Kwabena Sarfo-Panin

Kwabena Sarfo-Panin is a PhD candidate in the Religion and Society department. He first earned a BA in Religion from Earlham College. Afterwards, he proceeded to obtain a Master of Arts in Religion (MAR) from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. At Princeton Seminary, Kwabena studies both 'African Indigenous Religions' and 'African Literature,' asking how the latter informs, expands and challenges our understandings of the former. He has a particular interest in the 'theory of social change' outlined in the writings of novelist and essayist, Ayi Kwei Armah.

Dissertation:
'What Might Yet Live: African Religious Thought and Social Change in Ayi Kwei Armah's Essays.'

Committee:
Mark Taylor (Chair)
Keri Day
Greg Thomas (Tufts)