Contents

Dedication to Mwalimu Professor Dr. John Mukum Mbaku

Tribute Essay: John Mukum Mbaku: Kibinadamu, Mwalimu, Kiongozi na Mfikiri

Abdul Karim Bangura

Guest Editor’s Introduction

Walter W. Hill Jr.

Fragile Balances in a Changing Global Order: United States Foreign Policy and Ghana in the First Decade after Independence, 1957–1966 | pp. 1-18

Pietro Fasola

Understanding Afro-Latinos/as’ Housing Challenges: A Comprehensive Study of Gaining Homeownership in the United States | pp. 19-34

Isreal Mallard

Climate Justice Conversations in Loss and Damage Financing: What African Faith Actors Need to Know | pp. 35-51

Tinashe Gumbo

Global Diaspora and Local Ports: Maritime Transport, Trade Facilitation and Development | pp. 52-64

Ibe Calistus Chukwudi, Adebimpe Desire Fashina, Ikeogu C. Christopher, Christian C. Onyekwelu and Perpetua N. Asika 

Data-driven Industrial Upgrading in Africa with New Structural Economics | pp. 65-77

Samuel Kamau

Typesetter: Abdul Karim Bangura

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Assistant Editor: Amidu Kalokoh

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