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Celebrating 60 Years of African Genuis and African Studies; the Past...
Dr. Edem Adotey Receives Fulbright Visiting Scholar Programme for...
Prof. Akosua Adomako speaking
IAS holds the 11th Biennial Conference of ASWAD
The AHUWA-Unilever Sponsored African Archives Collaborative Research...
IAS welcomes Dr. Harry Odamtten
Mr. Ebenezer Kwesi Bosomprah nominated for the Next Generation Social...
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Prof. Adomako Ampofo named the 2023-2024 Wan­ga­ri Maat­hai Vi­sit­...
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Dr. Appeaning Addo awarded 2022 Urban Studies Foundation (USF)...
IAS hosts two Visiting Research Fellows
Professor Dzodzi Tsikata final recipient of SOAS Distinguished...
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IAS Director speaks at GETSPA annual conference
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Professor Samuel Ntewusu appointed as the new Director of the...
GETSPA to host social policy scholars from across Africa for 2022...
Professor Takyiwaa Manuh Joins CDD-Ghana as a Senior Fellow
Dr Hargoe and Dr. Kwansa
Two faculty members of Institute of African Studies awarded...
Prof. Dzodzi Akuyo Tsikata delivers Inaugural Lecture
Professor Amina Mama
Professor Amina Mama Installed as First Woman Occupant of Kwame...
Provost of College of Humanities at the Archives of IAS
Provost of College of Humanities visits Institute of African Studies
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Promoting Gender Equitable Social Policy in Africa Post Covid-19: New...
Professor Amina Mama
University of Ghana appoints the Fourth Occupant of the Kwame Nkrumah...
Ms Judith Opoku-Boateng, elected to serve on the Executive Board of...
Seventh AngloGold Ashanti Lecture on Business in Africa held
Professor Tsikata lauds AngloGold Ashanti
Professor Thandika Mkandawire
Remembering Thandika, Honouring a Colossus
Professor Tsikata and Dr Kojo Aidoo in Thailand
Elisio Macamo, a Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland
Summer School Organized for Doctorial Students at the Institute of...
Symposium on Girls in the SDG Era Held at IAS
IAS Hosts Symposium on Infrastructural Legacies and Futures of the...
IAS Faculty Members Attend ASAA Conference in Nairobi
Artefacts donated to the Institute of African Studies Museum and...
Carola Lentz Elected New President of Goethe-Institut
Institute of African Studies Organizes Workshop for Staff
Dr. Kojo Opoku Aidoo attends the 9th Annual African Unity for...
Prof. Adesanmi
University of Ghana’s Institute of African Studies Mourns Pius...
Prof. Kwesi Yankah
Institute of African Studies Launches Book of Biographical Essays
IASA Conference
The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA...
Professor Dzodzi Tsikata
Professor Dzodzi Tsikata delivers Ghana Academy of Art and Sciences...
Kweku Bedu-Addo
StanChart Boss of the South & Southern Africa Region Delivers 6th...
Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo delivers Ghana Academy of Arts and...
Third Occupant of Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies Installed
Three IAS Professors inducted into the Ghana Academy of Arts and...
Ambassador of Czech Republic in Ghana Pays Courtesy Call New IAS...
Smooth Transition
Professor Tsikata Assumes Headship of IAS
IAS Begins Discussions for Possible Collaboration with Sapienza...
Secretary of International Convention of Asian Scholars Pays Courtesy...

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