ALBERT KAFUI WUAKU

ALBERT KAFUI WUAKU is an Ewe from southern Ghana in West Africa. Currently an associate professor and graduate program director in the religious studies department at Florida International University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Wuaku’s specialty is Indigenous religions of Africa and the African diaspora. He is the author of “Hindu Gods in West Africa” (Brill, 2013), and is working on a second book tentatively titled “Vodou Under Imperial Duress: Serving the Lwa in South Florida.” The book is based on ethnographic research he’s been conducting on Vodou in South Florida since 2013. Wuaku has also researched healing and religion in rural Ghana with two collaborators from Nova Southeastern University. His other ongoing research projects include changing notions of death and dying in Ghana, Buddhism in Ghana, and sports, religion, and spirituality in Ghana.