Biography

About the author: Dr. E. Kofi Agorsah, (BA and MA in African Archaeology, University of Ghana; PhD in Archaeology, University of California - Los Angeles) served on the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board with the responsibility for the Volta Regional Museum, and the Historical Museum of Cape Coast, Ghana. He was Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, and the Edward Moulton Barrett Lecturer in Archeology at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He is currently a full Professor of Black Studies and International Studies, Chair of Black Studies, and Co-Chair of the Diversity Action Council at Portland State University, Oregon. He is Vice President of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, and a Board member of the African Burial Ground Project of New York.