Author: Ernest H. C. Tetteh
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365069524
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Outdooring, Dedication and Naming of an African Child, Ganyobi Kpojiemo: History and Origin of the GaDangme people of Ghana.
THE OUTDOORING, DEDICATION AND NAMING OF AN AFRICAN CHILD VOLUME 1
Author: Ernest H. C. Tetteh
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365069524
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Outdooring, Dedication and Naming of an African Child, Ganyobi Kpojiemo: History and Origin of the GaDangme people of Ghana.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365069524
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Outdooring, Dedication and Naming of an African Child, Ganyobi Kpojiemo: History and Origin of the GaDangme people of Ghana.
Welcome Dede
Author: Ifeoma Onyefulu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780711220492
Category : Birth customs
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Child Education says, "Ifeoma Onyefulu's photographic books ... are always full of the vibrant joy of African culture." Here sensitive, first-person text gives children a new perspective on birth and naming customs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780711220492
Category : Birth customs
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Child Education says, "Ifeoma Onyefulu's photographic books ... are always full of the vibrant joy of African culture." Here sensitive, first-person text gives children a new perspective on birth and naming customs.
Carry On, African Child
Author: Simphiwe Sesanti
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780620331661
Category : Journalists
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780620331661
Category : Journalists
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Welcome Dede!
Author: Ifeoma Onyefulu
Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 9781845073114
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Seen through the eyes of a young boy, Amarlai, this is a beautiful depiction of the customs surrounding a traditional Ghanaian naming ceremony.
Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 9781845073114
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Seen through the eyes of a young boy, Amarlai, this is a beautiful depiction of the customs surrounding a traditional Ghanaian naming ceremony.
African Roots, Brazilian Rites
Author: C. Sterling
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137010002
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This text explores how Afro-Brazilians define their Africanness through Candomblé and Quilombo models, and construct paradigms of blackness with influences from US-based perspectives, through the vectors of public rituals, carnival, drama, poetry, and hip hop.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137010002
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This text explores how Afro-Brazilians define their Africanness through Candomblé and Quilombo models, and construct paradigms of blackness with influences from US-based perspectives, through the vectors of public rituals, carnival, drama, poetry, and hip hop.
Wom(b)an: A Cultural-Narrative Reading of the Hebrew Bible Barrenness Narratives
Author: Janice P. De-Whyte
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900436630X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In Wom(b)an: A Cultural-Narrative Reading of the Hebrew Bible Barrenness Narratives Janice Pearl Ewurama De-Whyte offers a reading of the Hebrew Bible barrenness narratives. The original word “wom(b)an” visually underscores the centrality of a productive womb to female identity in the ANE and Hebrew contexts. Conversely, barrenness was the ultimate tragedy and shame of a woman. Utilizing Akan cultural custom as a lens through which to read the Hebrew barrenness tradition, De-Whyte uncovers another kind of barrenness within these narratives. Her term “social barrenness” depicts the various situations of childlessness that are generally unrecognized in western cultures due to the western biomedical definitions of infertility. Whether biological or social, barrenness was perceived to be the greatest threat to a woman’s identity and security as well as the continuity of the lineage. Wom(b)an examines these narratives in light of the cultural meanings of barrenness within traditional cultures, ancient and present.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900436630X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In Wom(b)an: A Cultural-Narrative Reading of the Hebrew Bible Barrenness Narratives Janice Pearl Ewurama De-Whyte offers a reading of the Hebrew Bible barrenness narratives. The original word “wom(b)an” visually underscores the centrality of a productive womb to female identity in the ANE and Hebrew contexts. Conversely, barrenness was the ultimate tragedy and shame of a woman. Utilizing Akan cultural custom as a lens through which to read the Hebrew barrenness tradition, De-Whyte uncovers another kind of barrenness within these narratives. Her term “social barrenness” depicts the various situations of childlessness that are generally unrecognized in western cultures due to the western biomedical definitions of infertility. Whether biological or social, barrenness was perceived to be the greatest threat to a woman’s identity and security as well as the continuity of the lineage. Wom(b)an examines these narratives in light of the cultural meanings of barrenness within traditional cultures, ancient and present.
The Marriage of Anansewa
Author: Efua Theodora Morgue Sutherland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780894101625
Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780894101625
Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
West Africa
Re-thinking Sexualities in Africa
Author: Signe Arnfred
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171065131
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
"This volume sets out to investigate critically existing lines of thought about sexuality in Africa, while also creating space for alternative approaches"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171065131
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
"This volume sets out to investigate critically existing lines of thought about sexuality in Africa, while also creating space for alternative approaches"--P. [4] of cover.
Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages
Author: Felix K. Ameka
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027291381
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This book explores the thesis that in the Kwa languages of West Africa, aspect and modality are more central to the grammar of the verb than tense. Where tense marking has emerged it is invariably in the expression of the future, and therefore concerned with the impending actualization or potentiality of an event, hence with modality, rather than the purely temporal sequencing associated with tense. The primary grammatical contrasts are perfective versus imperfective. The main languages discussed are Akan, Dangme, Ewe, Ga and Tuwuli while Nzema-Ahanta, Likpe and Eastern Gbe are also mentioned. Knowledge about these languages has deepened considerably during the past decade or so and ideas about their structure have changed. The volume therefore presents novel analyses of grammatical forms like the so-called S-Aux-O-V-Other or “future” constructions, and provides empirical data for theorizing about aspect and modality. It should be of considerable interest to Africanist linguists, typologists, and creolists interested in substrate issues.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027291381
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This book explores the thesis that in the Kwa languages of West Africa, aspect and modality are more central to the grammar of the verb than tense. Where tense marking has emerged it is invariably in the expression of the future, and therefore concerned with the impending actualization or potentiality of an event, hence with modality, rather than the purely temporal sequencing associated with tense. The primary grammatical contrasts are perfective versus imperfective. The main languages discussed are Akan, Dangme, Ewe, Ga and Tuwuli while Nzema-Ahanta, Likpe and Eastern Gbe are also mentioned. Knowledge about these languages has deepened considerably during the past decade or so and ideas about their structure have changed. The volume therefore presents novel analyses of grammatical forms like the so-called S-Aux-O-V-Other or “future” constructions, and provides empirical data for theorizing about aspect and modality. It should be of considerable interest to Africanist linguists, typologists, and creolists interested in substrate issues.