Robert Yaw Addo Fening (born 1935) is a Ghanaian historian who has made major contributions in documenting the history of Akyem Abuakwa and of Ghana.
In his second year at his teaching post, he enrolled with Wolsey Hall, Oxford for the General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) received in 1957.
He dealt with history pertaining to modern Ghana and in particular a section within it, the Akyem people and their traditional method of governance.
He detailed the lives of its rulers especially Nana Sir Ofori Atta 1, King of Akyem Abuakwa and the development and politics found within the states of Akyem[8] He rose through the ranks to be a professor of history at the University of Ghana in 1994 and head of the history department at the university the following year.
The relaunch was performed by the President of the Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in a ceremony chaired by the Okyenhene, Amoatia Ofori-Panin II.
[3] He was a member of the Economic Committee of the Akyem Abuakwa Development Society which was under the chairmanship of William Ofori-Atta.