Ghanaian author, educator, and social worker
Nana Araba Apt
Born Agnes Eva Ashun
Children Rawia Liverpool (née Shalabi)
Nana Araba Apt (1942 – 2017)[1] was a Ghanaian author, educator and social worker .[2] [3] [4]
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]
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)
^ "TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR NANA ARABA APT (1942 - 2017) | Centre for Social Policy Studies" . csps.ug.edu.gh . Retrieved 2019-01-07 .
^ 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 .
^ "CofA Foundation - Why a College for Ama?" . cofa-foundation.org . Retrieved 2018-11-11 .
^ "Nana Araba Apt launches new book" . GhanaWeb . 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2018-11-11 .
^ "Prof Araba advise teachers to encourage girls to pursue maths/science" . www.newsghana.com.gh . 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2018-11-11 .
^ Douglass, Richard (July 2017). "Tribute to Prof. Nana Araba Apt" . African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development . 17 : 1–3.
^ "Prof Araba advise teachers to encourage girls to pursue maths/science" . Graphic Online . Retrieved 2018-11-11 .
^ Awuah, Patrick Jr. "A tribute to Professor Nana Araba Apt" . www.ashesi.edu.gh . Retrieved 2018-11-11 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .