Ghana Studies Council Home Page
The Ghana Studies Council (GSC) is an organization of scholars based in Africa, the United States, Europe, and Asia, whose research interests focus on the peoples of the West African state of Ghana. It is an associate organization of the African Studies Association (ASA) of the USA. General membership meetings are held on the occasion of the annual gathering of the ASA. The current Chair is Dennis Laumann of the University of Memphis. GSC publishes a Newsletter, the latest issue of which can be accessed through the documents link below. It also sponsors the publication of a peer-reviewed academic journal, Ghana Studies, which appears annually. The 2008 Membership Renewal Form is now available. For further information about the GSC, please send a message to: ghanastudiescouncil@gmail.com
Ghana Studies
Ghana Studies, the GSC-sponsored, peer-reviewed academic journal, appears annually. Please click here for subscription information, tables of contents of published issues (vols. 1-7, 1998-2004), and guidelines for submitting manuscripts for publication consideration.
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General Announcements
- Kwadwo Konadu-Agyeman. David Owusu-Ansah sent in the following sad news: Ghana Studies Council lost one of our dedicated members, Dr. Kwadwo Konadu-Agyeman of Akron University, Ohio. Please click here for David's full message and information regarding voluntary contributions to Kwadwo's family.
- Tamale Institute of Cross-Cultural Studies MA Degree in Cross-Cultural Development. Follow the link for more information regarding this new degree program offered in affiliation with University of Development Studies, Tamale.
- Endowment Fund Established at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. Follow the link for the text of an article recently published on ghanaweb.com regarding a fund set up in honor of the late Rev. Joseph Agyeman-Duah.
- Remembering Daniel Arthur Britz, 1939-2002. Contributions by:
- Book Donations Urgently Requested for the Geroge Padmore Research Library on African Affairs. Follow the link for details.
- Ghana Popular Music 1931-1957 - From Palm Wine Music to Dance Band Highlife, (Disques Arion: ARN 64564). A compilation of 21 titles of popular music recorded in Ghana between 1931 and 1957 by the Union Trading Company (UTC). Follow the link for more information.
- James Madison University Summer Program in Ghana. Run by Dr. David Owusu-Ansah, this site gives information about the JMU study abroad program at the University of Ghana, Legon that is open to participation by all students.
- The National Archives of Ghana, now known as the Public Records and Archives Administration Department, is in the process of creating a research library at its headquarters in Accra. The intent is to establish an interdisciplinary collection of books, dissertations, theses and articles that reflect the kind of top-notch research undertaken by scholars at the archives. It will provide visitors to the archives -- students, scholars and others -- with easy access to secondary research materials on site. You are encouraged to send copies of articles, monographs, theses, etc, which are the product of your work in the National Archives in Accra or in any of its regional branches, to:
A. K. Mensah
Chief Records Officer
Archives Division
PRAAD
PO Box 3056
Accra
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Book Announcements
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Documents
- GSC Address Book. The names and contact information for all members of the GSC, in Adobe Acrobat format. Updated May 2002.
- GSC Newsletter, No. 9 (Spring/Summer 1996).
- GSC Newsletter, No. 10 (Spring/Summer 1997).
- GSC Newsletter, No. 11 (Spring/Summer 1998).
- GSC Newsletter, No. 12 (Spring/Summer 1999).
- GSC Newsletter, No. 13 (Spring/Summer 2000).
- GSC Newsletter, No. 14 (Spring/Summer 2001). This is an Adobe pdf file and requires Adobe Reader software which is freely available at this link.
- GSC Newsletter, No. 15 (Summer 2002). This is an Adobe pdf file.
- GSC Newsletter, No. 16 (Summer/Fall 2003). This is an Adobe pdf file.
- Tables 1 and 2 mentioned on page 11 of the 2003 Newsletter. An Adobe pdf file. These were inadvertently omitted from the copies of the Newsletter mailed to members and posted in the Adobe pdf file above.
- GSC Newsletter, No. 19 (2006).
- GSC Newsletter, No. 20 (2007).
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Internet Links of Interest to Ghana Specialists
- Working Papers on Ghana. This site "an internet publication of the Institute of Asian and African Studies, University of Helsinki. Our aim is to make research in progress on Ghana accessible and therefore we invite collegues and students to present papers for publication to the editors. You are also invited to link up information about ongoing research projects."
- Africa Talks. This site offers "an online and face-to-face community of people interested in development in Africa."
- The Ghana Home Page. This privately operated website provides much useful information, news updates, images, and links to a variety of other Ghana-related sites on the web.
- JoyFM. The Internet home of a popular FM radio station in Accra, with links to local news stories.
- IRINNews.org. News about Ghana posted by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
- The Akan Cultural Symbols Project. "The focus of this project is to utilize the pictograms and ideograms encoded in the arts of the Akan to decode some aspects of the history, beliefs, social organizations, social relations, and other ideas of the Akan of Ghana."
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