Alina Lapushkina

Alina Lapushkina is research fellow, social anthropologist, africanist, history consultant of the traditional Avatime people Council (Volta region, Ghana), author of the first book about the historical dynamic of the Avatime culture. Graduated from Russian State University for the humanities in 2014, obtained a doctoral degree (PhD) in the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2023. Organized field work in Ghana, Uganda, Moldova and Russia (Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region); took part in international conferences as a participant and head of the panels: ASAUK (Cambridge), EASA "New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe" (Lisbon), "Identities" (Texas); ECAS "Africa: Connections and Disruptions" (Edinburgh), AFSAAP (Perth, Western Australia), ASAI (Pavia) and others.

The project

Title: Childhood culture and maternity in French Togoland: transformation and adaptation of authentic practices in XIX – XX cc.

Selection of publications

• (Monograph) Lapushkina A. CHILDHOOD CULTURE of the Avatime people (Ghana, West Africa). Transformation of Socialization practices in 1870s – 1957. Institute for African Studies: Moscow, 2023. 209 p.
• Lapushkina A.O. Raising a child in West Africa (Avatime people, Ghana) // Stratum Plus. 2023. No. 6. P. 73-85.
• Lapushkina A.O. History of the central part of the Volta region (Ghana) 1870–1914: European traders, Christian missions, and features of German colonial rule // Vostok (Oriens). 2023. No 6. P. 91–103.
• Lapushkina A.O. Transformation of Traditional Culture: The Role of the Avatime Initiation Rite in Modern Times // Social Evolution & History. 2020. Vol. 19. No 1. P. 72– 91.
• Lapushkina A.O. Evangelists from Avatime (Ghana): the first Christian community and its acquaintance with the “German flag” (1868–1895) // East. Afro-Asian societies: history and modernity. 2022. No. 3. P. 148–159.
•  Lapushkina A.O. History of Kusakokor (Ghana): from the tradition of the Avatime ancestors to the practice of the 21st century // Asia and Africa today. 2020. No. 2. P. 70–75.
• Lapushkina A.O. Through the prism of the traditions of the Avatime people (Ghana): from childhood to adulthood // Stratum Plus. 2019. No. 6. P. 381–393.