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.
Publications
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.
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. 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 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. 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.
“Motherhood and Chieftaincy Politics in Ghana: A Case Study of King Frederick Kwasi Akuffo and Madam Akua Oye, 1895-1920s,” in Sub-Saharan Africa: Culture, History and People, P. S. Koku, (ed), Nova, 2021.
Book Reviews
“Workplace Anguish and Pleasure in Northern Nigeria: Exactions of Colonial Governing.” (2016), 142 pp ISBN 978-9988-2-4607-5 Woeli Publishing Services, Accra.
“K. A. BUSIA: ‘A Symbol of Democracy’ – Exploration of His Life and Works” August, 2019. Busia Foundation, Accra.
Classes 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
Memberships or Associations
Historical Society of Ghana (HSG)
African Studies Association (ASA)
African Studies Association-Africa
Research interest
Church History
Labour, 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
Recommended Readings and Resources
Grillo, L. S., Ndzovu, H., & Klinken, A. V. (2019). Religions in Contemporary Africa: An Introduction (1st ed.). Routledge.
Mbiti, J. S. (2015). Introduction to African Religion (2nd ed.). Waveland Press, Inc.
Mokhoathi, J. (2021). “I am an African”: A Philosophical Enquiry of Identity and Culture. Journal of Black Studies, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219347211047874
Portuphy, D. G., and Adom-Portuphy, C. (2020). Two Worlds at War: Finding Common Cultural Grounds for African Immigrant Parents and Their Children. Xulon Press.
Salim, A. R. (2020). Islam Explained: A Short Introduction to History, Teachings, and Culture. Rockridge Press.
Thomas, D. E. (2015). African Traditional Religion in the Modern World (2d ed.). McFarland.
Wehbe-Alamah, H., Hammonds, L. S., & Stanley, D. (2020). “Culturally Congruent Care from the Perspectives of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.” Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 32(2), 119-128. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659619900000
Yashar'el, B. (2020). The Truth about Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Hebrew Israelites. Independently published.
