rachel ama asaa engmann


critical heritage scholar, practitioner and direct descendant

projects

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Principal Investigator

2014-present Slave Traders In the Family: The Archaeology of the Slave Trader in the Eighteenth Century Gold Coast (Ghana)

2005-present Hidden Palimpsests: Unraveling Nineteenth Century Islamic Talismans in Asante (Ghana)

Collaborative Research Projects

2026 artifact digitization with dr. tom keep (the getty, los angeles, us)

2024-2025 Artifact Analysis with Dr. Robert Parthesius and Dr Francesco Arneodo (Dhakira Center for Heritage Studies & Astroparticle Physics Lab, New York University, Abu Dhabi)

2017-2020 Critical Heritage and Human Rights with Dr. Raymond Atuguba (Dean & Professor, Law School, University of Ghana)

2017-2018 Marine Drive Salvage/Rescue Archaeology Project with Dr. Wazi Apoh (Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, University of Ghana)

2016 Svaniker Plantation Rescue/Salvage Archaeology Project with Dr. Daniel Kumah (Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, University of Ghana)

CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION PROJECTS

2024-2025 The Center Restoration Project