David Owusu-Ansah

David Owusu-Ansah yɛ Afrika Adesua ho Ɔbenfo ne Ɔmampanyin no Boafo Titiriw ma Faculty wɔ Office of Access and Inclusion wɔ James Madison Sukuupɔn mu.

Nwomasua

Ɔwɔ Ph.D. wɔ Abakɔsɛm mu wɔ Northwestern University, Master’s degree wɔ Islamic Studies mu wɔ McGill University, ne Bachelor’s degree a ɛwɔ Honors wɔ Comparative Religions ne Nhomasua mu wɔ University of Cape Coast wɔ Ghana. Ɔbenfo Owusu-Ansah a na anka ɔyɛ Harry S. Truman Asoɛe a Ɛhwɛ Amanaman Ntam Asomdwoe So wɔ Hebri Sukuupɔn a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no yɔnko, na ɔkyerɛ Afrika Abakɔsɛm, Wiase Anibuei, ne Abakɔsɛm Akwan ho adesua wɔ James Madison Sukuupɔn mu. Dr. Owusu-Ansah yɛ obi a wadi kan ayɛ Abakɔsɛm a Wɔawie Adesua ho Ɔkwankyerɛfo wɔ James Madison Sukuupɔn mu na ɔyɛ kan sukuupɔn no Africana Adesua Dwumadi no guamtrani ne Ɔmampanyin no Boafo Titiriw wɔ Faculty Diversity ho. Nhwehwɛmu a n’ani gye ho ne Islam wɔ Afrika (a osi nyamesom mu nsakrae so dua titiriw) ne nyamesom amammuisɛm.

Ne nwuma ahodoɔ

Wɔ nhomanimfo nsɛm ne ti ahorow pii a ɛfa Islam ho akyi no, Ɔbenfo Owusu-Ansah akyerɛw Islam Talismanic Tradition wɔ Afeha a Ɛto so Dukron Asante (1991) mu. Ɔne obi a ɔkyerɛw Ghana Abakɔsɛm Nsɛmfua(1995) na ɔno nko ara na ɔkyerɛw Ghana Abakɔsɛm Nsɛmfua a Ɛto so 3 (2005). Na ɔsan nso yɛ obi a ɔde ne ho hyɛɛ Wiase Sikakorabea Asoɛe (May 2005), ne afei nso na ɔde ne ho hyɛɛ Center for Civil-Military Relations State Partnership Education Program a ɛwɔ Ghana Asraafoɔ ne North Dakota Ɔman Awɛmfoɔ (May 2005) mu. Nimdeɛ a ɔwɔ wɔ Nkramofo abakɔsɛm ho wɔ Afrika ne ne nhomanimfo a ɔwɔ wɔ Ghana ne Afrika nsɛmti ho no kyerɛkyerɛ radio so nsɛm a wobisabisaa wɔn bere bi a atwam wɔ dwumadi ahorow te sɛ Voice of America ne Virginia Foundation for the Humanities dwumadi “With Good Reason”—dwumadi bi a ɛwɔ National Public Radio so .

Ankorankorɛ asetena

Ɔbenfo Owusu-Ansah ne ne mfɛfo afoforo kɔ so yɛ nhwehwɛmu, bisabisa nkurɔfo nsɛm wɔ afuw mu, na ɔkyerɛw Islam ne Nyamesom mu Abodwokyɛre ho asɛm wɔ Afrika Atɔe fam. Mprempren ɔne ne mfɛfo adwumayɛfo a wɔwɔ Ghana reyɛ nhwehwɛmu wɔ Islam nhomasua ho adesua a ɛkɔ akyiri wɔ saa ɔman no mu ho. Afei nso, sɛ́ Ghana Adesua Bagua (Abibiman Adesua Fekuw no amanaman ntam fekuw) no titrani dedaw no, Ɔbenfo Owusu-Ansah yɛ obi a ne mfɛfo nim no sɛ obi a ɔde ne ho ama na ɔwɔ adwene a ɛfata wɔ amammuisɛm mu hwɛfo a ɔhwɛ nkɔso a ɛrekɔ so wɔ Ghana.

Ne dwumadie ahodoɔ bi

Islamic Learning, the State and the Challenges of Education in Ghana, (With Abdulai Iddrisu and Mark Sey), Africa World Press, 2013.

Islamic Talismanic Tradition in 19^th Century Asante, Edwin Mellen Press, 1991.

“A Contested Half-Century: A Political History of Ghana since Independence,” in Ivor Agyeman-Duah, ed., Pilgrims of the Night: Development Challenges and Opportunities in Africa. Ayebia Publishing, 2011.

“History of Islam in West Africa: Implications for the Current Political Atmosphere,” The Islamic World, edited by Andrew Rippin (London: Routledge Publishers, 2008).

Ghana Historical Dictionary, Scarecrow Press, 2^nd Edition, 1995 (with Daniel McFarland); independently wrote the 3^rd ed. 2005; and 4th ed. 2014. Scarecrow Press, a Division of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.