Focusing on the intersectionality of gender, race, class and culture, Adomako Ampofo’s work integrates critical theory with artistic expressions, highlighting the transformative power of the arts in advocating for marginalized voices. Her research interests include African knowledge systems (especially decolonizing knowledge and praxis); the politics of higher education; black masculinities; and popular culture. 

In her ongoing work on black masculinities, she explores the shifting nature of identities among young men in Africa and the diaspora. Earlier work on masculinities has explored the ways in which the discourse of “men of God” (i.e religious leaders) becomes a meta knowledge and (re)defines femininity.  Her most recent book, co-edited with Josephine Beoku-Betts, is titled Producing Inclusive Feminist Knowledge: Positionalities and Discourses in the Global South (Bingley: Emerald Publishing 2021). She co-produced the documentary When Women Speak with Kate Skinner (and directed by Aseye Tamakloe, 2022) as part of a project titled, an “Archive of Activism: Gender and Public History in Postcolonial Ghana”. The project seeks to create a publicly accessible archive of gender activism and “political women”.