Traditional Institutions and Public Administration in Democratic Africa

Kwame Badu Antwi-Boasiako is an assistant professor at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He teaches classes focusing on public policy, introduction to public administration, and program evaluation in the MPA program. He also teaches introduction to American government and international relations. His primary fields of interest include traditional institutions and democracy in Africa, teaching public administration, terrorism, and diversity in the public sector. Okyere Bonna is the author of many books including American Presidents and the Making of the Presidency, Vocabulary Success, A New Agenda for Ghana: Building a Nation on Vision and Ideas, A New Agenda for Ghana, and Vocabulary Trailblazers (www.okyerebonna.com). As an educator, Bonna taught in the Union County Public School System in North Carolina and St. Nicholas of Tolentine (Catholic parochial school) in Bronx, New York. He holds an MBA and MSc. Ed. from the Franciscan (Catholic) University of Steubenville in Ohio. His undergraduate training is in political science and religions from the University of Ghana. He can be reached at bonna@hotmail.com. –This text refers to the paperback edition.