Accra 2019

Conference Theme

Geographically, Ghana is at the center of the world where the Greenwich Meridian meets the Equator. Conceptually, Ghana can be said to be at the center in regards to important themes in the study of Africa, such as pan-Africanism, the trans-Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, state-building, and development, with their attendant themes of power, materiality, and modernity. At the third triennial conference of the Ghana Studies Association, we engage with what it means to have Ghana truly at the center of African/Ghana Studies scholarship.

Recognizing Ghana at the center invites scholarship that takes Ghanaian models and concepts as a starting point. It also implies recognizing Ghana as both unique and global, not 'a place apart…[but] a site for the generation of ideas and theoretical insights' as well as methodological innovations.

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