Wazi Apoh BA., MPhil (Legon, ), PhD (Binghamton, USA) Associate Professor [email protected]

Personal Data & Education

Prof. Wazi Apoh started his appointment as a lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana on 9th June 2009. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Master of Philosophy Degree in archaeology from the University of Ghana in 1997 and 2001 respectively. His exposure to new methods and techniques of archaeology and anthropology from the United States of America, where he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy Degree in archaeological anthropology in 2008, is indeed an indispensable asset needed in the training of students in this department. Prior to his coming to Ghana, he taught for a couple of years as a Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholar at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA. He also worked as a Senior Research Aide with the Public Archaeology Facility, Binghamton University from 2002 to 2007. During which time he was engaged in a variety of heritage impact assessment works and archaeological surveys at cultural resource management sites in Upstate New York.

Courses Taught/Student Supervision

Approaches to the Study of the Past (ARCH 111) Archaeology and the African Cultural Heritage (ARCH 112) Introduction to Human Osteology and Forensic Science (ARCH 330) Archaeological Methods and Theory (ARCH 405), Ethnographic Field Methods and Techniques (ARCH 417) Post-Field Laboratory Analysis (ARCH 402) For the graduate level, he has taught Applied Archaeology (ARCH 612) History of Archaeological method and Theory (ARCH 601).

In terms of mentoring students, he has served as an Academic Advisor for Level 100, 300 and 600 since he joined the Department. In addition, he has directed field school research projects for final year students of archaeology at Adome- (2010), (2011), (2011/2012), Ho (2014-2018) and /Hedzranawo/Adafienu (2019 to present). He has advised and supervised a number of long essays, master’s theses and doctoral dissertations in the department.

Areas of Specialization and Current research

His specialty is in the fields of African archaeology, cultural heritage management, contract/salvage archaeology and development archaeology. Since 2005, he has been involved in a number of on-going research activities. These include the Kpando Archaeology Project, The Kpando German Heritage Rehabilitation Project, The German Togoland Archaeological Project, The Adome-Atimpoku Ironworking Archaeological Project The Bui Dam Salvage Archaeology Project. The Marine Drive Salvage Archaeology Project, Osu The Archaeology and Museology Projects at Denu, Hedranawo and Adafienu, Ghana The Coastal Volta Enslaved Route Project (CVERP) The Ho Kpodzi Early Bremen Mission House Rehabilitation Project

Academic Administrative Appointments

DATE POSITION INSTITUTION 8/2016-7/2018 Head of Department Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana, Legon 08/2012-07/2015 Examination Officer Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana, Legon 08/2009-present Academic Advisor Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana, Legon 08/2012-12/2013 Chair of Graduate Committee Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana, Legon 02-12/07/2012 Acting Head of Department Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana, Legon

Non-Academic Professional Appointments

DATE POSITION INSTITUTION/ASSOCIATION 02/2018- Board Member Ghana National Commission on Culture (NCC) Present 2015- President West African Archaeological Association (WAAA) 2019 08/2009- Chief Patron Legon Archaeology Students Association (LASA), Present University of Ghana, Legon 06/2009- Hall Block Tutor Commonwealth Hall, University of Ghana Present 8/1988- Elected Assistant School Prefect (ASP) St Martins Secondary School, , Ghana 6/1989

Other University of Ghana /Public Services

DATE SERVICE Member of University of Ghana 11-member delegation that visited four institutions of higher 4-8, March 2019 education in the United Kingdom. The purpose of the visit was to develop and expand a framework of cooperation and collaboration between the University of Ghana and the University of Essex, the University of Sheffield, the University of Sussex and the University of Southampton. The delegation was led by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, University of Ghana 1-10, November Member of University of Ghana 5-member delegation that visited the University of Western 2018 Australia, Perth to cement Memorandum of Understanding between UG and UWA. The delegation was led by the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Academic, Prof Kwame Offei

16-1-2018 Facilitated the visit of the German Ambassador to the Ho Regional Museum and assisted the Ghana Museum and Monuments Board to submit a proposal to the embassy for the rehabilitation of the museum. The project was awarded 20,000 Euros to commence work in February 2019

Consultantship

DATE CONSULTANCY May 2020-Present Archaeological & Heritage Impact Studies at the -Pulmakom Road Project, , Ghana for Queiroz Galvao UK LTD 2018-Present Archaeological & Heritage Impact Studies at the Tamale Airport Expansion Project, , Ghana for Queiroz Galvao UK LTD

2014-Present Archaeological Consultant for Ho Regional Museum

2006-Present Archaeological Consultant for Kpando Traditional Council/Area Archaeological Baseline Study at Tabligbo, Togo, for SCANTOGO & Golder Associates April 2011 Archaeological Baseline Study at Windmill Project sites at , Sroegbe and Anyanui June 2017 for Volta River Authority and Seljen Consult Archaeological Baseline Study at Windmill Project sites at Wokumagbe and Goi for Volta July 2017 River Authority and Seljen Consult Archaeological & Cultural Consultant for Bui Power Authority. Co-directed the 2009-2014 Archaeological and Heritage Impact Assessment in connection with the Bui Hydro Electric Power Dam/Relocation of Shrines and Burials to new site King City Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment for King City Development Company Ltd 9/2012 December 2012 Appolonia-City of Light Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Assessment/Reconnaissance Survey project at the June 2014 Anglogold Ashanti Tailings Site

Grant Support

DATE GRANTOR PURPOSE 03/2020- Gerda Henkel Foundation, Project includes the Rehabilitation of the 1865 Bremen Mission Building at 02/2021 Germany Ho-Kpodzi and the 1855 Bremen Classroom Block at , , into multipurpose Centers (museum, library, after school craft village) 06/2019- Gerda Henkel Foundation, Project includes research, rediscover, rehabilitate and conserve the slave 05/2021 Germany histories, archaeology and relics at the Three-Town sites located in the southeastern coast of Ghana. Also includes the creation of the Hedzranawo Community Slave Museum. Adafienu Palace Slave Museum and Hedzranawo-Adzidor Slave Market Visitor Centre 08/2018- SSHRC Partnership In partnership with the University of Victoria and through workshops, online 07/2021 Development Grant, Canada training and hands-on learning, the project builds on a community of practice grounded in diverse literacies inclusive of Ghana archaeologists, heritage With Prof Ann Stahl & prof practitioners and Ghanaian and Canadian students (with particular focus on Kodzo Gavua DAHS & Ghana National Museum). 01/2018- Arts and Humanities It is a Partnership Research Project between the Department of Archaeology 2021 Research Council and Heritage Studies and University of Liverpool, University of Hull, Antislavery Knowledge University of Nottingham and the Liverpool Slavery Museum focused on Network Research Grant, Anti-Slavery Knowledge Network: Community-Led Strategies for Creative UK and Heritage-Based Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa 07/2018- Andrew Mellon Foundation To enhance Heritage and Ecotourism through Salvage Archaeology at the Present Marine Drive Project Site. This initiative is under the UG. College of Humanities’ ‘Reinvigorating Humanities Research at the University of Ghana Mellon Funded Project.’ 10-14 Wenner Gren Foundation, Conference Organizing grant: 16th Colloquium of the West African July 2017 USA Archaeological Association (WAAA) 10-14 ORID University of Ghana Conference Organizing grant: 15th Colloquium of the West African July 2017 Archaeological Association (WAAA) 05/2016- NORPART Graduate Student Exchange and Partnership Research Project between the 2021 Department of Archaeology, UG and the Dept of Historical Studies, NTNU, Norway Intercultural Historical Studies Programme Grant by the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU)

08/2016- Volkswagen Foundation Senior Postdoc Extension Fellowship focused on the Archaeology of German 07/2018 Humanities in Sub-Saharan Missionization and Colonialism in Togoland. Africa and North Africa Fellowship Program

08/2013- Volkswagen Foundation Volkswagen Foundation Senior Postdoc Fellowship focused on the 07/2016 Humanities in Sub-Saharan Archaeology of German Missionization and Colonialism in Togoland Africa and North Africa Fellowship Program 11/2011- American Council of African Humanities Postdoctoral (AHP) Fellowship 08/2012 Learned Society (ACLS) 02/2008 Bloomsburg University This support was to enable 14 undergraduate and graduate students in the President’s Initiative Grant Frederick Douglass Achievement Program and two Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholars to participate in the 20th Annual National Black Graduate Student Conference at Chicago, 12-13/03/2008. 5/2005- Wenner- Gren Foundation To aid in Doctoral Research 8/2006 for Anthropological Research, Inc. 3/2005- National Science Foundation To aid in Doctoral Research 8/2006 (NSF) Dissertation Improvement Award 9/2003 Binghamton University To Aid in Graduate Research Graduate Scholars Fellowship Award

Conferences, Special Seminars and Workshops Participation

DATE CONFERENCE PAPER INSTITUTION /WORKSHOP 14-17th 4th Shanghai Archaeological Forum Urban Spaces and Slave Relics: Shanghai December Archaeological Interrogations at the University, 2019 Three-Town Area of Southern Ghana China 11th Symposium on the National Art and Empowering the Youth into Tourism for November Craft Festival (NAFAC 2019) organized Empowerment and Wealth Creation Technical 2019 by the National Commission on Culture University, (NCC) Kofordua 5-13th Dialogues between Archaeologists and Mainstreaming Archaeotourism of University of October Archaeometers on Ancient Non-Ferrous Slavery at The Coastal Volta Slave Toulouse 2019 Metals Route Sites, Ghana 16-21 Museum Conversation 2019 Participant in Workshop on Alternate Goethe Institut, September Museums Namibia 2019 20th July Podium Discussion, ‘Postcolonial reflections on the future GRASSI Museum 2019 GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu lives of objects’ für Völkerkunde Leipzig, Germany Germany 18-21 Undoing Postcolonial Knowledges: Probing into Issues and Debates on Iwalewahaus, July 2019 Thinking Around Future of Objects. Restitution and Reparation of Dubious University of Acquired West African Objects in Bayreuth, European Museums: Challenges and Germany Prospects 7th August The Heritage and Cultural Society of 400 Years On: Marine Drive Heritage Kempisky hotel, 2019 Africa (HASCA) 2019 SUMMIT and Salvage Archaeology , Ghana 12 July 16th Colloquium of the West African Issues of Repatriation and Restitution of University of 2019 Archaeological Association Human Remains their Implications for Ghana, Legon Bioarchaeological Research and Cultural Rights in West Africa: The Begho Example. 9-14 July 16th West African Archaeological Convener/Host University of Association President of WAAA Ghana, Legon 12-16th Antislavery Knowledge Network Antislavery Knowledge Network: Pilot University of February Meeting, Project in Ghana Liverpool, UK 2019 29/11/2018- African Studies Association annual ‘The Views of a Third Generation Atlanta-Georgia, 3/12/2018 conference in Atlanta-Georgia, USA Mentee on Professor James Anquandah’s USA under the panel ‘Reframing the Reach of Mentorship and Influence on Ghanaian Archaeology in Ghana: Commemorating and West African Archaeology’ James Anquandah’ 1-10 The Archaeology Seminar Series of the ‘The Current State of Archaeology and University of /11/2018 Department of Archaeology and Heritage Heritage Studies in Ghana’ Western Studies Australia, Perth 10-14/9/2018 PanAfrican Archaeological Association ‘Museum Exhibits as Sites of Contested University of for Prehistory and Related Studies Memories and Reflections: Showcasing Mohammed V, (PanAf) Congress Findings on The Archaeology of Rabat, Morocco German Colonization and Missionization of Togoland’ 22-23/9/2018 International conference on ‘The ‘The Archaeology of German and British Queen Mary, Discourse of British and German Colonial Geopolitical Palimpsests in University of Colonialism: Competition and Togoland’. London Convergence’ 26-28/4/2018 UNESCO organized regional workshop ‘University Curricula and Heritage Masvingo/Great on ‘World Heritage and Educational Professional Development: The Case of Zimbabwe World Institutions in Africa’ sponsored by the the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Site, World Heritage Center in collaboration Heritage Studies, University of Ghana’ Zimbabwe with Africa World Heritage Fund. 12-7-2017 15th Colloquium of the West African ‘Physical and Chemical Analysis of University of Archaeological Association (WAAA) Excavated Smoking Pipes from German Ghana. Colonial Sites in Ghana and Togo’ 10-7-2017 Plenary Session of the 15th Colloquium ‘Welcome Address as the President of University of of the West African Archaeological WAAA’ Ghana Association ‘Non-Implementation of the Institute of 21-22 June International Conference on Representation of Peoples Amendment African Studies, 2017 Enfranchising the African Diaspora: Act in Ghana: A Breach of Fundamental University of Comparing Notes Across Sub-Saharan Human Rights of the Ghanaian Diaspora Ibadan Africa or A Delayed Justice?’ 12-19 115th Annual Meeting of the American ‘Exploring the German Colonial Past in Minneapolis November Anthropological Association Ghana through the Lens of Archaeology Convention 2016 and Anthropological Investigations at Center, USA. Kpando, Ho and Kete-Krachi Sites’ 26 June - 2 23rd International Congress of the ‘Germany’s Post-Colonial University of July 2016 Society of Africanist Archaeologists Rapprochement with its Ex-African Toulouse, France. Colonies, Relics and Scholars: Implications for the Discourse on the Archaeology of German Colonialism’ 26 June - 2 23rd International Congress of the ‘The Assessment of Heritage University of July 2016 Society of Africanist Archaeologists Conservation and Protection Laws in Toulouse, France Ghana, South Africa and Australia: The Search for Best Practices for Ghana’ 15-21 Volkswagen Foundation’s Third ‘Exchange of Experiences and University of February Workshop on the Humanities Presentation of Update on Research Witwatersrand, 2015 Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme Project’ South Africa 21-27, Volkswagen Foundation’s Second ‘Exchange of Experiences and University of Dar September Workshop on the Humanities Presentation of Update on Research es Salaam, 2014 Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme Project’ Tanzania July 2014 14th Conference of The PanAfrican ‘Unmasking Select German Colonial Witwatersrand Archaeological Association of Heritage Sites in Togoland: University, South Prehistory and related Studies Collaboration between Archaeologists, Africa Historians and the Volkswagen Foundation’ November Annual African Studies Association ‘De-silencing the History of German Marriot Baltimore 21-24, 2013 meeting (ASA) Colonialism in West Africa through Waterfront Hotel, Archaeology: A Case Study of Kpando- USA Ghana’ October 14- Volkswagen Foundation’s Grantees ‘Bringing Archaeological Expertise in Herrenhausen 15, 2013 Meeting of the Postdoctoral Fellowship Investigating Current Questions and Palace in Programmes Problems Concerned with the Hanover, Humanities of Past and Present African Germany Polities’ May 23-25, Conference on “Tracing Colonialism ‘The Archaeology of German Colonial TOPOI-Haus, 2013 and Post-/De-Colonial Research Heritages in Ghana: Repackaging Humbolt Perspectives Shared Relics for Strategic Ghana- University, Berlin German Partnership in Development’ May 28, ‘Integrating Archival, Oral History, Institut für 2013 Seminar Presentation Ethnography and Archaeological Vorderasiatische Datasets in Revealing the Past. A Study Archäologie, Free of German Heritage in Kpando-Ghana’ Universitat, Berlin 21- 6th Annual Colloquium of the Faculty of “We will not Relocate until our University of 23/03/2013 Social Science Ancestors and Shrines come with us” Ghana Resolving Conflict with Archaeology at the Bui Dam Project Site in Ghana. 21- 11th Biennial Conference of The Society ‘Archaeological Examination of the Victoria 23/03/2013 of Africanists Archaeologists (SAfA) Adome-Ghana Ancient Iron-Working University, Site: Alternative Site Conservation Toronto, Canada Strategies in Ghana’ 21- 11th Biennial Conference of The Society ‘Visual Anthropological Insights into Victoria 23/03/2013 of Africanists Archaeologists (SAfA) the Salvage Archaeology and Relocation University, of Heritage Remains at the Bui Toronto, Canada Hydroelectric Dam Project Sites in Ghana.’ 08/03/3013 Public Seminar ‘A talk on Archaeology of German Maritime Colonial Relics in Ghana’ Museum, Flensburg, Germany 1-7/09/2010 13th Congress of the Pan African ‘Encounters with Development and Cheikh Anta Diop Archaeological Association for Power: Salvage Archaeology at the Bui University, Prehistory and Related Studies- PAA Hydroelectric Dam Project Site in Dakar, Senegal and the 20th Meeting of the Society of Ghana.’ Africanist Archaeologists-SAfA 29th ‘The Archaeology of German Colonial Noguchi September to 4th Annual Colloquium of the Faculty of Relics at Kpando-Ghana: Repackaging Memorial 1st October Social Studies, Derelict Heritages for Sustainable Institute, 2011 Development’ University of Ghana September 7- 19th Biannual Conference of the Society ‘German Colonial Residues and University of 12, 2008 of Africanist Archaeologists (SAFA) Legacies in Ghana: Archaeological Frankfurt Insights into Kpando-Todzi Site 12- 20th Annual National Black Graduate Globalization and Socio-Spiritual life of Four Points 16/03/2008 Association Conference Religious Images: An Anthropological Sheraton Hotel, Gaze on the Kpando Marian Grottos of O’Hare, Chicago, Ghana’ Illinois 21- 18th Biennial meeting of the Society of ‘The Akpinis and their Encounters with Calgary 23/09/2007 Africanist Archaeologists Dual Colonialism: Archaeological University, Insights into German and British Canada. Colonial Overrule at Kpando, Volta Region’

Exhibitions Mounted/Directed

DATE THEME VENUE March 2017 Exhibition on ‘Ghana @ 60: The Political History of Museum of Archaeology, University of Ghana Ghana’ May 2017 Exhibition on ‘Anna Craven Northern Ghana Pottery Museum of Archaeology, University of Ghana and Komaland Terracotta Figurines’ July 2017 Exhibition on ‘Archaeology of German Colonialism in Museum of Archaeology, University of Ghana Togoland’ October 2017 Exhibition on ‘Life and Works of the Late Professor Department of Archaeology & Heritage James Anquandah’ Studies, University of Ghana March 2019 Exhibition on ‘Historical and Contemporary forms of Department of Archaeology & Heritage Slavery in the Northern and Southern Volta Regions of Studies, University of Ghana Ghana’ 7th August 400 Years On: Marine Drive Heritage and Salvage The Heritage and Cultural Society of Africa 2019 Archaeology (HASCA) 2019 SUMMIT Kempisky Hotel, Ghana

Publications

CATEGORY TITLE/DESCRIPTION

Apoh, W. 2019. Revelations of Domination: Discovering the Buried Past of the Akpinis, Akans, BOOKS Germans and British at Kpando, Ghana. Sub-Saharan Publishers, Accra

Apoh, W. 2010. Concise Anthropology: The Five-Field Approach. Kendall/Hunt Publishers Ltd. USA. ISBN: 9780757572456

J. Anquandah, B. Kankpeyeng & Wazi Apoh (Eds). 2014. Current Perspectives on the Archaeology of EDITED Ghana. A Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies Reader. Sub-Saharan Publishers. Accra. BOOKS ISBN 9789988647988.

Apoh, W and Lundt, B (Eds). 2013. Germany and Its West African Colonies: “Excavations” of German Colonialism in Post-Colonial times. Lit Verlag, Berlin. ISBN 9783643903037

EDITED Apoh, W. and A. Mehler, (Eds). 2020. Issues of Restitution and Repatriation of Looted and Illegally SPECIAL Acquired African Objects in European Museums. Special Issue in the Contemporary Journal of ISSUE African Studies 7(1-128). JOURNAL

REFEREED Apoh, W. In Press. Why Forget US? Developing the Three-Town Enslaved Relics as Alternative Sites JOURNAL of Commemoration in Southeastern Ghana. To appear in Azania ARTICLES Apoh, W. and A. Mehler .2020. Introduction. In Apoh, W. and A. Mehler, Eds. Issues of Restitution and Repatriation of Looted and Illegally Acquired African Objects in European Museums. Special Issue in the Contemporary Journal of African Studies 7(1) IX-XII.

W. Apoh and Mehler, A (2020). Mainstreaming the Discourse on Restitution and Repatriation within African History, Heritage Studies and Political Science. Special Issue. Contemporary Journal of African Studies 7 (1): 1-15

Lamptey, P and W. Apoh (2020). The Restitution Debate and Return of Human Remains: Implications for Bioarchaeological Research and Cultural Ethics in Africa. Special Issue. Contemporary Journal of African Studies 7 (1): 121-128

Apoh, W. 2020. “Sankofatization and Decolonization: The Rapprochement of German Museums and Government with Colonial Objects and Postcolonialism” In Osborn Eds Special Issue “Evidence of the Transformation of Museum Practices" Journal of Museum Anthropology 45:1:29-44

M. O. Asare, W. Apoh, J. O. Afriyie, et. al., 2020. Traces of German and British settlement in soils of the Volta Region of Ghana, Geoderma Regional, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2020.e00270

Mohammed Mustapha and Wazi Apoh. 2019. The Influence of James Anquandah on the Development and Practice of Eclectic Archaeology in Ghana. Ghana Studies Journal. Volume 22, pp. 206-221

Wazi Apoh and Andreas Mehler. 2019. Restitution of Art Objects: Bringing in African Perspectives, in: TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research, 06.02.2019, https://trafo.hypotheses.org/17811

Apoh, W., J. Anquandah and M. Amenyo-Xa. 2019. “Shit, Blood, Artefacts and Tears: Interrogating the Castle Slave Dungeon Residues’’ Special Issue "Landscapes of Slavery in Africa" of the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage. 7(2) 105-130.

Victoria Aryee & Wazi Apoh. 2018. Climate Change and the Mitigating Tool of Salvage Archaeology: The Case of the Fort Kongensten Site of , Ghana. Legon Journal of the Humanities, 29(2) 81- 115

Apoh, Wazi. 2017. A Tribute to Professor James Robert Kwesi Anquandah, the Indigenous Trailblazer of Ghanaian Archaeology. Contemporary Journal of African Studies. 5(1)137-141

Genequand, D & Wazi Apoh. 2017. Old (Ghana, Northern Region): Some Observations on Islamisation and Urban Development at the South-Western Margins of the Dar al-Islam. Journal of Islamic Archaeology 4 (2) 139-162

Apoh, W., K. Wissing W., Treasure, and J., Fardin. 2017. Law, Land and What Lies Beneath: Exploring Mining Impacts on Customary Law and Cultural Heritage Protection in Ghana and Western Australia. African Identities. 15(4), 367-389. Francis Taylor

Fardin, J., Treasure, W., Apoh, A. and K. Wissing. 2016. From Mabo to Obuasi: Mining, Heritage and Customary Law in Ghana and Western Australia, Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, Vol 34.No. 2, 191-211.

David Akwasi Mensah Abrampah, Wazi Apoh, Kodzo Gavua, Mark Henry Freeman, Samuel Amartey, David Adjartey Tei-Mensah & George Anokye.2015. Assessing the Bui Dam Salvage Archaeology Project and Cultural Heritage of Impact Communities. Ethnographisch-archäologische Zeitschrift (EAZ), 56. Jg.,1/2: 275-294

F. Thackeray, Wazi Apoh, Kodzo Gavua. 2014. Adevu and Chiwara Rituals in West Africa Compared to Hunting Rituals and Rock Art in South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 69 (199) 113- 115

Apoh, W. 2013b. “The Archaeology of German and British Colonial Entanglements in Kpando-Ghana” International Journal of Historical Archaeology. Volume 17, Number 2, 351-375

Gavua, K and Apoh, W.2011a. “Alternative Site Conservation Strategies in Ghana: The Adome Ancient Ironworking Site.” In Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites, Vol. 13 Nos 2–3: 212–230

Apoh, W and K. Gavua. 2010. “Material Culture and Indigenous Spiritism; The Katamansu Archaeological ‘Otutu’ (Shrine).” In African Archaeological Review. Volume 27 (3) 211-235

Apoh, W (In Press) “If Suitable Enforce the Death Penalty”: German Solution to Facilitating Colonial BOOK Rule in Kete-Krachi. To appear in Inhaltsverzeichnis Festschrift Prof Bea Lundt CHAPTERS Apoh, Wazi. 2016a. Ruins Relics and Research: Lasting Evidence and Perceptible Consequences of the Prussian and German Colonial Past in Ghana. In Deutscher Kolonialismus: Fragmente seiner Geschichte und Gegenwart. German Historical Museum Special Exhibition on German Colonialism.92-99. THEISS. Berlin.

Apoh, Wazi. 2016b. Ein Postkolonialer Blick. Die Deutsche Präsenz im Westlichen Togo zwischen 1884 und 1914. In Heikles Erbe. Koloniale Spuren bis in die Gegenwart. edited by Alexis von Poser & Bianca Baumann, 174-183. Dresden: Sandstein Verlag. (Hannover State Museum Special Exhibition Catalogue).

Apoh W and Kodzo Gavua. 2016. “We Will Not Relocate until Our Ancestors and Shrines Come with Us.” Heritage and Conflict Management in the Bui Dam Project Area, Ghana. In Peter Schmidt, and Innocent Pikirayi (eds), Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa: Decolonizing Practice. Pg 204- 249. Routledge

Apoh, W., 2015 Die Interdisziplinäre Kombination von Schriftquellen, Oral History, Ethnographie und Achäologie. Eine Studie über das koloniale Erbe Deutschlands in Kpando und andere kolonialzeitliche Stätten in der ehemaligen Kolonie Togoland. In Zwichen Welterbe und Denkmalalltage-erhalten, Erschliessen, Engagieren, Dokumentation der Jahrestagung. Landesdenkmalamt Berlin. URN:nbn:de:101:1-201504024953. Pg 300-308

J. Anquandah, B. Kankpeyeng & Apoh, W. 2014. Archaeology of Ghana: An Introduction In J. Anquandah, B. Kankpeyeng and W. Apoh (eds). Current Perspectives on the Archaeology of Ghana. A Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies Reader. Sub-Saharan Publishers. Accra. Pp 1-18.

Atsutse, K and Apoh, W. 2014. A Study of the Akan and Ewe Kente Weaving Traditions: Implications for the Establishment of a Kente Museum in Ghana. Co-author Mr. Kennedy Atsutse. In J. Anquandah, B. Kankpeyeng and W. Apoh (eds) Current Perspectives on the Archaeology of Ghana. A Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies Reader. Sub-Saharan Publishers. Accra. Pp 222-244.

Apoh, W. 2014. Embroideries of Imperialism: An Archaeo-Historical Overview of Akwamu, Asante, German and British Imperial Hegemonies at Kpando, Ghana. In J. Anquandah, B. Kankpeyeng and W. Apoh (eds) Current Perspectives on the Archaeology of Ghana. A Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies Reader Pp 164-181. Sub-Saharan Publishers. Accra.

Apoh, W. 2013a. “Archaeology and Heritage Development: Repackaging German/British Colonial Relics and Residues in Kpando, Ghana” In Wazi Apoh and Beatrice Lundt, (Eds) Germany and Its West African Colonies: “Excavations” of German Colonialism in Post-Colonial Times. Pp 29-55. Lit Verlag, Germany. BOOK Apoh, W. 2011b. Book Review of “African Homecoming: Pan-African Ideology and Contested Heritage REVIEW by Katharina Schramm, Left Coast Press, Inc. Walnut Creek, California. In Journal of African Archaeology. Vol 9 (2): 239-241

PUBLISHED Denis Genequand, Wazi Apoh, Kodzo Gavua, Samuel Gyam, Irka Hajdas, Deborah Locatelli, Fabien TECHNICAL Maret, 2018. Preliminary Report on the 2018 Season of the Gonja Project, (Ghana, Northern Ghana). REPORTS In Swiss-Liechtenstein Foundation for Archaeological Research (SLSA) Jahresbericht 2018, Zürich, 267-312.

Denis Genequand, Wazi Apoh, Kodzo Gavua .2017. Preliminary Report on the 2016 Season of the Gonja Project, Northern Ghana. In Swiss-Liechtenstein Foundation for Archaeological Research (SLSA) Jahresbericht 2016, Zürich, 65-108.

Genequand, D, Wazi Apoh, Kodzo Gavua, Hugo Amoroso and Christian de Reynier. 2016. Excavations in Old Buipe and Study of the Mosques of Bole (Ghana, Northern Region). In Swiss- Liechtenstein Foundation for Archaeological Research (SLSA) Jahresbericht. 2015, Pg 25-66.

Apoh, Wazi, K. Wissing, W., Treasure, and J., Fardin. May 2015: Action Research Report on Comparative Anthropological Research on Impact of Mining on Customary Law and Heritage Resources entitled “Customary Law and Mining: Comparing the Interaction between the Two in Ghana and Western Australia, with a Focus on Heritage.” Report Prepared for International Mining for Development Centre. Australia.

Kodzo Gavua and Wazi Apoh. June 2011. Report on Salvage Archaeology at the Bui Dam Project site prepared for Bui Power Authority.

Apoh Wazi. April 2011. Report on Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Baseline Survey/Assessment within the Scantogo project area in Tabligbo, Togo. Report prepared for Golder Associates & Scantogo Apoh, Wazi. 2008 “The Akpinis and the Echoes of German and British Colonial Overrules: An Thesis/ Archaeology of Kpando, Ghana.” Ph.D Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Binghamton Dissertation University.

Apoh, Wazi. 2001 “An Archaeology of Katamansu, A Battlefield in the Accra Plains of Ghana”. M.Phil Thesis, Department of Archaeology, University of Ghana.

I997 “Cement Sculpturing and Religious Activities at the Kpando Marian Grottos in the Volta Region of Ghana”. B.A. Long Essay, Department of Archaeology, University of Ghana

Teaching Philosophy

This revolves around meaningful teaching of subject matter and productive exchange of ideas with students to find sustainable solutions to our common problems and to surmount our common intellectual challenges.