Brief Profile

Edwin Asa Adjei is a Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. He holds a PhD in African Studies from the University of Ghana. His research focuses on interrogating African literature, particularly African children and young adult literature (oral and written). Of particular interest to him is the manner in which literature and literary performances may both embody and act upon social constructions among cultures globally and especially in Africa.

Research Interest

Children and young adult literature (Oral and written) and Gender

Selected Publications

1. Kyere A. and Adjei E. A. (in press). (2023). A gendered view of the performance of Christian wedding ceremonies in Pentecostal/Charismatic churches in Accra. In S. Tonah. Marriage and Family in Ghana. (pp. 103-121). Accra: Woeli Publishing services. 
2. Adjei, E. A. and Akrofi Ansah, M. 2022. The storytelling tradition at Larteh, Ghana: Implications for Language vitality. European Journal of Language and Culture Studies. Volume 1. Issue 5. PP. 23-32
3. Adjei, E. A. 2018. Men in the Land of Promise-Immigration and Challenges to Masculinity in M.G.Vassanji’s No New Land. In Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies. Volume 12. Issue 1. September 2018. PP. 203-214
4. Adomako Ampofo, A., Adjei, E. A., Brobbey, K. M., 2015. Feminisms and Acculturation around the Globe. In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 8. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 905–911.