heritage, material culture, museums, West African Islam, transatlantic slave trade, and colonial photography.
- You have accessRestricted accessIconography, Documentary Evidence, Continuity, and Akan Musical Expressions Before the 15th CenturyKwasi AmpeneGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 191-205; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.191Kwasi AmpeneKwasi Ampene () is associate professor of Music at the University of Michigan. As an ethnomusicologist, Ampene specializes in the rich musical traditions of the Akan people of West Africa. His research interests include the intersections between lived experience, music, and social values; the performance of historical and social memory, and politics. He is the current chair of the African Music Section in the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM). He has also provided expert advice for public engagement projects on Asante and Akan culture and music to institutions such as the British Library, Tufts University, and Princeton University. Professor Ampene is the author and coauthor of journal articles and books, including Engaging Modernity: Asante in the Twenty-First Century (Michigan Publishing, 2016); Discourses in African Musicology: J. H. Kwabena Nketia Festschrift (Michigan Publishing, 2015); and Female Song Tradition and the Akan of Ghana: The Creative Process in Nnwonkorɔ (Ashgate, 2005). Ampene is the director and producer of a documentary film, Gone to the Village: Royal Funerary Rites for Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. Ampene’s book manuscript, Asante Court Music and Verbal Arts in Ghana: The Porcupine and the Gold Stool, is currently under contract with Routledge.
- You have accessRestricted accessThe Influence of James Anquandah on the Development and Practice of Eclectic Archaeology in GhanaMohammed Mustapha and Wazi ApohGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 206-221; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.206Mohammed MustaphaMohammed Mustapha () is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Florida. His research is examining the relationship between ironworking and social complexities in northern Ghana. He is currently conducting fieldwork for his PhD dissertation at the Nasia archaeological smelting sites.Wazi ApohWazi Apoh () is a senior lecturer and Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholar at the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana. His previous Volkswagen Foundation–funded project focused on the archaeology of German missionization and colonization of Togoland. He is currently involved with the Coastal Volta Slave Route Archaeology Project in Ghana.
Reviews
- You have accessRestricted accessGhana Freedom: Ghana Pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia (11 May–24 November 2019)Benjamin N. LawranceGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 223-230; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.223Benjamin N. LawranceUniversity of Arizona
- You have accessRestricted accessVoices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System, 1955–57Jesse Weaver ShipleyGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 230-231; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.230Jesse Weaver ShipleyDartmouth College
Contributors
- You have accessRestricted accessContributorsGhana Studies, January 2019, 22 (1) 233; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.22.1.233
