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Professor of English Vincent Odamtten gave the keynote speech on the occasion of Ghana's 51st Anniversary Celebration on March 15 at the Gordon Student Center, Onondaga Community College. The speech, "Ghana: Democracy and Sustainable Development – An African Example" was based on Odamtten's observations during his recent sabbatical in the West African country.

Broadening the Horizon: Critical Introductions to Amma Darko, edited by Professor of English Vincent O. Odamtten, has been published by Ayebia Clarke Publishing Limited, Banbury Oxfordshire, UK. This collection of essays from nearly a dozen respected academics and practitioners in the field brings a number of critical perspectives to focus on the work of Amma Darko, a 21st century Ghanaian writer.

Ama Ata Aidoo ranks as one of the most creative and prolific African writers. Her social and political vision of Ghana in particular and of Africa and the Third World in General addresses the needs of all oppressed peoples. Her writing describes exploitation in a way that demands a new and sophisticated understanding-both from Western readers and from Africa's educated elite-of the colonial attitudes that led to inequality and injustice. -University Press Of Florida