Editors’ Note

We are very grateful that our first year as editors of Ghana Studies has been eased by the efforts of Benjamin Talton and Wilhelmina Donkoh who organized the conference in Kumasi where many of the papers appearing here were first presented and who acted as guest editors for this special issue. We note with particular enthusiasm that this issue included a nearlyunprecedented number of contributions from Ghanaian scholars, a sign of the efforts that have been made towards connecting the Ghana Studies Association to the life of the Ghanaian academy. We hope the journal can become a vehicle for encouraging such interactions and collaborations between North America and Ghana. We are also happy to announce the appearance of what we believe to be the first ever book review in Ghana Studies, by GSC Past-President Dennis Laumann, and we would like to encourage those interested in reviewing titles for the journal to contact us. In addition to the guest editors, we would like to extend our thanks to Laetitia Walendom who served as both copy editor and editorial assistant. We look forward to our first year of full editorial duties with the 2015 issue.