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Publications

Academic Work & Research Output

Peer-reviewed articles, conference papers, working papers, and other scholarly output. Work is ongoing — this page is updated as new research is published.

Book Chapters

Book Chapter · In Preparation

The Researcher as Ceremony: Decolonising the Self Before Method

In R. Datta, J. Kayira, J. Chapola & T. Starlight (Eds.), Decolonising Research: A Ceremonial and Transformative Student–Teacher Unlearning and Relearning Journey
Bloomsbury Publishing · 2025

A chapter exploring what it means to decolonise not just research method but the researcher themselves, arguing that genuine decolonial research begins with the unlearning of colonial epistemic habits before any method is applied.

Journal Articles

Journal Article · Under Review

"Dziku" and the Death of the Heart: Language, Emotion, and the Onto-Epistemic Turn in African Thought and "Levity"

Amuzu, D., & Cobbinah, C.
Journal of Language and Intercultural Communication · 2025

A co-authored article examining the Ewe concept of dziku as a site of onto-epistemic inquiry, exploring how African language and emotional concepts can reorient scholarship toward non-Western frameworks of knowledge and being.

Opinion & Commentary

Opinion Piece

Beyond GTEC's Crackdown, Here's What Ghana's Title Fraud Reveals

Cobbinah, C.
Asetena Pa · 29 November 2025

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Opinion Piece

Ghana Needs to Appreciate the Unique Place of the NSMQ

Cobbinah, C.
Asetena Pa · 17 September 2024

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Conference Papers

Conference Paper

ESD Outside ESD: Possibilities Through a Decolonial Lens

43rd Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa Conference (EEASA)
Cape Town, South Africa · September 2025

Conference Paper

Decolonising GLAMs and the Curriculum

DeCoGLAM Community of Practice Launch Conference
University of Strathclyde, Scotland · May 2025

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