[6] He has worked in a number of universities in Africa, Europe and Asia, researching and teaching Sociology and Anthropology.
Prah was born in Ghana, and grew up there until the age of 18, when in the early 1960s he went to Leiden University in the Netherlands to study sociology.
[3] He was head of the Social Science Interface Research Unit of the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology in Kenya.
[3] In 1985, Prah moved to the Institute of Southern African Studies in the National University of Lesotho, where he became a professor and conducted research.
[8] Prah chaired the convening committee of the eighth Pan-African Congress that was held in South Africa in 2014.
[9] Prah is a published author of books and articles that discuss African emancipation, Pan-Africanism, race, oppression, and politics.
His most noted papers include Challenges to the Promotion of Indigenous Languages in South Africa, Reflections on the Annals of Neocolonialism, and Realities of African Governance and the Relevance of Higher Education; Problems and Prospects.