Nana Araba Apt (1942 – 2017)[1] was a Ghanaian author, educator and social worker.[2][3][4]

Nana Araba Apt
Personal details
Born
Agnes Eva Ashun
ChildrenRawia Liverpool (née Shalabi)

She co-founded a charity organization, College for Ama in 2005 to help rural girls in Ghana go to school.[5] She was the founding Dean of Academic Affairs at Ashesi University and a professor at University of Ghana before her death in 2017.[6][7][8]

Bibliography

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  • Coping with Old Age in a Changing Africa: Social Change and the Elderly Ghanaian (1996)[9][10]
  • Learning How to Play to Win (2007)
  • Positioning Ghana: Challenges and Innovations (2015)

References

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  1. ^ "TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR NANA ARABA APT (1942 - 2017) | Centre for Social Policy Studies". csps.ug.edu.gh. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  2. ^ Haffar, Anis (2017-03-27). "The heart and soul of a vibrant educator - In memory of Prof. Nana Araba Apt". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  3. ^ "CofA Foundation - Why a College for Ama?". cofa-foundation.org. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  4. ^ "Nana Araba Apt launches new book". GhanaWeb. 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  5. ^ "Prof Araba advise teachers to encourage girls to pursue maths/science". www.newsghana.com.gh. 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  6. ^ Douglass, Richard (July 2017). "Tribute to Prof. Nana Araba Apt". African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development. 17: 1–3.
  7. ^ "Prof Araba advise teachers to encourage girls to pursue maths/science". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  8. ^ Awuah, Patrick Jr. "A tribute to Professor Nana Araba Apt". www.ashesi.edu.gh. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  9. ^ van der Geest, J. D. M. (1997). "Coping with old age in a changing Africa: Social change and the elderly Ghanaian [Review of: N.A. Apt (1997) -]". Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie. 28.
  10. ^ Peil, Margaret (September 1996). "Nana Araba Apt, Coping with Old Age in a Changing Africa, Avebury, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1996, 163 pp., £32.50, ISBN 1 859 72024 2". Ageing & Society. 16 (5): 645–647. doi:10.1017/S0144686X00020390. ISSN 1469-1779. S2CID 164330876.