Esi Sutherland-Addy is a

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian academician, writer, educationalist, and human rights activist. She is a professor at the

Institute of African Studies The Institute of African Studies on the Anne Jiagee road on campus of the University of Ghana at Legon is an interdisciplinary research institute in the humanities and social sciences. It was established by President Kwame Nkrumah in 1962 to encou ...

, where she has been senior research fellow, head of the Language, Literature, and Drama Section, and associate director of the African Humanities Institute Program at the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

. She is credited with more than 50 publications in the areas of education policy, higher education, female education, literature, theatre and culture, and serves on numerous committees, boards and commissions locally and internationally. She is the daughter of writer and cultural activist

Efua Sutherland Efua Theodora Sutherland (born 27 June 1924 – 2 January 1996) was a Ghanaian playwright, director, dramatist, children's author, poet, educationalist, researcher, child advocate, and cultural activist. Her works include the plays ''Foriwa'' ...

Biography

Born in Ghana as Esi Reiter Sutherland, she is the eldest of the three children of playwright and cultural activist

and African-American Bill Sutherland (1918–2010), a colonial civil rights activist who went to Ghana in 1953 on the recommendation of

George Padmore George Padmore (28 June 1903 – 23 September 1959), born Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse, was a leading Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author. He left his native Trinidad in 1924 to study medicine in the United States, where he also joined the Com ...

Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah (born 21 September 190927 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. An in ...

."Efua Sutherland-Addy — Associate Professor"
Institute of African Studies. . She was educated at St. Monica's Secondary School,

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and

Achimota School Achimota School ( /ɑːtʃimoʊtɑː/ ), formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. The school wa ...

(where she met her husband). She has held various positions at educational establishments in Europe and the US, including as Senior Fellow at the Institute of International Education at

Manchester University , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

, UK, and as visiting lecturer at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, USA, the Centre for African Studies,

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

, UK, and L'Institut des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales,

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. Genevieve Ruha
"Dr. Esi Sutherland-Addy"
''Ghana Nation'', 17 September 2013. . She served with the Ghana government as Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Culture and Tourism (1986–93) and from 1994 to 1995 as Minister of Education and Culture. She has undertaken studies particularly in the field of education for many international organizations including

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

UNICEF UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel ...

, the

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and the

Association for the Development of Education in Africa The Association for the Development of Education in Africa, previously known as "Donors to African Education", is a "network and partnership" established by a World Bank initiative in 1988. It groups Ministries of Education, international Developme ...

,Members of the Board of Trustees
Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights,

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, commonly known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) or the United Nations Human Rights Office, is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nati ...

. has held key roles in non-governmental organizations including on the executive board of the

Forum for African Women Educationalists The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is a pan-African non-governmental organization founded in 1992 by five women ministers of education to promote girls’ and women’s education in sub-Saharan Africa by making sure they have acc ...

(FAWE) and the Mmofra Foundation."Board of Directors"
Mmofra Foundation.

Awards

Sutherland-Addy has been the recipient of several awards, including an Honorary Fellowship of the

College of Preceptors The Chartered College of Teaching is a learned society for the teaching profession in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1846, the college was incorporated by Queen Victoria into a royal charter as the College of Preceptors in 1849. A supplemental cha ...

, UK (1998), a Group Award by the

Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The second-oldest major philanthropic institution in America, after the Carneg ...

(2001 and 2002) for the Women Writing Africa Project, an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the

University of Education, Winneba A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

(2004), and the Excellence in Distance Education Award from the

Commonwealth of Learning The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an intergovernmental organisation of The Commonwealth headquartered in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Working collaboratively with governmental and nongovernmental organizations and other institu ...

(2008).

Selected bibliography

;Editor * (Editor) ''Perspectives on Mythology'' (Proceedings of a Conference organized by the Goethe-Institut and the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, between 21 and 24 October 1997), Goethe-Institut/Woeli Publ. Services, 1999. * (Co-editor with

Aminata Diaw Aminata Diaw Cissé (24 May 1959 – 14 April 2017) was a Senegalese lecturer and political philosopher who taught at the Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD). Influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and her academia background, she wrote about citizen ...

) ''Women Writing Africa: West Africa and the Sahel'',

The Feminist Press The Feminist Press (officially The Feminist Press at CUNY) is an American independent nonprofit literary publisher that promotes freedom of expression and social justice. It publishes writing by people who share an activist spirit and a belief in ...

CUNY , mottoeng = The education of free people is the hope of Mankind , budget = $3.6 billion , established = , type = Public university system , chancellor = Fél ...

, 2005. . * (Co-editor with Anne V. Adams) ''The Legacy of Efua Sutherland: Pan-African Cultural Activism'', Banbury: Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2007. . * (With

Ama Ata Aidoo Ama Ata Aidoo, ''née'' Christina Ama Aidoo (born 23 March 1942) is a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright and academic. She was the Minister of Education under the Jerry Rawlings administration. In 2000, she established the Mbaasem Foundation to ...

) ''Ghana, where the Bead Speaks'', Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana, 2008. . * (Co-editor with

Takyiwaa Manuh Takyiwaa Manuh (born May 1952) is Ghanaian academic and author. She is an Emerita Professor of the University of Ghana, and until her retirement in May 2017, she served as the Director of the Social Development Policy Division, of the Unit ...

) ''Africa in Contemporary Perspective: A Textbook for Undergraduate Students''. Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2013. . ;Papers * "Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa", World Bank Publications, The World Bank, number 6500, November 2008.
"Women, Intangible Heritage and Development: Perspectives from the African Region"
ICH UNESCO.

References

External links

“Efua Sutherland-Addy, Associate Professor
Institute of African Studies
"ESI SUTHERLAND ADDY PERSONALITY - PROFILE FRIDAY ON JOYNEWS (14-3-14)"
''My JoyOnline'', 14 March 2014. YouTube.
". Esi Sutherland-Addy – The Executive Lounge on JoyNews (2-8-19)"
''JoyNews'', 2 August 2019. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutherland-Addy, Esi Living people Ghanaian women writers University of Ghana faculty Alumni of Achimota School 20th-century Ghanaian women writers 20th-century Ghanaian writers Ghanaian women academics Year of birth missing (living people)

Biography

Awards

Selected bibliography

Further reading

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