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PhD
Samuel Ntewusu is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Social and
Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leiden and based at the
same time at the African Studies Centre in Leiden. Ntewusu has an
Mphil degree in African Studies from the University of Ghana with
specialization on Northern Migrants in Accra. Ntewusu is a
researcher at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
His research focus is the social, economic and
political organization of Northern Migrants in Accra and the
traditional political leadership of the people of northern Ghana.
Ntewusu has also produced the following films: "The
Adosa Festival of the Kotokoli of Ghana and Togo" (45 minutes
documentary), "The Guinea Corn Festival of the Nawuris of Ghana" (60
minutes documentary), "Celebrating Idel-Ul-Adha in Accra" (45
minutes Documentary). His current Ph.D. research project is entitled
"From Cattle Ranch to Lorry Park": A Historical Study of Tudu Lorry
Park 1920 to Recent Times. In this research
Ntewusu traces the evolution of transportation in Ghana. From
portage, canoes, trains to motor transport and the development of
Lorry Parks in Ghana with emphasis on the Tudu lorry park. The
research is funded by the African Studies Centre in Leiden and
supervised by Dr. Gewald Jan-Bart and Professor Mirjam de Bruijn.
Samuel Ntewusu succesfully defended his PhD thesis
Settling in and
holding on; A socio-economic history of northern traders and
transporters in Accra's Tudu: 1908-2008 on Thursday 3 November
2011, at Leiden University.
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