Faculty
Dr. Kwame Botwe-Asamoah
Assistant Professor
Contact
Office: WWPH 4150
Phone: 412-383-9648
E-mail: kwb3@pitt.edu
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree, African Dance, minor in Music, University of Ghana.
- MFA, Theater, Ohio University
- MA, History, Southern Connecticut State University.
- PhD, African American Studies, Temple University, with a comprehensive dissertation on Kwame Nkrumah's Cultural Thought and Policies.
Areas of Specialization
Though a multidisciplinary educator, Dr. Botwe-Asamoah's real passion in teaching lies in Africana history and politics. He teaches Introduction to Africana Studies; African History Before 1800; 19th Century African American History; History of Pan-Africanism, African American Politics; and Twentieth Century Black Social Movement.
Selected Honors/Recognitions
- 2006, Cheikh Anta Diop award winning book, Kwame Nkrumah's Politico-Cultural Thought and Policies: An African Centered Paradigm for the Second Phase of the African Revolution
- The University of Pittsburgh's Arts and Science Research Grant in 2006.
Selected Publications/Productions/Research
- The Cheikh Anta Diop award winning book, Kwame Nkrumah's Politico-Cultural Thought and Policies: An African Centered Paradigm for the Second Phase of the African Revolution.
- "The African-Centered Thrust of Kwame Nkrumah's Political and Cultural Philosophy"
- The African Literature in English Languages: Implications for the Living Literature.
- Contributing author of the Encyclopedia of Black Studies and forthcoming Encyclopedia of African Religion.
Papers
- “Kwame Nkrumah's Critics and Enemies in Retrospection, selected for publication in a volume, "Saluting Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah"
Ongoing research
- "Du Bois-Garvey-Nkrumah: A Triangular Discourse on Pan-Africanism"
- "From Pan-Africanism to African Union: The Forgotten Legacy of Pan-Africanism"
- Documentary: "The Infamous Salaga Slave Market: The First Phase of the African Holocaust"
Public Service (National/International)
- Dr. Botwe-Asamoah is an executive member of the ANKH's project on the edifice of Tafo-Anwansa Pan-African Cultural Center in Ghana.
Professional Affiliations
- National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) and American Association of University
- Professors (AAUP)
- Studies (NCBS) and American Association of University
- Professors (AAUP).
