About

Amma is a lecturer at the Department of English, University of Ghana, Legon. She is a BECHS – Africa Andrew Mellon Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Stellenbosch University. Dr. Kuma is a recipient of the BANGA-Africa Research Grant and the Andrew Mellon Foundation Thesis Completion Grant.

Education

PhD English – University of Ghana

MPhil English – University of Cape Coast

BA English and Linguistics – University of Ghana

Research Interest

• Postcolonial Studies
• Environmental Humanities
• Gastrocriticism
• Gender Studies
• Trauma and Memory.

Publications

Dankwa, A. G. (2021). ‘A Quest for the Self and Identity in Two West African Autobiographies: Mary Ashun’s Tuesday’s Child and Helene Cooper’s The House at Sugar Beach.’ International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 10(3), 275–285.

Dankwa, A. G. (2021). ‘Colonial Discourse in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and Counter Discourse of Decolonization in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart’. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 10(3), 479–491.