Scholarship and Biography

A specialist in African economic development, international political economy with an emphasis on the role of the United Nations Specialized Agencies, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, Food and Agricultural Organization, the World Trade Organization and China Africa Trade Relations.

Honors

Scholarship for Southern Africans
United Nations (United States, New York) - UN, 1966-1968
Commonwealth Scholarship Award
British Council (United Kingdom, London), 1968-1969
Graduate School Fellowiship
Howard University (United States, Washington D.C.), 1971-1973
Research grant to do a Study of United States Policies and their Impact on Apartheid
The New World Foundation (United States, New York) - NWF, 1979-1980
Grant to do a Comparative Study of Small Scale Manufacturing Industries and their Impact on the Employment Sector
Overseas Development Institute (United Kingdom, London) - ODI, 1986
Fellowship to write a book on Political Economy of Poverty in Africa and Latin America
The New World Foundation (United States, New York) - NWF, 1987
Grant to Develop Civil Service Evaluation Programs for East African Countries
African Capacity Building Foundation (Zimbabwe, Harare) - ACBF, 2001-2003
Analysis of Agricultural Subsides Among Industrialized and Developing Countries (Africa, Asia and South America)
World Trade Organization (Switzerland, Geneva) - WTO, 2004-2005
The Norman Fund
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2005
Travel Grant to Continue the Research on Agricultural Subsidies Among Industrialized and Developing Countries
Africa Network International, 2005-2006
Dean of Arts and Sciences/ Norman Fund
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2011-2012
Forum on China and Africa
Africa Fund, 2015
Dean of Arts and Sciences Research Grant
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2018-2019

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of African and African American Studies, Department of African and African American Studies, Brandeis University

Past Affiliations

Project Analyst, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (France, Paris) - UNESCO

Project Analyst for Financed Enterprises in Kenya, Nigeria, Bolivia, and Peru, International Monetary Fund (United States, Washington D.C.) - IMF

Education

Howard University
Ph.D.
Howard University
M.A.
University of Ghana
B.A.