- bgyamfi@ucsd.edu
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9500 Gilman Dr
Department of History
Mail Code: 0104
La Jolla , California 92093
Bright Gyamfi
Assistant Professor
- Curriculum Vitae
- Publications
Curriculum Vitae
My book manuscript, “Embers of Pan-Africanism: Nkrumahist Intellectuals and Decolonization 1960-1980” examines why and how radical ideas emerge and how they change over time. Moreover, it explores how insurgent ideas are sustained after the collapse of a radical government. Specifically, I explore how Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah’s overthrow affected the trajectory of Nkrumahism, a strand of Pan-Africanism and an ideology for African decolonization.
I love basketball, soccer, and college football, and I also enjoy traveling for archival and oral research.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
“The Africa-Diaspora Orbit: Anani Dzidzienyo’s Contributions to African/Black Studies and Black Liberation,” African Studies Review 66, 2 (2023), 464-89. doi:10.1017/asr.2022.97.
“From Nkrumah’s Black Star to the African Diaspora: Ghanaian Intellectual Activists and the Development of Black Studies in the Americas,” The Journal of African American History Special Issue on Reconceptualizing the History of Black Internationalism 106, 4 (2021), 682-705.
Book Review(s)
“Jeffrey S. Ahlman. Living with Nkrumahism: Nation, State, and Pan-Africanism in Ghana.” African Studies Review 2021, 1-3. doi:10.1017/asr.2020.134.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
(with Kwasi Konadu) “Black Lives Matter: How far has the movement come?” September 8, 2021. https://theconversation.com/black-lives-matter-how-far-has-the-movement-come-165492
“Pioneiros em Estudos dos Negros,” translated by Jose Luiz Pereira da Costa, March 10, 2021. http://www.dacostaex.net/bright.pdf
“Pioneers in Black Studies,” March 2, 2021. https://africasacountry.com/2021/03/pioneers-in-black-studies
“What Does it Mean to be a Black Scholar in 2020,” July 12, 2020. https://www.brightgyamfi.com/post/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-black-scholar-in-2020
“AfriSem Conference Addresses Decolonizing African Studies,” Program of African Studies News and Events, 30, 1 (2019), 4.