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African Studies Matters - A History of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, 1961-2017 (Hardcover)
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African Studies Matters - A History of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, 1961-2017 (Hardcover)
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This book provides the conceptual framework for documenting the
history of the Institute of African Studies at the University of
Ghana, West Africa. The Institute was established in 1961 by Dr.
Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of the newly independent nation
of Ghana. It was the first Institute of African Studies (IAS) at a
major university in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nkrumahs vision was to
incorporate national development into the mission of educational
institutions in Ghana and throughout Africa. The role of African
Studies was to provide direction through research, knowledge
production and applications for development. This book begins with
two historical contexts: (1) the global context, and (2) the
establishment of the University of Ghana, formerly the University
College of the Gold Coast, which was founded in 1948. This book
relies heavily on archival materials at the Institute, the
University Archive, and interviews with many of the architects and
Directors of the Institute, as well as faculty, students, alumni,
and others who contributed to and were impacted by the Institute
for more than 50 years. This book documents key milestones in the
history of the Institute from its establishment in 1961; its
mission as envisioned by its founder, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, and his
address at the official opening of the Institute on October 25,
1963; the development of research and postgraduate teaching
curricula (MA, MPhil, and PhD in African Studies); the
incorporation of six credit hours of African Studies courses as a
requirement in the curricula of all undergraduate majors at the
University of Ghana (current enrollment is 40,000 students); a
worldwide recognition of the study of African music and dance
through the works of the renowned ethnomusicologist J. H. K.
Nketia; the production of Ghanaian leaders on multiple levels in
both public and private sectors; the founding of the academic
research Journal of Contemporary African Studies; the African
Thinkers Program; research focus on African traditional leadership
and chieftancy; the establishment of the Kwame Nkrumah Endowed
Chair in African Studies funded by the international mining
conglomerate AngloGold Ashanti; the development of external
linkages with universities on five continents; and the creation of
the first continental African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA)
in 2013, a major historical achievement that culminated in the
International Conference on African Studies at the University of
Ghana. Moving forward, the Institute promises to build on its past
and present to promote Pan-African Studies for national development
in Africa and the African Diaspora; a collaboration with the Global
African Studies academic community; the advancement of indigenous
African knowledge production; the regeneration of African life,
history, and culture; and the study of Qualify of Life in Africa.
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