AAMUSTED Knowledge Manager

Welcome to the AAMUSTED Knowledge Manager (Institutional Repository), an open access digital archive of scholarly intellectual and research outputs of AAMUSTED. The Knowledge Manager contains and preserves: Theses and Dissertations; Research Articles and Conference Papers; Rare and Special Materials and many other Digital Assets of the University.

Click on the link to visit our Library website for more services: AAMUSTED Library.

Discover

Communities in AAMUSTED Knowledge Manager

Select a community to browse its collections.

Recent Submissions

  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access ,
    African migrants in Japan: Social capital and economic integration
    (Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 2015) Agyeman, Akwasi Edmond
    This study examines the strategies that African migrants in Japan adopt to build networks and utilize the social capital derived from the networks to achieve socio-economic integration and mobility in Japanese society. It is based on a field study conducted within the Tokyo metropolitan area in 2012. The study shows that in spite of racial prejudice, the African migrants in Japan build and draw heavily on bridging and linking social networks to promote economic integration. They develop these cross-cultural networks and capital through intermarriage with Japanese women, friendship and business ties with African Americans, Japanese youth and Japans business community. For some migrants, their high educational background facilitated their economic integration in Japanese society.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access ,
    Between the Imagined and the Reality: Threat of African Invasion and Spain’s Migration Policy in sub-Saharan Africa
    (AHMR African Human Mobilty Review, 2020-12-03) Agyeman, Akwasi Edmond
    The paper examines Spain’s migration policy aimed at controlling sub-Saharan Afri can immigration. It is based on analysis of policy documents, migration statistics and secondary literature. The paper shows that current migratory trends and statistics do not support the perception that sub-Saharan African migrants are invading Spain. The paper shows that Spain’s policy of walling itself off the African continent is borne out of an imaginary threat and Spain’s role as a gatekeeper for Western Europe’s southern borders. It further argues that Spain’s restrictive policies ignore the long-standing inter dependent trade and other economic networks that exist between Spain, North Africa and West Africa, which predate the European colonization of Africa.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access ,
    Dimensions of University Governance and Community Relations in Ghana
    (Africa Development, 2021) Agyeman, Akwasi Edmond; Tamanja, M. J. Emmanuel; Bingab, B. B. Bernard
    This article examines the dimensions of university governance and community relations among five public universities in Ghana. It focuses on how the universities exercise their corporate social responsibility within the communities where they are located. Place building theory was used for analysis. Key informant interviews were conducted within the research areas. Findings from the study show that there are agitations from the universities’ host communities demanding greater social responsibility and engagement. However, whereas some of the universities have developed an interdependent orientation, others have adopted an independent perspective with respect to their surrounding communities. The article recommends that a multi stakeholder approach involving the universities, surrounding communities, government institutions and other third sector organisations is required to address the developmental needs of the communities.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access ,
    University–Community Relations in Ghana: Traditional Authority as a Stakeholder1
    (Africa Developmen, 2020) Agyeman, A. Edmond; Tamanja, M. J. Emmanuel; Bingab, B. B. Bernard
    This article examines the levels and forms of engagement between universities in Ghana and traditional authority. The article is based on an in-depth study of five public universities and their neighbouring communities. Stakeholder theory was used for analysis. Findings from the study indicate that there is a growing awareness among public universities in Ghana of the need to engage the traditional authority of their immediate surrounding communities to enhance university–community relations and coexistence, in order to address the socio-economic and developmental aspirations of the communities and to help achieve the institutional goals of the universities. However, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) appears to have a more comprehensive engagement model than the others.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access ,
    Relation Between Religious Perspectives and Views on Sickle Cell Disease Research and Associated Public Health Interventions in Ghana
    (ORIGINAL ARTICLE, 2019) Dennis‐Antwi, A. Jemima; Ohene‐Frempong, Kwaku; Anie, A. Kofi; Dzikunu, Helen; Agyare, A. Veronica; Boadu, Okyere Richard; Antwi, Sarfo Joseph; Asafo, K. Mabel; Anim‐Boamah, Oboshie; Asubonteng,K. Augustine; Agyei, Solomon; Wonkam, Ambroise; Treadwell, J. Marsha
    Sickle cell disease (SCD) is highly prevalent in Africa with a significant public health burden for under‐resourced countries. We employed qualitative research methods to understand the ethical, legal, and social implications of conducting genomic research in SCD under the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) initiative. The present study focused on religious and cultural aspects of SCD with the view to iden‐ tifying beliefs and attitudes relevant to public health interventions in Ghana. Thematic analyses from individual and group interviews revealed six key areas of importance, namely, reliance on a supreme being; religion as a disruptive influence on health be‐ haviors; role of religious leaders in information sharing and decision‐making; social, religious, and customary norms; health and religious/supernatural beliefs; and need for social education and support through church and community. Findings suggest that public health programs in Ghana should not only aim at increasing knowledge and awareness about SCD and its management but also create an understanding of the relevance of genomics and alternative technological advancement to diagnosis and ethical decision‐making around available options for health seeking. Future re‐ search should engage communities to help address the ethical and social implications of a persuasive religious influence on SCD‐related health decisions.