Kwamina Panford (second in front row from the right) speaks at the University of Energy & Natural Resources at Sunyani (Ghana) August 1-3, 2019 on institutional capacity building in higher education and his expertise and practical experience relating to natural resources focusing on petroleum in Africa. The Presentation was chaired by Prof Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong,…
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Kwamina Panford presented his paper “Ghana’s Governance & Democracy from 1992-2019” at the Ghana Studies International Conference at the University of Ghana Legon-Accra, July 10-13, 2019. The theme of this 3rd Triennial Conference at the University of Ghana “Ghana as Center.”
On July 26th, eight years of research and five years of fundraising by Professor Richard Wamai culminated in the opening of a new research center and clinic in Chemolingot Sub-County Hospital, Kenya. This new center will treat patients suffering from leishmaniasis – a disease that kills 20,000 each year. The opening of this center not…
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Check out the Northeastern News story about why studying science fiction is so important to crafting an idea of the future. Professor Moya Bailey will be teaching a new course in Fall 2019 called “Topics in Gender and Black World Literatures: Feminist Futures” that explores afrofuturism, a literary genre that features black protagonists in science…
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Associate Professor Richard Wamai was honored in an article that commemorated the 40 Kenyan men who set the pace in their respective areas (Professor Wamai’s being global health) in 2018. Following this publication, he was contacted by two immigrant health organizations, one in Massachusetts and one in Texas, and in January 2019, he spoke to…
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It has been thirty years since the first case of HIV/AIDS was identified. The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has established a framework as a goal for drastically reducing new AIDS infections. The 90–90–90 framework, as it is known, consists of the following goals: 90% of people with HIV know their status, 90% of…
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Reviews of Professor Kwamina Panford’s new book, “Africa’s Natural Resources and Underdevelopment: How Ghana’s Petroleum Can Create Sustainable Economic Prosperity” The Herald The Catholic Standard
Associate Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies, Kwamina Panford spent time in Ghana recently as a Visiting Sabbatical Professor and Carnegie Fellow (Feb. – Aug. 2017)
Recent publications by members of the CSGS faculty.
Professor Kwamina Panford’s new book, “Africa’s Natural Resource and Underdevelopment: How Ghana’s Petroleum can create sustainable economic prosperity” (Palgrave Macmillan 2017) was launched at the annual African Studies Association meeting at Chicago (Nov 16-18 2017) and by the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University in the fall of 2017.
