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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2011per ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2025

Literature and Literary Theory
Sociology and Political Science
Education
Anthropology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Linguistics and Language

In their own words

Literature : African
oral or written
world literatures

Publications: 402010–2025
Citations: 67to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 0.471.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 4%1 of 26 scored papers
Open access: 85%22 of the 26 whose access is recorded

3 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 104 citations, h-index 7 and i10-index 2 (84 citations and h-index 6 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISHKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2011

Education

PhD/ SENIOR LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISHKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

40 in all

The Dagomba Praise (Singers, Singing And Naming): Roles And Cultural Significance
2025E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social SciencesJournalOpen access0 citations10.38159/ehass.2025681
Mode of Convergence of Case Adjudication between Judicial and Akan Traditional Courts
2025Journal of Communication and Cultural Trends

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Literature and Literary Theory1230%
Sociology and Political Science923%
Education513%
Anthropology410%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology410%
Linguistics and Language410%
Music410%
Communication38%
Philosophy38%
Political Science and International Relations38%

Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies9
Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics5
African history and culture studies4
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition4
Multilingual Education and Policy4
Music History and Culture4
African cultural and philosophical studies3
Media, Communication, and Education3
African history and culture analysis2
Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature2
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies2
South African History and Culture2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

8% of their 26 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Canada1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kumasi Technical UniversityGH4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM3 papers
University of AlbertaCA1 paper
University of BirminghamGB1 paper
University of New BrunswickCA1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH1 paper

Where they publish

Advances in Language and Literary Studies4
E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences4
International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies3
Current Research Journal of Social Sciences2
ADRRI Journal of Arts and Social Sciences1
All Nations University Journal of Applied Thought

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality8
4Quality education5
16Peace, justice and strong institutions5
1No poverty1
3Good health and well-being1
10Reduced inequalities1
15Life on land1

Most cited

The Sisaala dirge: A critical analysis
Diss. Kwame Nkrumah U of Science and Technology
201016 citations
Education and the assertive woman: A case study of Ama Ata Aidoo’s changes
British Journal of Education
20197 citations
Ama Ata Aidoo and the Akan culture a critique of The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa
International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research
20137 citations

Using Dirt to Clean Dirt: Deconstructing The Enigmatic Portrait of Mara in Darko’s Beyond The Horizon

2024CaLLs (Journal of Culture Arts Literature and Linguistics)JournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.30872/calls.v10i1.14630

The Nature and Culture Binary in Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness

2023E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social SciencesJournalOpen access1 citation10.38159/ehass.20234910

INTERROGATING THE DISCOURSE OF POWER AND ITS RESISTANCE IN NAWAL EL SADAAWI’S GOD DIES BY THE NILE

2023International Journal of Humanity Studies (IJHS)JournalOpen access0 citations10.24071/ijhs.v6i2.5433

Some Womanist Inscriptions in Ebony Reigns’ Song Maame HwÉ›: A Literary Approach

2023k@ ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and LiteratureJournal2 citations

A Postcolonial Writing Indicator: Appropriation of English in Nawal El Saadawi’s God Dies by the Nile

2023Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology (MOTBIT) VolJournal0 citations

The Mythopoetics of Atogun’s Fight Against Political Corruption in Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis of Taduno’s Song and Orpheus Myth

2021International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.7575/aiac.ijclts.v.9n.2p.6

Tales in the Paasaali Dirge: Structure and Moral Lessons from the Past

2020Manusya Journal of HumanitiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1163/26659077-02301002

The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy In Nigeria: An Ecocritical Analysis of Habila’s The Chibok Girls

2020E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.38159/ehass.2020052

Uncovering the Truth for a Better Education: A Marxist Approach to J. C. De Graft’s Sons and Daughters

2019International Journal of Education and Literacy StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.7n.2p.100

Education and the assertive woman: A case study of Ama Ata Aidoo’s changes

2019British Journal of EducationJournal7 citations

The Price of Silence and the Practice of Parrhesia: A Critique of Adichie’s Purple hibiscus

2019ADRRI Journal of Arts and Social SciencesJournalFirst author0 citations

Symbiotic metaphors: Mutualism and co-existence in Johanne Spyri’s Heidi

2019Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and TheologyJournal1 citation

An ecocritical analysis of Akan proverbs in ‘Death on Trial’by Appiah-Agyei

2019ERATS: E-Journal of Religious and Theological StudiesJournal5 citations

The Postcoloniality of Poor African Leadership in Achebe’s Fiction: A Close Reading of Arrow of God and A Man of the People

2018International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.7575/aiac.ijclts.v.6n.2p.84

The Mythopoetics of Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah

2018International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation StudiesJournalOpen access0 citations10.7575/aiac.ijclts.v.6n.1p.36

Haffali Mulla: The Ethnopoetics of Traditional Marriage and Marriage Songs among the Pasaalas in Ghana

2018Advances in Language and Literary StudiesJournalFirst author0 citations

Gutter Creativity: Post-colonial Analysis of Dagbon Cultural Nuances and Islamic Ethics

2016Journal of humanities and social sciencesJournal1 citation

The politics and poetics of certain traditional circumstantial names: Sisaali culture of Ghana.

2016International Humanities StudiesJournalFirst author2 citations

The Language of Political Myth in Achebe

2015Current Research Journal of Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.19026/crjss.7.5221

The Importance of Oral Tradition in Ngugi WA Thiongo

2014Current Research Journal of Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.19026/crjss.6.5560

Comedy As A Way Of Correcting the Ills of Society A Critical Reading of Wole Soyinkas The Trials of Brother Jero and Harold Pinters Caretaker

2013International Journal of Scientific and Technology ResearchJournalFirst author5 citations

Ama Ata Aidoo and the Akan culture a critique of The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa

2013International Journal of Scientific & Technology ResearchJournalFirst author7 citations

The Sɩsaala Dirge: A Critical Analysis

2010Unpublished doctoral thesis, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KumasiJournalFirst author3 citations

The Sisaala dirge: A critical analysis

2010Diss. Kwame Nkrumah U of Science and TechnologyJournalFirst author16 citations

British Journal of Education1

Bulletin of Advanced English Studies1

How it can be read

85% free to read, of the 26 recorded

Diamond 17 · 43%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 10%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 4 · 10%Behind a paywall
Unknown 14 · 35%Not recorded by the source

An ecocritical analysis of Akan proverbs in ‘Death on Trial’by Appiah-Agyei

ERATS: E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies