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The Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, is delighted to welcome Dr. Harry Nii Koney Odamtten as a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow. Dr. Odamtten, an Associate Professor of History at Santa Clara University, brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the institute. He earned a Dual Ph.D. in African American African Studies and History from Michigan State University (MSU) in 2010, following his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Ghana, Legon, in 2001.

Mr. Ebenezer Kwesi Bosomprah, a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, has been nominated for the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship Award. This prestigious fellowship, offered by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), aims to support promising Ph.D. students in Africa who are developing doctoral dissertation research proposals. Mr. Bosomprah's selection for this award recognizes his outstanding research potential and commitment to advancing social science knowledge.

Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo has been named the 2023-2024 Wan­ga­ri Maat­hai Vi­sit­ing Pro­fes­sor­ at the University of Kassel under Global Partnership Network (GPN). The Professorship is established in the context of global partnerships for sustainable development, and is for outstanding senior scientists who have achieved appropriate recognition in their fields.  The professorship honours the prominent Kenyan activist, Wangari Maathai, and stands for her commitment to justice, environmental and human rights.

Dr. Irene Appeaning Addo has won a 2022 Urban Studies Foundation (USF) International Fellowship and is currently a visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, South Africa. During the fellowship, Irene will be researching and writing about everyday urbanism in the Airport City I complex in Accra, Ghana. She will explore how the everyday needs of the low-income working group are met and negotiated in a high-class urban space.

The Institute of African Studies is hosting two Visiting Research Fellows to undertake their respective residency at the University of Ghana. The two Fellows are André Fischer, an Assistant Professor from the Washington University in St. Loius, United States and Azza Mustapha Babika Ahmed, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), University of Cape Town, South Africa. André Fisher and Azza Ahmed are each on a six-month Fellowship Programme, beginning September 2022.

We are proud to announce Professor Dzodzi Tsikata as the final recipient of the Distinguished Research Professorship this year. Professor Dzodzi Tsikata will join the Department of Development studies as Research Professor of Development Studies from January 2023.

Prof. Ntewusu addresses participants at the opening session

The Director of the Institute of African Studies, Prof. Samuel Ntewusu, addressed the opening session of the maiden annual conference of the Gender Equitable and Transformative Social Policy for Post-COVID-19 Africa (GETSPA) project. GETSPA is a multi-country research, policy engagement, capacity, and network-building project with a focus on social policy in Africa. The project is hosted by the Institute of African Studies (IAS) at the University of Ghana.

The Council of the University of Ghana has appointed Professor Samuel Aniegye Ntewusu as the new Director of the Institute of African Studies (IAS), College of Humanities. He replaces Professor Dzodzi Tsikata, whose tenure ended on 31 July 2022.