Professor David Owusu-Ansah of James Madison University Presents Two Public Lectures on Islam and Politics
Professor Owusu-Ansah presented two lectures this past March entitled "Islam and Politics in 19th Century Asante: A West African State" and "The History of Islam in West Africa and Its Implications For Modern Politics." These lectures were supported by the Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations, the Diether H. Haenicke Institute for International and Area Studies, the Department of History, and the Africana Studies Program of Western Michigan University.
Professor Owusu-Ansah's undergraduate degree was in Comparative Religion at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He completed his masters' degree at the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University. His doctorate was in African History at Northwestern University. He is the author of the Islamic Talismatic Tradition in 19th Century Asante, the Historical Dictionary of Ghana, and many chapters in books and articles on aspects of Islamic History in West Africa. He served as the Director of Graduate Studies for his department from 1992 - 2003. He has taken study groups to Ghana, and/or coordinated such groups' travel, from 1990-date.
For more information, please contact Dr. Bruce M. Haight at bruce.haight@wmich.edu or 269-387-5361.