Takyiwaa Manuh | |
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| Born | May 1952 (age 72–73) Kumasi, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Occupation | Academic |
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| Education | Wesley Girls High School |
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Takyiwaa Manuh (born May 1952)[1] is a Ghanaian academic and author. She is an Emerita Professor of theUniversity of Ghana, and until her retirement in May 2017, she served as the Director of the Social Development Policy Division, of theUnited Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), located inAddis Ababa, Ethiopia.[2][3][4] She was also the Director of theInstitute of African Studies, University of Ghana from 2002 to 2009.[2][4][5] She is a fellow of theGhana Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1][2][3][5]
Manuh was born in May 1952 atKumasi in theAshanti Region of Ghana to James Kwesi Manuh, who was a food contractor, and Madam Akosua Akyaa, then a trader at Ankaase, a town near Kumasi.[1] Her early education began at Ankaase Methodist School when she lived with her grandmother.[1] While in class one, she was moved to the Adum Presby School, where she began class one once again.[1] She began class one for a third time when she was later sent to Penworth Kindergarten.[1] Manuh went on to complete her primary education at theKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Primary school also in Kumasi, after which she enteredWesley Girls' High School,Cape Coast, for her secondary education.[1][5] She continued her studies at theUniversity of Ghana, where she obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) in 1974.[1][5] In 1978, she was awarded her master's degree in Law from theUniversity of Dar es Salaam.[1][5] She later went on to pursue a doctorate degree in Anthropology at theIndiana University Bloomington, graduating in the year 2000.[1][5]
Following her postgraduate studies in Tanzania, Manuh gained employment as a Research Fellow at theUniversity of Ghana in 1979.[1][5] She has also taught in various schools and faculties at the university.[5] She has been a visiting professor at the Indiana University Bloomington, aVisiting Fellow at theUniversity of Birmingham, and has maintained working ties withUniversity of Cape Town'sAfrican Gender Institute since 1999.[5]
Manuh serves on many boards and committees.[4] She is a member of the Scientific Committee of theAssociation of African Universities (AAU), theCouncil for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA),UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) Governing Board, the African Gender Institute Board, the Steering Committee of the South-South Exchange Program on the History of Development (SEPHIS), the Steering Committee of NETRIGHT, theABANTU for Development board of which she chairs, and the Coalition for Women's Rights in Ghana.[5] In 2005, she was elected fellow of theGhana Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1][6]
In 2004 she was the co-winner of the National Women's Business Council Best Paper in Women's Entrepreneurship Award together with Dr. Kojo Saffu ofBrock University, Ontario, Canada.[5] In 2007, Manuh was awarded theUniversity of Ghana's Meritorious Service Award, and in July 2008, she was awarded theOrder of the Volta (Officer Class).[5] In 2015, theUniversity of Sussex awarded her an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree.[2][3]
Manuh's works have been in the areas of Gender and Women in Ghana, women's rights and issues of empowerment in Ghana and Africa, Contemporary African Migrations, and higher education in Africa. Her writings include:[4]
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