Ansa Kwami Asamoa

Background

Asamoa, Ansa Kwami was born on February 9, 1938 in Taviefe, Volta, Ghana. Son of George Kwasi and Luise Akosua (Dzewu) Ziga.

Education

Master of Arts, Karl Marx U., Leipzig, Germany, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Karl Marx U., Leipzig, Germany, 1968; certified, U. Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1971.

Career

Lecturer, Karl Marx U., 1968-1969; postdoctoral research fellow, U. Frankfurt am Main, 1969-1971; lecturer Institute Sociology and Ethnology,, U. Heidelberg, Germany, 1971-1974; lecturer sociology, U. Cape Coast, Ghana, 1974-1975; senior lecturer, U. Cape Coast, Ghana, 1975-1982; associate professor, U. Cape Coast, Ghana, 1982-1991; full professor, U. Cape Coast, since 1991; head Department, University Cape Coast, Ghana, 1977-1980. Senior lecturer U. Jos, Nigeria, 1980-1981. Member 12 government delegations to foreign countries, since 1985.

Managing director Dakete Company Ltd., Accra, Ghana, since 1989. Conference presenter in field.

Achievements

• Ansa Kwami Asamoa has been listed as a noteworthy Social anthropology and sociology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Classes and tribalism in Ghana

Membership

Deputy general secretary Social Democratic Front, Ghana, 1977-1981. Special aide to prime minister of Ghana, 1981-1984. Member National Defense Committee Ghana.

Member Ghana Sociological Association, Democratic Association University Lecturers Cape Coast.

Interests

• Avocations: classical music, walking, gymnastics.

Connections

Married Barbara Staamann, January 3, 1971 (divorced January 1980). 1 child, Sayi; married Esi Grace Tublu, Feb.25, 1984. Children: Tudi Kodzo, Sedzi Yao, Adzo-Zinzi.

Father:

George Kwasi Ziga

Mother:

Luise Akosua (Dzewu) Ziga

Spouse:

Esi Grace Tublu

Spouse:

Barbara Staamann

child:

Sedzi Yao Asamoa

child:

Tudi Kodzo Asamoa

child:

Sayi Asamoa

child:

Adzo-Zinzi Asamoa