Mr. Richard Awubomu is an Assistant Lecturer in Department of General and Liberal Studies, School of Basic and Biomedical Sciences of University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ho, Ghana; where he teaches Introduction to Ghanaian and African Studies. He is coordinator of African Studies, Research and Seminar at the Department of General and Liberal Studies, UHAS.
EDUCATION
He was educated at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana where he obtained a B.A degree in African Studies in 2010. He pursued further studies at University of Ghana where he obtained a Master of Philosophy degree in African Studies in 2013. Awubomu is currently a PhD candidate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana with special interest in Shrines and Healing in Kete Krachi. He combines historical and anthropological approaches in his research investigations.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Mr. Awubomu served as a Graduate Assistant and later Teaching Assistant for three years at the Institute of African Studies, University og Ghana. During this time, he participated in the teaching of Introduction to African Studies; Chieftaincy and Development, and Culture and Development options to Level 200 students of the University of Ghana from 2013-2016.
RESEARCH OUTPUT
Mr. Richard Awubomu’s cross-cutting researches focus on traditional healthcare systems, environment, education and female cults. He has respectively conducted research into African belief systems and the environment and traditional societies and health delivery practices from historical and contemporary perspectives.Mr. Awubomu has also conducted research into conflicts in Northern Ghana and land /earth priests and traditional leadership in the region. He has deeply researched traditional educational scheme and women’s empowerment through a female cult in Northern Ghana. Subsequently, he took part in a research on Women cults in Northern Ghana, a project funded by University of London. He further participated and presented papers in Seminars and International conferences in Ghana and Nigeria.