Faculty members – Dept. of Liberal Arts and Media Studies

Liberal Arts Faculty Profiles

Conrad Kakraba

Department Coordinator/Lecturer

Education
  • Ph.D. Candidate, Business Administration (Communication and Media Management), Open University of Malaysia (through Accra Institute of Technology, Ghana)
  • M.A. Journalism and Mass Communication, Sikkim Manipal University, India (Directorate of Distance Education) 2013
  • B.A. English with Linguistics, University of Ghana 2008
Courses Taught
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Research Interest
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Selected Publications
  • Mensah, Festus (2021). Causes and Effects of Communication Breakdown in an Organisation: A Case Study of the Students Representative Council of Heritage Christian College.
  • Yamoah, Hannah (2021). Effective Communication as a Tool for Enhancing Organizational Performance
  • Fifty Nuggets @50 by Oheneyere Gifty Anti 2020
  • Finding your Purpose By Joseph Boateng 2016
  • Power for Today (Inspirational Guide), Conrado Publishers 2012
  • The Sex Challenge: Battling with Nature’s Most Powerful Passion 2012
  • Conquering Your World: Principles for Overcoming and Shinning Wherever You Are 2011
Professional Certifications
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Affiliations
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Ebenezer Ayensu, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Education
  • PhD, History; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, 2011
    Dissertation: “Tradition and Change in the History of Chieftaincy in Akuapem Ghana During British Colonial Rule, 1874-1960.”
  • MPhil, African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, 1998
    Thesis: “The Role of Asafo in the Politics of the Akuapem State, 1900-1920: The Ankwansu Riots”
  • BA (Hons), History, University of Ghana, Legon
  • Additional Studies Cert ‘A 3-Year Post Secondary (Professional Certificate) Presbyterian Training College, Akropong Akuapem, 1981.
Courses Taught
  • Religious and Moral Education
  • Church History I, II
  • African Traditional Religion
  • Islamic Studies
  • Ghanaian Culture and Family
  • Introduction to World Religions
  • Introduction to World History
Research Interest
  • Church History
  • Labor, Gender and Sexuality
  • Chieftaincy and Traditional Leadership
  • Traditional Rites and Rituals
  • Afro-European Relations
  • African Diaspora
  • Socio-Cultural Impact on Roads and the Transport Industry
  • Biographies
Selected Publications
  • Ayesu Ebenezer, Kwame Adum-Kyeremeh and Juliet Oppong-Boateng. 2019. “The Sunyani-Domase (Ghana) Chieftaincy Dispute in Retrospect,” Journal of Asian and African Studies. 54(1): 38-51. DOI: 10.1177/0021909618794986
  • Ayesu Ebenezer. 2019. “Not on this Mat: A Biographical Sketch on Marriage, Sexual, Gender and Labour Relations in Ghanaian (African) History,” in Akinloyè Òjó, Ibigbolade S. Aderigbe and Felisters Jepchirchir Kiprono (eds.) Gender and Development in Africa and its Diaspora. London: Routledge, pp. 155-166.
  • “K. A. BUSIA: ‘A Symbol of Democracy’ — Exploration of His Life and Works” August 2019. Busia Foundation, Accra.
  • Ayesu Ebenezer and Osei-Tutu John Kwadwo. 2018 “Diplomacy, Identity and Appropriation of the “Door of No Return”. President Barack Obama and Family in Ghana and the Cape Coast Castle, 2009″ in J. K. Osei-Tutu and V.E. Smith, (e.ds), Shadows of Empire in West Africa: New Perspectives on European Fortifications. Series: African Histories and Maternities. (Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing/Palgrave Macmillan), pp. 297-326.
  • Ayesu Ebenezer; Godwin Adjei and Kwame Amoah-Labi. 2018. “One Man Thousand: Oyeeman Wereko Ampem II, an Epitome of Tradition and Modernity” in Esi Sutherland-Addy and Mercy Akrofi Ansah (eds.) Building the Nation: Seven Notable Ghanaians. Ghana: University of Ghana, pp. 291-311.
  • Ayesu Ebenezer. 2017. “A Tale of Two Worlds: An Early Nineteenth-Century Encounter between the Akan and the Danes and the Rise of Protestantism in West Africa” in William Ackah et. al. (eds), Religion, Culture and Spirituality in Africa and the African Diaspora. (Routledge, New York), pp. 41-55.
  • Ayesu Ebenezer, Gbormittah Francis and Kwame Adum-Kyeremeh. 2016. “British Colonialism and Women’s Welfare in the Gold Coast Colony,” Africa Today, 63(2): 3-30.
  • “Workplace Anguish and Pleasure in Northern Nigeria: Exactions of Colonial Governing.” (2016), 142 pp ISBN 978-9988-2-4607-5 Woeli Publishing Services, Accra.
Professional Certifications
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Affiliations
  • Historical Society of Ghana (HSG)
  • African Studies Association (ASA)
  • African Studies Association-Africa

Prof. Kingsley Andoh-Kumi, Ph.D.

Head of Department, Language Arts and Media Studies / Associate Professor

Education
  • Ph.D. in African Studies (Applied Linguistics), University of Ghana (1994)
  • MEd in Linguistics, University of Cape Coast, 1981
  • BA in Linguistics, University of Ghana, 1971
Courses Taught
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Research Interest
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Selected Publications
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Professional Certifications
  • Certificate in Staff and Curriculum Development in Higher Education, Nottingham-Trent University/UCoSDA/British Council. 1996
  • Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), University of Cape Coast. 1974.
Affiliations
  • West African Journal of Open and Flexible Learning (Commonwealth of Learning/RETRIDAL — Lagos, Nigeria), Associate Editor. August 2008
  • Editorial Board of the International Journal of Political Discourse Analysis (Indiana University, USA), Member. March 2005 — Dec 2008
  • Washington on the EQUALL Project, Consultant to CAL. October 2004 — March 2005
  • GTZ Ghanaian Languages Book Project for Teacher Training Colleges, National Evaluator. February/March 2001
  • Ghanaian Languages, Unimax-Macmillan Publishers, Syllabus Advisor. January 2000 — Dec 2003
  • USAID research team on the Improving Educational Quality (IEQ) project, Member. Aug 1999 — September 2001
  • GTZ-ASTEP Workshop on the Teaching and Learning of Ghanaian Languages for Tutors in Teacher Training Colleges, Resource Person. January 1999
  • Ghanaian Languages (Post-Secondary Teacher Training Colleges) Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast, Chief Examiner. Dec 1998 — Oct 2004
  • Board of Directors of the Bureau of Ghana Languages (National Commission on Culture), Member. August 1998 — Sept. 2001
  • Ghanaian Languages Syllabus for Teacher Training Colleges -TED/Ministry of Education, Resource Person. July 1998
  • Ghanaian Languages Syllabus Writing Panel (Basic Education), Chairman. Feb. — May 1997
  • Appointments and Promotions Board, University College of Education of Winneba, External Assessor (Languages), 1997 — 2002
  • (Akan & L1 Education), University College of Education of Winneba, External Moderator, 1994 – 1997