Kumasi 2013

1st Ghana Studies Association Conference

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | 23–26 May 2013

Conference Theme

This interdisciplinary gathering of local and international scholars, graduate students, development professionals and artists engaged a wide range of issues related to Ghanaian and African history, culture, society and politics.

Conference Topics

•Music, the Arts and Popular Culture
•Sports and Society
•Media and Information Technology
•Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and NGOs
•Politics, Political Participation, and Democracy
•The Rural Sector, Society, and Natural Resources
•Public Health, Waste Management, and the Environment

•Cities, Urbanization, and Labor
•Spirituality, Religion, and Religious Communities
•Markets and Trade
•The African/Ghanaian Diaspora
•Societies of Pre-20th Century Ghana
•20th Century Ghanaian/African History
•Gender, Sexuality and Society