Kweku Ampiah
Biographic Data
| ID | 968706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kweku Ampiah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kweku |
| FAMILY NAME | Ampiah |
| SIGNATURE | AMPIAH K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Stirling |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Rethinking Japan
Who’s Afraid of Confucius
The paper examines the popularly known Confucian values and ritual practices and questions the notion that these norms and practices are unique to East Asia. By evoking the essential social values and norms of the Akan culture (in West Africa) the analysis posits that the so-called East Asian values as codified by Confucius are actually universal principles. The essay examines how the principles of filial piety and ancestor worship play out in th…
The Evolving Relations between Japan and Africa
At a time when China's growing interest in Africa is convulsing the discourse on the region's international relations and economic development, Japan's long-standing engagements with the African co
The Discourse of Local Ownership in Development
This article explores Japan's initiatives toward the development discourse on Africa through the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), and specifically in regards to a concept that is increasingly becoming a core tenet of the TICAD, the 'national ownership' of development. The article examines the literature on development ownership before concentrating more specifically on the Japanese responses to the discourse. The ana…
Anglo-Japanese Collaboration about Africa in Early 1960s
By examining British and Japanese archival sources, this article brings alive the discourse on Japan–Africa relations in the early 1960s and evokes, on the one hand, the dilemmas surrounding Japan's attempts to expand its economic interests in a decolonising Africa and, on the other hand, the efforts of Britain to hold on to its interests in the region. In essence, the research shows how Japan kick-started its economic relations with the African …
Japan and Commonwealth Africa
This article examines Japan's relations with the African countries from a post-World War II perspective and identifies an Anglo-Japanese initiative in the early 1960s to collaborate about matters relating to Africa's socio-economic development. The analysis pertains essentially to the Commonwealth African countries and further shows that apart from attempts to expand its exports to these countries, Japan's initiatives towards Africa until the 199…
The Political and Moral Imperatives of the Bandung Conference of 1955
Now fifty years on, with significantly more primary references available,Kweku Ampiah's study provides a much-needed in-depth re-evaluation of the conference as a whole, focusing in particular on the external influences and preoccupations impacting on the participants seen through three case studies involving the US, UK and Japan
Nigeria's Fledgling Friendship with Japan
Since the inauguration of President Olusegun Obasanjo as President of Nigeria Japan's attitude towards the West African state seems to have been positively transformed. The relationship between the two countries kicked-off with panache after the President's first visit to Tokyo in April 1999 as President elect to renew acquaintances. The two countries are now bound together in a "Special Relationship", which provides them with a coherent framewor…
Japan and the development of Africa
Journal Article Japan and the development of Africa: A preliminary evaluation of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Get access Kweku Ampiah Kweku Ampiah Kweku Ampiah teaches at the University of Stirling, Scotland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 104, Issue 414, January 2005, Pages 97–115, https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adi005 Published: 01 January 2005
L'Afrique du Sud dans la Ticad
Cet article aborde la question des relations du Japon avec l’Afrique du Sud de l’après-apartheid, en mettant l’accent sur leurs rapports économiques. Il analyse les réponses du Japon aux efforts de l’Afrique du Sud pour développer son économie et la croissance relative des investissements du secteur privé japonais dans le contexte de la TICAD. Son objectif est d’identifier les fondements des initiatives récentes du Japon en Afrique du Sud et, au …
Noguchi Shika
This article examines how the narratives about Noguchi Shika and her son, Noguchi Hideyo (Japan's first world-renowned microbiologist), were presented in school textbooks for the purposes of teaching about the essence of motherhood. It argues that the presentations about Noguchi Shika in the prewar textbooks were part of the State's endeavours to turn Japanese women into responsible mothers. The article also argues that the prewar policy of 'good…
Japanese Aid to Tanzania
JAPANESE AID TO TANZANIA: A STUDY OF THE POLITICAL MARKETING OF JAPAN IN AFRICA KWEKU AMPIAH KWEKU AMPIAH Kweku Ampiah is a member of the Department of Japanese in the University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 95, Issue 378, January 1996, Pages 107–124, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007693 Published: 01 January 1996
Japan at the Bandung conference
(1995). Japan at the Bandung conference: The cat goes to the Mice's convention. Japan Forum: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 15-24
British Commercial Policies against Japanese Expansionism in East and West Africa, 1932-1935
Japan's oil diplomacy
(1989). Japan's oil diplomacy: Tatemae and honne. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 72-88
Japanese Aid to Tanzania
JAPANESE AID TO TANZANIA: A STUDY OF THE POLITICAL MARKETING OF JAPAN IN AFRICA KWEKU AMPIAH KWEKU AMPIAH Kweku Ampiah is a member of the Department of Japanese in the University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 95, Issue 378, January 1996, Pages 107–124, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007693 Published: 01 January 1996
British Commercial Policies against Japanese Expansionism in East and West Africa, 1932-1935
Japan and the development of Africa
Journal Article Japan and the development of Africa: A preliminary evaluation of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Get access Kweku Ampiah Kweku Ampiah Kweku Ampiah teaches at the University of Stirling, Scotland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 104, Issue 414, January 2005, Pages 97–115, https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adi005 Published: 01 January 2005
Japan at the Bandung conference
(1995). Japan at the Bandung conference: The cat goes to the Mice's convention. Japan Forum: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 15-24
Who’s Afraid of Confucius
The paper examines the popularly known Confucian values and ritual practices and questions the notion that these norms and practices are unique to East Asia. By evoking the essential social values and norms of the Akan culture (in West Africa) the analysis posits that the so-called East Asian values as codified by Confucius are actually universal principles. The essay examines how the principles of filial piety and ancestor worship play out in th…
The Discourse of Local Ownership in Development
This article explores Japan's initiatives toward the development discourse on Africa through the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), and specifically in regards to a concept that is increasingly becoming a core tenet of the TICAD, the 'national ownership' of development. The article examines the literature on development ownership before concentrating more specifically on the Japanese responses to the discourse. The ana…
Japan's oil diplomacy
(1989). Japan's oil diplomacy: Tatemae and honne. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 72-88
Japan's oil diplomacy
(1989). Japan's oil diplomacy: Tatemae and honne. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 72-88
British Commercial Policies against Japanese Expansionism in East and West Africa, 1932-1935
Japan at the Bandung conference
(1995). Japan at the Bandung conference: The cat goes to the Mice's convention. Japan Forum: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 15-24
Japanese Aid to Tanzania
JAPANESE AID TO TANZANIA: A STUDY OF THE POLITICAL MARKETING OF JAPAN IN AFRICA KWEKU AMPIAH KWEKU AMPIAH Kweku Ampiah is a member of the Department of Japanese in the University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 95, Issue 378, January 1996, Pages 107–124, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007693 Published: 01 January 1996
Noguchi Shika
This article examines how the narratives about Noguchi Shika and her son, Noguchi Hideyo (Japan's first world-renowned microbiologist), were presented in school textbooks for the purposes of teaching about the essence of motherhood. It argues that the presentations about Noguchi Shika in the prewar textbooks were part of the State's endeavours to turn Japanese women into responsible mothers. The article also argues that the prewar policy of 'good…
L'Afrique du Sud dans la Ticad
Cet article aborde la question des relations du Japon avec l’Afrique du Sud de l’après-apartheid, en mettant l’accent sur leurs rapports économiques. Il analyse les réponses du Japon aux efforts de l’Afrique du Sud pour développer son économie et la croissance relative des investissements du secteur privé japonais dans le contexte de la TICAD. Son objectif est d’identifier les fondements des initiatives récentes du Japon en Afrique du Sud et, au …
Nigeria's Fledgling Friendship with Japan
Since the inauguration of President Olusegun Obasanjo as President of Nigeria Japan's attitude towards the West African state seems to have been positively transformed. The relationship between the two countries kicked-off with panache after the President's first visit to Tokyo in April 1999 as President elect to renew acquaintances. The two countries are now bound together in a "Special Relationship", which provides them with a coherent framewor…
Japan and the development of Africa
Journal Article Japan and the development of Africa: A preliminary evaluation of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Get access Kweku Ampiah Kweku Ampiah Kweku Ampiah teaches at the University of Stirling, Scotland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 104, Issue 414, January 2005, Pages 97–115, https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adi005 Published: 01 January 2005
The Political and Moral Imperatives of the Bandung Conference of 1955
Now fifty years on, with significantly more primary references available,Kweku Ampiah's study provides a much-needed in-depth re-evaluation of the conference as a whole, focusing in particular on the external influences and preoccupations impacting on the participants seen through three case studies involving the US, UK and Japan
Japan and Commonwealth Africa
This article examines Japan's relations with the African countries from a post-World War II perspective and identifies an Anglo-Japanese initiative in the early 1960s to collaborate about matters relating to Africa's socio-economic development. The analysis pertains essentially to the Commonwealth African countries and further shows that apart from attempts to expand its exports to these countries, Japan's initiatives towards Africa until the 199…
Anglo-Japanese Collaboration about Africa in Early 1960s
By examining British and Japanese archival sources, this article brings alive the discourse on Japan–Africa relations in the early 1960s and evokes, on the one hand, the dilemmas surrounding Japan's attempts to expand its economic interests in a decolonising Africa and, on the other hand, the efforts of Britain to hold on to its interests in the region. In essence, the research shows how Japan kick-started its economic relations with the African …
The Evolving Relations between Japan and Africa
At a time when China's growing interest in Africa is convulsing the discourse on the region's international relations and economic development, Japan's long-standing engagements with the African co
The Discourse of Local Ownership in Development
This article explores Japan's initiatives toward the development discourse on Africa through the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), and specifically in regards to a concept that is increasingly becoming a core tenet of the TICAD, the 'national ownership' of development. The article examines the literature on development ownership before concentrating more specifically on the Japanese responses to the discourse. The ana…
Who’s Afraid of Confucius
The paper examines the popularly known Confucian values and ritual practices and questions the notion that these norms and practices are unique to East Asia. By evoking the essential social values and norms of the Akan culture (in West Africa) the analysis posits that the so-called East Asian values as codified by Confucius are actually universal principles. The essay examines how the principles of filial piety and ancestor worship play out in th…
Rethinking Japan
Political science (15 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · International Development and Aid (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works)