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Dr. Edmund Abaka is a scholar and a documentary-style photographer who has exhibited his work in libraries and galleries in Miami. Dr. Abaka earned his PhD in African History from York University, Canada. A professor in the Department of History, University of Miami, Dr. Abaka teaches the general African history survey classes (History of Africa to 1800 and Africa Since 1800), and specialized courses such as Africa and Cuba (Africa in Cuba/Cuba in Africa), Southern Africa to Nelson Mandela, the African Diaspora in South Florida and Pan-Africanism: Africa, North America and the Caribbean. His graduate classes include Pre-colonial Africa (to I800), European Expansion in Africa or Colonialism and Imperialism (1884-1945), the African Diaspora, Slavery in Africa or Slavery and Emancipation and African Historiography.
Dr. Abaka’s research interests cover commodities and trade in West Africa, Sites of Historical Memory in Africa and the Diaspora, Migration, Identity and Citizenship, as well as Students and Popular Political Protest in Ghana.
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