African American Studies Department

Yakubu Saaka

Contact Information

E-mail: yakubu.saaka@oberlin.edu
Phone: (440) 775-8590
Office:
Rice Hall 208
10 North Professor Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Professor of African American Studies

Educational Background
Professor Saaka has taught at Oberlin College since 1972. He was educated at the University of Ghana where he took his B.A. in Political Science (1970) and M.A. in African Studies (1972). He received the Ph.D. in Political Science at Case Western Reserve University in 1976.

During an extended leave of absence from Oberlin (1979-1983), Mr. Saaka was elected a Member of Parliament in Ghana , and later appointed Deputy Foreign Minister. In this latter capacity, Mr. Saaka represented Ghana in several international bodies, including the United Nations where he was Ghana 's Chief Delegate to the General Assembly, and at the Organization of African Unity where he was the Vice-Chairman of the Liberation Committee in 1980.

Research Interests
Areas of Professor Saaka's main area of interest is Government and Politics of Africa. He is the author of Local Government and Political Change in Northern Ghana .

Current Research

Recent Publications and Awards