User:Ozonyiawiki/Gervais Lagoke Gnaka

Gervais Lagoke Gnaka is an US-based academic, historian, journalist, human rights advocate and political analyst. He is known for pan-Africanism and African Affairs.

Early Life and Education
Gnaka was born and raised in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. He had his early education in Ivory Coast and graduated with a B.A. in Spanish Language, Literature, and Latin American politics from the University of Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1989. He migrated to the United States (US) and in 2002 obtained an M.A. in Spanish Language, Literature, and European politics from Department of Modern Languages & Literature at Howard University, Washington, DC; and in 2009 received his PhD in African Development from the Department of African Studies at Howard University, Washington DC. Gnaka's doctoral dissertation was entitled: ''Discourse on Regional Economic Integration: Towards a Theory of Panafrican Authentic Development.

Career
Gnaka is an Assistant Professor of History at Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) and teaches African history and the Black American experiences. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Spanish Language at University of the District Columbia (UDC) and African History at Montgomery College. Gnaka makes regular appearances in mainstream media and TV stations - including Voice of America, Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, Russia Today, O Globo, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, TVC News,TRT World as well as Hispan TV - to analyse and discuss issues relating to Africa and African Americans. He is a polyglot and speaks six languages fluently including Spanish, English, and French He founded the Revival of Pan-Africanism Forum'