Dorothy Takyiakwaa- PhD
- Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University
Dorothy Takyiakwaa
- PhD
- Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University
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August 2024 - present
Editor roles
Feminist Africa Journal
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- Associate Editor & Reviews Editor
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Publications (14)
Background: There is an internationally accepted discourse on ‘Female Genital Mutilation’ which understands it as a human rights violation, a major health concern, and an extreme form of gendered violence. Since the 1980s, African women, postcolonial feminists and anthropologists have critiqued this discourse as ethnocentric and racist. Aims: We ex...
Collective action through farmer-based organisations (FBOs) could potentially improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers by opening up access to credit and inputs, overcoming market constraints, and reducing transaction costs. However, in the absence of strong or well-functioning farmer associations, the cost of market participation is likely t...
Background
Despite the large volume of scientific evidence on the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated high morbidity and mortality, little is known about the sociocultural disruptions which ensued. The current study explored the nuanced navigation of the COVID-19-related death and burial protocols and its impact on traditional buri...
The COVID-19 outbreak effects and related state responses, especially mobility restriction interventions, contributed to disruption in livelihoods in the coastal communities in Ghana. This paper uses an ethnographic approach to analyse the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and coping strategies adopted by small-scale fishers, fish traders and proces...
As the second most important industrial crop in Ghana, oil palm holds the potential of improving farmers’ livelihoods and alleviating rural poverty. For smallholder farmers, collective action through farmer-based organisations (FBOs) could provide a pathway to inclusive participation in agricultural commercialisation. There is ample evidence in the...
This paper explores the entanglements between housing agents, their social networks and the current rental housing regulatory framework in Ghana. Using purely qualitative methods, the paper sought primary data from 42 housing agents, one Rent Control Department officer, 10 landlords and 15 tenants, and secondary data from government related policie...
While literature on migrants’ associations is well documented in Europe, North America and South America, little is done on Africa’s internal migrant associations in spite of their proliferation and role in dealing with migration and urban precarity. We ask how do migrant association facilitate the integration processes of their members in the host...
This study investigates how different visitors experienced a dark heritage site (Cape Coast Slave Castle). Two main groups of people studied are those with historic links to the site and those without. Those with historic links include descendants of victims of the slave trade, people from countries, which participated in that dark heritage, and th...
This book is a collection produced by J. Clyde Mitchell and supported by his colleagues and students. Characteristically, Mitchell worked collaboratively and this book is no exception. The authors, six of whom worked on Africa, developed some of the key principles of social network analysis. Mitchell’s 50-page introductory essay remains an importan...
This paper explores the patterns of civil society engagement in Ghana’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) regime. It examines the forms of civil society participation in the PPP regime, the political contexts within which they participate, and how the patterns of civil society participation reflect current theoretical claims in development partnersh...
This study is conducted primarily to examine the experiences of victims of sexual harassment among undergraduate students, and of secondary concern includes reporting behaviours of victims, forms of sexual harassment, characteristics of both victims and culprits, and impacts on victims’ stay on campus in the University of Cape Coast. The study adop...
