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Nah Dove (born in the 1940s) is an author, teacher, and expert in African-American studies. She has lived in many countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Canada, and the UK. Today, she is a professor at Temple University in Philadelphia, USA.

Her book Afrikan Mothers: Bearers of Culture, Makers of Social Change was published in 1998. She has also written other books like The Afrocentric School [a blueprint] (2021) and Being Human Being: Transforming the Race Discourse (2021). She also contributed to the book New Daughters of Africa in 2019.

About Nah Dove

Nah Dove was born to a Ghanaian father and an English mother. She spent her early years in West Africa. Later, her family moved to Britain. She once said that she found England "hostile" and felt like she didn't fit in. She even said she "really hated school" there.

When she was in her early twenties, she got married and became a mother. After a second marriage ended, she successfully raised six children by herself. She is very proud to be a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

Her Education Journey

At age 40, Nah Dove decided to go back to school. She earned a degree from the Polytechnic of North London. In 1990, she received a scholarship to study for her master's degree in sociology at the Institute of Education. Her studies focused on the education of Black children.

A civil rights activist named Ida Mae Holland encouraged Nah Dove to continue her studies in the United States. Nah Dove focused her research on African culture, women, and education. She earned her PhD in American studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo).

After getting her PhD, she became a professor at SUNY Buffalo. She also taught at Temple University and Penn State University in Pennsylvania. Later, she moved to teach at Medgar Evers Community University in New York.

Her Important Book: Afrikan Mothers

Her 1998 book, Afrikan Mothers: Bearers of Culture, Makers of Social Change, is very important. It talks about how African women have worked to challenge and resist difficult situations, especially related to racism and schooling. The book is seen as a valuable resource for anyone studying African cultures, women's roles, and education.

In 1999, Afrikan Mothers was chosen as the Best Scholarly Book by the Association of Nubian Kemetic Heritage in the United States. Nah Dove has also written many articles and chapters for other books. Her aunt, Mabel Dove-Danquah, was also a writer and was featured in an earlier book called Daughters of Africa (1992).

In 2019, Nah Dove joined the teaching staff at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is an assistant professor in the department of Africology and African American studies there.

Selected Writings

Books

• Afrikan Mothers: Bearers of Culture, Makers of Social Change, State University of New York Press, 1998, ISBN: 978-0791438817.
• The Afrocentric School [a blueprint], Universal Write Publications, 2021, ISBN: 9781942774051.
• Being Human Being: Transforming the Race Discourse, Universal Write Publications, 2021, ISBN: 978-1942774099.

Book Contributions

• 2019: "Race and Sex, Growing up in the UK". In Busby, M. (ed.), New Daughters of Africa: An international anthology of writing by women of African descent, 2019.

Journal Articles

• "Education and Culture: The Crisis of the African Intellectual", Urban Education, Vol. 31, Issue 4, 1 November 1996.
• "African Womanism: An Afrocentric Theory", Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 28, Issue 5, May 1998.
• "Defining a Mother-Centered Matrix to Analyze the Status of Women", Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 33, Issue 1, 1 September 2002.
• "A Return to Traditional Health Care Practices: A Ghanaian Study", Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 40, No. 5 (May 2010).