Roland Mireku

Academic Year: 
2020-21
Direction: 
To Yale
Exchange Partners: 
University of Ghana
Project Title: 
Self-Determination, Secession Conflicts And Stability In Post-Independence Africa: A Focus On The Anglophone Crisis In Cameroon.

Roland Yeboah Mireku is a doctoral candidate in International Affairs from the University of Ghana. He specializes in Africa’s international relations, the global Black struggles of the 21st Century. He is currently interested in the global campaign of groups to clamor for independence away from parent states in the name of the right of self-determination. Specifically, he is concerned with how state stability and internal demands of disenchanted groups within states could be addressed without degenerating into secessionist conflicts. His focus is on the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon, the colonial origins of the crisis, and implications for similar simmering cases on the African continent. His study straddles state formation, international law and political stability. He holds M.Phil. in African Studies (History and Politics) and a M.A. in International Affairs from the Institute of African Studies and the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD) respectively, from the University of Ghana.