Samuel Adu-Gyamfi
Biographic Data
| ID | 112146 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Adu-Gyamfi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Adu-Gyamfi |
| SIGNATURE | ADU-GYAMFI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 19 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond culture
Recalibrating the labyrinths of migration and health in West Africa
The discourses and practices surrounding migration and health have taken a dramatic turn since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Experts are more concerned about the consequences of the pandemic on these factors in Africa, given the continent’s weak economies and poor health sector, which portends a difficult post-pandemic recovery. However, the discussions have not engaged with two key effects of the coronavirus: the health implications not…
Students' and Governments' Entanglements in Ghana's Political Transition
Students' relations with postindependence Ghanaian military regimes have generally been portrayed as positive, yet comparative analysis of the relational dynamics across regime types-military and civilian-is inadequate. This article addresses this knowledge gap using a historical content analytic approach based on original archival and interview data. We argue that strategic and group interests ambiguously influenced students' entanglement with m…
Indigenous systems of forest conservation
Forest conservation is a very important concept across the world. It is not only crucial for climate change but also very critical for the survival of humanity. In Africa, forests have always been an important aspect of nature that is regarded with uttermost reverence and care. Importantly, discussions on health, healthcare, culture, economics and other factors have been associated with forests. Part of this benefit is the use of herbs from the f…
Democratic Decentralization, Local Governance and Sustainable Development
“By June, Everyone Would Have Died”
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human interactions deeply affected the sense of humour of individuals. Using a social media research approach, this article analyses social media data in order to understand how social media users related with COVID-19. We sought to address the various events that generated humour among Ghanaians during the pandemic. The study reveals that the various instances of humour revolved around nose and/or face mask…
Democratic Decentralization, Local Governance and Sustainable Development
Archaeology of Bandiyagarh, Sirohi, Rajasthan, India
Bandiyagarh fort is located in Sirohi district of Rajasthan state in India. This research paper is based on new findings in our previously discovered site Bandiyagarh. The discovered structures played an important role in rewriting the history of the Parmar dynasty because Bandiyagarh is approximately 10 km away from the ruins of the capital city site, Chandravati of the royal Parmar dynasty (910 to 1312 AD.). This area was part of the ancient Si…
Pathology laboratory
This study aims to explain the history of Medan Pathology Laboratory in the area of health in East Sumatra. The main discussion expressed in this study is the purpose of the establishment and the role of the Medan Pathology Laboratory in the health problems of the population and plantation workers in East Sumatra. The Medan Pathology Laboratory was founded on the initiative of a plantation owners in 1906. Many doctors and experts worked in the la…
Socio-Economic Transformations in Nigeria
The missionary education curriculum had been hotly debated among African scholars. They argued that they taught subjects which subverted African indigenous knowledge and culture. Thus, in their haste to produce court clerks, interpreters and catechists, they produced alienated Africans who looked down on their culture and tradition as “barbaric and heathen.” However, at the outset of the missionary educational establishment, the pioneer students …
A methodology to identify a fragment of painted glass from excavations at John Paul II Square in Wrocław
The aim of the paper is to discuss and analyze the discovery made during an archaeological and architectural rescue research conducted by a team led by Dr Ing. Arch. Piotr Kmiecik and Dr Robert Szwed in the years 2015–2019 on the premises of the former Babiński Hospital at John Paul II Square in Wrocław/Poland. During the research, a piece of glass with a very interesting painting decoration was discovered. The carried out architectural and archa…
Words and images of Covid-19 prevention (A case study of tourism new normal protocols signs)
Covid-19 is a global pandemic that changed people perspective in everyday life, either in personal activities or public activities. Covid-19 had caused an economic crisis all over the world, including in Indonesia. In order to support business and commerce sustainability in this pandemic situation, the government, through the Health Department, had issued a circular letter No. HK.02.01/MENKES/335/2020 about Covid-19 prevention in the commercial s…
Covid-19 pandemic and The Nigerian primary healthcare system
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the pathetic nature of the Nigeria healthcare system has become more glaring. In First World countries, the ravaging nature of the pandemic, marked by a high death toll, elicits trepidation among Nigerian citizens. What is more, these fears are not necessarily as a result of the lethal nature of COVID-19 but rather, they are consequent of certain conditions amongst which include: an inept and unconcern…
National patriotic day parade
This article aims to analyze the politics of historical memory, the function and meaning behind the procession of the Parade on the Russian National Victory Day (Dend Pobeda) every May 9th. The day has become a ritual for the Russian nation since the Soviet Union era; it has become a collective memory for the Russians who had defeated the Fascist German military at the end of World War II. Russia’s government during Vladimir Putin presidential te…
Covid-19 and the Food Deficit Economy in Southeastern Nigeria
This study examines the significant impact of the total lockdown adopted by the Nigerian government to checkmate the spread of Coronavirus in the country. The policy has been commended but it had a devastating effect on the food economy of the Igbo people of Southeastern Nigeria. The study argues that the pandemic actually entrenched and deepened food scarcities in the region. This food deficit in the region was only possible because, among the s…
Effects of Covid-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teaching
The outbreak of COVID-19 affected almost every sector, including higher education institutions across the world particularly Afghanistan educational system. For this purpose, the researcher aimed to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students and their level of satisfaction with online teaching. It also explored the significant difference in academic performance of students along with their satisfaction leve…
“Someone has been coronated” Nigerian English lexical innovations in the Covid-19 Pandemic
This sociolinguistic study explores lexical innovations and variation in the lexemes of Nigerian English formed during the COVID-19Pandemic. The emergence and spread of the virus have significantly altered the societal norm to becoming what is called the new normal. The Nigerian linguistic landscape is not spared from the impact caused by the virus. Some new words peculiar to Covid-19 have been introduced into the day to day use of Nigerian Engli…
The politics of rice production in Nigeria
Rice is one of the important food items consumed in Nigeria. Nigeria also has abundant land for rice cultivation. Despite this, rice production was at a very low under both the military and civilian rules between 1966 and 1999.This was however not the situation in Eastern Nigeria between 1942 and 1965.The coming of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 amidst many challenges has demonstrated that rice could be grown in large quantities in Nigeria. T…
Covid-19 pandemic
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic globally and the disruptions occasioned by it has far-reaching implications on societies in general and most especially the educational sector with governments across the globe ordering lockdowns including the closure of education institutions thereby necessitating alternative teaching and learning methods other than the usual face-to-face interaction to avoid a total collapse of the education sector. This stud…
Preserving Javanese identity and cultural heritage in Malaysia
This research traces the diaspora of the Javanese and their cultural heritage and examines their adaptation to Malaysian society. The disputes that occurred in the last ten years between Indonesia and Malaysia draw massive attention. The claims of culture between the two countries have often led to tensions between them. Disputes have generally been triggered by the Malaysian government’s claims against several Indonesian cultural heritage such a…
Another view of the “Closed-door policy” of the Nguyen Dynasty (Vietnam) with Western countries (1802 – 1858)
The Nguyen Dynasty was the last monarchy in Vietnamese history, established after Nguyen Anh ascended the throne in 1802 and ended when Bao Dai abdicated in 1945, a total of 143 years. Stemming from the sense of protecting the throne of the feudal regime associated with the protection of national security, the Nguyen kings implemented foreign policy in a complicated historical context, especially was in the face of the growing pressure of Western…
Online teaching experiences in higher education institutions of Afghanistan during the Covid-19 outbreak
Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the higher education institutions of Afghanistan shifted to online teaching. This critical situation has rendered both opportunities and challenges in online teaching. Hence, the present study aimed to investigate the opportunities and challenges of online teaching in the higher education institutions of Afghanistan during the COVID-19 outbreak. It also explored the differences in the opportunities a…
Is cross always Christian? A study on iconography of Sasanian seals
The article analyses the semiotics of religious symbols appearing on selected Sasanian seals. The core of the research are the seals on which a cross and a scorpion are depicted together. The authors tackle the two research hypotheses concerning the interpretation of the iconography of these seals. The first (by Rika Gyselen) is the identification of the seals as Christian seals. The second (by Abolala Soudavar) attributes the seals to Mithraism.…
Archives of a pandemic
Music has always been a reservoir of African cultures and histories. Through music, we can trace the experiences of particular communities at specific moments in history. It has been used to entertain, educate, as well as preserve the histories of communities throughout East African societies. This paper discusses how music in the digital space has played a pivotal role in helping combat the COVID-19 pandemic and also document this moment in time…
Afro-centrism as the centerpiece of Nigeria’s foreign policy
This study examines the relationship between Africa centeredness of Nigeria’s foreign policy and the recurring xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in some African states. It argues that Nigeria’s utilization of her human and material resources for the greater good of African states was unrewarding and a commemoration of ingratitude and thus create the imperative for foreign policy review. The study argues that national interest consideration must be …
Students' and Governments' Entanglements in Ghana's Political Transition
Students' relations with postindependence Ghanaian military regimes have generally been portrayed as positive, yet comparative analysis of the relational dynamics across regime types-military and civilian-is inadequate. This article addresses this knowledge gap using a historical content analytic approach based on original archival and interview data. We argue that strategic and group interests ambiguously influenced students' entanglement with m…
Indigenous systems of forest conservation
Forest conservation is a very important concept across the world. It is not only crucial for climate change but also very critical for the survival of humanity. In Africa, forests have always been an important aspect of nature that is regarded with uttermost reverence and care. Importantly, discussions on health, healthcare, culture, economics and other factors have been associated with forests. Part of this benefit is the use of herbs from the f…
The Marijuana Factor in a University in Ghana
This paper examines the marijuana usage among university students in Ghana. A focused interview \nwas done to solicit information from users of the drug. It paid attention to thematic areas that are \nreplete in the existing literature concerning the use of marijuana and its ramifications on student users \nof the drug. Attention is paid to the factors that drive the students to use the drug and its ramifications \non their performance as student…
Nursing in Ghana
Nursing in Ghana is a crucial subject that permeates almost every issue in the society especially the field of hospital care. To a large extent, the frontiers of nursing have expanded since the time of Florence Nightingale. Globally some studies have been done to study nursing icons like her. The values in nursing practice however continue to preoccupy our minds. The need to accentuate the gains made by historical figures in nursing in present ti…
Economy and Health in the Gold Coast, 1902–1957
The economy and health of populations have had inextricable relationships over time. Prior to colonisation, the environment of the Gold Coast like other places within the tropics of Africa was tagged as the "graveyard of the White man" due to its environmental vulnerability to diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, dysentery and sleeping sickness among others. In this regard, scholars have argued that colonisation did not only lead to the exploi…
Economy and Health in the Gold Coast, 1902–1957
The economy and health of populations have had inextricable relationships over time. Prior to colonisation, the environment of the Gold Coast like other places within the tropics of Africa was tagged as the “graveyard of the White man” due to its environmental vulnerability to diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, dysentery and sleeping sickness among others. In this regard, scholars have argued that colonisation did not only lead to the exploi…
Afro-centrism as the centerpiece of Nigeria’s foreign policy
This study examines the relationship between Africa centeredness of Nigeria’s foreign policy and the recurring xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in some African states. It argues that Nigeria’s utilization of her human and material resources for the greater good of African states was unrewarding and a commemoration of ingratitude and thus create the imperative for foreign policy review. The study argues that national interest consideration must be …
A historical perspective of Nigerian immigrants in Europe
The world is gradually shrinking that at the press of a button events happening in a far-flung part of the earth could be followed live via a cable network. Globalization or capitalist penetration of every economy is a new phenomenon. Industrialized nations of the West are growing richer and having access to natural resources of the third world. Most of the third world countries are experiencing a harsh economic turn. World trade organization (WT…
Tales in the Paasaali Dirge
Among the Paasaala people in the Upper West Region of Ghana who speak paasaali, dirge performance and the execution of the tale go hand in hand; the two genres complement each other. This paper investigates the close relationship between tales and dirges and establishes some of the reasons that bind them together in the Paasaala funeral context. By using the theory of ethno-poetics and methodologies such as close observation of live performances …
Muslim Healers and Healing
Societies that have accepted Islam have blended their native culture with what was, rightly and wrongly, linked to Islam. Here, we present an example of this combination concerning traditional healing processes in Muslim societies. Focusing on the Aboabo community, we did an ethnographic study of healing processes and rites used by healers and further discussed the rites, practices, contributions and challenges of Muslim traditional healing in th…
Archaeology of Bandiyagarh, Sirohi, Rajasthan, India
Bandiyagarh fort is located in Sirohi district of Rajasthan state in India. This research paper is based on new findings in our previously discovered site Bandiyagarh. The discovered structures played an important role in rewriting the history of the Parmar dynasty because Bandiyagarh is approximately 10 km away from the ruins of the capital city site, Chandravati of the royal Parmar dynasty (910 to 1312 AD.). This area was part of the ancient Si…
Pathology laboratory
This study aims to explain the history of Medan Pathology Laboratory in the area of health in East Sumatra. The main discussion expressed in this study is the purpose of the establishment and the role of the Medan Pathology Laboratory in the health problems of the population and plantation workers in East Sumatra. The Medan Pathology Laboratory was founded on the initiative of a plantation owners in 1906. Many doctors and experts worked in the la…
Socio-Economic Transformations in Nigeria
The missionary education curriculum had been hotly debated among African scholars. They argued that they taught subjects which subverted African indigenous knowledge and culture. Thus, in their haste to produce court clerks, interpreters and catechists, they produced alienated Africans who looked down on their culture and tradition as “barbaric and heathen.” However, at the outset of the missionary educational establishment, the pioneer students …
A methodology to identify a fragment of painted glass from excavations at John Paul II Square in Wrocław
The aim of the paper is to discuss and analyze the discovery made during an archaeological and architectural rescue research conducted by a team led by Dr Ing. Arch. Piotr Kmiecik and Dr Robert Szwed in the years 2015–2019 on the premises of the former Babiński Hospital at John Paul II Square in Wrocław/Poland. During the research, a piece of glass with a very interesting painting decoration was discovered. The carried out architectural and archa…
Words and images of Covid-19 prevention (A case study of tourism new normal protocols signs)
Covid-19 is a global pandemic that changed people perspective in everyday life, either in personal activities or public activities. Covid-19 had caused an economic crisis all over the world, including in Indonesia. In order to support business and commerce sustainability in this pandemic situation, the government, through the Health Department, had issued a circular letter No. HK.02.01/MENKES/335/2020 about Covid-19 prevention in the commercial s…
Covid-19 pandemic and The Nigerian primary healthcare system
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the pathetic nature of the Nigeria healthcare system has become more glaring. In First World countries, the ravaging nature of the pandemic, marked by a high death toll, elicits trepidation among Nigerian citizens. What is more, these fears are not necessarily as a result of the lethal nature of COVID-19 but rather, they are consequent of certain conditions amongst which include: an inept and unconcern…
National patriotic day parade
This article aims to analyze the politics of historical memory, the function and meaning behind the procession of the Parade on the Russian National Victory Day (Dend Pobeda) every May 9th. The day has become a ritual for the Russian nation since the Soviet Union era; it has become a collective memory for the Russians who had defeated the Fascist German military at the end of World War II. Russia’s government during Vladimir Putin presidential te…
Covid-19 and the Food Deficit Economy in Southeastern Nigeria
This study examines the significant impact of the total lockdown adopted by the Nigerian government to checkmate the spread of Coronavirus in the country. The policy has been commended but it had a devastating effect on the food economy of the Igbo people of Southeastern Nigeria. The study argues that the pandemic actually entrenched and deepened food scarcities in the region. This food deficit in the region was only possible because, among the s…
Effects of Covid-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teaching
The outbreak of COVID-19 affected almost every sector, including higher education institutions across the world particularly Afghanistan educational system. For this purpose, the researcher aimed to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students and their level of satisfaction with online teaching. It also explored the significant difference in academic performance of students along with their satisfaction leve…
“Someone has been coronated” Nigerian English lexical innovations in the Covid-19 Pandemic
This sociolinguistic study explores lexical innovations and variation in the lexemes of Nigerian English formed during the COVID-19Pandemic. The emergence and spread of the virus have significantly altered the societal norm to becoming what is called the new normal. The Nigerian linguistic landscape is not spared from the impact caused by the virus. Some new words peculiar to Covid-19 have been introduced into the day to day use of Nigerian Engli…
The politics of rice production in Nigeria
Rice is one of the important food items consumed in Nigeria. Nigeria also has abundant land for rice cultivation. Despite this, rice production was at a very low under both the military and civilian rules between 1966 and 1999.This was however not the situation in Eastern Nigeria between 1942 and 1965.The coming of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 amidst many challenges has demonstrated that rice could be grown in large quantities in Nigeria. T…
Covid-19 pandemic
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic globally and the disruptions occasioned by it has far-reaching implications on societies in general and most especially the educational sector with governments across the globe ordering lockdowns including the closure of education institutions thereby necessitating alternative teaching and learning methods other than the usual face-to-face interaction to avoid a total collapse of the education sector. This stud…
Preserving Javanese identity and cultural heritage in Malaysia
This research traces the diaspora of the Javanese and their cultural heritage and examines their adaptation to Malaysian society. The disputes that occurred in the last ten years between Indonesia and Malaysia draw massive attention. The claims of culture between the two countries have often led to tensions between them. Disputes have generally been triggered by the Malaysian government’s claims against several Indonesian cultural heritage such a…
Another view of the “Closed-door policy” of the Nguyen Dynasty (Vietnam) with Western countries (1802 – 1858)
The Nguyen Dynasty was the last monarchy in Vietnamese history, established after Nguyen Anh ascended the throne in 1802 and ended when Bao Dai abdicated in 1945, a total of 143 years. Stemming from the sense of protecting the throne of the feudal regime associated with the protection of national security, the Nguyen kings implemented foreign policy in a complicated historical context, especially was in the face of the growing pressure of Western…
Online teaching experiences in higher education institutions of Afghanistan during the Covid-19 outbreak
Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the higher education institutions of Afghanistan shifted to online teaching. This critical situation has rendered both opportunities and challenges in online teaching. Hence, the present study aimed to investigate the opportunities and challenges of online teaching in the higher education institutions of Afghanistan during the COVID-19 outbreak. It also explored the differences in the opportunities a…
Is cross always Christian? A study on iconography of Sasanian seals
The article analyses the semiotics of religious symbols appearing on selected Sasanian seals. The core of the research are the seals on which a cross and a scorpion are depicted together. The authors tackle the two research hypotheses concerning the interpretation of the iconography of these seals. The first (by Rika Gyselen) is the identification of the seals as Christian seals. The second (by Abolala Soudavar) attributes the seals to Mithraism.…
Archives of a pandemic
Music has always been a reservoir of African cultures and histories. Through music, we can trace the experiences of particular communities at specific moments in history. It has been used to entertain, educate, as well as preserve the histories of communities throughout East African societies. This paper discusses how music in the digital space has played a pivotal role in helping combat the COVID-19 pandemic and also document this moment in time…
Political science (23 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Law (15 works) · Medicine (12 works) · History (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Pandemic (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Psychology (7 works)