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Kesse\u2019s current book project, <em><span>Living with Water: Aqua-culture, Environment, and Slavery in West Africa<\/span>,<\/em> examines the social and environmental history of Nzulezo, the only stilt-house community on water in Ghana and one of the few in Africa with a history dating back to the seventeenth century. For over three centuries, the Nzulezo people have lived on the Amanzule River, sharing the water space with animals such as crocodiles, pythons, and fish, while enduring unfavorable phenomena like seasonal flooding and the Atlantic slave trade. Why did the Nzulezo choose to settle on water instead of land, and how does their story illustrate what it means to live <em>on<\/em> and <em>with<\/em> water over time? Kesse addresses these critical questions, showing how prolonged human interactions with bodies of water often resulted in complex relationships between culture and ecology, as well as humans and waterbodies. Nzulezo\u2019s story also deepens our understanding of the social and cultural meanings of water and human-animal relationships in precolonial West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this research, Kesse actively speaks and writes about the Atlantic slave trade and the sociopolitical history of West Africa, with a particular focus on Ghana. His first book, <em>Ethnic Factor in Ghanaian Politics: A Case Study of the Asawase Constituency<\/em>, published in 2013, explores the relationship between ethnicity and politics and how both impacted Ghana\u2019s political geography. 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He specializes in the histories of water and the environment, slavery and the slave trade, as well as the social and cultural history of West Africa. His research covers the last three hundred years, focusing on the intricate relationships between bodies of water and human societies in West Africa and how these connections have shaped the history of the region. Kesse\u2019s current book project, <em><span>Living with Water: Aqua-culture, Environment, and Slavery in West Africa<\/span>,<\/em> examines the social and environmental history of Nzulezo, the only stilt-house community on water in Ghana and one of the few in Africa with a history dating back to the seventeenth century. For over three centuries, the Nzulezo people have lived on the Amanzule River, sharing the water space with animals such as crocodiles, pythons, and fish, while enduring unfavorable phenomena like seasonal flooding and the Atlantic slave trade. Why did the Nzulezo choose to settle on water instead of land, and how does their story illustrate what it means to live <em>on<\/em> and <em>with<\/em> water over time? Kesse addresses these critical questions, showing how prolonged human interactions with bodies of water often resulted in complex relationships between culture and ecology, as well as humans and waterbodies. Nzulezo\u2019s story also deepens our understanding of the social and cultural meanings of water and human-animal relationships in precolonial West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this research, Kesse actively speaks and writes about the Atlantic slave trade and the sociopolitical history of West Africa, with a particular focus on Ghana. His first book, <em>Ethnic Factor in Ghanaian Politics: A Case Study of the Asawase Constituency<\/em>, published in 2013, explores the relationship between ethnicity and politics and how both impacted Ghana\u2019s political geography. 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