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Wazi Apoh

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF ARTS
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE STUDIES
ArchaeologyDevelopment AnthropologyForensic ArchaeologyArchaeology of SlaveryArchaeology of German Colonization
Publications

59

Citations

451

H-index

12

i10-index

16

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
7.6
Most cited paper
40
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 09:10
Publications

59 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Ruins, relics and research: Lasting evidence and perceptible consequences of the Prussian and German colonial past in Ghana
W Apoh
2016 Deutscher Kolonialismus: Fragmente seiner Geschichte und Gegenwart, 92-99, 2016 Humanities 5
Assessing the Bui Dam salvage archaeology project and cultural heritage of impact communities
DAM Abrampah, W Apoh, K Gavua, MH Freeman, S Amartey, ...
2015 EAZ–Ethnographisch-Archaeologische Zeitschrift 56 (1/2), 275-294, 2015 Humanities 5
Adevu and Chiwara rituals in West Africa compared to hunting rituals and rock art in South Africa
JF Thackeray, W Apoh, K Gavua
2014 South African Archaeological Bulletin 69 (199), 113-115, 2014 Humanities 5
Embroideries of imperialism: An archaeo-historical overview of Akwamu, Asante, German and British imperial hegemonies at Kpando, Ghana
W Apoh
2014 Current Perspectives in the Archaeology of Ghana, 2014 Humanities 5
An archaeology of Katamansu
W Apoh
2001 Unpublished M. Phil. Thesis, University of Ghana, 2001 Humanities 5
From Mabo to Obuasi: mining, heritage and customary law in Ghana and Western Australia
W Treasure, J Fardin, W Apoh, K Wissing
2016 Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law 34 (2), 191-211, 2016 Humanities 4
Preliminary Report on the 2019 Season of the Gonja Project, Ghana
D Genequand, W Apoh, K Gavua, M Canetti, L Champion, S Gyam, ...
1900 Humanities 4
Kpando, Volta Region, Ghana. Archaeology and› Shared Heritage‹ of German Colonialism in Former Togoland. Research in 2022 and 2023
C Kleinitz, W Apoh, EK Fiador, D Kurapkat, J Linstädter, K Loges, ...
2023 Humanities 3
Preliminary Report on the 2018 Season of the Gonja Project (Ghana, Northern Region)
D Genequand, W Apoh, K Gavua, S Gyam, I Hajdas, D Locatelli
2018 SLSA Jahresbericht, 2018 Humanities 3
KNUST SEG Geophysics Field Camp: A project to study slavery-related archaeology in West Africa
CD Boateng, DD Wemegah, W Apoh, VA Sarpong, JO Akingbade, ...
2024 The Leading Edge 43 (10), 676-681, 2024 Humanities 2
Kpando, Ghana. Investigating Townscapes and Soundscapes of the German Colonial Period: Building Archaeology,(Oral) Histories and Sound Studies in the Volta Region. Research in 2024
C Kleinitz, W Apoh, EK Fiador, C Hartl-Reiter, B Kleefeld, D Kurapkat, ...
2024 Humanities 2
Restitution of Art Objects: Bringing in African Perspectives
W Apoh, A Mehler
2018 TRAFO–Blog for Transregional Research 6, 2019, 2018 Humanities 2
History of archaeology in Ghana
W Apoh, S Amartey
2017 Humanities 2
Concise Anthropology: The Five-Field Approach
W Apoh
2010 Kendall/Hunt Publishers Ltd, 2010 Social Sciences 2
The Influence of James Anquandah on the Development and Practice of Eclectic Archaeology in Ghana
M Mustapha, W Apoh
2019 Ghana Studies 22 (1), 206-221, 2019 Humanities 1
Customary Law and Mining: Comparing the Interaction between the Two in Ghana and Western Australia, with a Focus on Heritage
W Apoh, J Fardin, W Treasure, K Wissing
2015 International Mining for Development Centre, 2015 Humanities 1
De-Silencing the History of German Colonialism in West Africa Through Archaeology: A Case Study of Kpando-Ghana
W Apoh
2013 ASA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, 2013 Humanities 1
Heritage as a Legacy of Slavery: Archaeological Engagements with Memory, Erasure, Territory, and Placemaking
TA Singleton, GO Hartemann, IP De Moraes Ewejimi, D Balanzátegui, ...
2026 Humanities 0
HVG-Positionspapier für die Therapiewissenschaften: Fachkommission Forschung im Hochschulverbunde Gesundheitsfachberufe (HVG)
A Pfingsten, M Bredehorst, J Leinweber, R Richter, B Vogel
2024 Fachkommission Forschung im Hochschulverbund Gesundheitsfachberufe (HVG) eV, 2024 Humanities 0
Investigating the ‘Shared Heritage’of German Colonial Period Buildings and Infrastructures in the Volta Region of Ghana
J Linstädter, W Apoh, EK Fiador, C Kleinitz, D Kurapkat, K Loges, ...
2024 ICOMOS–Hefte des Deutschen Nationalkomitees 84, 60-67, 2024 Humanities 0
KPANDO, VOLTA REGION, GHANA
C Kleinitz, W Apoh, EK Fiador, D Kurapkat, J Linstädter, K Loges, ...
2024 Humanities 0
Human-altered soils—Signatures of Anthrosols and their potential for arable lands
MO Asare, W Apoh, JO Afriyie, J Száková, DA Asrade
2023 Soil Ecology Letters 5 (3), 220164, 2023 Humanities 0
Stakeholder approaches to the handling and return of human remains to source communities
A Mehler, W Apoh, R Kößler
2023 Humanities 0
Vom Rande aus betrachtet. Das Humboldt-Forum und die Restitutionsdebatte
A Mehler, W Apoh
2021 Welttrends 2021 179, 54-58, 2021 Humanities 0
“We will not relocate until our ancestors and shrines come with us”: heritage and conflict management in the Bui Dam Project area, Ghana
Dam Project area, Ghana Wazi Apoh and Kodzo Gavua
2019 Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa: Decolonizing Practice, 218-237, 2019 Humanities 0