Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- At the inauguration ceremony of the Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies at the University of Ghana, Professor Ato Quayson discussed the curiosity that shaped his scholarly life, as well as issues of nationhood, environmental destruction, the diaspora, and African scholars' responsibility to society.

At the opening ceremony held on 21 October in the Great Hall of the University of Ghana, Professor Ato Quayson delivered his inaugural lecture, "Reflections on a Life of Scholarship Leavened with Random Curiosity." Beyond the story of a successful distinguished academic life, the lecture focused on developing intellectual curiosity, the complexity of studying society, and the need to generate new ideas capable of interp...