Abstract This Thesis entitled ―Philosophy in the Novels written by Shaaban Robert and Euphrase Kezilahabi in the Context of Bantu Epistemology‖ investigates the existence of Bantu Epistemolgy in the novels of the aforementioned literary writers basing on the following components: witchcraft, rituals, belief on soul and death, the heart, God, ‗event, space and time,‘ birth, naming, traditional healing and land. Data were collected through interviews, focus group discussions, the revie...
ABSTRACT This study broadly investigates the impact of the “Justice for All Programme” on Ghana’s prison system. Specifically, the study seeks to outline the causes of delay in access to Justice by remand prisoners, identifies the effect of the delay in access to Justice by remand Prisoners on the Prison Administration, examines the effect of delay in access to Justice by remand Prisoners, and assesses the effect of the “Justice for All Programme” on access to justice by remand Pri...
ABSTRACT This study looks at the gender role stereotypes in African children‘s literature. It is conducted through a content analysis of the written works of several African writers of children‘s literature in addition to selected oral children‘s literature such as lullabies and folk tales. Looking at oral and written literature enables a better examination of gender stereotypes in children‘s literature as a whole, instead of looking only at written literature which past studies on t...
ABSTRACT I have argued that since Plato, the main task of political philosophy is to prescribe how the ideal state ought to be attained. Several postcolonial thinkers, activists and theoreticians, notably, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti attempted a prescription of the ideal state suitable for Africa. Thus Fela’s political philosophy could be summed up as follows: the realisation of Africa’s cultural independence, the unification of continental Africa under democratic governance and Africa’s retur...
ABSTRACT Notable research works have been conducted on sexuality and taboos in Igbo land. However not much work has been done on how sex taboos and their breach have become a norm or cultural model for the regulation and prevention of all forms of bad sexual behaviours and sexually transmitted diseases. This research, therefore, explored sex taboos in Igboland and the consequences of breaching them, with a view to determining how these sex taboos serve as a means of controlling sexual immoral...
ABSTRACT The Yorùbá -Yorùbá N O - - Yorùbá traditional religion and its attendant practice of wood-carving. Existing studies on Yorùbá wood-carving have concen -Yorùbá existed independently for a long time. This study, therefore, identified extant Yorùbá examined areas of divergence in the artistic production of the people. - wood-carvers, priests and adherents of some Yorùbá traditional religion who use wooden paraphernalia in their worship. Direct observation was used to colle...
ABSTRACT Northern Ghana has been impoverished relative to the buoyant urban economy in the South. This process of development has created a spatial dichotomy between Northern and Southern Ghana. This in turn triggered the migration of economically active young people popularly referred to as “kayayei” from the North to the South in search of menial work. This study assesses the reintegration of returned “kayayei” migrants. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches of data collectio...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to examine the role of educational supervision in ensuring quality basic education delivery in the Zabzugu district in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study was based on the premise that the poor nature of educational supervision often leads to poor quality basic education delivery, and thus falling standards of education in the public schools in the district. In all, five circuit supervisors, five DOEC members, 20 SMC/PTA executives, 10 head teachers, and ...
ABSTRACT This thesis is a study into the cultural impact Akwamu-an Akan sub group, had on Peki-an Ewe sub group.The study adopted the qualitative approach to collect data and interviews were conducted with informants. Archival data was also sourced. Secondary sources such as articles in Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana, unpublished theses as well as books The research traced the origin, settlement and growth of Peki. It did the same for Akwamu. The research went on to look at t...
ABSTRACT Over the years healthcare has been identified as a major area of concern among the general population in Ghana. For that matter various policies have been put in place to respond to health needs, but to no avail. Using an explorative study within the Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly of Accra, the study sought to ascertain if any elements of social capital could be relevant in the provision of quality healthcare in conjunction with future policies implemented in Ghana. Using a qual...
ABSTRACT The phenomenon of female chiefs although not new, is somewhat difficult to conceptualize in this predominantly patriarchal part of the world where traditions and taboos restrict women from such positions. This dissertation discusses female chieftaincy based on a case study of Nana Kofi Abuna V, of Essipon traditional area in the Western region of Ghana, looking at how her sex affects her roles and responsibilities as the ultimate ruler of the traditional area. The data used for the s...
ABSTRACT Over the years Institutions have contributed in diverse ways in the management of natural resources. Little is known about the roles of traditional institutions in the management of natural resources. Because of the little knowledge about the roles traditional authorities play, management and sustainability of natural resources becomes a problem in West Gonja traditional area. The research is to find out how the roles and issues of traditional institutions could be mainstreamed in th...
ABSTRACT Decentralization is globally recognized as the way of ensuring community participation and local development. Many countries including Ghana have adopted decentralization and implemented the concept in different ways. In the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region, though the Sub-Municipal structures in the decentralization process have been confronted with much challenges, there has been some remarkable performances. Therefore, the study sought to assess the performance of the Sub...
ABSTRACT ‘Starving the Dead’ is a critical theoretical revelation of indigenous people’s experiences, realities, rationality and interpretation of ‘food’ as a socio-spiritual construct that transcends the materialist meaning of food as ‘nutrition’. It has been necessitated by the criticisim rather than critique of indigenous (food) knowledge by modern science as primitive, superstitious, irrational and therefore ‘unscientific’. This power-based criticism has disrupted th...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess ‘The role of Non- Timber Forest Products to rural livelihoods in the Asutifi North district of the Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. The two broad types of data, the secondary and primary data were used in the study. Questionnaires, Observation and In-depth Interview were used to collect the data. It was found out that; gathering, processing and marketing of NTFPs are major livelihood activities engaged by most residents in the District, contributing to househ...