Professor Emeritus Ivor G. Wilks (19 July 1928 – 7 October 2014)[1][2] was a noted British Africanist and historian, specializing in Ghana.
Considered one of the founders of modern African historiography,[3] he was an authority on the Ashanti Empire in Ghana and the Welsh working-class movement in the 19th century.
At the time of his death, he was Professor Emeritus of History at Northwestern University in Illinois, USA.
His 1975 book Asante in the 19th Century remains both a classic and a standard text of Africanist scholarship.
Wilks was the author of 178 published works,[1] and is considered one of the founders of modern African historiography.