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• Abibisem: Journal of African Culture and Civilization

  Vol. 8 (2019)

• Abibisem: Journal of African Culture and Civilization

  Vol. 7 (2018)

  EDITOR–IN–CHIEF’S NOTE

  ABIBISEM is a peer–reviewed multi-disciplinary academic journal based in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, College of Humanity and Legal Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Abibisem is dedicated to fostering critical, analytical and in-depth research in all fields relating to the study of African History, Philosophy, Culture and Civilization, as well as its relation to the wider global context. The journal is, therefore, unique in featuring articles from a wide range of subjects in various academic disciplines. Students, researchers and the general reading public will find the journal very useful.

  Since its inception in 2008, the Editorial Board has successfully published 6 Volumes with this current one being Volume 7. It took the Editorial Board five years before coming out with this volume, mainly due to numerous circumstances beyond our control. Thankfully, adequate measures have been instituted to prevent their reoccurrence as well as ensure sustained, timely publications from 2019.

  In this volume, nine interesting and stimulating articles have been selected for inclusion after a rigorous, painstaking editorial vetting and blind peer reviews. The collections have lived up to the billing of the journal as featuring original works that either look at old subjects in new ways or break entirely new grounds. It is, therefore, with great delight that I commend the journal to the intellectual world. On behalf of the editorial team I wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our numerous reviewers from far and near.

  Kwame Osei Kwarteng, PhD
  Associate Professor of History
  (Vice–Dean of Faculty of Arts and Head of History Department – University of Cape Coast)
  Editor-in-Chief

   

  EDITOR’S NOTE TO CONTRIBUTORS AND READERS

  Abibisem: Journal of African Culture and Civilization is back after a brief hiatus during which we strategized about the way forward and developed some rather definite notions as to what the journal should be. We have published the current volume to underscore our commitment to intellectual engagement and academic discourse.

  We very much intend to ensure and maintain continuity in our interrogation of issues relating to African culture and civilization as well as its re-formulated versions in the diaspora. While we might focus on certain themes in the future, we do encourage interdisciplinarity, albeit, mindful that most of our volumes may be dominated by papers from history. To cement this commitment, we will from 2019 publish two issues a year, with the goal of doing three volumes a year within half a decade.

  The present volume of Abibisem covers a very broad range of topics, largely, on Ghana and Africa. We hope that the diversity of topics will make the journal very appealing to a wide base of readers across the world.

  We wish to thank the members of the Editorial Board and the Editorial Advisory and Review Board for working assiduously to make this volume a reality. Above all, we thank all the contributors to this volume and those who are looking forward to making contributions in the future.

  Edmund Abaka, PhD
  Associate Professor of History & International Studies
  (University of Miami, Florida)
  Editor

   

  CONTRIBUTORS – VOLUME 7, 2018

  Peter BOAKYE, PhD, is a Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and Kwame Osei KWARTENG, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

  Kwame ADUM–KYEREMEH, PhD, is a Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Ghana, Legon – Ghana, and Joseph Kwadwo AGYEMAN holds an M.Phil degree in African Studies from the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon – Ghana

  Kwabena Sarfo SARFO-KANTANKAH, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

  James Kojo KUTIN is a Graduate Assistant and PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and Kwame Osei KWARTENG, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

  Wincharles COKER, PhD, is a Lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

  Bruno OSAFO is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

  Kwasi BOADI, PhD, is the Michael Ridder ’58 Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hemisphere – USA.

  Hicham MAZOUZ, PhD, is a Lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami, Florida, USA

  Oliver Kofi TASIN holds an M.Phil degree in History from the Department of History at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

   

• Abibisem: Journal of African Culture and Civilization

  Vol. 6 (2013)

• Abibisem: Journal of African Culture and Civilization

  Vol. 5 (2012)

• Abibisem: Journal of African Culture and Civilization

  Vol. 4 (2011)