ABSTRACT In this work, we explore how mother-daughter relationships are portrayed in Ken Bugul’s De l’autre côté du regard (2003) and Calixthe Bayala’s Le roman de Pauline (2009). It was our aim to determine whether these relationships are always characterized by conflict, and if so, to determine which factors led to the conflict. We also wanted to find out if the works were inspired by the authors’ personal lives and to determine if the relationships of mothers with their daughter...
ABSTRACT The Upper-East which was predominantly indigenous and Islamic prone region is now a mission field for many Churches. Different Churches have registered their contributions towards the expansion of Christianity in the Upper-East Region of Ghana. The Church of Pentecost (CoP), being the largest Pentecostal Church in Ghana, is the second largest Christian denomination in the region after the Roman Catholic Church. The study in this light, tends to investigate the diverse impact of the ...
ABSTRACT This study was an assessment of Government of Ghana’s anti-galamsey activities on GhanaChina diplomatic relations. The focus of the study was to determine whether anti-galamsey activities of the government have had any strain on the diplomatic relations between the two countries. The study relied on both primary and secondary sources of data for analysis. Widespread damage to Ghana’s environment, water bodies, farmlands and wildlife due to “galamsey”, a local referent for il...
ABSTRACT This long essay examines the phenomenon of unused monuments that are found in many parts of Ghana, and analyses the major issues and challenges that underlie their conservation which constitute the associated politics and polemics. The study, on the other hand, with the due consideration of the value of the poetics in monument conservation management, identifies the inherent possibilities and virtues of these monuments which their conservation may engender. To demonstrate how these ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the relationship between succession planning, employee retention and organisational effectiveness among some selected organisations in Ghana. It further examined the effect of career development program on the relationship between succession planning and employee retention and also on the relationship between succession planning and organisational effectiveness. One hundred and eighty-eight (188) respondents were conveniently sampled from four organisations; two f...
ABSTRACT The study examined the poetic output of a prominent Ghanaian Muslim scholar, known as Sheikh Umar bin Abu Bakr Krachie (1850-1934 AD), who wrote extensively between the late 19th and 20th centuries. The object of the study was to bring to light the primary features of Umar's poems across the major poetic genres, and to highlight some of the artistic features embedded in a selective sample of his poetic and prose works. In order to accomplish the aforementioned goals, the study co...
ABSTRACT This study investigates determinants of financial health of Ghanaian life insurance companies, a market that has experienced significant change in recent years. It examines the solvency of life insurance companies and the current system used by the National Insurance Commission (NIC) to monitor solvency of life insurance companies in Ghana. Secondary data obtained from financial reports of 16 sampled life insurance companies from 2007 to 2013 were analysed using the unbalanced panel ...
ABSTRACT Anaemia is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. World Health Organization estimated that anaemia affects one-quarter of the world's population and is concentrated within preschool age children and in resource-poor countries like Cameroon. The aim of this study was to determine the factors that affect child anaemia in the country and to formulate recommendations that may help reduce its effect on these children. Data for this study were collected as part of the ...
ABSTRACT It is estimated that 70% to 75% of the population of Ghana rely on herbal medicine for their primary healthcare (WHO 2002). Practitioners and manufacturers of herbal medicine relying less on advertising through loud speakers and personal advertising in lorries and market places and moving towards advertising in the mass media. This study, therefore, examined viewer perception of messages in the television advertisement of herbal medicine in Akosombo in a survey, using a questionnair...
ABSTRACT Food insecurity and malnutrition remain global food and health challenge. This is likely to be severe in developing countries where statistics on food insecurity and malnutrition are high. This study examined the association between dietary pattern and child nutritional status using the weight-for-age as indicator. A child was defined as having poor nutritional status (underweight) if his or her weight-for-age index was less than minus two standard deviations below the WHO refere...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the expression of force-dynamics in Akan (Talmy 2000). Two main types of causatives can be found in the language, namely non-periphrastic causatives (lexical causatives and cause-effect SVCs) and periphrastic causatives (analytic causatives). The study examines the syntactic properties of causatives and shows that while lexical causatives and cause-effect SVCs involve a monoclausal structure, the analytic causative displays a complex (bi-clausal) structure. I...
ABSTRACT The clause “make disciples of all nations” (28:19), generally referred to as the Great Commission, has over the years attracted the attention of New Testament scholars. Both historical and narrative approaches have been employed to discuss it. Notably, Matthew builds his narrative around the disciples and ends on the Great Commission. Against this background, the research examines the illocutory force of μαθητεύσατε (Matt. 28:19) through an exegetical analysis of thr...
ABSTRACT Land urbanisation are two major issues that are critical to the development of a mega city like Lagos.
ABSTRACT In this Study Of HIV-AIDS Communication Approaches By Interventionists In Selected Nigerian States, the researcher sought to know
ABSTRACT This study attempts a detailed description and analysis of Yoruba agbe art-a verbal poetic song and art form that belongs to the Yoruba Oral literary genre.