• Department of History, Texas A&M University TAMU 4236 Office: 106 A, Glasscock (History) Building College Station TX77843-4236USA 30.617287-96.338564
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• Email: yarak@tamu.edu
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Specialty:

Africa, Comparative History of Slavery, World

Biography:

I'm a historian of Africa. My research focuses on the Akan peoples of nineteenth-century Ghana (or, as it was known then, the Gold Coast). I am the founding editor of Ghana Studies, the journal of the Ghana Studies Council.

Here at Texas A&M I usually offer two courses surveying African history and a course on South Africa every year, and occasionally a course on World History since 1500, a seminar on Slavery in World History, or some other topic that I feel would interest students. For additional information, click on the personal home page link above.