Takyiwaa Manuh

Takyiwaa Manuh (wɔwoo no May 1952) yɛ Ghana nhomanimfo ne ɔkyerɛwfo. Ɔyɛ Emerita Ɔbenfoɔ wɔ Ghana Suapɔn mu, na kɔsii sɛ ɔkɔɔ pɛnhyen wɔ May 2017 mu no, ɔyɛɛ Ɔkwankyerɛfoɔ wɔ Social Development Policy Division, a ɛwɔ Amanaman Nkabom Sikasɛm Bagua a ɛhwɛ Afrika (ECA), a ɛwɔ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ɔsan nso yɛ Abibiman Adesua Asoɛe, Ghana Suapɔn mu Ɔkwankyerɛfoɔ firi afe 2002 kɔsi afe 2009. Ɔyɛ Ghana Adesuabea a ɛhwɛ adwinni ne nyansahu so no yɔnko .

 Mfitiase asetra ne nhomasua 
Wɔwoo Manuh wɔ May 1952 mu wɔ Kumasi wɔ Ashanti Mantam mu wɔ Ghana, na James Kwesi Manuh a na ɔyɛ aduane adwumayɛfoɔ ne Madam Akosua Akyaa a saa berɛ no na ɔyɛ aguadifoɔ wɔ Ankaase, kuro bi a ɛbɛn Kumasi.  Ne mfitiaseɛ nwomasua hyɛɛ aseɛ wɔ Ankaase Methodist Sukuu mu berɛ a na ɔne ne nanabea te.  Bere a na ɔwɔ adesuakuw a edi kan mu no, woyii no kɔɔ Adum Presby Sukuu mu, faako a ofii adesuakuw a edi kan ase bio.  Ofii adesuakuw a edi kan ase ne mprɛnsa so bere a akyiri yi wɔde no kɔɔ Penworth Mmofra Sukuu no.  Manuh kɔɔ so wiee ne mfitiaseɛ adesua wɔ Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Mfitiaseɛ sukuu nso wɔ Kumasi, ɛno akyi no ɔkɔɔ Wesley Girls’ High School, Cape Coast, maa ne ntoaso sukuu. Ɔtoaa n’adesua so wɔ Ghana Suapɔn mu, ɛhɔ na onyaa ne Bachelor of Laws abodin krataa (LLB) wɔ afe 1974.  Wɔ 1978 mu no, wɔmaa no ne Mmara ho abodin krataa a ɛkorɔn wɔ Dar es Salaam Sukuupɔn mu . Akyiri yi ɔkɔɔ so nyaa oduruyɛfo abodin krataa wɔ Nnipa Ho Adesua mu wɔ Indiana Sukuupɔn Bloomington, na owiee sukuu wɔ afe 2000.

 Adwuma 
Wɔ n’adesua akyi wɔ Tanzania akyi no, Manuh nyaa adwuma sɛ Nhwehwɛmufo wɔ Ghana Sukuupɔn mu wɔ afe 1979. Ɔakyerɛ ade nso wɔ sukuu ahorow ne adesuabea ahorow mu wɔ sukuupɔn no mu. Ɔayɛ ɔbenfo nsrahwɛfo wɔ Indiana Sukuupɔn Bloomington, nsrahwɛfo Fellow wɔ Birmingham Sukuupɔn mu, na ɔne Cape Town Sukuupɔn Afrika Bɔbeasu Asoɛe no akura adwumayɛ abusuabɔ mu fi 1999.

Manuh som wɔ board ne boayikuw pii mu.  Ɔyɛ Nyansahu Boayikuw a ɛwɔ Afrika Sukuupɔn Fekuw (AAU), Bagua a Ɛhwɛ Asetra mu Nyansahu Nhwehwɛmu a Ɛkɔ So wɔ Afrika (CODESRIA), UNESCO Amanaman Ntam Asoɛe a Ɛhwɛ Nhomasua Nhyehyɛe So (IIEP) Akwankyerɛ Kuw, Afrika Bɔbeasu no muni Institute Board, South-South Exchange Program on the History of Development (SEPHIS) Akwankyerɛ Kuo, NETRIGHT Akwankyerɛ Kuo, ABANTU for Development board a ɔdi wɔn titenani, ne Coalition for Women’s Rights in Ghana.  Wɔ afe 2005 mu no, wɔpaw no sɛ Ghana Adesuabea a ɛhwɛ adwinni ne nyansahu so no yɔnko .

 Abasobɔde ne anuonyam 
Wɔ afe 2004 mu no ɔne Ɔbenfo Kojo Saffu a ɔwɔ Brock Sukuupɔn, Ontario, Canada, boom dii nkonim wɔ Ɔman Mmea Adwumayɛ Bagua no Krataa a Ɛsen Biara wɔ Mmea Adwumayɛ mu Abasobɔde no mu. Wɔ afe 2007 mu no, wɔmaa Manuh University of Ghana ’s Meritorious Service Award, na wɔ July 2008 mu no, wɔmaa no Order of the Volta (Officer Class).  Wɔ afe 2015 mu no, Sussex Sukuupɔn maa no Honorary Doctor of Laws abodin krataa.

 Adwuma 
Manuh adwuma no akɔ so wɔ mmeae a ɛfa Bɔbeasu ne Mmea wɔ Ghana, mmea hokwan ne nsɛm a ɛfa tumidi ho wɔ Ghana ne Afrika, Nnɛyi Afrika Atubrafo, ne nhomasua a ɛkɔ anim wɔ Afrika. Ne nkyerɛwee ahorow no bi ne:

 Ghanafoɔ, Ghanafoɔ-Canadafoɔ ne Asantes: Ɔman mma ne Nnipa a Wɔyɛ wɔ Atubrafoɔ a wɔwɔ Toronto mu? Afrika Ɛnnɛ 45 (3-4): 481-494 (1998) ne ne deɛ; 
 Saa Bea yi nyɛ Ghana: Bɔbeasu ne Hokwan Ho Ɔkasa wɔ Ghanafo Atubrafo mu wɔ Toronto, Canada. Ghana Adesua Nsɛmma Nhoma 2: 77–95 na ɛwɔ hɔ; 
 Nkyene Kuo a ɛwɔ Ada, Ghana Wɔ DRF Taylor ne F. Mackenzie (eds), . Nkɔso a Efi Mfinimfini: Nkwa a wonya wɔ Afrika Nkuraase. Routledge: London ne New York na ɛwɔ hɔ. Ch. 5, kr. 102–124 na ɛwɔ hɔ; 
 Asantehema Asɛnnibea ne ne Tumi wɔ Mmea so wɔ Asante: Adesua a ɛfa Mmara Dodow Ho Nhwehwɛmu Nhwehwɛmu, (NS) Po 1, kratafa 100. 4, No. 2:50–66 nso kasa fa nsɛm a ɛwɔ mmusuakuo nipasu ne nnisoɔ mu;
  Wɔ Fie wɔ Wiase: Nnɛyi Tukɔ ne Nkɔsoɔ wɔ Ghana ne Afrika Atɔeɛ fam, SubSaharan Publishers (2005) boom hyehyɛɛ (ne Amina Mama ne Charmaine Pereira );
 Feminist Africa nsɛmma nhoma bi a ɛfa "Nna mu Amammerɛ" ho., (2007) na wɔkyerɛwee; 
 Nsakraeɛ Ne Nsakyeraeɛ Wɔ Ghana Suapɔn a Ɔmanfoɔ Tua Sika Mu: Osuahu, Asuadeɛ Ne Hokwan Ho Adesua (a Sulley Gariba ne Joseph Budu ka ho) no, James Currey, Oxford, ne Woeli Publications, Accra na wotintimii;
 Afrika wɔ Bɔbeasu akyi? (ne Catherine Cole ne Stephan Miescher), Indiana Sukuupɔn Nsɛmma Nhoma Tintimbea (2007).

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