{"id":467921,"date":"2018-02-27T04:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/2018-jb-danquah-lecture-launched-focuses-on-women\/"},"modified":"2018-02-27T04:00:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T04:00:34","slug":"2018-jb-danquah-lecture-launched-focuses-on-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/2018-jb-danquah-lecture-launched-focuses-on-women\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 JB Danquah lecture launched; focuses on women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 27 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-27<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/87829728.295.jpg\" alt=\"Perbi Memorial\" title=\"Perbi Memorial\" width=\"295\" height=\"168\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Professor Akosua Adoma Perbi speaking at the launch of the this year&#8217;s JB Danquah lecture<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519704034_430_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> This year\u2019s edition of JB Danquah memorial lecture has been launched at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Science (GAAS) in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The three day event which commenced on Monday, 26th February is on the theme \u2018Women in history: the case of Ghana \u2013 pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>With a focus on women, this year\u2019s speaker, Professor Akosua Adoma Perbi, author of \u2018A History of Indigenous Slavery in Ghana from the 15th to the 19th Century\u2019 is expected to bring into focus, the significant role of women in society.<\/p>\n<p>In her opening lecture, the professor of history touched on the role of women in precolonial times saying \u201cgoing through the pages of world history, it is significant to observe contributions women have made to their societies to modern times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second lecture, according to Professor Perbi, will be used to assess the impact of colonialism on the roles of women.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s lecture will be concluded by highlighting roles, \u201cillustrating examples in our history and ending with the caption \u2018we have always been visible \u2013 voices of Ghanaian women, through time and space\u2019\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n<p>This is considered a significant lecture, especially at a time when the intensity feminism has led a lot of Ghanaian women to question their roles in society.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Aba Bentil Andam, President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Science, will chair this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>Schools present at the opening day of this year\u2019s series included the Presbyterian Boys\u2019 Secondary School, Accra girls\u2019 Senior High School and Kaneshie Wesley Girls\u2019 senior high school.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/ypELVoQs-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 updated by: 49 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() 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JB Danquah memorial lecture has been launched at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Science (GAAS) in Accra. 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