Dr. Delali Amuzu

Delali’s research field is adult and higher education. He is particularly interested in questions about culture, decolonisation and Afrocentricity. At the moment, he is interested in postulations that shape critical education in Africa, the extent to which higher education institutions/universities are recognised as adult learning institutions and how adult learning philosophies, principles and theories influence the academe. Delali is also curious about the futures of adult and higher education. The underlying thread connecting his enquiries is the pursuit and advancement of African centred scholarship underscored by a reclamation of the best of Africa’s antiquity and present to offer historical recall, knowledge of self, and the cultural foundations required for meaningful education.

Research Interests

• Adult and higher education
• Philosophies, theories and purposes of education
• Decolonisation
• Afrocentricity
• Anti-colonial theorisations
• Critical theory
• Popular culture and education

Recent Publications

Amuzu, D. (2021). Towards Social Justice Consciousness in Ghana’s Higher Education: Revisiting the Thoughts of Nkrumah and Nyerere. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education. 10, 1-20. ISSN: 2166-2681. https://ojed.org/jis

Amuzu, D. (2020). Colonial higher education in Ghana and corresponding threats to principles of adult learning. In Oheneba-Sakyi, Y., Tagoe, A. M & Salifu, I (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Studies (pp. 138-154). Accra: Woeli

Amuzu, D. (2019). The Elite, Elitism, and Ensuing Conversations in Ghana’s Higher Education: Myth or Reality? Journal of Black Studies. 50 (8), 787-808. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934719885630