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Contemporary Journal of African Studies (CJAS)

The Contemporary Journal of African Studies(CJAS) began its life as the Research Review in 1969, and was re-branded as theCJAS in 2012.  CJAS is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published twice a year. Beginning with the 2019 issues, the CJAS is available only in electronic format available on journals.ug.edu.gh and ajol.info/cjas

However, print on demand copies can be made available. Kindly contact the Publications Office via email at iaspubs@ug.edu.gh

Professor Dzodzi Tsikata delivers Ghana Academy of Art and Sciences Inaugural Lecture

Professor Dzodzi Tsikata, a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), Research Professor and the Director of the Institute of African Studies (IAS) delivered her Inaugural Lecture at GAAS Auditorium on Thursday, September 20, 2018. The topic was “Addressing the Crisis of Work in Ghana: What Role for Transformative Social Policy?"

Past Directors and Deputies

  1. Professor Thomas Hodgkin (1962-1965)
  2. Professor Kwabena Nketia (1965-1979)
  3. Rev. Dr. A. K. Quarcoo (Ag., 1974)
  4. Professor K. A. Dickson (1980-1986)
  5. Professor Kwame E. Arhin (1987-1995)
  6. Professor Kofi Agovi (Ag., 1995-1996)
  7. Professor George Hagan (1996-1998)
  8. Professor. Irene Odotei (Ag., 1998-2002)

Professor Horace Campbell

Professor Campbell is the Kwame Nkrumah Chair of African Studies at the Institute of African Studies, University of Legon, Ghana. He is on leave from Syracuse University where holds a joint Professorship in the Department of African American Studies and the Department of Political Science, Maxwell School at in the United States.

Kwame Nkrumah Chair

In 2005, efforts by successive Directors of the Institute, and collaborators knowledgeable about the role of Kwame Nkrumah in the Pan Africanist movement and discourse, culminated in a decision by the University of Ghana to establish a Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies.

Language, Literature and Drama Section

The Institute of African Studies Language, Literature, and Drama section is composed of Prof. Ọbádélé Kambon, Prof. Esi Sutherland-Addy, Prof. Mercy Akrofi Ansah, Prof. Hasiyatu Abubakari, and Dr. Edwin Asa-Adjei. Courses are taught on the graduate level, which are based on the research we conduct on African languages. Furthermore, research courses based on African Languages, Literature, and Drama contribute to the fulfilment of the mandate of the Institute of African Studies.

Travel Information

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND VISA INFORMATION FOR GHANA IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS

All persons entering Ghana must be in possession of a valid passport or Travel Document establishing the identity of the holder.

Participants who require visas to enter Ghana are to do so from the respective Ghanaian Consulates abroad. Visas are required by all except nationals of ECOWAS, Kenya, Tanzania and Singapore.