Kwesi Kwaa Prah

Kwesi Kwaa Prah (born 1942, Kumasi) is an author, public speaker, and a Sociology professor, He has also published many articles revolving around the topics of Africa's history and what is to come in Africa's future, as well as speaking and writing on issues such as the education system and social reforms. He is vocal about the race issues in society, speaking publicly and challenging government actions.

Career Prah has worked at a number of universities across Africa, Europe, and Asia. In Germany, he got his first teaching job at Heidelberg University.

He makes an appearance in the 2010 documentary film Motherland by Owen 'Alik Shahadah.

Prah chaired the convening committee of the eighth Pan-African Congress that was held in South Africa in 2014.

Publications Prah is a published author of books and articles that discuss African emancipation, Pan-Africanism, race, oppression, and politics. His most noted papers include Challenges to the Promotion of Indigenous Languages in South Africa, Reflections on the Annals of Neocolonialism, and Realities of African Governance and the Relevance of Higher Education; Problems and Prospects. His papers regard what Africa has gone through over the years in its transformation. They also address what struggles the continent has faced and may face in the future.

Along with writing papers, he has had many speeches and books about that address similar topics as his papers but in more depth. His books include Beyond the Colour Line (1997), Between Distinction and Extinction (1998), and Africa in Transformation Vol. 1 (2000). He has written about 30 books for his organization CASAS.

Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society In 1997 Prah founded the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Studies (CASAS), the main focus of which is the economic, social, cultural, and political aspects that have led to the current development of Africa. CASAS focuses on African cultural issues and how they relate to Africa's development, which is not commonly found in other African research groups.

CASAS employs experts in the field of African Society and the majority of their hires come from African institutions. 2011: D.Litt. Honorary Degree by the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados 2012: CL Engelbrecht Prize by Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns

Selected bibliography (Editor, with Ghaffar Mohammed Ahmed) Africa in Transformation, Vols 1 and 2, 2000, 2001 Report on the Seventh Nigerian Economic Summit 2000, Spectrum Books, 2002. Beyond The Colour Line: Pan Africanist Disputations: Selected Sketches, Letters, Papers And Reviews, Africa Research and Publications, 1997, (Editor) Between Distinction and Extinction: Harmonisation and Standardisation of African Languages, Witwatersrand University Press Publications, 1998, Jacobus Eliza Johannes Capitein: A Critical Study of an 18th Century African, Africa Research and Publications, 1992,