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Edmund Abaka
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Occupation Photographer, editor, writer  Edit this on Wikidata
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Position held associate professor ( history of Africa Edit this on Wikidata

Edmund Abaka is a photographer [1] and historian of Africa at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. [2] [3]

He is a graduate of the University of Cape Coast in Ghana and received his master's from the University of Guelph in Canada. He received his PhD from York University in 1998. [4]

He is a Fulbright scholar. [5]

Selected publications

  • "Kola is God's Gift": Agricultural Production, Export Initiatives and the Kola Industry of Asante and the Gold Coast, c. 1820–1950. Ohio University Press, Athens, 2005. (Western African Studies) [6] [7]
  • Culture And Customs of Ethiopia. 2007
  • House of Slaves and "Door of No Return": Gold Coast/Ghana Slave Forts, Castles & Dungeons and the Atlantic Slave Trade. University of Wisconsin Press [8]
  • W. E. B. Du Bois on Africa (edited with Eugene F. Provenzo)

References

  1. ^ "Dr. Edmund Abaka – KROMA Art Space & Studios". kromamiami.com.
  2. ^ "Edmund Abaka". as.miami.edu.
  3. ^ "Prof. Edmund Abaka donates to History Department – UCC :: University of Cape Coast". ucc.edu.gh. October 2016.
  4. ^ "International Standard Name Identifier entry".
  5. ^ "Edmund Abaka – Fulbright Scholar Program". cies.org.
  6. ^ "Edmund Abaka". ohioswallow.com.
  7. ^ Getz, Trevor (June 1, 2006). "EDMUND ABAKA. "Kola is God's Gift": Agricultural Production, Export Initiatives and the Kola Industry of Asante and the Gold Coast, c. 1820–1950. (Western African Studies.) Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. 2005. Pp. xv, 173. Cloth $44.95, paper $24.95 (review)". The American Historical Review. 111 (3): 935–936. doi: 10.1086/ahr.111.3.935-a.
  8. ^ Essien, Kwame (July 18, 2018). "House of Slaves and 'Door of No Return': Gold Coast/Ghana Slave Forts, Castles & Dungeons and the Atlantic Slave Trade by Edmund Abaka (review)". Ghana Studies. 19 (1): 203–205. doi: 10.1353/ghs.2016.0010. S2CID  164992921.

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