Prof. Dr. Bea Lundt, Institut für Geschichte und ihre Didaktik an der Universität Flensburg / University of Education Winneba (UEW), Ghana
Day 1 Thursday, 29th September, 2011
Opening Ceremony
Welcoming Statements/Introduction (Chair Dr. Ntewusu Aniegye)
a) Vice Chancellor, University of Education, Winneba
b) Dean of the Faculty of Social Science Education
c) German Ambassador, Eberhard Schanze
d) Director of the Goethe Institute Accra, Robert Sobotta
e) Prof. Dr. Bea Lundt, Conference Convener
Keynote Address by Prof. Divine Amenumey, University of Ghana/Legon
German Colonialism in Westafrica - an overview
Session 1: Construction of German Colonial Rule and Rooms
Chair: Prof. Divine Amenumey
George M. Bob-Milliar - Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Legon:
The Germans thought us to be hard working: Discourses on German and British Colonial Policies in the Gold Coast 1895-1957
Isaac Digbun Limpu - University of Cape Coast, Ghana: The Impact of German Colonial Rule on the Bassari
Dr. Kofi Darvlo - Research Fellow, Language Centre University of Ghana, Legon: The contribution of German Colonialism to the Development of Ghana and Togo
Cletus Kwaku Mbowura - Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon:
Eat Mangoes, sell Cotton and be Industrious: Reconstructing German Colonial Rule in the Nawuri Area of Northern Ghana, 1899 to 1914
Samuel Nana Abokyi - University of Ghana, Institute of African Studies Legon:
Three Elephants in Anufoland: An Analysis of the Impact of German, British and French Presence in Anufoland
Day 2: Friday, 30th September 2011
Session 2 : German Colonial Cognitive and Economic Legacies
Chair: Professor Beatrice Lundt
Dr. Walter Gam Nkwi - Department of History, University Of Buea, Cameroon:
Colonial Hegemonies at Loggerheads: British De-Germanisation Policy in British Cameroons 1916-1961
Dr. Ntewusu Samuel Aniegye – Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon:
Kete-Krachi: A Socio-Religious and Economic History of a German Town In Ghana 1890 to 1994
Dr. Jonathan Otto Pohl (Visiting Scholar) and Felix Longi - History Department, University of Ghana, Legon:
The Relative Failure of German Togoland as a Model Cotton Colony
Dr. Wazi Apoh - Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana Legon:
An Archaeo-Historical Examination of German Colonial Relics at Kpando-Ghana.
Repackaging Derelict Heritages for Sustainable Development
Session 3: Enduring Symbolic Systems and Actual Problems
Chair: Dr. Wazi Apoh
Dr. Kodzo Gawua, Department of Archeology and Heritage Studies Legon:
The Religious Factors in the Administration of German Togoland
Ahaji Sulemana Alhassan - Traditional Musician and District Administrator, Yendi, Northern Region:
Adebo Dalila: What of the Battle of Adibo? Interrogating German Rule in Dagbon
Edem Adotey - Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon:
The Paradox of Colonialism- The German Colonial Project-Pan-Ewe Identity and Consciousness 1884-1914
Flavius Mayoa Mokake & Henry Kam Kah - Department of History, University of Buea, Cameroon
The Impact of German Colonial Policies on Public Health Initiatives in British Southern Cameroon 1884-1961
Dr. Jan-Bart Gewald - Institute for History and Humanities, University of Leiden Netherlands
Kaiser Chiefs: The Enduring Legacy and long term Consequences of German Colonial Rule in North-Eastern Ghana
Day 3: Saturday, 1st. of October 2011:
Excursion Cape Coast Castle, Elmina Castle
Bea Lundt
Institut für Geschichte und ihre Didaktik, Universität Flensburg, Auf dem Campus 1,
24943 Flensburg
030/88472913
lundt@uni-flensburg.de