Academics
Courses and Credits
This six-week, two-course program focuses on culture and life in Ghana and is based at the University of Ghana , Legon, just outside the capital city of Accra.
CULANTH 290A (100.01)/AAAS 290A (102.01): Anthropological Field Research in Ghana CCI, R, W, ALP, SS .This course will offer students a chance to conduct cross-cultural field research projects. Taught by the 2012 faculty director, Andrea E. Woods Valdés. One course credit.
CULANTH 290A (100.02) / AAAS 290A (102.02) / SOCIOL 290A (100.01): Ghanaian Culture and Politics. (CZ) (SS) CCI
A comprehensive introduction to Ghana, this course focuses on cultural, social, economic, and political facets of Ghanaian life. Topics include the ethnic and language groups of Ghana, pre-colonial life, the slave trade, chieftancy and traditional rule in Ghana, Ashanti Empire, the evolution of modern Ghana, the politics of Ghana since independence, contemporary social structure, land and economic development, traditional and modern music, oral and written West African literature, the role of women in African development, education and development, traditional and modern Ghanaian religions, current economic policy, and the Twi language (the most widely spoken in southern Ghana).
Taught by talented and diverse Ghanaian faculty, this course may count toward the Cultural Anthropology, Sociology or African and African-American Studies major. One course credit.
