A working library for an Africa-rooted university.

The Heritage of the Volta Region

Kofi Asante · 2018

A survey of the social, political and cultural history of the Volta Region from the precolonial period to the present.

Spoken Word Traditions of Ghana

Ama Serwaa · 2020

Field recordings of oral poetry, praise singing and storytelling traditions across southern Ghana.

Introduction to West African Law

Dr Yaw Mensah · 2019

A foundational text on the legal systems of West Africa, covering customary law, colonial inheritance and modern statute.

Founders' Papers: Volume I

Southshore University Archive · 2015

Correspondence, memoranda and addresses of the founding faculty, 1965–1975. Restricted to reading-room use.

Pan-African Thought: A Reader

ed. Efua Owusu · 2021

An edited collection of primary texts in Pan-African political and philosophical thought, with editorial introductions.

Coastal Ecosystems of West Africa

K. Boateng · 2022

A special issue gathering research on mangrove ecology, fisheries and coastal erosion along the Gulf of Guinea.

Essays on Ghanaian Economic History

Various authors · 2010

A bound collection of postgraduate theses on colonial and post-independence economic history held in the reference section.

Lectures on Akan Philosophy

Prof. N. Osei · 2017

Recorded lecture series introducing Akan conceptions of personhood, community and moral life.

The Southshore Chronicle, 1965–2000

Southshore University Archive · 2001

The compiled university chronicle, documenting events, appointments and student life across four decades.

Contemporary Ghanaian Poetry

ed. A. Mensima · 2023

An anthology of new poetry from across Ghana, with notes on each contributor and suggestions for further reading.