| Domaine de recherche | l'Afrique |
| Pays de résidence | États-Unis d'Amérique |
| Titre | Associate Professor and Chairperson |
| Affiliation | Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York |
| Adresse électronique | LDay@brooklyn.cuny.edu |
| Adresse | Africana Studies Department
Brooklyn College-City University of New York
3105 James Hall
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11210 USA |
| Téléphone/Télécopie | phone: 718-951-5597
fax: 718-951-4707 |
| Pays de spécialisation | Ghana |
| Recherche | Research interests include: Women in precolonial politics. Mende women
chiefs. Ghana tourism. African American history on Long Island. |
| Enseignement | Courses taught: African History survey. Social History of Africa,
1750-1945 (graduate), African Culture and Religions in the New World,
Introduction to Contemporary Africa. |
| Publications | "What's Tourism Got to Do With It?: The Yaa Asantewa Legacy and
Development in Asanteman." Africa Today (Fall 2004).
"Long Live the Queen!: the Yaa Asantewa Centenary Celebrations and the
Politics of History." Ghana Studies Journal (Fall 2001).
Making a Way to Freedom: A History of African Americans on Long Island.
Heart of the Lakes Press, 1997.
"The Evolution of Female Chiefship During the Late Nineteenth Century Wars
of the Mende." International Journal of African Historical Studies (Fall
1994). |
| Mots-clés | African history ; women chiefs ; tourism ; African American history ; Long Island. |
