We're excited to share that Dr. Nana Osei-Opare, an esteemed historian, is now part of Rice University's History Department and Center for African and African American Studies as an Assistant Professor in African History.

Nana Osei-Opare was an Andrew Mellon Fellow for Assistant Professors at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton (2022-2023), and will be a 2023-2024 fellow at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

His research covers various aspects, including Ghanaian and African history, Marxist-Leninism and socialism, labor and social history, global Black political and intellectual thought, and Africa-Soviet relations. His forthcoming book manuscript, "Socialist De-Colony: Black & Soviet Entanglements in Ghana’s Decolonization and Cold War Projects," reimagines Ghana's unique decolonization efforts within socialist and Marxist debates.

Dr. Osei-Opare's dedication extends to teaching and mentoring students, supported by teaching awards at UCLA and Fordham University. We congratulate him on this achievement and look forward to his contributions.

For more, follow him on Twitter at @NanaOseiOpare.