• Find a Program
• SIT Study Abroad Admissions
  • Apply Now
  • Choosing a Program
  • SIT Study Abroad Admissions Process
  • SIT Study Abroad Application Forms
  • Tracking Your Application
  • Enrollment Status
  • Program Dates
  • Credit Transfer
• Scholarships and Fees
  • Fees
  • Billing
  • Financial Aid
  • Scholarships
  • Other Funding Sources
• Experience Our Programs
  • Experience Our Programs Overview
  • Program Model
  • Program Schedule
  • Educational Excursions
  • Homestay Profiles
  • Coursework Highlights
  • Health, Safety, and Security
  • Student Services
• Academics
  • Academics Overview
  • Accreditation
  • SIT Study Abroad Faculty and Staff
  • Program Partners
  • Coursework
  • Undergraduate Research
  • Credit Transfer
• Admitted Students
  • Web Advisor
  • Predeparture Information
  • Confirmation Materials
  • Medical Review Process
  • Billing
  • Health, Safety, and Security
  • Alumni Mentors
• Alumni
  • Request a Transcript
  • Connect
  • Next Steps
  • Events and Announcements
• Parents
  • Parents Overview
  • Benefits of Study Abroad
  • About SIT/World Learning
  • Health, Safety, and Security
  • Funding Study Abroad
  • Contact and Communications
  • Student Services Overview
  • Visitors Policy
  • What's Next for My Student
• Advisors and Faculty
  • Advisors and Faculty Overview
  • Services For Colleges and Universities
  • Admissions Information
  • Accreditation and Academics
  • About Health, Safety, and Security
  • About Student Services

Program Links - 1 2815

Contact Us

Ghana: Arts and Culture

Faculty and Staff

Gavin Webb, Academic Director

Gavin Webb, a Canadian and British citizen, received his BA at Berklee College of Music where he studied performance and business in the professional music program. After graduation, Gavin traveled to Kopeyia, Ghana where he studied drumming and dancing under the tutelage of the late master drummer Godwin Agbeli. He returned home in October 1996 to attend the University of Toronto in Ethnomusicology and to continue his practical studies under the direction of Frederick Kwasi Dunyo. Gavin was both an active member and principal performer with the Ewe-Canadian Cultural Organization and Kakeli Dance Ensemble. In 1998 Gavin left Toronto to complete his M.A. in Ethnomusicology at the University of Ghana where he studied the effects of urbanization on Ewe funeral music in Ashaiman, a city located just outside Accra. Gavin also worked with Songhai Productions in Ghana to manage their record label and radio station in its final stages of development. He has been an academic director for SIT in Ghana since August 2000 and is currently a PhD candidate in Musicology at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Ghana.

Olayemi "Yemi" Tinuoye, Academic Director

Olayemi "Yemi" Tinuoye is a Nigerian citizen who resided for many years in the United States.  He received his MA in Special Education and Psychology and his PhD in Psychology from New York University. Dr. Tinuoye's professional experiences include serving as: Director of Educational Programs at Shule ya Mapinduzi, a New York based secondary school devoted to African American intercultural education; Associate Director of undergraduate programs at Oceanic Schools in New York; Director of TeleVideo, a film production company in Lagos; and Program Assistant for the SIT Study Abroad program in Nigeria from1990 1992. He has written and published numerous articles on behavioral psychology and Yoruba literacy, and he also served as General Secretary of the Nigeria Students' Union at New York University. He was Academic Director of the SIT Nigeria program from spring 1993 to spring 1994, and has directed the SIT Ghana: African Arts and Culture program since fall 1994.