A.O. Abudu, who taught economics at several American universities in the 1960s, is currently a consultant in applied development economics; he is also a writer of reader-friendly textbooks and other freelance works of public interest. During the 1970s and early 1980s he helped to design national economic plans and to implement a regional agricultural development program. Throughout the 1970s he participated in pivotal international conferences of UNCTAD, IFAD, the G-24, and the World Bank’s Development Committee. He received his BA in economics and political science at the University of Minnesota, his Masters in economics at Indiana University and his Ph.D. in economics at UCLA.

Ivan Addae-Mensah is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon. Prior to his present appointment, he served as Dean for the Faculty of Science as well as Head of the Chemistry Department of the University of Ghana, Legon. His research has focused for over thirty years on African medicinal plants; his publications and policy-making extend to science pedagogy, to general education in relation to social mobility, to public affairs and university planning. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Ghana, Legon in 1966 and in 1967 respectively, and his Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1970 from Cambridge University, UK.

Kwame Afreh-Nuamah is associate professor in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Ghana, Legon. Since receiving his Ph.D. and DIC degrees at Imperial College, London in 1987, he has been teaching in the West African Regional Post-graduate Program in Insect Science (ARPPIS) and directing the University’s Agricultural Research Station at Kade. He was a central figure in the introduction to Ghana of Integrated Pest Management programs (IPM) after studying their success in Southeast Asia. Currently he is the National Project Coordinator for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture; he is also Director of the Agro-Skills project for the FAO of the United Nations, directing IPM activities under the UNDP’s Poverty Reduction Program.

Kwasi Agyeman earned his doctorate in philosophy in 1983 at The University of Ottawa, Canada. He taught at York University for ten years, during which time he was also an appointed adjudicator with the Ontario Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, in which capacity he still serves. He is responsible for establishing the NAACP in Canada while advising other organizations concerned with civil rights of African-Canadians. He has been lecturing in the Philosophy Department at the University of Ghana, Legon since 1996 and has published work on metaphysics in the Hegelian tradition.

Josef K.A. Amuzu is the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon; he is professor in the Physics Department, where he joined the faculty in 1976 after receiving his Ph.D. in physics from Cambridge University, UK. Formerly he was Dean of the Science Faculty. He lectures on solid-state physics. He also teaches a segment of the course "Science and Technology in the Modern World", which focuses on military and civilian uses of nuclear and other energy resources, to audiences of science undergraduates studying the history and philosophy of science, and to post-graduates studying international affairs.

Kofi Anyidoho is an internationally renowned poet, literary-scholar, cultural activist, full professor of literature and founding director of the African Humanities Institute Program at the University of Ghana, Legon. Having established that Institute on the campus, he is now Head of the Department of English. His BA is from the University of Ghana, Legon, his MA is from Indiana University and his Ph.D. from The University of Texas. During his most recent sabbatical he was a visiting professor at Northwestern University.

William A. Asomaning is the current Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Ghana, Legon and associate professor in the Chemistry Department, having joined in 1970 upon receiving his Ph.D. at University of Sussex, UK. His research focuses on natural products, in particular upon medicinal plants. He is also Director of the National Distance Education Unit based on the University of Ghana campus, and Master of Legon Hall (1996-1999).

John Collins teaches classical and popular music at School of Performing Arts of the University of Ghana, Legon. He received his BA at the University of Ghana, Legon in 1972 and his doctorate in ethnomusicology from The State University of New York at Buffalo in 1994. He has been working in Ghana since 1969—performing, writing and producing music. He is perhaps the country’s leading expert on the Ghanaian ‘highlife’ genre and its current scene. He owns and runs a well-known recording studio in Accra, is chairman of an NGO archive of African popular music, and for seven years was a trustee of the Ghana National Folklore Board/Copyright Administration.

J.S. Djangmah received his B.Sc. (Honors) in Zoology from the University of Ghana, Legon in 1962, and his Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the University of North Wales (Bangor) in 1968. He was promoted to associate and to full professorship at The University of Cape Coast, Ghana, where he was elected Pro-Vice Chancellor 1982-1984. He was Director General of the Ghana Education Service 1986-1988, and a member of the National Education Commission 1985-1990. Under the Ministry of Education he also served as Chief Government Nominee for the West African Examinations Council 1986-1988. Before his retirement in 1997 he was Head of the Zoology Department at the University of Ghana 1991-1996; during this period he sat as Chairman of the Inter-Universities Committee on Senior Secondary School Admissions. He is currently a Resident Scholar of the Ghana Institute of Economic Affairs, where he presides as Director of the Policy Studies unit.

George P. Hagan has just retired from his post as Director of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, where he obtained his MA and was immediately appointed a research fellow. He received his BA (Honors) in philosophy from The University of London (External); he has a B.Litt. and D.Phil. in social anthropology from Oxford University, UK. He publishes widely on religion, culture, economics, politics, and is active in statesmanship at the national level.

Joshua N. Kudadjie has just retired as senior lecturer and former Head of the Department for the Study of Religions at the University of Ghana, Legon. He went to Cambridge University UK for his MA. He is an ordained Methodist minister and writes on Christian and African traditional ethics. His most recent research and publications focus on the moral values expressed in Ga and Dangme proverbs. He is co-editor of an international series of cultural research into oral traditions and proverbs.

Kwame A. Ninsin is chief administrator for the African Association of Political Science headquartered in Harare, Zimbabwe. Prior to his appointment there he was Head and Professor of the Political Science Department at the University of Ghana, Legon. He obtained his doctorate from Boston University in 1976. He has been a consultant for several international organizations and has published extensively on the political economy and history of independent Ghana.

Joseph Osei is Acting Head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Ghana, Legon. He received his MA from the University of Ohio in 1985 and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University. He taught at the Northern Illinois University in Chicago for two years before returning to the University of Ghana as a lecturer in philosophy. He is an ordained minister of the Methodist Church of Ghana and editor of its newspaper, The Methodist Times. His published work has focused on democracy-building and conflict resolution in modern African states, the philosophy of development and other topics of ethics and applied philosophy.

Jacob Songsore is professor and Head of the Department of Geography and Resource Development at the University of Ghana, Legon. He is also an associated scientist of the Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden. He studied for the BA and Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Ghana, and received a post-doctoral MSS in Regional Planning at The Hague in the Netherlands. Over the last twenty years he has produced more than thirty publications concerning urban and regional development, as well as environmental health management.

Kwadwo Tutu is a senior lecturer in the Economics Department at the University of Ghana, Legon, where he teaches environmental economics, labor and development theory. His current research in the Volta Dam region is funded by the Overseas Development Agency (FDID). Immediately after completing his BSc and MSc at the University of Ghana he was appointed lecturer in 1982. Later he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Cornell University, where he received his MA and Ph.D. in economics.