Dr. Edwina Dei Ashie-Nikoi

Educational Background (From Degree Upwards):
Ph.D, New York University
M.A., University of Ghana
B.A., Spelman College

Research Interests:
Trained both as a historian and an archivist, intellectually I am intrigued by the ways peoples of African descent document themselves. My scholarly work stem from these historical interests in African and African-descended cultures and histories, and my archival concerns for their documentation and preservation. My current research agenda thus pivots around how culture and history are traditionally remembered, documented and represented in African/diasporan cultural systems, how indigenously produced information is (to be) preserved for future generations and how this would impact development and future knowledge production from and about Africa and its diaspora.

Recent Publications:
“More than songs and stories: the nexus between cultural records and national development”. Information Development. (November 2019).
“Ghana’s cultural records in diaspora: Perspectives from papers held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York”. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science (Vol. 29, No. 2, October 2019).