Mrs. Akua B. Abloso

AKUA BOAKYEWA ABLOSO
Akua Boakyewa Abloso currently is a retired Lecturer at the Department of Dance Studies, School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana Legon. She holds a Teachers Certificate “A” from Wesley College, Kumasi. She also holds a Diploma in Theatre Arts (Dance), B.A. in Dance and Sociology with long essay title “The Role of Dance in Socialization in Accra: A case Study of Madina Market” all from the University of Ghana, Legon.  She has an MPhil in Theatre Arts (Dance) with Thesis Titled: Dance Theatre for Social Change: A study of the Works of Adinku and Nii Yartey.  Prior to her current position, she had supervised projects by students of School of International Training (SIT). She has also adjudicated competitions such as cultural festival for Basic schools in 2007 and Yosakoi Dance Festival in 2003. She is a member of the International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) U.S.A. Some of the Courses she teaches include Dance Forms of Ghana, Dance Forms of Africa, Traditional Dance, Dance Ritual and Art, and Traditional Songs. Seminars and papers she has presented are “The State of Abibigromma, The Resident Theatre Company of the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon.   She was the Artistic Director of Abibigromma, the Resident Theatre Company of the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon in 2009 - 2011.  She was also the Head of Department of Dance Studies in 2011 – 2012.

ON-GOING RESEARCH PROJECTS

•  Folksongs and Dance: A composite Art Form in Religious Worship.
•  Findings of the Analysis of Adinku’s “The Orphan” and Nii Yartey’s “Bukom.

ACCEPTED PUBLICATIONS

• Boakyewa, A. A. (2009). The Evolution and Historical Development of Dance Theatre in Ghana. International Journal of Multi-disciplinary Scholarship, Ghana.
• Boakyewa, A. A. (2013). Dance Theatre for Social Change: Findings of the Analysis of Adinku”s “The Orphan” and Nii Yartey’s “Bukom”. Journal of Performing Arts, University of Ghana.

PUBLICATIONS
Boakyewa, A. A. (2012) “The Promotion of Unity in Diversity through Dance Theatre: The Ghana Dance Ensemble” The One In the Many, Nation Building Through Cultural Diversity. (Eds) Helen Lauer, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo and Joana Boampong.  Sub-Saharan Publishers, Accra, Ghana. (pp. 55-68)