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Bringing the Past to Print: Archaeology for and by West African Scholars

Professor Anne Haour, University of East Anglia; Benin and Ghana
Project status
Ongoing
Programmes
Writing Workshops 2019
Departments
International

In the past decade, important archaeological research by West African researchers has significantly improved our understanding of precolonial societies and their achievements. However, such data have not yet made it to published form, largely because their authors, some now in academic posts, lack the networks and knowledge to key into international journals. This workshop, to be held at Université Abomey Calavi in Bénin (ex-Dahomey) in June and followed up in July in Accra, Ghana, will support the development of eight early career scholars in archaeology and related fields.

Dr Katherine Grillo, General Editor of Journal of African Archaeology (JAA), talks of issues of representativity of Africa-based scholars in global archaeology. An interview recorded in Cotonou, Bénin, in the context of a Writing Workshop funded by the British Academy.
An interview of Dr Ettien N’Doua Etienne, Vice-President of the NGO Min-Dja (Côte d’Ivoire), recorded in Cotonou, Bénin, in the context of a Writing Workshop funded by the British Academy.
Dr Asma'u Ahmed, Lecturer in archaeology at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, offers advice to female early career scholars on publishing and promoting their work. An interview recorded in Cotonou, Bénin, in the context of a Writing Workshop funded by the British Academy.
Dr Abubakar Sule Sani, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, offers advice on career progression and publishing one's work as an early career archaeologist in West Africa. An interview recorded in Cotonou, Bénin, in the context of a Writing Workshop funded by the British Academy.

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