Joseph K Adjaye

Dr. Joseph K. Adjaye is Emeritus Professor of Africana Studies at the
University of Pittsburgh, USA, and Professor of History at the
University of Ghana, Legon. He was educated at St. Augustine’s College
(Cape Coast), the University of Ghana (Legon) and Northwestern
University (Evanston, USA). He previously held teaching and
administrative positions at St. John’s School (Sekondi), Asanteman
Secondary School (Kumasi), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign),
the University of Wisconsin (Madison), and the University of Pittsburgh
where he was Director of African Studies for over 10 years. Author of
six books and dozens of articles and book chapters on African history
and the diaspora, Adjaye has given over 400 invited lectures in cities
and at campuses throughout the world and is a recipient of numerous
prestigious awards including Fulbrights, National Endowment for the
Humanities and Hewlett.