CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL
Name: Edmund Abaka
Office Phone: (305) 284-3702
Fax: (305) 284-3558
Address: Department of History University of Miami,
P.O. Box 248107, Coral Gables, Florida 33124-4662
E-mail eabaka@mail.as.miami.edu
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
COURSES TAUGHT
The Development of Western Civilization I
The Development of Western Civilization II
History of Africa I (to 1800)
History of Africa II (Since 1800)
West Africa Since 1000 AD
History of Ghana (1750-1950)
A History of South Africa: Early Settlement to Nelson Mandela
Colonialism and Imperialism: European Expansion in Africa 1815-1920
Islam, Christianity in Traditional Religion in African History
Slavery and Emancipation
Egypt and the Nile Valley: From Napoleonic Invasion of Egypt to Menelik of
Ethiopia
Environmental History of Africa
Comparative History: Segregation and Apartheid in South Africa and Black
America:
HIGHER EDUCATION
York University (Canada) Ph.D. (African History) Fall 1998
Thesis: Kola Nut production in Ghana 1865-1920
University of Guelph (Canada) M.A. (European History) 1991
Major Paper: Popular Opinion in Germany During the Nazi Period 1933-1945
University of Cape Coast B.A. (Hons) 1986
University of Cape Coast Dip. Ed. (Distinction in Teaching Practice) 1986
Long Essay: "Teaching Why the Mahdist Revolution Broke Out and Why it
Succeeded to 'A' Level Students in a Ghanaian Secondary School."
EXPERIENCE
University of Miami Instructor 1997-8
University of Cape Coast: Teaching Associate (Dept. of Arts & Social
Sciences Education) 1988-9 University of Ghana Institute of Adult Education,
Cape Coast Workers' College: Part-Time Tutor, 1987-9.
PUBLICATIONS I
Edmund Abaka "Eating Kola: The Pharmacological and Therapeutic Significance
of Kola," Ghana Studies 1 (1998): 1-10.
Edmund Abaka and J.B. Gashugi, "Forced Migration From Rwanda: Myths and
Realities," Refuge. Canada's Periodical on Refugees, 14, 5 (October 1994):
9-12.
Samuel M. Woldu and Edmund Abaka, "The International Context of the Rwandan
Crisis," Refuge. Canada's Periodical on Refugees, 14, 5 (October 1994):
15-17
Edmund Abaka, "Kola Nut" in Kenneth F. Kiple & Conee Kriemhild
Ornelas (eds.), The Cambridge World History of Food and Nutrition New York &
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (forthcoming 1999).
Edmund Abaka "The 'Book-longs' Sword-bearers, and Money-makers":
Students, the (P)NDC, the IMF and Education in Ghana, 1981-1990s," in
Twentieth Century Paradigms in Africa Studies (Africa World Press - forthcoming)
Edmund Abaka, "Collaboration as a Form of Resistance," in Kevin
Shillington (ed.), Encyclopedia of African History, London: Fitzroy Dearborn
(forthcoming)
------------------- "Ghana: Colonial Economy: Cocoa Farming, Mining,
Transport and Trade," in Shillington (ed.), Encyclopedia of African History
(Forthcoming)
-------------------- "Ghana: 31st December Revolution and the Fourth
Republic, 1981 to Present," in Shillington (ed.), Encyclopedia of Africa
History (forthcoming)
Edmund Abaka Review of C. Edward Skeen's Citizen Soldiers of the War of 1812.
Lexington, Kentucky: The University of Kentucky Press, 1999. The Historian
(forthcoming)
Edmund Abaka, "Traders and Soldiers: The Hausa Diaspora in Ghana (Gold
Coast and Asante), 1865-1914," Proceedings of the UNESCO/SSRCC Summer
Institute, Identifying Enslaved Africans: The "Nigerian" Hinterland
and the African Diaspora, York University, 14 July-1 August, 1997. Toronto,
Canada.
PUBLICATION II
Edmund Abaka," 'St. Mandela' and the Crisis of Leadership in Africa"
Asenta 5, 1 (January 31, 1999), pp. 9 & 21.
Edmund Abaka and Martha Kateri Ferede, "Environmental Degradation in
Africa," Asenta 5, 6 (March 31, 1999), pp. 9 & 27.
Edmund Abaka, "The Killing Fields of the Sudan: The Mother of all
Genocides," Asenta 5, 9a (September 1-30): 7.
PROFESSIONAL - RESEARCH & CONFERENCES
University of Miami General Research Support Award 1999 Documenting the Ghanaian
Experience in the Economic Development of Kola Nuts as a Major Cash Crop in the
late 19th and early 20th centuries. Principal Investigator - Edmund Abaka
Faculty of Graduate Studies Research Grant, York University, 1996 (For research
at the Herskovitz Library, Northwestern University in Summer 1996 as part of
Dissertation Research.
CUPE Research Fund, York University, 1996 (Teaching Assistant' Union's support
for Graduate research)
Research Assistant, The Travelling Culture Project: The Asante & Swahili
Communities in Toronto (Principal Investogators - Profs. Ato-Sekyi-Otu and Ioan
Davies, York University - 1996)
Research Assistant, Multiculturalism and Education in Canada: The Case of
Ontario. (Co-ord. Edward Opoku-Dapaah, Centre for Refugee Studies, York
University) Principal investigator Dr. Michael Lanphier - 1995)
All-African Students' Conference (North America, Europe, Africa and the
Caribbean), (General Cordinator)
"Asante History and Culture through Art." Presented at the Tribal Arts
Society Meeting, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 14, 1999.
Advisor, Miami Art Museum Exhibition, Beads, Body and Soul. Art and Light in the
Yoruba Universe, June 25-August 29, 1999.
Conference Organiser, Presented at the Pan Africanism: The Past, The Present and
the Future Conference at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, April 9,
1999.
"The Nkrumah-Garvey-Du Bois Triad and Pan Africanism in the 21st
Century." Presented at the Pan Africanism: The Past, The Present and the
Future Conference at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, April 9-10, 1999.
"The Evolution of the Hausa Diaspora in Southern Ghana: The Case of the
Cape Coast and Saltpond Zongos." Presented at the Southwestern Social
Science Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 1, 1999.
"The Computer as a Glorified Typewriter: Education, Technology and the
Private Sector in Africa." Presented at the USA Business Conference on
Africa, Sofitel Hotel, Miami, March 23, 1999
Chair of Panel, Joint Meeting of the American Historical Association and the
Conference on Latin American History, Washington D.C. January 7-11, 1999.
"The Art of West Africa." Presented at the Lowe Art Museum, University
of Miami, December 20, 1998.
"The Sokoto Caliphate and Asante: The Hausa Diaspora in Ghana
1850-1950." Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the African Studies
Association, Chicago, Illinois, October 29-November 1, 1998.
"Kola and Servile Labour in Ghana, 1865-1920." Presented at the
Canadian Association of African Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada, June 2,
1998.
"Spotlight on Africa: The Clinton Visit and Africa in the 21st
Century," Presented at the All-African Students Conference, University of
Notre Dame, May 8, 1998.
"The Critical Phase of Higher Education in Ghana 1981-1991." Presented
at the African-New World Studies: A 21st Century Paradigm in International
Studies Conference, Florida International University, May 1-2, 1998.
"Boatloads of Kola: The Hausa Diaspora in Southern Gold Coast and Asante
1865-1920," The African Studies Forum and the Department of History,
Florida International University, May 2, 1998.
"Kola Nut Production In Ghana (Gold Coast and Asante) 1865-1920."
Harriet Tuman Seminar Series, York University, February 7, 1997
"Traders, Slaves and Soldiers: The Hausa Diaspora in the Gold Coast and
Asante, 1845-1900." Presented at the West Africa and the Americas: The
Repercussions of the Slave Trade Conference, February 20-22, 1997, University of
the West Indies, Jamaica.
"A Comparative Analyses of Witchcraft in Africa and Europe"
Faculty-Graduate Students Seminar Series, University of Guelph, 1991.
VIDEO/DOCUMENTARY
Edmund Abaka & Wofa Yaw Nyarko, "Homecoming: Breaking the Myth of the
Door of No Return," A Video Production of the 1st Emancipation (From
Chattel Slavery) Ceremony in Ghana.
Director, "Music 4 U Programme," Akwaaba Afrique/Ghana Broadcasting
Corporation (Television) 1998-9. Produced Music $ U videos for Ghana Television
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