Esi Sutherland-Addy

Esi Sutherland-Addy
Born
Esi Reiter Sutherland

Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
EducationAchimota School
Occupation(s)Academic, writer, educationalist, and human rights activist
Organization(s)Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
Parent(s)Efua Sutherland and Bill Sutherland

Esi Sutherland-Addy is a Ghanaian academic, writer, educationalist, and human rights activist. She is a professor at the Institute of African Studies, where she has been senior research fellow, head of the Language, Literature, and Drama Section, and associate director of the African Humanities Institute Program at the University of Ghana. She is credited with more than 60 publications in the areas of education policy, higher education, female education, literature, theatre and culture,[1] and serves on numerous committees, boards and commissions locally and internationally.[2] She is the first daughter of writer and cultural activist Efua Sutherland.[3][4]

  1. ^ Akosah-Sarpong, Kofi (12 April 2012). "Integrating and Differentiating the Enlightenment Voices". Newstime Africa. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Esi Sutherland-Addy". nyu.edu. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  3. ^ "The Legacy of Efua Sutherland: Pan–African Cultural Activism". Ayebia Clarke Publishing. 10 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Why Efua Sutherland Park was named after my mother - Daughter speaks". GhanaWeb. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2023.