Adjaye, Joseph K.: - Dr. Joseph K. Adjaye is Emeritus Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and Professor of History at the University of Ghana, Legon. He was educated at St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast), the University of Ghana (Legon) and Northwestern University (Evanston, USA). He previously held teaching and administrative positions at St. John's School (Sekondi), Asanteman Secondary School (Kumasi), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), the University of Wisconsin (Madison), and the University of Pittsburgh where he was Director of African Studies for over 10 years. Author of six books and dozens of articles and book chapters on African history and the diaspora, Adjaye has given over 400 invited lectures in cities and at campuses throughout the world and is a recipient of numerous prestigious awards including Fulbrights, National Endowment for the Humanities and Hewlett.