Jonathan Okoe
My Portfolio
A curated collection of my academic work, research contributions, and professional engagements, reflecting my commitment to knowledge, impact, and continuous growth.
Publications
Books
Falola, Toyin, and Jonathan Okoe. A Social History of Ghana. Lehigh University Press—Under Review
Okoe, Jonathan (Contributor), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Black British Writing. Volume 1 (1723-1914). Bloomsbury Publishing—Entries Submitted
Articles
Okoe, Jonathan. “Healing and the State: Medical Authority and Indirect Rule in Colonial Asante, 1920s-1957”—Writing Stage
Okoe, Jonathan, and Samuel Adu-Gyamfi. “Healing and Colonialism: Gender, Medicine, and Domestic Governance in Colonial Ghana, c.1920s–1957”—Writing Stage
Okoe, Jonathan, and Yahaya Halidu. “Constructing Madness: Media Narratives and Public Understandings of Mental Illness in Contemporary Ghana, c. 2000–2025.” Journal of Academic History and Idea 13 no. 3 (2026): 1–14
Okoe, Jonathan, and Yahaya Halidu. “Highway Infrastructure Politics: Cold War Power, Culture, and the US Interstate Highway Abroad.” International Journal of Social and Humanities Sciences Research 12, no. 126 (2025): 2569–2576
Okoe, Jonathan, and Yahaya Halidu. “Negotiating Mental Health and Colonial Power: Land, Resistance, and Infrastructure in Gold Coast, 1919–1957.” Acta Globalis Humanitatis et Linguarum 2, no. 2 (2025): 186–193
Book Reviews
Okoe, Jonathan. “Review of Floating Power: Energy, Infrastructure, and South-South Relations, by Gökçe Günel.” African Studies Quarterly—Sequenced
Okoe, Jonathan. “Review of Preparing the Modern Meal: Urban Capitalism and Working-Class Food in Kenya’s Port City, by Devin Smart.” African Studies Review—Sequenced
Okoe, Jonathan. “Review of Medicines that Feed Us: Plants, Healing, and Sovereignty in a Toxic World, by Stacy A. Langwick.” African Studies Quarterly 24, No. 2(April 2026):52-53
Okoe, Jonathan. “Review of African Pharmakon: The Asylum as Shrine from Slavery to the Return, by Nana Quarshie Osei.” Acta Globalis Humanitatis et Linguarum, 3 no.1 (2026):273-275
Okoe, Jonathan. “Review of An Archive of Possibilities: Healing and Repair in Democratic Republic of Congo, by Rachel Marie Niehuus.” African Studies Quarterly 24, no. 1 (March 2026): 93–94.
Conference Papers
Okoe, Jonathan. “Madness and Mobility: Migration, Labor, and Mental Illness in Colonial Asante, c.1920-1940.” 2026 Paper to be presented on the panel, Health, Healing and Disability, at the 69th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA), Rupture and Remake: African Possibilities in a Shifting World, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2026
Okoe, Jonathan. “Constructing Madness: Media Narratives and Public Understandings of Mental Illness in Contemporary Ghana, c. 2000–2025.” Paper to be presented on the panel “Health and Healing” at the Ghana Studies Association 2026 Triennial Conference, Ghana in Uncertain Times, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumase, Ghana, July 2026
Okoe, Jonathan. “Madness and Mobility: Migration, Labor, and Mental Illness in Colonial Asante, c.1920-1940.” Paper presented on the panel “Migrant Labor, Sacrifice, & (Under)Development” at the 25th Annual African Conference, Movements, Migration, Labor, and Displacements in Africa and the African Diaspora, University of Texas at Austin, April 2026
Okoe, Jonathan. “Healing and Authority: The Regulation of Indigenous Medicine in Colonial Asante, 1934–1957.” Paper presented on the panel Beyond Binaries: Reimagining Medicine, Knowledge, and Healing in African Contexts, at the 68th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA), Crossing Boundaries and Recovering Intellectual Traditions, Atlanta, GA, November 2025
Okoe, Jonathan. “Ayaresa: The Licensure of Native Physicians in Kumase and Greater Asante during the Colonial Period, 1934–1957.” Paper presented on the panel “Medical Professionals and Practices” at the 24th Annual African Conference, Health and Illnesses in Africa and the African Diaspora, University of Texas at Austin, March 2025
Courses Taught
Fall 2025: HIS 315K: THE UNITED STATES I, 1492-1865
Spring 2026: HIS 317L: HISTORY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Summer 2026: HIS 315K: THE UNITED STATES I, 1492-1865