Esi Sutherland-Addy

Esi Sutherland-Addy

human

Ein sex anaa gender	female
Country wey e be citizen	Ghana
Name wey dem give am	Esi
Family name	Sutherland
Place dem born am	Ghana
Mummie	Efua Theodora Sutherland
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	English
Ein occupation	academic, writer, teacher, activist
Employer	University of Ghana, Institute of African Studies University of Ghana
Position ehold	Minister for Education
Educate for	Achimota School
Personal pronoun	L484

Esi Sutherland-Addy be Ghanaian academician, writer, educationalist, den human rights activist. She be professor for Institute of African Studies, wer she be senior research fellow, head of de Language, Literature, den Drama Section, den associate director of de African Humanities Institute Program for University of Ghana. Dem credit am plus more than 50 publications for de areas of education policy, higher education, female education, literature, theatre den culture, wey she dey serve for numerous committees, boards den commissions locally den internationally top. She be de daughter of writer den cultural activist Efua Sutherland.

Ein Awards

Na Esi Sutherland-Addy be de recipient of several awards wey dey include de following:

Honorary Fellowship of de College of Preceptors, UK (1998),

Group Award by de Rockefeller Foundation (2001 den 2002) for de Women Writing Africa Project,

Honorary Doctorate of Letters from de University of Education, Winneba (2004), den

de Excellence in Distance Education Award from de Commonwealth of Learning (2008).

Ghana Tourism Authority 20th Anniversary Emancipation Day Award (2018)

Bibliography dem select

Editor

• (Editor) Perspectives on Mythology (Proceedings of a Conference organized by the Goethe-Institut and the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, between 21 and 24 October 1997), Goethe-Institut/Woeli Publ. Services, 1999. ISBN 9789964978549
• (Co-editor plus Aminata Diaw) Women Writing Africa: West Africa and the Sahel, The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2005. ISBN 978-1558615007.
• (Co-editor plus Anne V. Adams) The Legacy of Efua Sutherland: Pan-African Cultural Activism, Banbury: Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9547023-1-1.
• (Plus Ama Ata Aidoo) Ghana, where the Bead Speaks, Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana, 2008. ISBN 9789988153601.
• (Co-editor plus Takyiwaa Manuh) Africa in Contemporary Perspective: A Textbook for Undergraduate Students. Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2013. ISBN 9789988647377.

Papers

• "Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa", World Bank Publications, The World Bank, number 6500, November 2008.
• "Women, Intangible Heritage and Development: Perspectives from the African Region", ICH UNESCO.