• Leir Lecture Series

    Spirituality and the Ethics of Conservation: The Collapse of Marine Fisheries in West Africa

    Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons – 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

    Presented byEmmanuel Akyeampong, PhDEllen Gurney Professor of History and of African and African American Studies, Harvard UniversityMinister for Worship and Formation, Harvard University Memorial Church In the 1960s, economist and anthropologist Polly Hill dubbed Ghanaians “Pan-African fisherman.” Ghanaian fishermen could be found all along the West African coast from the Gambia to the Niger Delta. […]