Emmanuel Ababio Ofosu-Mensah

BA, MPhil, PhD (Ghana)

Professor Ofosu-Mensah Ababio is the Head of Department of History at University of Ghana, Legon. He is an Economic and Social Historian with special interest in Mining in West Africa and issues in Migration in the West African Sub-region. He is an alumnus of the University of Ghana and has published extensively in various peer reviewed academic journals in Scopus. His articles and book reviews have appeared in some of the most prestigious journals in the field: Africa Today, Journal of Africa History, Journal of Asian and African Studies, International Journal of African Historical Studies, and the Journal of West African History. Based on extensive and previously unused primary documents and a variety of secondary sources, those articles are of the highest quality. Professor Ofosu-Mensah Ababio is also a Nova Science publisher and the title of his current book is Economic, Social and Political Impact of Mining in Akyem Abuakwa from the pre-colonial era up to 1943 (2017). He has a masterful command of the historians craft, has maintained active scholarly record, reflected in publication in print, book reviews and conference papers.

His interest and specialization in Mining history has seen him presenting papers and chairing sessions of international conferences such as International conference on mining and mineralogy to be held in Munich Germany in July 2021; African Studies Association of the U.K biennial conference (AASAUK) held at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom in 2018; the symposium of Archaeology and History of Material culture in Africa and in the Africa Diaspora, held at the Federal University of Mina Gerias at Belo Horizonte in Brazil in November 2016; The XV Balkan minerals Congress (BMPC) held in June 2013 in Sozopol Bulgaria; and the 9th International Mining History Congress (9th IMHC) held in Johannesburg South Africa in April 2012.

Professor Ofosu-Mensah Ababio is a fellow of the Council of International Exchange Education (CIEE) summer school programme University of Ghana and teaches the History of Ghana to visiting students from America and Europe annually. He is professionally affiliated to the World History Association (USA); African Studies Council (USA); Ghana Studies Council (USA). He is an Associate member of the African Studies Centre in Leiden and also a member of the African Studies in Europe (AEGIS).

Ababio’s research interest cut across Geology, Bio-Chemistry, Economics, Geography, Chemistry, Migration Studies.

CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS

His current research focuses on the following themes:

• History of Gold mining and current issues in the mining sector in Ghana;
• Impact of Artisanal mining on the Ecology of affected communities in Ghana;
• History of the Extractive Industries – Gold and Diamond mining: Oil and Gas in Ghana;
• Historiography and Reconstruction of migration in West Africa.

SECONDARY RESEARCH INTEREST

In addition, Ababio has supervised more than 25 research (MPhil and PhD) students to completion and examined over 70 BA students, focusing on topics in mining, governance and development in different universities around the world.

He is currently supervising a number of PhD and MPhil students at all levels, conducting their research on topics across his current research interest, mining, migration, and governance.

He would also accept research proposal that are compatible with any of his current research interest in mining and migration from prospective PhD student with strong Research potentials. In particular, PhD proposals focusing on cross-country or regional (example America, Asia, Europe and among others) analyses rather than single country studies are highly encouraged.

CURRENT EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANT AWARD

Principal Investigator: for Andrew Mellon Research Project titled pre-Colonial and Modern Artisanal Small Scale Mining in Ghana, USD 30, 000 from 2018 – 2021.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATING RESEARCH PROJECT

A Co-Investigator of Pre –Colonial Gold Mining project in Banda in the Bono Region of Ghana. A collaborative project between Professor Ofosu-Mensah and Edmund Smith of University of Manchester, UK. The project is being financed by the University of Manchester, UK.

RESEARCH LINKS

• Google Scholar
• Academia
• Linkedin
• Scopus
• ResearchGate

Click Here to read more about PProfessor Ofosu-Mensah Ababio