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About the Ghana Studies Association

The Ghana Studies Association (GSA) began as the Akan Studies Council (ASC) in 1988. It is a multidisciplinary organization of scholars based in Africa, North America, Europe and Asia whose research focuses on the West African state of Ghana.

Advisory Board

Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong - Harvard University

Professor Kwasi Ampene - Tufts University

Professor Nana Akua Anyidoho - University of Ghana

Professor George Bob-Milliar - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Professor Laurian Bowles - Davidson College

Professor Akosua Darkwah - University of Ghana

Professor Dennis Laumann - University of Memphis

Professor Carina Ray - University of Michigan

Professor Jesse W. Shipley - Dartmouth College

Professor Ben Talton - Howard University