Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle is one of three slave castles on the coast of Ghana. The poet believes that a place so savaged became a victim of society, and a new orientation can only come about by breaking the ancient silence. Naming the trauma involves him in exploring the condition of the African world. Weaving an intricate network of powerful images, his verse is both forceful and lyrical. A teacher of literature at the University of Cape Coast, the poet is acknowledged as a strong voice among the new generation of African poets.
21 Days/21 Poems: &#;Eclipse&#; by Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang
Today is a public holiday in Ghana. Africa Day, May 25th, fell on a Saturday this year and since the day is a statutory holiday, Ghana observes the holiday on this Monday, May 27th,
I celebrate Africa and people of African Ancestry all around the world. Happy belated Africa Day!
Last week, I took participants, who stayed in Ghana for a few days after the end of Yari Yari Ntoaso, on a trip to Elimina Castle. The castle is among tens of castles and forts, in Ghana, that survive to bear witness to the horror of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
The trip was profoundly disturbing. The feeling is sometimes beyond expression. The poet Gina Athena Ulysse said, during the tour, that &#;we have paid our dues&#;.
This will not come as a shock to Ghanaians but it needs repeating and addressing:
There is a silence that surrounds the history and narrative of the Slave Trade in Ghana.
The part of history that took place on these shores, this side of the Atlantic. While the works of Ayi Kwei Armah, Ama Ata Aidoo and other writers and poets do treat and interrogate the Ghanaian history of the Slave Trade, our education c
Author for September -- Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang
article•September 17,
Writers Project of Ghana and the Goethe Institute proudly present Prof. Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang as our guest author at our monthly reading series.
Prof. Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang is a multi-award winning poet who has lived and worked for thirty years as a professor of literature in the Department of English, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He has lectured in language and literature in universities in Africa, Europe North America and Asia.
He is a Fellow of the Korean Foundation, and has twice been a Fulbright scholar-in-Residence. He has presented his work at various literary venues including Cape Coast, Ghana; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Berlin, Germany; Atlanta, Georgia; Innsbruck, Austria; Seoul City, Korea; Portland, Oregon: Curacao, The Caribean; RISD, Rhode Island; SUNY-Oneonta, among others.
He has recently completed work on two poetry collections: the first is the final instalment in his trilogy Cape Coast Castle; and the second is a commemorative collection predicated on the heroic life and work of Venture Smith.
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and interact with Prof. Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang.
Africana and Latinx Studies Faculty & Staff
Dr. Robert Compton (Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton), works on issues of political development and political economy focusing on Southern Africa and East Asia. He participated in the Ghana program, developed a South Africa short-term study program and provided consultancy for democracy and institution building in Zimbabwe and Uganda working with civil society, students, and parliamentary staff. He has taught at the University of Zimbabwe () as a Fulbright Scholar and made invited presentations on academic unionism at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) throughout Southern Africa. Born in Japan, he speaks Japanese fluently and has a bi-cultural/bi-racial background. Professor Compton is one of the ‘go to’ resources regarding career planning in the department. He is the chair of the Department of Africana and Latino Studies.
Dr. Compton teaches African Politics; Politics of Developing Nations; China, Japan, and Korean Politics; Race, Gender, Class and Culture; and International Political Economy regularly. Compton created the Social Justice minor, the first of its kind, in the SUNY system as part of the ALS offerings. He is currently
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