Ivor Agyeman-Duah

Ivor Agyeman-Duah (born 1966) is a Ghanaian academic, economist, writer, editor and film director. He has worked in Ghana's diplomatic service and has served as an advisor on development policy. Quotes It was such a pleasure when the invitation came and not just that but, to give a keynote address. What international platforms do is the opportunity to share views, to alert other industry players, public policy practitioners about happenings elsewhere they would otherwise not be aware of. Ghana before it attained its new name in 1957 was known as the Gold Coast because of the abundance of its gold deposits. European fascination with that territory was well-known because of the other natural resources. But in pre-colonial times, the Gold Coast had major states and kingdoms with varying characteristics. There should not be a single approach to many historical episodes. The episodes were geographically different in time and what constituted the basis of restitution and calls for their return. Yoruba culture is different from Ibo culture and the two are definitely different from Ga culture in Accra. Apart from that, they are components of new republics. These components are different from those you will find in the Congo in East Africa- be it the nationalism and cultural spirit that led to the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya or the Aba riots in pre-colonial Nigeria. Africa has always had these natural resources- gold, silver, gemstones and other minerals that no other people had. The Congo- Basin has enough rivers and facilities to supply the electricity needs of about half the continent of Africa; there are resources for telecommunications and the materials used for chips in mobile telephony are abundant in the Congo. Unfortunately, these have brought untold hardships and at the same time led to major crisis in unending civil wars in the Congo with implication for the Lake regions and the immediate heighbourhood such as Rwanda, Burundi. Museums have always been part of institutions at least in the Western World for centuries. What prevailed in Africa prior to colonial rule were mobile museums – without permanent infrastructures- buildings or facilities but through festivals- weekly, yearly at which chiefs in big processions with courtiers, palace officials including linguists, keepers of treasuries of gold, silver and bronze all under big umbrellas, parade for the public. Today, there is a major phase of this with private and contemporary museums looking at Africa in its other aspects – jewelry of gold, diamond and silver, fashion and other contemporary forms. External links Category:Living people Category:1966 births Category:Academics from Ghana