ABSTRACT Osogbo, the capital of Osun State of Nigeria, has become very popular as a centre of art and culture in Yorubaland for many years. Both traditional and contemporary art forms are kept alive in the town but the attention of the outside world has been focused mainly on the latter while the major aspect of the former, the festival of images, has been conspicuously neglected.
ABSTRACT In African societies generally, social commentaries as well as issues regarding etiquettes and societal values are clearly articulated in satirical musical performances. This is one notable way to ensure some measure of social control and foster cohesion among the people. Previous studies on Yàgbà people are scanty. The few available ones have not undertaken ethnomusicological analyses of Ìrègún music, even when the continuity of the genre is greatly threatened. This study, the...
ABSTRACT This study focuses on rice production in two areas, Weta/Afife and Avatime in the Volta region of Ghana. It compares rice production under two distinct farming systems: one using indigenous seeds under rain-fed agriculture (Avatime); and the other improved seeds under modern irrigation system (Weta/Afife). At Avatime farms are not mechanized, farm sizes are small, farmers do not use modern farm inputs and cultivate indigenous glaberrima rice varieties in addition to some moder...
ABSTRACT The need to protect languages from extinction cannot be overemphasized. Language is an essential element of culture, and a means of communication. Through language, people build and express their emotions, intentions, values, norms, notions, practices, and this helps build understanding among them, and strengthen their relationship. Language is therefore the underlying factor for determining the identity of individuals and groups. Language is strategically important for the attainmen...
ABSTRACT Since the commencement of the fourth republic on 7th January 1993, the NDC and NPP have dominated the space of governance. As such, these parties have become major vehicles that drive citizens’ participation in politics. Political participation, therefore becomes complete when all members of the party including women are able to participate at the peak of the party as occupants of the high national executive offices. The thesis seeks to explain why no woman has been able t...
ABSTRACT In Ghana, biography as a study of personal histories has not been seriously pursued. This is because not much has been done about the life trajectories of personalities, who undoubtedly have contributed immensely to the socio-economic, cultural and political development of Ghana. It is therefore important that by sampling some of the more fascinating figures whose lives and activities had affected the people and the nation dramatically, readers are given an idea of the astonishing ri...
ABSTRACT There exist limited scholarly historical studies on the Nawuris of Northern Ghana. In addition, a few studies made on the Nawuris are limited in scope, have a number of conflicting accounts, and often give different interpretations concerning the socio-cultural and political history of Nawuris. For these reasons, I make a strong case to study the socio-cultural and political changes and continuities that had taken place due to their interaction with the global political economy. The ...