Meet Martin Amidu’s Elder Brother, Prof. Assibi Apatewon Amidu

Meet Martin Amidu’s Elder Brother, Prof. Assibi Apatewon Amidu

His existence may probably be unknown to most Ghanaians but he exists. Meet Professor Emeritus Assibi Apatewon Amidu, a senior biological brother of Ghana’s former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu who is equally an intellectual and has capped for himself many feats in academia?

Though he is not as popular as his junior brother despite flourishing in his career as an academic, he had a significant part of his education in Ghana.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in French and Swahili from the University of Ghana in 1973.

He was later enrolled into the SOAS University of London where he did his Masters in African language (Swahili language and literature) in the year 1976.

After graduating, he obtained a Ph.D. in Swahili in 1980.

From 1980 to 2018, Professor Emeritus Amidu worked as a lecturer of Kiswahili/Swahili at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s Department of Language and Literature.

He is currently doing only research work.