IPED Lecture : Natural Resources and Development in SSA

Father Joshua Awienagua Gariba, Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana, Legon. Gariba earned his PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the KU Leuven, Belgium. He teaches social anthropology, societies and cultures of Africa and sociology of the family to undergraduate and graduate students. He has published in international journals such as the Nordic Journal of African Studies, African Anthropologist, Contemporary Journal of African Studies and Anthropos. He is a visiting scholar at the KU Leuven, Belgium and presently in the Fordham International Political Economy and Development (IPED) Graduate Program.

Father Gariba is currently researching on land conflicts, ethnic and chieftaincy conflicts and mining activities in southern Ghana. He is a member of the Ghana Studies Association (GSA), Anthropos Institute International (AI), and the Ghana Sociological and Anthropological Association (GSAA).