University of Ghana and California State University organise Faculty Seminar - "Ghana Calls"

California State University - Office of International Programmes joined the University of Ghana Legon: International Programmes Office; the Institute of African Studies and the School of Arts in June 2018 in a faculty seminar on the theme “Ghana Calls”. The faculty and a very vibrant cross-section of participants presented and discussed topics as diverse as: How To Educate Africans with African Examples; How to Teach History in Africa; What to Consider When Doing Study Abroad Programmes in Africa; How the African Diaspora Negotiate Ghana; Agricultural Development in Northern Ghana; Sustainable Waste Management in Ghana; How Music Sustains Diasporas Memories; and much more.

This seminar appealed not only to academics as all participants discussed; debated; and challenged scholars, students and activists to critically examine the seminar’s five themes – Teaching Africa; Economics, Development & Governance; African Art, Image , and Literature; African Diaspora; and, Africa and the United States.

The seminar presented a wonderful cross-cultural exchange designed to topple prejudices, increase our understanding and to brainstorm how to motivate our students, colleagues and the public on solving problems and becoming better global citizens.

Click the link below, to read and review the “Ghana Calls” conference proceedings. The papers are informative, inspirational and innovative. We hope they inspire you to read, work, and study and become part of the active community striving to redefine, document, create and build the best Ghana/Africa/World we can!

 

Please click here for the conference report