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Steve William Tonah
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1. Personal Details

Nationality   : Ghanaian
Address   : Department of Sociology, University of Ghana
                 P.O. Box 65, Legon-Accra, GHANA

Schools attended/Degrees Obtained  :

  • June 1982 B.A. Economics & Sociology; Dip. Ed., University of Cape Coast, Ghana
  • January 1989 M.A. Development Planning (Sociology); University of Bielefeld, Germany
  • April 1993  PhD. Development Sociology; University of Bielefeld, Germany

2. Teaching Activities

a. Work and Teaching Experience

  • Janaury- December 1990  Research Assistant, Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
  • 1993-1997 Programme Coordinator, Development Department, Christian Council of Ghana
  • 1997 - 1998 Executive Secretary, Ecumenical Church Loan Fund, Ghana Office.
  • 1999 - 2003 Research Fellow/Lecturer, Volta Basin Research Project, University of Ghana, Legon.
  • 2003 - 2007   Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Ghana, Legon   
  • 2007 – 2013   Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Ghana, Legon 
  • 2013 – to date   Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Ghana, Legon

b. Courses Taught with Years:

Undergraduate level

  1.  Research Methods (SOCI 305) 1999 - 2007
  2.   Introduction to Social Work Research Methods (SOWK 309) 1999 – 2007
  3.   Research Methods (HOSC 308) 1999-2007
  4.  Political Sociology (SOCI 315) 2002-2004; 2007-2018
  5.  Culture and Development (SOCI 310) 2003-2006
  6.  Quantitative Methods in Social Research (SOCI 306) 2006-2009
  7.  Quantitative Methods in Social Work Research (SOWK 312) 2006-2007
  8.  Social Structure of Modern Ghana (SOCI 204) 2009-2011
  9.   Contemporary Sociological Theory (2007-2014)
  10.   Social Psychology (2010/2011)

Graduate level
1. Transformations in Rural Institutions (SOCI 507/607) 1999-2004/1999-2007
2. Research Methods (SOCI 604) 2006-2018
3. Social Life in Urban Communities (SOCI 508) 1999 – 2004
4. Social Life in Urban Communities (SOCI 608) 1999 – 2007; 2015 to date
5. Research and Evaluation Methodology in Social Work (SOWK 606) 2006-2007
6. Political Sociology (SOCI 708) 2014-2018
7.  Sociology of Politics (SOCI 616) 2008-9; 2014-17

c. Part-Time Teaching and Thesis Supervision

  • -Social Work Department, University of Ghana, Legon
  • -Home Science Department, University of Ghana, Legon
  • -Environmental Science Programme, University of Ghana, Legon
  • -University of Ghana, Accra City Campus
  • -Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon
  • -Institute of Adult Education, University of Ghana, Legon
  • BA Long Essay supervised  = 432 (2 ongoing)
  • MA/MPhil Thesis supervised   = 92 (4 ongoing)
  • Phd Thesis supervised   =  21 (6 ongoing)
  • MA/MPhil Examined   = 96
  • PhD Thesis examined   = 19

d.  Extension Activities

i. Departmental / University Duties:

  • Co-Editor, Legon Journal of Sociology (2004 to 2008); Editor since August 2008
  • Member of the Library Committee, Department of Sociology, UG-Legon (2003 - 2008)
  • Member, Senior Common Room Committee, Mensah Sarbah Hall, UG, Legon (2005 - 2007)
  • Member, Volta Basin Research Project (VBRP) Mgt Committee/VBRP Board, Legon (2004-2007)
  • Member, Academic Board, UG, Legon (since 2008 to 2011)
  • Member, Board of Faculty of Social Studies, Univ. of Ghana, Legon (2006 to 2011)
  • Member, Faculty Research Review Committee, Univ. of Ghana, Legon (2008 to 2011)
  • Member, Faculty Rep. on Board of Medical School, Univ. of Ghana, Legon (2009 to 2011)
  • Member, Faculty Rep. on Noguchi Memorial Inst. for Medical Research (2009 to 2011)
  • Member, Examination Superintending Committee, UG, Legon (since 2009 to 2011)
  • Member, Committee to Review the Grading System, UG, Ghana (2009-2010)
  • Head, Department of Sociology (August 2009-2011)
  • Member, Center for Migration Studies Board, UG, Ghana (2014 to date)
  • Member, Regional Institute for Population Studies Board, UG, Ghana (2014 to 2019)
  • Member, Regional Institute for Population Studies Endowment Fund Board, UG, Ghana (2019 to date)

ii. External Examiner

  • Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany (2008-9)
  • Dept. of Sociology & Social Work, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana (2009 to date)
  • Dept. of Religious Studies, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana (2009 to date)
  • Dept. of Social, Political and Historical Studies, UDS, Tamale, Ghana (2010 to date)
  • Dept. of Administration, University of Bergen, Norway (2009-10)
  • Dept. of Anthropology and African Studies, University of Mainz, Germany (2011-12)
  • Dept  of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana (2011 to date)
  • Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (2019)

e. Membership of Academic Learned Organizations

  • Ghana Sociological and Anthropological Association
  • Ghana Association of Writers
  • International Sociological Association
  • African Studies Association, Germany
  • Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences

3. Conference, Seminar and Workshop Papers Presented (Total of 51 papers)

1. Tonah, Steve 1995. “Human Resource Development in Ghana". Paper presented at the Okumenisches Studienwerk Bochum/Germany Consultation on Higher Education and Development, Nairobi, Kenya, November 1995.
2. Tonah, Steve 1996.  “Enhancing Dialogue, Cooperation and Interface Between NGOs and Government". Paper presented at the Economic Commission for Africa & Friends of the Earth workshop on The Role of Popular Development Organizations in Promoting Sustainable Development in Ghana, organized by the, in Accra, March 1996.
3. Tonah, Steve 1996.  “The Role Local Council of Churches Can Play Towards Effective Environmental Management”. Paper presented at the Christian Council of Ghana’s Ecumenical Conference for the Local Council of Churches, Accra, January 1996.
4. Tonah, Steve 1999. “Presentation on Strategic Planning”, Paper presented at the Ecumenical Training and Consultancy Centre (ETCC) workshop, Tamale, 24th - 26th May, 1999.
5. Tonah, Steve 1999. “Presentation on Organizational Self-Assessment”, Paper presented at the Ecumenical Training and Consultancy Centre (ETCC) workshop, Tamale, 24th - 26th May, 1999.
6. Tonah, Steve 1999.  “Multi-Sectoral Response to HIV/AIDS in West and Central Africa". Paper presented to the Regional Aids Programme, German Technical Cooperation, Accra, 1999.
7. Tonah, Steve 1999.  “Integration of HIV/AIDS into Non-Health Sectors: The German Technical Cooperation Approach”. Paper presented at the GTZ 1st Sub-regional Conference on “HIV/AIDS and Agriculture in West and Central Africa”, Elmina, November 22-26, 1999.
8. Tonah, Steve 2001.  “Overview of the Challenges and Opportunities of the West African Economies with Special Reference to the Informal Sector”. Paper presented at a professional seminar on “Technical/Vocational Education and Self-Employment”, Nurses Hostel, Accra, January 2-6, 2001.
9. Tonah, Steve 2001. “The Expulsion of Fulani Nomadic Pastoralists From Ghana”. Paper presented at a West African seminar of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Bobo Dioulasso/Burkina Faso, March 8-11, 2001.
10. Tonah, Steve 2001. “Fulani Pastoral Migrations into the Middle Belt of Ghana”. Paper presented at a Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany seminar on “Conflict and Integration”, Borgholzhausen, Germany, July 2001.
11. Tonah, Steve 2001.  “Fulani Pastoral Migration, Sedentary Farmers and Conflict in the Middle Belt of Ghana”, Paper presented at the Institute of Social, Statistics, and Economic Research (ISSER) “National Conference on Livelihood and Migration”, Legon, November 2001.
12. Tonah, Steve 2002.  “Fulani Herdsmen, Indigenous Farmers and the Contest for Land in Northern Ghana”. Paper presented at the Conference of the African Studies Association in Germany (VAD), May 23 – 26 2002, Hamburg.
13. Tonah, Steve 2002.  “From Structural Adjustment to Highly Indebted Poor Country: Does Ghana Need More or Less Development Aid”. Paper presented at Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Germany seminar on “Development Planning and Politics”, Bielefeld, June 28-29, 2002.
14. Tonah, Steve 2002.  “Fulbe Pastoralists and the Changing Property Relations in Northern Ghana”. Paper presented at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany workshop on “Collective and Multiple Forms of Property in Land and Animals”, Halle/Saale, August 19-21.
15. Tonah, Steve 2002.  “Some of the Mamprusi are our Friends. Interethnic Relations and the Articulation of Friendship Between the Pastoral Fulbe and the Mamprusi in Northern Ghana”. Paper presented at a Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany workshop on “Friendship, Descent and Alliance. New Perspectives on Social Integration and Dissociation in Changing African Societies”, Halle/Saale, December 16-18, 2002, Halle/Saale, Germany.
16. Tonah, Steve 2002. “Goal Oriented Project Plan (ZOPP) for UNICEF-Ghana on STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention and Support for Young People Living with HIV/AIDS”, Paper presented at UNICEF workshop, Bay View Hotel, 12-14 February, 2002, Accra.
17. Tonah, Steve 2003. “Diviners, Malams, God and the Contest for Paramount Chiefship in Mamprugu/Northern Ghana”. Paper presented at the Inter-Faculty Lecture, University of Ghana, Legon. Nov 13, 2003.
18. Tonah, Steve 2003. Comments on “New institutions for Agricultural and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Africa Region Workshop on Current and Emerging Issues for Economic Analysis and Policy Research (CUREMIS) II – Novotel Hotel, Accra, June 12-13, 2003.
19. Tonah, Steve; Yirenya-Tawiah, D. R.; Amoah, C.; Ofori, B. D.; Bosompem K. M; 2004. “Genital Schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS in the Lower Volta Basin”. Paper presented at the National HIV/AIDS Research Conference (NHARCON), Accra, 11th – 13th February, 2004.
20. Tonah, Steve 2004. “Mitigating Schistosomiasis in the Lower Volta Basin of Ghana”. Paper presented at the International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, July 12-13, 2004.
21. Tonah, Steve 2005. “Water Resources Management in Rural Ghana”. Paper presented at the University of Bonn/Germany workshop on “Integrated Water Resources Management, Knowledge and Technology Transfer in the Densu River Basin”. Airport View Hotel, Accra, 6-7 April, 2005.
22. Tonah, Steve 2005. “Inter-generational Differences in the Relationship Between the Fulani and the Mamprusi in Northern Ghana”. Paper prepared for the First AEGIS Conference, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 29th June – 2rd July, 2005.
23. Tonah, Steve 2005. “The Paradox of West African Integration: Experiences, Perceptions and Notions of Integration Among Ghanaians”. Paper presented at the UNESCO Seminar on “Nation-States and the Challenge of Integration in West Africa: The Case of Ghana”, Regency Hotel, Accra, 8-9 November, 2005.
24. Tonah, Steve 2005. “The Position of the Fulani as Users of the Rangeland”. Paper presented at the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) conference on Rangeland Management, GILLBT Conference Center, Tamale, December 6, 2005.
25. Tonah, Steve 2005. “Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Research (I and II)”. Seminar papers presented at the Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany, December 13, and 20, 2005.
26. Tonah, Steve 2006. “Delivering Basic Education in Rural Ghana”. Research paper delivered at the Seminar on “States at Work: Public Services and Civil Servants in West Africa: Education and Justice in Benin, Ghana, Mali and Niger”, Bamako/Mali, January 18-23, 2006.
27. Tonah, Steve 2006. “The Challenge of Making Education Relevant to National Needs: Analyzing Ghana’s Unending Cycle of Educational Reforms”. Paper presented at the African Studies Association of Germany Conference, Goethe University, Frankfurt, July 24-27, 2006.
28. Tonah, Steve 2006. “Changes in Africa with Respect to Natural Resources and its Relationship with Migration, Population Growth, Urbanization, and Poverty”. Paper presented at the VW workshop on “Resources, Livelihood Management, Reforms and Processes of Structural Change”, Gobabeb Training Centre, Gobabeb, Namibia, September, 18-23, 2006.
29. Tonah, Steve 2006. “Land Disputes, the State and Other Stakeholders”. Paper Presented at the Roundtable Conference of the Historical Society of Ghana on “Reflections on Fifty Years of Ghana’s Independence: Interrogating the Past, Shaping the Future”, Golden Tulip Hotel, Accra, November 22-23, 2006.
30. Tonah, Steve 2007. “Delivering Basic Education in Rural Ghana: A Preliminary Report on the Collaboration among State Agencies, Communities and Non-Governmental Organizations in the West Mamprusi District of Northern Ghana”. Paper presented at the Seminar on “States at Work: Public Services and Civil Servants in West Africa: Education and Justice in Benin, Ghana, Mali and Niger”, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, January 13-19, 2007.
31. Tonah, Steve 2007. “The Chief, The District Chief Executive and the Assemblyman: Analyzing Ghana’s Decentralization Programme and the Contest for Power and Legitimacy in Rural Ghana”. Paper Presented at a Colloquium of the Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. April 18-21, 2007.
32. Tonah, Steve 2007. “Migration, Resource Use Conflicts and Stakeholders in the Middle Volta Basin”. Paper presented at a VBRP workshop on Developments in the Volta Basin, Noguchi Medical Research Centre, UG, Legon, May 1-5, 2007.
33. Tonah, Steve 2007. “Ghanaians Abroad and Their Ties Home: Cultural and Religious Dimensions of Transnational Migration”. Paper presented at a workshop on Transnationalization and Development(s): Towards a North-South Perspective, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld/Germany, May 31-June 1, 2007.
34. Tonah Steve 2007. “The Democratization Process and the Resurgence of Ethnic Politics in Ghana, 1992-2006”. Paper presented at a conference on Ethnicity, Belonging, Biography, and Ethnography, Center of Methods in Social Sciences, Goettingen/Germany, Dec 7-9, 2007.
35. Tonah, Steve 2008. “The State, Non-Governmental Organizations and Local Communities in the Provision of Basic Education in West Mamprusi, Ghana”. Paper presented at the Seminar on “States at Work: Public Services and Civil Servants in West Africa: Education and Justice in Benin, Ghana, Mali and Niger”, LASDEL, Parakou/Benin, June 8-13, 2008.
36. Tonah, Steve 2009. “States at Work in West Africa: Public Services and Civil Servants in Ghana, Mali, Benin and Niger”. Paper presented at a Departmental Seminar, Department of Sociology, University of Ghana, Legon, 6th Feb, 2009.
37. Alhassan S. Anamzoya & Steve Tonah 2009. “If You Don’t Have Money Why Do You Want To Become a Chief?” The Commercialization of the Judicial Processes at the Houses of Chiefs”. Paper Presented at a Colloquium of the Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. November 12-13, 2009.
38. Tonah, Steve 2009. “Do Non-Governmental Organizations Complement or Undermine the State? Evidence From the Basic Education Sector in Northern Ghana”. Paper presented at the Seminar on “States at Work: Public Services and Civil Servants in West Africa: Education and Justice in Benin, Ghana, Mali and Niger”, LASDEL, Niamey/Niger, Dec. 7-9, 2009.
39. Tonah, Steve 2009. “States at Work in West Africa: Public Services and Civil Servants in Ghana, Mali, Benin and Niger”. Paper presented at VW Seminar, University of Bayreuth, Germany, February 17-25, 2010.
40. Tonah, Steve 2010. “Changing Characteristics and Factors of Chieftaincy Succession and Land Disputes in Ghana”. Paper presented at the Conference on Sources and Resolution of Cheftaincy and Land Conflicts in Ghana, Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Centre (KAIPTC), Accra, June 14-16, 2010.
41. Tonah, Steve 2010. “Chieftaincy, Party Politics and Conflicts in Ghana’s North. Paper presented at 17th World Congress of Sociology meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 11-17, 2010.
42. Tonah, Steve 2011. “Conflicts, Development and the Challenges of Maintaining Peace in Ghana”. Paper presented at inauguration of the Planet Three Peace Programme, British Council Hall, Accra, January 20th, 2011.
43. Tonah, Steve 2011. “Ethnicity, Political Identity and Citizenship in Ghana. The Example of the Fulani”. Paper presented at Workshop on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Guenther Schlee, Max Planck Institute, Halle/Saale, Germany, July 10-12, 2011.
44. Mary Osei Kyei & Steve Tonah 2013. “Do Transnational Links Matter After Return? Labour Market Participation Among Ghanaian Return Migrants. Paper presented at the 5th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5), Center for African Studies, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 27-29 June, 2013.
45. Tonah, Steve 2016. Fulani Migration and Conflict in Northern Ghana. Paper presented at a Conference for the Project ‘Society and Change in Northern Ghana’. Leiden, Netherlands, 9-10 December, 2016.
46. Tonah, Steve 2017. Land Scarcity, Farmer-Herder Conflict and Insecurity in Asante Akyem. Paper presented at the 2nd GSAA Conference, Kumasi, 21-22 September 2017.
47. Tonah, Steve 2017. Fulani Migration, Conflict and Insecurity in West Africa. Paper presented at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, 24th November, 2017.
48. Tonah, Steve & Emmanuel Codjoe 2018. Irregular Migration to North Africa and Europe and Its Impact on Social and Family Life among Residents of the Nkoranza Area in Central Ghana. Paper presented at APAD International Conference on Migrations, Development and Citizenship, Roskilde, Denmark, 23-25 May, 2018.
49. Tonah, Steve 2018. Irregular Migration to Europe from the Nkoranza North District. Central Ghana. Paper presented at the 3rd GSAA Conference, Cape Coast, 20-21 September, 2018.
50. Tonah, Steve 2018. Migration, Farmer-Herder Conflicts and Insecurity in Ghana: Unravelling the Recent Violent Incidents in the Afram Plains. GAAS Annual Lecture in the Humanities 2018, GAAS Auditorium Accra, 27th September, 2018.
51.   Tonah, Steve 2018. Becoming a chief is more important than anything else in life”. Interrogating the Notions of Success and Fulfilment among Mamprusi royals in Northern Ghana. Paper presented at the conference on Narratives of Achievement in African and AfroEuropean Contexts. Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies, South Africa, October 31-November 3, 2018.

4.0  Publications

(a) Books and Other Monographs

1. Tonah, Steve 1993. The Development of Agropastoral Households in Northern Ghana: Policy Analysis, Project Appraisal and Future Perspectives, Verlag fuer Entwicklungspolitik, Saarbrücken, Germany.
2. Tonah, Steve 2001 (ed.). The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Agriculture and Food Security: Meeting the Challenges of the Year 2000 and Beyond. Regional AIDS Programme for Africa (RAPA), Accra.
3. Tonah, Steve 2006. Fulani in Ghana: Migration History, Integration and Resistance. Yamens Publishers Ltd, Accra.
4. Tonah, Steve 2007 (ed.). Ethnicity, Conflicts and Consensus in Ghana. Woeli Publishing Services, Accra.
5. Tonah Steve 2009 (ed.). Contemporary Social Problems in Ghana. Yamens Publishers, Accra.
6. Dan Bright Dzorgbo & Steve Tonah (eds.) (2014). Sociology and Development Issues in Ghana.  Woeli Publishing Services, Accra.
7. Steve Tonah & Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya (2016). Managing Chieftaincy and Ethnic Conflicts in Ghana. Woeli Publishing Services, Accra.
8. Steve Tonah, Mary Boatemaa Setrana and John Arthur (eds.) (2017). Migration and Development in Africa: Trends, Challenges and Policy Implications. Rowman and Littlefield, USA.

(b) Chapters in Books (Total of 32)

1. Tonah, Steve 2001.  “Integration of HIV/AIDS into Non-Health Sectors: The German Technical Cooperation Approach”. In Tonah, Steve 1999 (edited). The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Agriculture and Food Security: Meeting the Challenges of the Year 2000 and Beyond. GTZ/ RAPA, Accra. Pp. 19-23.
2. Tonah, Steve 2003. “Pastoralists, Farmers and the State in Northern Ghana”. In Frank Columbus (2003). Politics and Economics of Africa Volume 4. Novascience Publishers: New York. Pp.113-130.
3. Tonah, Steve 2003. “Conflicts and Consensus between Migrant Fulani Herdsmen and Mamprusi Farmers in Northern Ghana”. In Franz Kröger & Barbara Meier, Ghana’s North. Peter Lang: Frankfurt. Pp. 79-100.
4. Tonah, Steve 2006. “Some of the Mamprusi are our Friends. Interethnic Relations and the Articulation of Friendship Between the Pastoral Fulbe and the Mamprusi in Northern Ghana”. in M. Guichard & T. Gratz & Y. Diallo, (eds) Friendship, Descent and Alliances in Africa: Anthropological Perspectives (Chapter 7), Berghahn, Oxford. Pp. 105-126.
5. Tonah, Steve 2007. Introduction: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives on Ethnicity, Conflicts and Consensus. in Tonah, Steve (ed) Ethnicity, Conflicts and Consensus in Ghana., Woeli Publishers, Accra. Pp. 3-24.
6. Tonah, Steve & Nuhu Atteh Illiasu 2007. Chieftaincy Disputes and its Socio-cultural Impact in Bortianor/Greater Accra Region of Ghana. in Tonah, Steve (ed) Ethnicity, Conflicts and Consensus in Ghana. Woeli Publishers, Accra. Pp. 149-170.
7. Tonah, Steve 2007. Resolving Chieftaincy Succession Conflicts in Ghana: Lessons from the Wungu Province of Mamprugu/Northern Ghana. in Tonah, Steve (ed) Ethnicity, Conflicts and Consensus in Ghana. Woeli Publishers, Accra. Pp. 171-195.
8. Tonah, Steve 2007. Managing Farmer-Herder Conflicts in the Middle Volta Basin of Ghana Introduction. in Tonah, Steve (ed) Ethnicity, Conflicts and Consensus in Ghana. Woeli Publishers, Accra. Pp. 240-260), (A revised version of this paper has been published as a journal article).
9. K. Attah-Mensah, C. Dadzie, S. S. Kwakye, T. K. Ollenu, & S. Tonah 2007. Social Structure, Systems and Practices. In Ghana Human Development Report 2007. Towards a More Inclusive Society: Chapter Three. UNDP, Accra. Pp. 58-79.
10. Tonah, Steve 2008. Chiefs, Earth Priests, and the State: Irrigation Agriculture, Competing Institutions and the Transformation of Land Tenure Arrangements in Northeastern Ghana. In Ubink, J. M. & Kojo S. Amanor (eds.) Contesting Land and Custom in Ghana. Leiden University Press, Leiden, Pp. 113-130.
11. Tonah, Steve 2008. “Migration, Resource Use Conflicts and Stakeholders in the Middle Volta Basin”. In C. M. Amoah, S. G. K. Adiku & E. O. Owusu (eds.), New Developments on Health, Agricultural Resources and Socio-Economic Activities in the Volta Basin, Ghana, VBRP, Accra, pp. 136-154.
12. Tonah, Steve 2009. The Democratization Process and the Resurgence of Ethnic Politics in Ghana (1992-2006). In G. Rosenthal & A. Bogner (eds) Ethnicity, Belonging and Biography: An Ethnographical and Biographical Perspective. Lit Publishers, Muenster. Pp. 240-260.
13. Tonah, Steve 2009. Introduction: Contemporary Social Problems in Ghana. In Tonah, Steve (ed) Contemporary Social Problems in Ghana. Yamens Publishers, Accra. Pp. 171-195.
14. Tonah, Steve 2009. The Challenge of Ageing in Rural and Urban Ghana. In Tonah, Steve (ed) Contemporary Social Problems in Ghana. Yamens Publishers, Accra. Pp. 171-19.
15. Joana Brukum, Alice Pwamang and Steve Tonah 2009. Widowhood Rites in Ghana: A Study Among the Nchumuru, Kasena, and the Ga. In Tonah, Steve (ed) Contemporary Social Problems in Ghana. Yamens Publishers, Accra. Pp. 171-19.
16. Tonah, Steve 2009. “The Paradox of West African Integration: Experiences, Perceptions and Notions of Integration Among Ghanaians”. In Ninson K. (ed) “Nation-States and the Challenge of Integration in West Africa: The Case of Ghana”. Pp. 95-113.
17. Abdulai Abubakari & Steve Tonah 2009. Indigenous Farmers Versus Migrant Fulani Herdsmen in Central Ghana. In Tonah, Steve (ed) Contemporary Social Problems in Ghana. Yamens Publishers, Accra. Pp. 171-19.

18. Tonah, Steve 2011. “Sedentarization and the Transformation of the Pastoral Fulani Homestead in Northern Ghana. In Ann Cassiman (ed.) Architectures of Belonging. Inhabiting Worlds in Rural West Africa. BAI Publishers, Antwerp. Pp. 133-150.
19. Tonah, Steve 2012. “Fulbe Pastoralists and the Changing Property Relations in Northern Ghana”. in Anatoly Kharzanov & Guenther Schlee, Who Owns the Stock? Multiple Forms of Property in Animals. Berghahn, New York. Pp. 231-246.
20. George Owusu & Steve Tonah 2013. Land Tenure in Ghana. In Dzodzi Tsikata (ed). Ghana Social Development Outlook 2012. ISSER, University of Ghana. Pp. 134-160.
21. Tonah, Steve (2015) The Relationship between Farmers and Fulani Herdsmen in Ghana. In Dan Bright Dzorgbo & Steve Tonah (eds.) Sociology and Development Issues in Ghana. Pp. 222-242.
22. Akosua D., M. Assimeng & S. Tonah (2015). The History and Growth of Sociology in the University of Ghana, Legon. In Dan Bright Dzorgbo & Steve Tonah (eds.) Sociology and Development Issues in Ghana. Woeli Publishers, Accra, Pp. 18-44.
23. Darkwah, A., S. Tonah & M. Assimeng 2014. The Development of Sociology and Anthropology and Future Trends. In S. Agyei Mensah et al. Changing Perspectives in the Social Sciences in Ghana. Springer, Netherlands. Pp. 95-112.
24. Tonah, Steve (2016). Introduction: Managing Chieftaincy and Ethnic Conflicts in Ghana. In Steve Tonah & Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya (2016). Managing Chieftaincy and Ethnic Conflicts in Ghana. Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, pp.1-38.
25. Anamzoya, Alhassan, Sulemana & Steve Tonah (2016). Multiple Plasters Don't Heal a Wound: An Assessment of the Management of the Bimbilla Chieftaincy Dispute, Northern Ghana. In Steve Tonah & Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya (2016). Managing Chieftaincy and Ethnic Conflicts in Ghana. Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, pp. 139-190.
26. Tonah Steve (2016). Politics and the Management of Chieftaincy Succession Conflict in Central Accra (2006-2012). In Steve Tonah & Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya (2016). Managing Chieftaincy and Ethnic Conflicts in Ghana. Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, pp. 214-233.
27. Tonah Steve and Mary Setrana 2017. Introduction: Migration and Development in Africa: Trends, Challenges and Policy Implication. In Steve Tonah and Mary Setrana. Migration and Development in Africa: Trends, Challenges and Policy Implication. Rowman and Littlefield, USA.
28. Setrana, Mary B., S. Tonah & A. B. Asiedu (2018) Return and Reintegration of Migrants to Ghana – In M. Awumbila, D. Badasu, and J. Teye (eds.) Migration in a Globalizing World. Perspectives from Ghana:. African Books Collective, Oxford, pp. 152-169.
29. Tonah Steve (forthcoming 2019). Issues in Study Location. In S. A. Jegede (eds.) Research Methods in West Africa.
30. Tonah, Steve (forthcoming 2019). Population Growth, Urban Development and Changing Land Tenure Arrangement in Urban and Peri-Urban Accra. IAS, University of Ghana, Legon.
31. Tonah, Steve (forthcoming 2019). Ethnicity, Identity and Citizenship of Recent Migrant Groups in Ghana. Essays in Honour of Guenther Schlee. Berghahn Publishers, Oxford.
32. Tonah, Steve (forthcoming 2019). Pastoral Migration and Security in Ghana.

(c). Articles in Refereed Journals (Total of 30)

1. Tonah, Steve 1994. "Agricultural Extension Services and Smallholder Farmers' Indebtedness in Northeastern Ghana", Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. XXIX, 1-2:119-128.
2. Tonah, Steve 1995. "Die Rolle des Handels für die Ernährungssicherung der Ariaal: Das Beispiel der Ortschaft Illaut (Kenia) ", (The Role of Trade in Food Security Among the Ariaal: The Case of Ilaut, Kenya) Zeitschrift für Ethnologie  120 :135-146.
3. Tonah, Steve 2000 “State Policies, Local Prejudices and Cattle Rustling Along the Ghana-Burkina Faso Border”, Africa, Vol.70, 4:551-567.
4. Tonah, Steve 2001 “Degrading the Chiefs: Transforming Public Persons into Private Citizens in Post-Colonial Ghana”. Blätter des Informationszentrum Drittewelt (iz3w) 2001: 225:233.
5.  Tonah, Steve 2002. “Integration und Ausgrenzung der Pastoral-Nomadischen Fulbe in Westafrika: Ein Vergleich der staatlichen Viehpolitik und interethnischen Beziehungen in Ghana und der Elfenbeinküste”, Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, Vol. 127: 1-22.
6. Tonah, Steve 2002. “Fulani Pastoralists, Indigenous Farmers and the Contest for Land in Northern Ghana”, Afrika Spectrum 37, 1:43-59.
7. Tonah, Steve 2002. “The Politics of Exclusion: The Expulsion of Fulbe Pastoralists from Ghana in 1999/2000”. Max Planck Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Journal Vol. 44:1-32.
8. Tonah, Steve 2003. “Integration or Exclusion of Fulbe Pastoralists in West Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Interethnic Relations, State and Local Policies in Ghana and Côte D’ivoire”. Journal of Modern African Studies, 41, 1:1-24.
9. Tonah, Steve 2004. “Defying the Nayiri: Traditional Authority, People’s Power and the Politics of Chieftaincy Succession in Mamprugu/Northern Ghana”. Legon Journal of Sociology, 1, 1: 42-58.
10. Essamuah, Margaret  & Tonah, Steve 2004. “Coping with Urban Poverty in Ghana. An Analysis of Household and Individual Livelihood Strategies in Nima/Accra.” Legon Journal of Sociology 1, 2: 42-58.
11. Tonah, Steve 2005. Resolving Chieftaincy Succession Disputes and Communal Conflicts in Ghana: Lessons from Mamprugu/Northern Ghana. Legon Journal of International Affairs Vol. 2, 1: 100-124.
12. Tonah, Steve 2005. “The Unholy Alliance Between Chiefs and Fulani Herdsmen in the Middle Volta Basin”, Ghana Social Science Journal, Vol. 3, 1&2: 91-112.
13.  Tonah, Steve 2005. Chieftaincy Succession Disputes and the Challenge to Traditional Authority in Mamprugu/Northern Ghana. Research Review 21, 1: 45-57.
14. Tonah, Steve 2006. Managing Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Ghana’s Volta Basin. Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 4, 1: 33-45.
15. Tonah, Steve 2006. Diviners, Malams, God and the Contest for Paramount Chiefship in Mamprugu/Northern Ghana. Anthropos, Vol. 101, 1:1-15.
16. Tonah, Steve 2006. “The Challenge of Fulani Pastoralism in Ghana” Legon Journal of International Affairs Vol. 3, 1: 75-94.
17. Tonah, Steve 2006. “The Presidential Special Initiative on Cassava: A Bane or Blessing to Ghana’s Smallholder Farmers”. Ghana Journal of Development Studies 3, 1: 66-84.
18. Tonah, Steve 2006. “Migration and Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Ghana’s Volta Basin”. Canadian Journal of African Studies 40, 1: 71-85.
19. Tonah, Steve 2007. “Ghanaians Abroad and Their Ties Home: Cultural and Religious Dimensions of Transnational Migration”. COMCAD 25 :1-27.
20. Tonah, Steve 2009 “The Unending Cycle of Education Reforms in Ghana”. Journal of Education Research in Africa (JERA), Vol 10: 45-52.
21. Tonah, Steve 2010. “Competition for Chiefship and the Impoverishment of the Royal Elite in Mamprugu/Northern Ghana”. Universitas Vol.12: 1-24.
22. S. Anamzoya Alhassan & S. Tonah 2010. “If You Don’t Have Money Why Do You Want To Become a Chief?” The Commercialization of the Judicial Processes at the Houses of Chiefs”. Ghana Social Science Journal Vol. 7, 1: 1-13.
23. S. Anamzoya Alhassan & S. Tonah 2012. “Chieftaincy Succession Dispute in Nanun, Northern Ghana. Interrogating the Narratives of the Contestants”. Ghana Journal of Geography Vol. 4, 83-102.
24. Tonah, Steve 2011. “Changing Characteristics and Factors of Chieftaincy Succession and Land Disputes in Ghana”. Chieftaincy Bulletin, Vol. 1, 2: 40-53.
25. Tonah, Steve 2011. “The State, Non-Governmental Organizations and Local Communities in the Provision of Basic Education in West Mamprusi District”. Legon Journal of Sociology, Vol. 4, No. 2, 147-178.
26. A. Abubakari & S. Tonah 2011. “Assessing Volunteer Teachers as the “Engine” of Rural Primary Schools in Northern Ghana”. Legon Journal of Sociology Vol 4, 2: 123-145.
27. Tonah, Steve 2012. The Politicization of a Chieftaincy Conflict: The Case of Dagbon, Northern Ghana. Nordic Journal of African Studies 21, 1: 1-20.
28. Mary B. Osei Kyei & Steve Tonah 2014. Return Migrants and the Challenge of Reintegration: The Case of Returnees to Kumasi, Ghana. Irinkerindo: A Journal of African Migration 7, 113-142.
29. Setrana, Mary B. & Steve Tonah 2016. Do Transnational Links Matter After Return? Labour Market Participation Among Ghanaian Return Migrants. Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 52, 4: 549-560.
30. Fidelia Ohemeng & Steve Tonah 2016. 'I want to go gently': How AIDS Patients in Ghana Envisage their Death. Omega-Journal of Death and Dying. DOI:1177/0030222815575010.

(d). Encyclopedia Entries & Conference Proceedings

1. Tonah, Steve 2006. Ghana - U.S. Relations. In Alexandre Laurien et al. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Perspectives on the United States Vols 1&2. A Nation by Nation Survey. Berkshire Publishers, Massachussets, USA.
2. Tonah, Steve 2010. “Do Non-Governmental Organizations Complement or Undermine the State? Evidence From the Basic Education Sector in Northern Ghana”. In Bierschenck, T. & Mahaman, A. (eds.). Proceedings of the Conference on “States at Work: Public Services and Civil Servants in West Africa: Education and Justice in Benin, Ghana, Mali and Niger”, LASDEL, Niamey/Niger, Dec. 7-9, 2009; pp. 37-55.

(e). Books Reviewed

1. Andreas Volz: Traditionelle Anbaustrategien Westafrikanisher Bauernkulturen. Ethnologische Studien Bd. 13. Lit Verlag, Münster 1990, 243 pages, ISBN 3-88660-677-5.
2. Carl Salzman and John G. Galaty (eds.): Nomads in a Changing World. Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples 1990, 470 pages. (in MAN New Series, Vol. 28. No. 3, 628-629).
3. Michael Perry Kweku Okyerefo: The Cultural Crisis of Sub-Saharan Africa as Depicted in the African Writers’ Series. A Sociological Perspective. Peter Lang, Frankfurt/Main 2002, 208 pages, ISBN 3-631-36916-6. (in Legon Journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 2: 163-165).
4. Andreas Wimmer, Richard J. Goldstone, Donald L. Horowitz, Ulrike Joras and Conrad Schetter (eds.): Facing Ethnic Conflicts. Toward a New Realism. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2004, 384 pages, ISBN 0-7425-3585-1. (in Legon Journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 2: 165-166). 
5. Ibrahim Mahama: Ethnic Conflicts in Northern Ghana. Cyber Systems, Tamale 2003, 262 pages, ISBN 9988-611-09-9. (in Legon Journal of Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 1: 101-104). 
6. Jeffrey Sachs: The End of Poverty. How Can We Make it Happen. Penguin Books, London 2005, 396 pages, ISBN 0-141-01866-6. (in Legon Journal of Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 1: 105-108). 
7. Memoirs of Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia. A Life in the Political History of Ghana. Ghana Universities Press, Accra 2004, 279 pages, ISBN 9964-3-0335-1. (in Legon Journal of Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 2).
8. Patrick Chabal, Ulf Engel & Anna-Maria Gentili (eds.). Is Violence Inevitable in Africa? Theories of Conflict and Approaches to Conflict Prevention, Brill, Leiden 2005, 245 pages, ISBN 90-04-14450-1. (in Legon Journal of Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 2).
9. G. K. Nukunya. Stages in Life: An Autobiography. Ghana Universities Press, Accra 2007, 270 pages. ISBN (in Daily Graphic, September 17, 2007).
10. Jeff D. Grischow, Shaping Tradition. Civil Society, Community and Development in Colonial Northern Ghana, 1899-1957. African Social Studies Series Volume 14. Brill: Leiden and Boston, 2006, 264 pages. ISBN: 978-1-84511-259-2 (in African Affairs, UK).
11. Micheal Amoah, Reconstructing the Nation in Africa. The Politics of Nationalism in Ghana. London: Tauris Academic Studies, 2007. 248 pages. ISBN (in Nations and Nationalism, UK).
12. Irene K. Odotei & Albert K. Awedoba, Chieftaincy in Ghana. Culture, Governance and Development. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2006, 700 pages ISBN (in Legon Journal of Sociology, Vol. 3, No 1).
13. Kwame Boafo-Arthur, Voting for Democracy in Ghana. The 2004 Elections in Perspective. Thematic Studies Vol. 1. Department of Political Science and Freedom Publications, Accra, 296 pages, ISBN: 9988-7716-5-7. (in Legon Journal of Sociology, Vol. 3, No 2).
14. Ann Cassiman, Stirring Life. Women’s Paths and Places Among the Kasena of Northern Ghana. Acta Universitais Upsaliensis. Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology 39, Uppsala. (in Legon Journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 2: 163-165).
15. Ansa K. Asamoa: Classes and Tribalism in Ghana (Third Edition). Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, 91 pages, ISBN 978-9988-626-21-1. (in Legon Journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 2: 163-165). 
16. T. Akabzaa, A. Asiedu, A. Budu, P. Quartey and S. Akuoni 2010. Migration and Economic Development in Ghana. Technical Paper No. 1, Centre for Migration Studies, Legon/Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, 114 pages (ISBN 978-9988-1-1658). Book launch at Alisa Hotel, Accra, 23rd June 2011.
17. M. Awumbila, O. Alhassan, D. Badasu, T. Antwi-Bosiakoh and E. Dankyi 2010. Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Migration in Ghana. Technical Paper 3, Centre for Migration Studies, Legon/Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, 93 pages (ISBN 978-9988-1-4424-1). Book launch at Alisa Hotel, Accra, 23rd June 2011.
18. T. Manuh, Y. Benneh, Y. Gebe, F. Anebo and J. Agyei 2010. Legal and Institutional Dimensions of Migration in Ghana. Technical Paper No. 4, Centre for Migration Studies, Legon/Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, 90 pages (ISBN 978-9988-1-4422-7). Book launch at Alisa Hotel, Accra, 23rd June 2011.
19. Peter K. Sarpong, Odd Customs. Stereotypes and Prejudices. Sub-Saharan Publishers, Accra, 2012, 84 pages, (ISBN 978-9988-647-47-6). Ghana Social Science Journal
20.  Zeremariam Fre, Knowledge Sovereignty Among African Cattle Herders. University College (UCL) London (UCL) Press, London 2018, 210 pages, ISBN 978-1-78735-313-8.

(F). Technical/Consultancy/Workshop Reports

1. Akotia, M., Anane K., Amoako-Gyedu G., & Tonah, Steve (Feb. 1994). “Development and Environment: The Role of the Churches. Report of Workshop Aimed at Determining the Future Direction of the Development and Environment Department, Part I”. Workshop Report for the Christian Council of Ghana, Accra. (48 pages)
2. Akotia, M., Anane K., Amoako-Gyedu G., & Tonah, Steve (May 1994). “Development and Environment: The Role of the Churches. Report of Workshop Aimed at Determining the Future Direction of the Development and Environment Department, Part II”. Workshop Report for the Christian Council of Ghana, Accra. (66 pages)
3. Tonah, Steve (March. 1994). “Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflicts in Ghana”. Survey for the Christian Council of Ghana, Accra. (22 pages)
4. Ntiamoa Mensah, Comfort & Steve Tonah (April 1995). “The Economic Reality and the Family”. Workshop Report for the African Network on Churches Participation in Development. (96 pages)
5. Amoako-Gyedu, G., & Steve Tonah (Feb. 1996). “Good Environment, Healthy Body and Sound Mind – The Role of the Local Council of Churches”. Workshop Report for the Christian Council of Ghana, Accra. (70 pages)
6. Carter, Lois & Steve Tonah (May 1996) “Evaluation of the Konkomba Literacy and Development Programme (KOLADEP)”. Consultancy Report for Christian Aid, UK. (64 pages)
7. Tonah, Steve 1997. Konkomba Literacy and Development Programme (KOLADEP). Three Year Activity Plan (1997-1999). Consultancy Report for Christian Aid, UK. (11 pages).
8. Tonah, Steve (March 1999). “Report of 1st Planning Workshop”, Consultancy Report for the Northern Ghana Office, Christian Council of Ghana, Tamale, (20 pages)
9. Tonah Steve 1999. “Summary Report of the First Planning Workshop”. Workshop Report presented to the Northern Ghana Office, Christian Council of Ghana, 13th-19th March, 1999 (3 pages).
10. Tonah Steve & J. W. K. deGraft-Johnson 1999. “Report of the Second Planning Workshop”. Workshop Report presented to the Northern Ghana Office, Christian Council of Ghana, 25th-27th April, 1999 (26 pages).
11. Tonah Steve (Feb. 1999). “The GTZ/Regional Aids Programme for Africa. Multi-Sectoral AIDS Activities: Where are we?” Discussion Paper for the Regional Aids Programme, GTZ, Accra, (5 pages)
12. Tonah, Steve (April 1999). “Multi-Sectoral Response to HIV/AIDS in West and Central Africa”. Paper for the Regional Aids Programme, GTZ, Accra. (5 pages)
13. Tonah, Steve (April 1999). “Integration of HIV/AIDS into Non-Health Sectors: The GTZ Approach”. Paper for the Regional Aids Programme, GTZ, Accra. (4 pages)
14. Tonah, Steve (Aug. 1999). “Country Paper for Ghana”. Report prepared for the German Development Service (DED), Accra. (50 pages)
15. Tonah, Steve (Jan. 2000). “Capacity Building for Development Action Association”. Report prepared for the FAO-Ghana, Accra. (26 pages)
16. Tonah, Steve (Feb. 2001). “The Capacity of Small Enterprises for Road Maintenance Projects”. Survey for the GHA/GTZ Project, Accra. (14 pages)
17. Tonah Steve, Charles Adams & Karl Schlosser 2001. Promotion of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Road Maintenance in Ghana, Training Needs Assessment Survey. German Technical Cooperation, Accra.
18. Adams, Charles & Steve Tonah (June 2001). “A Survey of the Association of Road Contractors of Ghana (ASROC) and the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE)”. Survey for the GTZ/GHA Project. Accra. (12 pages)
19. Tonah Steve (Nov. 2001). “GTZ/GHA Project: Report of Workshop on Operational Planning on the Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Road Maintenance”. Workshop Report for the GTZ, Accra. (44 pages)
20. Tonah, Steve (Feb. 2002). “Programme Plan on STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention and Support for Young People Living with HIV/AIDS”. Report for UNICEF-Ghana, Accra. (40 pages)
21. Tonah, Steve (Feb. 2002). “Planning Workshop on HIV/AIDS Prevention”. Consultancy Report for UNICEF-Ghana, Accra. (18 pages)
22. Tonah Steve (2003). “Public-Private Partnership Approach in Road Maintenance - Ghana”. Report for the GTZ, Accra. (12 pages)
23. Tonah, Steve (Dec. 2005). “Fulani Pastoralism and Rangeland Management Issues in Northern Ghana”. Report for the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV), Northern Portfolio Office, Tamale (15 pages)
24. Tonah, Steve 2005. Knowledge is Power: Experts as Strategic Groups (Wissen ist Macht: Experten als strategische Gruppe, von H.D. Evers & S. Gerke). Consultancy paper for the Centre for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany.
25. Steve Tonah & Gabi Waibel (2005). “Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Knowledge and Technology Transfer in the Densu River Basin”. Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Bonn/Germany.
26. Tonah, Steve (April 2009). “Capacity Building Workshop for the German Development Service Partners“. Paper for the German Development Service, Accra, 30th April, 2009.
27. Tonah, Steve, Michael P. K. Okyerefo & James Dzisah (2018). Diocesan Strategic Plan 2018-2028. Catholic Diocese of Ho, Ho.

5. Major Research Projects

2002 to date Chieftaincy and Governance in Northern Ghana
Detailed ethnographic study of the Mamprusi in the West Mamprusi District, Ghana. Research into chieftaincy and traditional forms of governance in Mamprugu/Northern Ghana. Analysis of the politics of chieftaincy succession in the Wungu, Dagbon and the Nanun Traditional Areas. 

2003 to date Farmer Herder Relations Across Ghana
This study examines the tenuous relationship between (migrant) Fulani pastoral herdsmen and indigenous farmers across Ghana. It analyses the various degrees of integration and exclusion of the Fulani into the communities in which they reside and explain factors accounting for the rising farmer-herder conflicts. It also discusses the future of the pastoral Fulani in Ghana.

2005 to date  Chieftaincy and Traditional Rule in Ghana
Examines the nature and challenges of traditional rule in Ghana with particular reference to chieftaincy succession and interethnic conflicts.

2005 to 2006 Water Quality, Schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS in the Afram Plains of Ghana
This study investigates the prevalence of genital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS infection in the Afram River basin. It seeks to understand the socio-economic and cultural context of the prevalence of schistosomiasis through an in-depth community-based investigation.

2006 to 2010 States at Work. Public Services and Civil Servants in West Africa: Education and Justice in Benin, Ghana, Mali and Niger.
This project researches into the “real” functioning of public services and the professional practices of civil servants in four West African countries. It concentrates on the education and the justice sectors in the 4 West African countries. This a collaborative research with the University of Mainz, Germany; University of Bamako, Mali; Center for Social Science Research (LASDEL) Niamey, Niger and LASDEL, Parakou, Benin.

2007 to 2009  Negotiation Processes between the State, Civil Society Organizations and Communities in the Delivery of (Public) Services
This research work focuses on the negotiation processes between civil society organizations, communities and the state in two sectors. It deals specifically with how communities, households and NGOs are negotiating with the state, state agencies, and private companies in the provision of water and dealing with the impact of mining on rural/urban livelihoods. This is a joint research with the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany.

2016 to date Irregular Migration to North Africa and Europe from the Nkoranza North District and its Impact on the Family Left Behind

2018 to date Narrative of Achievements in African and Afroeuropean Contexts.
This project focus on examining the various understanding of success and fulfilment among Africans. The focus is on indigenous concepts as opposed to the liberal Western Notion of Achievement and Success which focuses almost exclusively on economic growth and individual productivity.

 

Referees

1. Prof. Alex Boakye Asiedu    2.  Prof. Akosua Darkwa
Department of Geography     Head, Department of Sociology
University of Ghana, Legon     University of Ghana, Legon
Accra        Accra
Ghana        Ghana