Wazi Apoh
Biographic Data
| ID | 644596 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wazi Apoh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wazi |
| FAMILY NAME | Apoh |
| SIGNATURE | APOH W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7050-5299 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Using Africa’s past to promote change toward safer alternatives for food packaging in Accra
This study aimed at promoting attitude change among street vendors and their customers by exposing them to a communication intervention. The respondents were exposed to digitized images of ancient pottery and materials used to meet daily needs of food storage in Africa’s past, followed by a narration of how these materials were used in the past that could be used in the present day to package food. Respondents reflected on their experiences in th…
The restitution debate and return of human remains: Implications for bioarchaeological research and cultural ethics in Africa
The calls for repatriation and restitution of African objects and human remains in unlawful Euroamerican custody are gaining global momentum. This paper examines how bioarchaeological analyses are done on legitimately excavated or acquired human remains. Such studies are assessed in tandem with the negative eugenicist practices associated with the looted African human remains that were studied in Europe and America during the periods of slavery a…
Mainstreaming the Discourse on Restitution and Repatriation within African History, Heritage Studies and Political Science
The recent upsurge of interest in restitution and repatriation debates by practitionersand scholars might offer appropriate chances for true interdisciplinary research.Not only should historical, anthropological and legal studies take part in such aconversation, but also, political science, archaeology and heritage studies. Resolutelyand systematically giving voice to both African stakeholders and African researchersis an imperative. In this intr…
Why forget us? Developing the Three-Town enslaved relics as alternative sites of commemoration in southeastern Ghana
This paper examines preliminary research findings emanating from investigations carried out on the marginalised landscapes and relics of slavery in the Three-Town area of southeastern Ghana. It discusses the politics of exclusion being practised in the choice of histories and sites of enslavement for annual commemorative events in Ghana. The popular knowledge that the trade in humans occurred mostly at Cape Coast and Elmina Castles in the Central…
Sankofatization and Decolonization: The Rapprochement of German Museums and Government with Colonial Objects and Postcolonialism
This paper examines how node three national museums in Germany are dealing with colonial objects in their spaces. It also explores the German government's recent rapprochement with scholars in its ex-colonies on how to deal with its colonial past within a discourse of evidence and sankofatization. Sankofatization is defined as a Ghanaian-Akan ideology that signifies the selection of past ideas for retention within a type of renaissance paradigm. …
The Influence of James Anquandah on the Development and Practice of Eclectic Archaeology in Ghana
Introduction Exercise has been shown to improve clinical measures of strength, balance and mobility, and in some cases, has improved symptoms of tremor and rigidity in people with Parkinson9s disease (PD). However, to date, no research has examined whether improvements in trunk control can remedy deficits in dynamic postural stability in this population. The proposed randomised controlled trial aims to establish whether a 12-week exercise program…
Shit, Blood, Artifacts, and Tears: Interrogating Visitor Perceptions and Archaeological Residues at Ghana's Cape Coast Castle Slave Dungeon
Involuntary servitude, trade, and exchange in humans occurred among communities in parts of what is today known as Ghana before the advent of European involvement. However, with Europeans' involvement and subsequent colonialism, this practice rapidly evolved into the heinous transatlantic chattel slave trade. Scholars studying slavery know that the material vestiges and memories of this phenomenon persist in the present. Yet, how public audiences…
Old Buipe (Ghana, Northern Region): Some Observations on Islamization and Urban Development at the South-Western Margins of the dar al-islam
The state or kingdom of Gonja emerged in the mid-16th century in the savannah area extending to the north of the tropical forest in modern Ghana. Its origins seem to go back to the arrival of Mande conquerors who came from the area of Djenne to take control of the gold trade from the mines situated further south. Due to its geographical position, the kingdom essentially became a crossroads at the southern extremity of the sub-Saharan trade routes…
Law, land and what lies beneath: Exploring mining impacts on customary law and cultural heritage protection in Ghana and Western Australia
This research paper assesses the impacts of mining on the operation of customary law in relation to land tenure and cultural heritage resources in Indigenous communities, specifically in southern Ghana with comparative reference to Western Australia. This research paper explores extant regulatory approaches for customary law recognition, land tenure administration, heritage and mining in Western Australia and how these could be adopted and adapte…
Embroideries of Imperialism: An Archaeo-Historical Overview of Akwamu, Asante, German and British Imperial Hegemonies at Kpando, Ghana
Current Perspectives in the Archaeology of Ghana
This collection of essays on archaeology and heritage studies is authored by local and expatriate scholars who are either past or current practitioners in archaeological work in Ghana. The subject matter covered includes the history and evolution of the discipline in Ghana; the method and theory or ?how to do it? in archaeology, fi eld research reports, and syntheses on findings from past and recent investigations. The eclectic or multidisciplina…
The Archaeology of German and British Colonial Entanglements in Kpando-Ghana
Alternative Site Conservation Strategies in Ghana: The Adome Ancient Ironworking Site
In Ghana and other West African nations, the study and conservation of various kinds of heritage property and designated World Heritage Sites have been receiving the attention of public and private institutions, research scholars, as well as international agencies. This paper reports on work the authors have been undertaking since March 2009 to study and conserve an ancient ironworking site situated within a built-up area of Adome, a relatively s…
Material Culture and Indigenous Spiritism: The Katamansu Archaeological “Otutu” (Shrine)
The Akpinis and the echoes of German and British colonial overrule: An archaeological investigation of Kpando, Ghana
The Archaeology of German and British Colonial Entanglements in Kpando-Ghana
Material Culture and Indigenous Spiritism: The Katamansu Archaeological “Otutu” (Shrine)
Mainstreaming the Discourse on Restitution and Repatriation within African History, Heritage Studies and Political Science
The recent upsurge of interest in restitution and repatriation debates by practitionersand scholars might offer appropriate chances for true interdisciplinary research.Not only should historical, anthropological and legal studies take part in such aconversation, but also, political science, archaeology and heritage studies. Resolutelyand systematically giving voice to both African stakeholders and African researchersis an imperative. In this intr…
Why forget us? Developing the Three-Town enslaved relics as alternative sites of commemoration in southeastern Ghana
This paper examines preliminary research findings emanating from investigations carried out on the marginalised landscapes and relics of slavery in the Three-Town area of southeastern Ghana. It discusses the politics of exclusion being practised in the choice of histories and sites of enslavement for annual commemorative events in Ghana. The popular knowledge that the trade in humans occurred mostly at Cape Coast and Elmina Castles in the Central…
Sankofatization and Decolonization: The Rapprochement of German Museums and Government with Colonial Objects and Postcolonialism
This paper examines how node three national museums in Germany are dealing with colonial objects in their spaces. It also explores the German government's recent rapprochement with scholars in its ex-colonies on how to deal with its colonial past within a discourse of evidence and sankofatization. Sankofatization is defined as a Ghanaian-Akan ideology that signifies the selection of past ideas for retention within a type of renaissance paradigm. …
Law, land and what lies beneath: Exploring mining impacts on customary law and cultural heritage protection in Ghana and Western Australia
This research paper assesses the impacts of mining on the operation of customary law in relation to land tenure and cultural heritage resources in Indigenous communities, specifically in southern Ghana with comparative reference to Western Australia. This research paper explores extant regulatory approaches for customary law recognition, land tenure administration, heritage and mining in Western Australia and how these could be adopted and adapte…
The Akpinis and the echoes of German and British colonial overrule: An archaeological investigation of Kpando, Ghana
The Akpinis and the echoes of German and British colonial overrule: An archaeological investigation of Kpando, Ghana
Material Culture and Indigenous Spiritism: The Katamansu Archaeological “Otutu” (Shrine)
Alternative Site Conservation Strategies in Ghana: The Adome Ancient Ironworking Site
In Ghana and other West African nations, the study and conservation of various kinds of heritage property and designated World Heritage Sites have been receiving the attention of public and private institutions, research scholars, as well as international agencies. This paper reports on work the authors have been undertaking since March 2009 to study and conserve an ancient ironworking site situated within a built-up area of Adome, a relatively s…
The Archaeology of German and British Colonial Entanglements in Kpando-Ghana
Embroideries of Imperialism: An Archaeo-Historical Overview of Akwamu, Asante, German and British Imperial Hegemonies at Kpando, Ghana
Current Perspectives in the Archaeology of Ghana
This collection of essays on archaeology and heritage studies is authored by local and expatriate scholars who are either past or current practitioners in archaeological work in Ghana. The subject matter covered includes the history and evolution of the discipline in Ghana; the method and theory or ?how to do it? in archaeology, fi eld research reports, and syntheses on findings from past and recent investigations. The eclectic or multidisciplina…
Old Buipe (Ghana, Northern Region): Some Observations on Islamization and Urban Development at the South-Western Margins of the dar al-islam
The state or kingdom of Gonja emerged in the mid-16th century in the savannah area extending to the north of the tropical forest in modern Ghana. Its origins seem to go back to the arrival of Mande conquerors who came from the area of Djenne to take control of the gold trade from the mines situated further south. Due to its geographical position, the kingdom essentially became a crossroads at the southern extremity of the sub-Saharan trade routes…
Law, land and what lies beneath: Exploring mining impacts on customary law and cultural heritage protection in Ghana and Western Australia
This research paper assesses the impacts of mining on the operation of customary law in relation to land tenure and cultural heritage resources in Indigenous communities, specifically in southern Ghana with comparative reference to Western Australia. This research paper explores extant regulatory approaches for customary law recognition, land tenure administration, heritage and mining in Western Australia and how these could be adopted and adapte…
Shit, Blood, Artifacts, and Tears: Interrogating Visitor Perceptions and Archaeological Residues at Ghana's Cape Coast Castle Slave Dungeon
Involuntary servitude, trade, and exchange in humans occurred among communities in parts of what is today known as Ghana before the advent of European involvement. However, with Europeans' involvement and subsequent colonialism, this practice rapidly evolved into the heinous transatlantic chattel slave trade. Scholars studying slavery know that the material vestiges and memories of this phenomenon persist in the present. Yet, how public audiences…
The Influence of James Anquandah on the Development and Practice of Eclectic Archaeology in Ghana
Introduction Exercise has been shown to improve clinical measures of strength, balance and mobility, and in some cases, has improved symptoms of tremor and rigidity in people with Parkinson9s disease (PD). However, to date, no research has examined whether improvements in trunk control can remedy deficits in dynamic postural stability in this population. The proposed randomised controlled trial aims to establish whether a 12-week exercise program…
The restitution debate and return of human remains: Implications for bioarchaeological research and cultural ethics in Africa
The calls for repatriation and restitution of African objects and human remains in unlawful Euroamerican custody are gaining global momentum. This paper examines how bioarchaeological analyses are done on legitimately excavated or acquired human remains. Such studies are assessed in tandem with the negative eugenicist practices associated with the looted African human remains that were studied in Europe and America during the periods of slavery a…
Mainstreaming the Discourse on Restitution and Repatriation within African History, Heritage Studies and Political Science
The recent upsurge of interest in restitution and repatriation debates by practitionersand scholars might offer appropriate chances for true interdisciplinary research.Not only should historical, anthropological and legal studies take part in such aconversation, but also, political science, archaeology and heritage studies. Resolutelyand systematically giving voice to both African stakeholders and African researchersis an imperative. In this intr…
Why forget us? Developing the Three-Town enslaved relics as alternative sites of commemoration in southeastern Ghana
This paper examines preliminary research findings emanating from investigations carried out on the marginalised landscapes and relics of slavery in the Three-Town area of southeastern Ghana. It discusses the politics of exclusion being practised in the choice of histories and sites of enslavement for annual commemorative events in Ghana. The popular knowledge that the trade in humans occurred mostly at Cape Coast and Elmina Castles in the Central…
Sankofatization and Decolonization: The Rapprochement of German Museums and Government with Colonial Objects and Postcolonialism
This paper examines how node three national museums in Germany are dealing with colonial objects in their spaces. It also explores the German government's recent rapprochement with scholars in its ex-colonies on how to deal with its colonial past within a discourse of evidence and sankofatization. Sankofatization is defined as a Ghanaian-Akan ideology that signifies the selection of past ideas for retention within a type of renaissance paradigm. …
Using Africa’s past to promote change toward safer alternatives for food packaging in Accra
This study aimed at promoting attitude change among street vendors and their customers by exposing them to a communication intervention. The respondents were exposed to digitized images of ancient pottery and materials used to meet daily needs of food storage in Africa’s past, followed by a narration of how these materials were used in the past that could be used in the present day to package food. Respondents reflected on their experiences in th…
Archaeology (9 works) · History (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (5 works) · Law (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 works) · History (4 works)