🎉It's out in the world! I hope it will be of interest to those working on migration politics in the Maghreb and beyond! 🙏again to everyone who supported me in the process! cambridge.org/nl/academic/su…

Really excited to see this out in the world after many years of work. Like all academic books it costs far too much, but if you are interested in Frankfurt School Critical Theory in IR and where it went wrong please do order it into your library link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Africa's #cities expand fast & horizontally. Join us at Institut français des relations internationales to debate with experts on the challenges of governing #periurban areas. 📅 26/09, 2.30-4.30 PM 🎙️Bérénice Bon (IRD.fr), Divine M. Asafo, Jackson M. Kago & Alix Béranger (Egis), Sina Schlimmer ✏️bit.ly/3MOjvcz

It's time we told our story, let it not remain an oral history. As Marcus Garvey said, "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree" EKOW SIMPSON 🇬🇭 🇳🇬 Everything Fante Ghana Tourism Authority Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong

It was surely good fun getting this chapter across the finish line 😊 #criticalafricanheritage #heritagestudies #tourism #sustainability #Elmina #African #tourismdevelopment #sustainabilityquestion

A season of planting and weeding before harvest. It's nice to have the harvest of the collaborative work with Dr. Bailey Ashton Adie & Noel Lwoga - Director of National Museum of Tanzania to deliver this book chapter on the sustainability challanges of heritage tourism dev't emmanueladuampong.com/2024/10/09/new…

First Battle of Elmina (25th October 1625) Today marks 379 years that the Dutch made its first attempt to take over the Elmina Castle This is the first trailer to our upcoming 3 Part Series, Elmina: The Dutch Legacy. Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong EKOW SIMPSON 🇬🇭 🇳🇬 Ghana Tourism Authority Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱

The Development and Change 2024 forum issue on the political economy of global #reparations is just out, with an amazing line up of leading thinkers on this issue. A must read, especially with current discussions about this at #Commonwealth Summit. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677660/2… See thread🔽

I am excited to be seeking for 3 PhD canditates to research the generative tensions of slavery and colonial heritage tourism on my European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant project. Please share widely wur.nl/en/vacancy/thr… #PhDvacancy #academicjobs #ERCStG2024 #GHSRNL #AOBRPT #NABRDE

Rachel Dubale, winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2023, for her thesis on the impact of being relocated from informal dwellings to new condominiums in Addis Abeba on the inhabitants, will be handed over her award during a ceremony on 21 November. ascleiden.nl/news/africa-th…

It's publication day! A book 🧵 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/ricardos…

Not to forget that I got the chance to hike up Ghana’s highest free standing mountain – Mt. Afadjato ( 885m) – and also visit Wli Waterfalls which happens to be West African’s tallest waterfall. Afehyia Pa oo....Happy New Year #2024 #2025 emmanueladuampong.com/2024/12/31/dec…

Today 1st January 2025 marks my official promotion to the position of Associate Professor in the Cultural Geography Chairgroup at Wageningen University and Research. I can now ‘associate’ myself to the Professors – instead of just ‘assisting’ them 😇 emmanueladuampong.com/2025/01/01/ass…

Whitewashing the uncomfortable parts of the past doesn't just affect Black stories. For example, you can't fully appreciate how a peanut farmer from Plains, GA became a beloved president unless you know TRUE Black History. The unwhitewashed history of Jimmy Carter: A thread.

🚨Research talk🚨 On Wed 12th March at 4pm in Manchester, The Politics Research Group and the MJMCE are hosting Ida Danewid for a talk on "A place where freedom means something": James Baldwin's global maroon geographies. Come along if you're in the area, of DM me for info on how to join online!

Excited to share that I have been awarded a Wellcome Trust Accelerator Grant. Looking forward to collaborating with a fantastic new team and mentors- Professor Rebecca Hardy Louise Goff Laura Jones! wellcome.org/grant-funding/….

Proud moment as our founder Michael Kunke represents Ghana and Elmina at this year's MLab program — spotlighting Elmina’s rich culture and promoting tourism in Ghana! #Elmina #Ghana #Tourism #MLab

Bakatue Week is calling! From July 1–5, join our Elmina Heritage Day Tour and experience the festival, forts, markets & untold stories like never before. Culture. Resistance. Living history. Limited slots — book now! #Bakatue2025 #ExploreElmina #VisitGhana

Postdoc position at Wageningen University & Research as part of Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong's team: 'Tourism's intersection with slavery and colonial heritage in the context of cultural memory politics’. wur.nl/en/vacancy/pos…

Today marks 152 years since Elmina was bombarded by British forces after Nana Kobina Gyan I defied colonial rule. His resistance led to exile and destruction—one of Elmina’s darkest days, now remembered through the sacred oath Edina Man Bo. #Elmina #History #LivingMuseum