Social Sciences

"Ghana's National Health Insurance: insights from members, administrators, and health care providers" in Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was established as part of a poverty reduction strategy to make health care more affordable to Ghanaians. It is envisaged that it will eventually replace the existing cash-and-carry system. This paper examines the views of NHIS administrators, members/enrollees, and health care providers on how the Scheme operates in […]

"Gender, power, and religious transnationalism among the African diaspora in Canada" in African Geographical Review

Stimulated by a wide range of factors, the sons and daughters of Africa have relocated to Canada in significant numbers in recent years, and have, in turn, prompted research and public discussions about the extent to which they are incorporated in the host society. While the racism-laced economic challenges faced by these African immigrants have […]

"Cultural dimensions of African immigrant housing in Toronto: a qualitative insight" in Housing Studies

This qualitative study examines the lived experiences of Ghanaians and Somalis in Toronto, highlighting the multifaceted interplays between their cultures, housing problems, and coping strategies. We found that, unlike the situation in their homelands where many were involved in communal living out of desire, in Toronto many are driven to live communally for reasons of […]

"Black continental African identities in Canada: Exploring the intersections of identity formation and immigrant transnationalism" in Journal of Canadian Studies

Notwithstanding the role of immigrants’ transnationalism and identity formation in shaping their settlement and integration process, the burgeoning literature on Canadian immigration has paid only a perfunctory attention to this area of study. Similarly, despite the enormous diversity among Blacks in Canada, portrayals of Blacks as a homogenous group abound in Canadian public discourse and […]

"Access to postsecondary education: can schools compensate for socioeconomic disadvantage?" in Higher Education

While access to postsecondary education in Canada has increased over the past decade, a number of recent studies demonstrate that youth from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds are vulnerable to some degree of exclusion from postsecondary education. These studies tend to emphasize the lack of financial resources and social capital as the main sources of this vulnerability. […]

"Ebola in West Africa: Equity and Human Rights Issues in the Global Response. A Synthesis". in Righting Humanity in Our Time

"An Integrated Approach to Urban Waste Management in a Developing Country: A Case Study of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana" in British Journal of Applied Science & Technology

BlackLife: Post- BLM and the Struggle for Freedom

What does it mean in the era of Black Lives Matter to continue to ignore and deny the violence that is the foundation of the Canadian nation state? BlackLife discloses the ongoing destruction of Black people as enacted not simply by state structures, but beneath them in the foundational modernist ideology that underlies thinking around […]

"The Body and Performance in 1970s Jamaica: Toward a Decolonial Cultural Method" in Small Axe 23 (1), 150-168

This essay discusses decolonization, performance, and education in the 1970s in Jamaica and argues that embodied performances of humans existing at the margins of power are both compelling as and productive of new forms of knowledge because they teach us to challenge enduring colonial representations and create community in profound ways. Drawing on Sylvia Wynter’s […]

"The Ghost of Mikey Smith: Space, Performance and Justice" in Caribbean Quarterly 63 (2-3)

Caribbean quarterly, 2017-07-03, Vol.63 (2-3), p.271-290Description In what follows I ask what Mikey Smith's death performs?I use the term performance here not to describe a theatrical production but rather to explore the ways in which public actions can become statements about power. What does the scenario of Mikey's death on an open road in public […]