STAR Ghana Foundation lends its support to a public lecture on the theme: “Aki@80 - Celebrating a Life of Academic Excellence, Public Service, Thought Leadership and Activism” in honour of Professor Akilagpa Sawyerr (Aki) who turned 80 in March 2019. The celebration – hosted by the Third World Network and the Institute of Demographic Governance, is organized around three inter-linked themes that emerge from Aki’s life and work: Academic intellectual; Public Life/Service and Activism/Thought Leadership. The two-day celebration is scheduled for Thursday 5th and Friday 6th September 2019 at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in Accra, Ghana. Alongside the public lecture and series of presentations of papers is a photo exhibition that captures Aki’s life and work.
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