Ghana

Daniel Kumah is a doctoral student at the University of Toulouse II, Jean Jaures, France, and an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Legon. Since 2017, the site of Begho, located in Ghana, has been the focus of his research. Begho was a medieval site noted for its trade in gold, kola, and ivory with major city-states such as Jenne and Timbuktu in the middle Niger Bend area of West Africa during the Trans-Saharan Trade. Daniel’s research interests are in Iron Age societies, urbanization, Trans-Saharan archaeology, and museum and heritage studies.

Filmography

Begho (2021)