Akwasi Bretuo Assensoh

Akwasi Bretuo Assensoh is a Ghanaian academic and journalist. He is an emeritus professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.[1][2]

Early life and education

Assensoh was born on 1 April 1946 at Dunkwa-On-Offin, Gold Coast to Opanin Kwabena and Abena Amoateng.[3][4] He moved to the United States of America in 1978.[4] He obtained his bachelor's degree in History and Politics from Dillard University in 1981.[2][4] In 1982, he was awarded his master's degree by the New York University and his doctorate degree in 1984 by the same university.[2][4]

Career

Assensoh begun as an assistant editor for the Daily Listener, Chronicle, and Digest in Monrovia, Liberia.[4] In 1968, he was promoted to editor, and a year later he was made sub editor of The Pioneer, a newspaper in Kumasi, Ghana. From 1970 to 1972, Assensoh worked as a syndicated columnist for Compass News Features in Luxembourg.

After his completing his doctoral research in 1984, Assensoh was appointed associate professor of History at Dillard University.[4] He worked in this capacity from 1984 to 1988, and in 1986, he doubled as Director of honors programs.[4] He became the assistant editor of King Papers Project and a visiting assistant professor of History at Stanford University in 1988.[4]

Personal life

Assensoh married Irenita Benbow on 19 March 1981.[4] Together, they have two children.[4] He later married Dr. Yvette Alex-Assensoh and together, they have two sons.[5]

Works

  • Kwame Nkrumah: Six Years in Exile, 1966-72'", (1978)[4][6]
  • Black Woman: An African Story (novel), (1980)[4]
  • Woman : An African Story (novel), (1980)[4]
  • Campus Life (three - act play), (1981)[4]
  • Africa in Retrospect, (1985)[4][7]
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. and America's Quest for Racial Integration, (1987)[4][8]
  • Kwame Nkrumah of Africa: His Formative Years and the Beginning of His Political Career, 1935-1948, (1989)[9]
  • African Political Leadership: Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah, and Julius K. Nyerere, (1998)[10]
  • African Military History and Politics: Coups and Ideological Incursions, 1900-Present, (2002)[11]
  • Malcolm X: A Biography, (2013)[1]
  • Malcolm X and Africa, (2016)[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Assensoh, A. B.; Alex-Assensoh, Yvette M. (2013). Malcolm X: A Biography. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-37849-2.
  2. ^ a b c "A.B. Assensoh". African American and African Diaspora Studies. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  3. ^ Who's who in U.S. Writers, Editors & Poets. December Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-913204-22-1.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Who's who in U.S. Writers, Editors & Poets. December Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-913204-22-1.
  5. ^ "Yvette Alex-Assensoh". School of Law. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  6. ^ Assensoh, A. B. (1978). Kwame Nkrumah: Six Years in Exile, 1966-1972. Stockwell. ISBN 978-0-7223-1182-0.
  7. ^ Assensoh, A. B. (1985). Africa in Retrospect. Stockwell.
  8. ^ Assensoh, A. B. (1987). Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. and America's Quest for Racial Integration: With Historical Testimonies from King's Former Class-mate, Close Friends and Colleagues. Stockwell. ISBN 978-0-7223-2084-6.
  9. ^ Assensoh, A. B. (1989). Kwame Nkrumah of Africa: His Formative Years and the Beginning of His Political Career, 1935-1948. Stockwell. ISBN 978-0-7223-2317-5.
  10. ^ Assensoh, A. B. (1998). African Political Leadership: Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah, and Julius K. Nyerere. Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-89464-911-0.
  11. ^ Assensoh, A. B.; Alex-Assensoh, Y. (2002-01-12). African Military History and Politics: Coups and Ideological Incursions, 1900-Present. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-24039-4.
  12. ^ Assensoh, A. B.; Alex-Assensoh, Yvette M. (2016). Malcolm X and Africa. Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1-60497-924-4.