The Ghana Studies Association (GSA) is a multi-disciplinary association of scholars based at public and private universities, or working independently, in Ghana, North America, Europe, and elsewhere in the world. We are united by a common interest in studying the history, politics, cultures, societies, and economies of Ghana. In the course of the twentieth century,…
At the GSA Business Meeting in November, following the 66th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, members elected David Afriyie Donkor, an Associate Professor of Performance Studies and Africana Studies at Texas A&M University, as the new President of GSA.
You are invited to the GSA 2nd Annual Keynote Lecture at the 65th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association in Philadelphia Date: Friday November 18 at 7:30pm EST. Location: TBA Keynote Lecture by Prof. Dr. Adams Bodomo, FGA Abstract What are linguistic and cultural rights and how can scholars of the humanities help enrich the…
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The Ghana Studies Association (GSA) in collaboration with Africa is A Country is excited to announce the first in a series of digital scholarly panel conversations that showcase the most exciting rising scholars and new research. April 9, 2021 1-3pm EST/5-8pm GMT digital and format details to follow Rethinking Black Internationalism: New Directions in Historical…
Ato Quayson, GSA member and immediate Past President of the African Studies Association, has been selected by Brittle Paper as their ‘Academic of the Year’ for “his use of social media to bring scholarly ideas about literature to mainstream audiences” through his “Critic.Reading.Writing” Youtube channel, launched in July 2020. Professor Quayson has said that the…
In a piece on the online magazine, “Africa is a Country”, Jesse Weaver Shipley, Professor of African and African American Studies at Dartmouth University, reflects on the lessons we can learn from a 1970s political-cultural icon who dominated Ghanaian politics right through the 1980s and 1990s. Read more…
Jennifer Hart, Associate Professor of History at Wayne State University, is the winner of the 2020 Boahen-Wilks Article Prize! This is the citation from the Prize Selection Committee, presented by Nana Yaw Sapong during the ceremony at the (virtual) GSA Business Meeting on 22 December 2020: “For the 2020 prize, we received nominations from history,…
At this year’s GSA Business Meeting, convened online following the African Studies Association annual meeting (also held virtually, for the first time), members elected Professor Kwasi Ampene, an ethnomusicologist at University of Michigan, as the new President of GSA. Read Professor Ampene’s short statement below and his bio here. “It is with a deep sense…
About the prize The Boahen-Wilks Outstanding Scholarly Article Prize is awarded by the Ghana Studies Association to recognize scholarship that best exemplifies the rigor, innovation and interdisciplinary nature of Ghana Studies. The prize is named in honor of two pioneering scholars—Albert Adu Boahen and Ivor Wilks. The Boahen-Wilks Prize is open to journal articles and…