Kwasi Konadu Contents Writing career See also References External links Navigation menuwww.kwasikonadu.infoKwasi Kondu - blogKwasi Konadu - Writings citations. Kwasi Konadu - Interviews"Akan Studies in Africa and the Diaspora: A Historical Reader""Kwasi Konadu - Center for Ethnic Studies""Akan Peoples in Africa and the Diaspora""The Akan People in Africa and the Diaspora: A Historical Reader — Markus Wiener Publishers""The Akan People av Kwasi Konadu (Häftad)""The Akan Diaspora in the Americas"10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195390643.001.0001/acprof-9780195390643"The Akan Diaspora in the Americas""View From The East: Black Cultural Nationalism and Education in New York City, Second Edition"GCA Book Launch - Kwasi Konadu's Akan Diaspora in the AmericasTechnology and Agriculture in African historyKwasi Konadu - The Blacksmith’s Tool is MedicineKwasi Konado - Interviewhelp out
1975 birthsLiving people21st-century Jamaican writersJamaican male writersPeople of African descent21st-century scholarsAfrican-American writersAfrican-American academicsAfrican-American historiansJamaican historiansPeoples of the African-American diaspora
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Kwasi Konadu | |
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| Born | (1975-06-01) June 1, 1975 Jamaica, West Indies |
| Education | Cornell University - Master's degree, African and African Diaspora History (1997 – 1999); Ph.D. Howard University African History, African Diaspora Studies |
| Occupation | Educator, Professor, writer |
| Website | www.kwasikonadu.info |
Kwasi Konadu is an author, scholar, educator, writer, editor, and historian. He is an Associate Professor of History at The City University of New York, New York. He is the author of many books.[1] He is an Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC fellow), and professor of Ethnic Studies at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC).
Kwasi's expertise is in African and African Diaspora Studies; Ghana/Akan History, Cultural History, Nationalism, and Indigenous Knowledge.[2]
Contents
1 Writing career
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Writing career
Books by Kwasi Konadu
2019 - Our Own Way in This Part of the World: Biography of an African Community, Culture, and Nation
2018 - Akan Pioneers: African Histories, Diasporic Experiences
2016 - The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The World Readers)Feb 3, 2016
by Kwasi Konadu and Clifford C. Campbell
In this book Kwasi and Campbell cover 500 years of Ghana's history. The book provides many perspectives about Ghana; historical, political, and cultural. The book discusses the Asante Kingdom (the Gold Coast), and its relationship to European commerce and the transatlantic slave trade. The reader has selections from farmers, traders, clergy, intellectuals, politicians, musicians, and foreign travelers. His source material comes from historical documents, poems, treaties, articles, and fiction. It conveys Ghana's intersecting histories, its contribution to the African Diaspora, its development as a nation, democracy and its significance in the twenty-first century.[3]
Duke University Press
2015 - Akan Peoples: In Africa and the Diaspora - A Historical Reader
This book is a collection of essays about the Akan people of West Africa. They are an ethnic group that exist in West Africa and the Africa Diaspora. The collection of essays are about their, history, culture, in Africa, and their presence among the African Diaspora.
Markus Wiener Publishers[4][5]
2014 - Transatlantic Africa: 1440-1888
In this book Kwasi gives an African-centric interpretation of the Atlantic slave trade. The source material he uses comes from oral histories and traditions, and written documents. He examines African societies and their viewpoint.
Oxford University Press
2013 - The Akan People: A Documentary History[6]
Markus Wiener Publishers
2010 - The Akan Diaspora in the Americas
[7]
Oxford University Press
Kwasi documents and demonstrates contributions of the Akan cultural group from West Africa. He examines their experiences in Guyana, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados, and in North America.[8]
2009 - View From The East: Black Cultural Nationalism and Education in New York City, Second Edition
Syracuse University Press
The East was a cultural and educational center for people of African descent. It was founded by African American educators and progressive activists during the Black Power Movement. The organization was based in Brooklyn, but its influence was throughout New York City, the United States, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. This edition expands research using additional archival information from the first edition.[9]
2007 - Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge in African Society
A study of indigenous medical knowledge systems in Africa and the African Diaspora.[10]
Routledge
2004 - Truth Crushed to the Earth Will Rise Again! (first edition). The East Organization and the Principles and Practice of Nationalist Development (second edition)
See also
- Kwasi Kondu - blog
- Kwasi Konadu - Writings citations.
- Kwasi Konadu - Interviews
References
^ Konadu, Kwasi (2 March 2015). "Akan Studies in Africa and the Diaspora: A Historical Reader". Markus Wiener Publishers – via Google Books..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Kwasi Konadu - Center for Ethnic Studies". faculty.bmcc.cuny.edu.
^ https://www.amazon.com/Kwasi-Konadu/e/B001JSAR3C/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
^ results, search (2 March 2015). "Akan Peoples in Africa and the Diaspora". Markus Wiener Publishers – via Amazon.
^ "The Akan People in Africa and the Diaspora: A Historical Reader — Markus Wiener Publishers". www.markuswiener.com.
^ "The Akan People av Kwasi Konadu (Häftad)".
^ Konadu, Kwasi (29 March 2010). "The Akan Diaspora in the Americas". doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195390643.001.0001/acprof-9780195390643.
^ results, search (27 April 2012). "The Akan Diaspora in the Americas". Oxford University Press – via Amazon.
^ results, search (21 August 2009). "View From The East: Black Cultural Nationalism and Education in New York City, Second Edition". Syracuse University Press – via Amazon.
^ http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2004148137/
External links
- GCA Book Launch - Kwasi Konadu's Akan Diaspora in the Americas
- Technology and Agriculture in African history
- Kwasi Konadu - The Blacksmith’s Tool is Medicine
- Kwasi Konado - Interview
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