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About DR. Akwasi Amoako-Gyampah
Senior Lecturer, Department of History听History, 欧美福利100000 of Education, Winneba, Ghana听
I听currently work at the Department of History Education, 欧美福利100000 of Education, Winneba听as a Senior Lecturer.听After completing听my听BA Honours degree in History (with Political Science) at the 欧美福利100000 of Ghana, Legon in 2009,听I听proceeded to do a Master鈥檚 degree in Historical Studies at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg听which I听completed in 2012.听My听UJ MA听was awarded听with听cum laude.听I completed my听PhD at UJ听in 2019听and I was a recipient of a UJ Global Excellence and Stature Scholarship.听My doctoral dissertation听which was supervised by Professor Natasha听Erlank听examined the management of sanitation and public hygiene听in the Gold Coast (present day听Ghana).听I听am generally interested听in the Histories of Medicine, Public Health, Sanitation and Hygiene;听Labour听History, Economic History, and History of History.听My听current project is ‘Sanitation and Public Hygiene in Colonial and Post-colonial Ghana.’鈥�My scholarly contributions听have appeared in leading international journals including,听Capital, Labour and Society听(2012),听International Journal of African Historical Studies (2014), Ghana Studies (2014), Journal of Asian and African Studies (2014), Contemporary Journal of African Studies (2014),听and听African Review of Economics and Finance (2015).听听
Selected Publications听
Amoako-Gyampah,听Akwasi. 鈥�Cogs in the Wheel: Teacher Unions and Public Sector Strikes in Post-apartheid South Africa, 1999-2010鈥�,听Labour capital and society-Travail capital et听蝉辞肠颈茅迟茅, 45, 2012, pp.听84-110.听
Amoako-Gyampah,听Akwasi. (2014).听鈥�Black Board Struggles: Teacher Unionism Under the 鈥楧emocratic鈥� Rawlings Regime 1992-2000鈥�,听Ghana Studies,听2014,听http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ghs/summary/v017/17.amoako.html. 17. 7-38. 10.1353/ghs.2014.0007.听
Edmond听Akwasi听Agyeman听and听Amoako-Gyampah,听Akwasi.听听鈥淐ross-Cultural Ties between Ghana and Egypt: The Agency of the Egyptian Community in Accra, Ghana鈥�,听African Human Mobility Review, 5(2),听August听2019,听pp. 1637-1650.听
Amoako-Gyampah,听Akwasi. 鈥�Inherently Diseased and Insanitary? The Health Status of the Gold Coast [Ghana] from the 18th to the late听19th Century鈥�,听Nordic Journal of African Studies,听27(1), November 2018, pp. 1-24.听
Amoako-Gyampah,听Akwasi.听鈥�When the chalks are down: the political economy of teachers鈥� unions protest actions under Ghana鈥檚 Fourth Republic鈥�,听Revista听Brasileira听de听笔辞濒铆迟颈肠补听e听础诲尘颈苍颈蝉迟谤补莽茫辞听da听贰诲耻肠补莽茫辞听–听笔别谤颈贸诲颈肠辞听肠颈别苍迟铆蹿颈肠辞听editado听pela ANPAE,听34, September 2018, pp.听349-370. 10.21573/vol34n22018.86364.听
Amoako-Gyampah,听Akwasi. 鈥�Teacher Unions in Political Transitions: The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) and the Dying Days of Apartheid, 1990-1993鈥�,听Journal of Asian and African studies. 49(2), May 2013, pp. 148-163. 10.1177/0021909613479302.听
Amoako-Gyampah,听Akwasi. 鈥�Striking Where it Hurts: The Political Economy of Graduate Teachers and Labour Relations in Ghana鈥檚 Public Education Sector,鈥�听African Review of Economics and Finance 2374-3670,听7(2), December 2015, pp. 61-83.