Akosua Keseboa Darkwah – The Conversation

Women face barriers in contesting elections. Pius Utomi Ekpei/Getty Images

December 11, 2024

Ghana’s election system keeps women out of parliament. How to change that

Gretchen Bauer, University of Delaware and Akosua Keseboa Darkwah, University of Ghana

Ghana, an emerging democracy, lags far behind in women’s representation in parliament.

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November 6, 2023

Akosua Keseboa Darkwah, University of Ghana and Geraldine Asiwome Ampah, University of Ghana

Primary identities are foundational and serve as the core part of an individual’s identity.

Kofi Ansah changed fashion in Ghana after his return from the UK. Eric Don-Arthur, courtesy of Kofi Ansah Foundation

August 30, 2023

Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST); Akosua Keseboa Darkwah, University of Ghana, and Katherine V. Gough, Loughborough University

International career mobility can give people valuable knowledge and expertise to be used in their home country.

Participants of the popular “Di Asa” show in competition. Wikimedia Commons

May 26, 2022

Akosua Keseboa Darkwah, University of Ghana and Rashida Resario, University of Ghana

Obese persons are regularly associated with laziness and inactivity in Ghanaian society.