Akosua Darkwah, Ph.D.
“We need to learn about ourselves as Africans and be intentional about getting our stories out there. Often when people are quoting in the media they quote global non-scholars who are white without making efforts to look for an African scholar, this must change.”
Biography
Akosua K. Darkwah is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Ghana. Her research focuses primarily on exploring the ways in which global economic policies and practices reconfigure Ghanaian women’s work. She is a member of the Ghana Sociological and Anthropological Association, the Ghana Studies Association, the African Studies Association (USA), the International Sociological Association and a lifetime member of the African Studies Association, Africa. She currently serves as editor for African Studies Review and Feminist Africa.
Work
Over the last two decades, she has studied market traders, domestic workers, factory workers, farmers, food system actors as well as women in politics. Her interest in gender issues has led to her taking on administrative roles as the Director of the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy at the University of Ghana (2012-2016) as well as serving as a Steering Committee Member and now Convenor of the Network for Women’s Rights (NETRIGHT), Ghana, the country’s leading women’s rights organisation.
