[1] In 1976, Akaba graduated from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
In 1981, Akaba defended her thesis entitled "The Colonial Policy of English Imperialism in Qatar" at the Institute of Oriental Studies.
[1] In 1989, Akaba became associate professor and moved back to Sukhumi, to work in the department of general history at the Abkhazian State University.
[2] In 1991, Akaba was elected to the Supreme Soviet of Abkhazia where she became Deputy Chairman of the committee for human rights and interethnic relations.
[1] Akaba has also headed the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights and the Association of Women of Abkhazia.