Contributors & Scholars

Dr. W.E.B Dubois

Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

EAP Founding Director and Secretariat

  1. April 1, 1962 – Accra, Ghana, West Africa
    A Statement Concerning the: Encyclopaedia Africana Project

  2. December 18, 1962 – Accra, Ghana, West Africa
    Opening Address: A Proposed Conference on the Encyclopaedia Africana

Dr. David G. Du Bois

Son of Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois

  1. July 12, 1997 – Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA
    Son of W.E.B. Du Bois Continues His Father’s Dream for an Encyclopaedia Africana: Dictionary of African Biography®™, by Bianca Floyd, The Prince George’s Post

  2. October 7, 1997 – Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
    Preserving History Protecting a Legacy: W.E.B. Du Bois’ dream and work for an Encyclopaedia Africana lives!, by David Graham Du Bois, Guest Columnist for “The Final Call”

  3. 1999 – Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
    An Overview of the Encyclopaedia Africana, by Dr. David Graham Du Bois

Grace Bansa

Grace Bansa

Former Director of the Secretariat (2000-2011)

  1. May 21, 1997 – Chicago, Illinois, USA
    HOLDINGS Partnership Documents African-American Legacy – Race Relations Institute

  2. August 7, 1997 – New York, New York, USA
    Dream of Encyclopaedia Africana Nears Reality, by Matthew Mirapaul, New York Times

  3. August 11, 1997
    Dream of Encyclopaedia Africana Near Reality, by Grace Bansa , Acting Director of the Secretariat

  4. August 14, 1997 – Accra, Ghana, West Africa
    A Statement of Status Encyclopaedia Africana Project, by Grace Bansa , Acting Director of the Secretariat

  5. August 1, 1998 – Accra, Ghana, West Africa
    A Statement from the Secretariat: Regarding the Afropaedia, Encarta Africana and the Microsoft Corporation, by Grace Bansa , Acting Director of the Secretariat

  6. April 18, 2000 – Accra, Ghana, West Africa
    A Brief on the Encyclopaedia Africana Project, by Mrs. Grace Bansa, Acting Director of the Secretariat

  7. May 20, 2000 – Accra, Ghana, West Africa
    Encyclopaedia Africana Out At Last, by George Sydney Abugri, Daily Graphic Staff Writer

  8. June 3, 2000 – Accra, Ghana, West Africa
    Encyclopaedia Africana Out At Last: Rejoinder, by Grace Bansa, Acting Director of the Secretariat

Dr. Mordechai Abir

Formerly of History Department, Addis Ababa University now Tel Aviv University

  1. December 14, 2000
    Race Class Power: The Driving Forces Behind Du Bois’ Scholarship and Revolutionary Agenda

Francis Agbodeka

University of Cape Coast

D.E.K. Amenumey

University of Cape Coast

Micheal P. Ansah

Winneba Secondary school, Ghana

K.Asiedu-Akrofi

Cape coast, Ghana

Grace Bansa

EAP Secretariat

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Bemnet Gabre Amlak

Addis Ababa University

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Albert Adu Boahen

University of Ghana

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Richard Caulk

University of Cape Coast, Ghana

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Stanislaw Chojnacki

Institute of Ethiopian Studies. Addis Ababa University

Christopher Clapham

University of Lancaster, England

Benedict G. Der

University of Toronto

K.B. Dickson

University of Ghana

J. Eduam-baiden

Businessman, Saltpond, Ghana.

Luigi Fusella

University of Naples, Italy

Richard Greenfield

University of Benin

J.R. Hooker (Deceased)

Frobenius Institute, Frankfurt

Robert L. Hess

University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago

J.R. Hooker (Deceased)

Michigan State University

A.A. Iliasu

School of Oriental African Studies, University of London

Keith Irvine

General Editor, Encyclopaedia Africana

K.G.Konuah

Accra Academy; former Chair-man, Ghana Public Service Commission

S.I.A. Kotei

Department of Library Studies, University of Ghana

Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

First President, Republic of Ghana

  1. September 24, 1964 – Accra, Ghana, West Africa
    Editorial Board First Annual Meeting – Part 1

  2. September 24, 1964 – Accra, Ghana, West Africa
    Editorial Board First Annual Meeting – Part 2

     

Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah

Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah

Son of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

  1. August 19, 1998 – Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    Concerning the Status of the Encyclopaedia Africana, by David Graham Du Bois and Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah

President Kenneth Kaunda

President Kenneth Kaunda

Past President, Republic of Zambia

  1. 1977 – Zambia, Africa
    A Message from Zambia

     

Raymond A. Winbush

Raymond A. Winbush

EAP Advisor, USA

  1. October 1996 – Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    A Brief History: Encyclopaedia Africana: Dictionary of African Biography®™
    for Ghana International Review

Dr. Saburi O. Biobaku

Dr. Saburi O. Biobaku

Chairman of the EAP Board of Directors

  1. August 28, 1997 – Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa
    A Statement from the Chairman of the EAP Editorial Board.

Rodney D. Coates

Rodney D. Coates

Black Scholar
Miami University, USA

  1. December 14, 2000
    Race Class Power: The Driving Forces Behind Du Bois’ Scholarship and Revolutionary Agenda

Prof. Robert Addo-Fening

Formerly of History Department, Addis Ababa University now Tel Aviv University

  1. December 14, 2000
    Race Class Power: The Driving Forces Behind Du Bois’ Scholarship and Revolutionary Agenda

J.M. Akita

National Archives, Ghana

Amsalu Aklilu

Addis Ababa University

K. Asiedu-Asante

Cape Coast, Ghana

Bairu Tafla

Addis Ababa University

Belaynesh Michael (Mrs.)

Addis Ababa University

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David Birmingham

School of Oriented and African Studies, London University

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K.A. BRITWUM

University of Ghana

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Enrico Cerulli

President, Accademia dei lincei, Rome.

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Andre Clais

J.C. De Graft Johnson

University of Ghana

A. Dertry

D.W. Dwarko

D.K. Fiawoo

University of Ghana

J.K. Fynn

University of Ghana

J.K. Fynn

University of Ghana

Archie Casely Hayford

Chancellor, University of Cape Coast Ghana

J.J. Holden

Institute of Adult Education and African Studies, University of Ghana

G.W.B. Huntingford

A.K.Irvine

K.A.B. Jonas-quarty

Institute of Adult Education, University of  Ghana

Nii Amon Kotei

Accra