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Ibrahim, Mohammad Saani. "The Tijāniyya order in Tamale, Ghana : its foundation, organization and role." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79777.

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The thesis explores the historical background, activities and organization of the Tijaniyya ṣufi order in the Tamale District of Ghana. After a survey of the history of Islam's penetration of sub-Saharan Africa, and the role of ṣufi orders in this process generally, the thesis looks at the founder of the Tijaniyya, Aḥmad al-Tijani (d. 1815 A.D.), his beliefs and the spread of these beliefs in the Dagbon area and, ultimately, the Tamale District. This is followed by an overview of the order's salient doctrines, and especially those teachings that are more or less unique to the Tamale reg

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Guedj, Pauline. "Le chemin du Sankofa : religion et identité "akan" aux Etats-Unis." Paris 10, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006PA100159.

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En 1965, un Afro-Américain visite, au Ghana, l’Akonedi Shrine de Larteh Kubease. Là, il est accueilli par la prêtresse du lieu qui effectue pour lui une divination lors de laquelle elle lui révèle la supposée identité de ses ancêtres esclaves, lui enseigne quelques rudiments du culte pratiqué au sanctuaire et le nomme «Chef des Akan d’Amérique». L’objectif de cette thèse est d’analyser la formation des réseaux transnationaux qui, depuis 1965, relient l’Akonedi Shrine à ses succursales américaines. Il s’agit d’étudier la manière dont la religion «akan» telle qu’elle est pratiquée dans le sanctu

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Jach, Regina. "Migration, Religion und Raum : ghanaische Kirchen in Accra, Kumasi und Hamburg in Prozessen von Kontinuität und Kulturwandel /." Münster : Lit, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb399089713.

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Jones, Adam, and Anne-Sophie Arnold. "Berichte einer Exkursion nach Süd-Ghana." Universität Leipzig, 2003. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A33561.

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This volume contains reports by six of the Leipzig students who took part in an excursion to southern Ghana in February-March 2002. In addition to reports based on stays in Abetifi, Amedzofe and Ho it includes an article on chiefs and development.<br>Dieser Band beinhaltet Berichte von sechs Leipziger Studenten, die an einer Exkursion nach Süd-Ghana (von Februar bis März 2002) teilgenommen haben. Zusätzlich zu den Berichten, die auf Aufenthalten in Abetifi, Amedzofe und Ho basieren, enthält der Band einen Artikel zu Chiefs und Entwicklung.

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Ofosuhene, Godwin Kwame. "The concept of God in the traditional religion of the Akan and Ewe ethnic groups compared the Bible /." Berlin : Viademica, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2841159&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Mbillah, Charity Lamisi. "Prosperity gospel and adherent social mobility in Ghana." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8552/.

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In Ghana Neo-charismatic Churches are non-denominational mainly indigenously founded churches that propagate the Prosperity Gospel to their followers. Drawing on a symbolic interaction framework this study explores adherent (church member) perspectives on how they construct the link between the Prosperity Gospel and their own prosperity (social mobility). Symbolic interaction concepts of symbols, meanings and reflected appraisals are employed in the analysis. In all six symbolic categories: the mainstream, automatic, transcendent, pragmatic, founding father and member networks plus fifteen sym

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Godwin, Ofosuhene Kwame. "The concept of God in the traditional religion of the Akan and Ewe ethnic groups compared the Bible." Berlin Viademica-Verl, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2841159&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Adjei, Korang Evans. "Regional Income differences in Ghana: the importance of socio-demography and ethnicity." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi och ekonomisk historia, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-79105.

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Following the increased attention income differences/inequality has gained within the area of economic geography and among policy-planning; this study seeks to explore and analyze the factors affecting income differences in the regions of Ghana. From the use of regional (10 regions) panel data for 1960, 1970, 1984 and 2000; the results show a direct link between socio-demographic factors and regional income differences/inequality and also the impact of ethnic and religious composition on regional income differences. It was identified that ethnicity and religious compositions have different imp

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Herko, Joel. "Religionsundervisning i en afrikansk kontext : en jämförelse av tre olika skolor i Accra, Ghana." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-604.

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<p>I denna studie undersöker och analyserar jag religionsundervisningen i tre olika skolor i Ghanas huvudstad Accra. De tre skolorna har alla olika profiler, varav en är muslimsk, en är kristen och en saknar religiös profil eller är icke-konfessionell. De tre skolorna är således Islamic Educational Unit, Presbyterian Boys Secondary School samt University Primary School.</p><p>Studiens syfte är att jämföra hur religionsundervisningen ser ut och bedrivs i de olika skolorna, vilka olika religioner som presenteras i undervisningen och hur man ställer sig till olika aspekter av religionsundervisnin

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Fareed-Hardy, Janice. "Implementing a contextual discipleship curriculum to impact biblical knowledge and application for women in a large church in Ghana." Thesis, Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3629059.

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<p> The purpose of writing <i>Implementing A Contextual Discipleship Curriculum to Impact Biblical Knowledge and Application for Women in a Large Church in Ghana</i> was to add to the body of knowledge concerning discipleship curricula for women in developing countries. Christianity is growing most rapidly in developing countries, and women play a pivotal role largely due to their influence on the children, the future generations. Yet there is a dearth of information on how to disciple the women in these areas. This project tested a 16-week contextual discipleship curriculum at Rhema Outrea

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Parish, Jane Alexandra Easton. "Bodies and spaces : doubt, ambiguity and the construction of identity in Dormaa - Ahenkro (Ghana)." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.387344.

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Ofosuhene, Godwin Kwame. "Comparing the concept of spirit and soul in the traditional religion of the Akan and Ewe tribes to that of the Bible." Berlin Viademica-Verl, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2871107&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Amenga-Etego, R. M. "Mending the broken pieces : religion and sustainable rural development among the Nankani of northern Ghana." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/18232.

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This thesis examines the debate between African Traditional Religion (ATR) and sustainable rural development among the Nankani of Northern Ghana. The question as to whether or not ATR has an impact on the continent’s development has risen to the fore as economic crisis deepens in relation to the global context. The study interrogates the concept ‘sustainable rural development’, and the current emphasis on gender as a fundamental part of development, from the religio-cultural perspective of the Nankani. With indigenous epistemological underpinnings, the thesis examines the subject from the pers

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Ibrahim, Mohammad Saani. "The decline of Sufism and the rise of a new Islam: some factors contributing to the political and social ascendancy of Wahhabist Islam in Northern Ghana." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=104526.

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While most studies of Islam in West Africa have focused on the spread and nature of Sufi Islam, there has been a recent dramatic transformation in the political and social influence of Sufi Islam long-believed to characterize "African Islam." The forces of globalization and social and economic changes in West Africa and beyond have resulted in parallel transformations across the Islamic world. In northern Ghana, where Sufi Islam has long been the dominant form of religious practice and politics, the advent of a new, more orthodox, form of Islamicization has taken place that has not yet been ad

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Apawu, Jones Kofi. "Senses and Local Environment: The Case of Larabanga in the Northern Region of Ghana." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23107.

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This study argues that the sensory order employed during everyday activities deepens our understanding of local people’s relations with the environment. This study was conducted in Larabanga, Ghana, employing anthropology of the senses and phenomenology. The study reveals that people acquire ways of doing things and organizing their lives through their sensory engagement with their environment. Their engagement is further highlighted by the way they make themselves a home in their environment which informs about these sensory orders.

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Amponsah, David Kofi. "(Un)Desirable Customs: A History of Indigenous Religion and the Making of Modern Ghana, C. 1800-1966." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:17467246.

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This dissertation examines the explicit and implicit currency of indigenous religious thought on political, moral, and social formations from precolonial through colonial to postcolonial Ghana. It advances new answers to debates in Ghana about the role, if any, indigenous religion has to play in a modern Christian-dominated public sphere that simultaneously defines itself as secular by situating these debates in the history of the suppression and appropriation of so-called “undesirable customs” and their agents by both British and Ghanaian government officials. Based on archival research (colo

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Gbagbo, Divine Kwasi. "Rites, Recreation, and Rulership: Christianity and Ewe Music of Ghana." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1620229836882229.

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Graveling, Elizabeth. "Negotiating the powers : everyday religion in Ghanaian society." Thesis, University of Bath, 2008. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492248.

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Engagement with religion has recently become an important issue to development theoreticians, donors and practitioners. It is recognised that religion plays a key role in shaping moral frameworks and social identities, but little attention is paid to how this is played out in everyday life: the focus remains on ‘faith communities’ and ‘faith-based organisations’ as unified bodies. This thesis uses ethnographic methods to examine how members of two churches in rural Ghana are influenced by and engage with religion. Rather than viewing religion simply as (potentially) instrumental to development

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Anokye, Gabriel. "Eucharistie et libération en Afrique noire : le cas des Ashanti du Ghana." Paris 4, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999PA040032.

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Le processus de l'inculturation liturgique, surtout du rite eucharistique, favorise, nous semble-t-il, la participation active des chrétiens africains. Or ceux-ci vivent actuellement dans des situations précaires de pauvreté ou le seuil humain semble dépassé. Quelles seraient donc la finalité et la pertinence de l'eucharistie vis-à-vis de la réalité africaine? Serait-elle libératrice des pauvres du continent noir? L'étude du siège d'or des ashanti du Ghana confirmerait que le projet de la libération socio-politique en Afrique est envisageable et, pensons-nous, réalisable. Elle nous encourage d

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Gyberg, Eva, and Hanna Öhrman. "Att finna mening med livet : en studie av ett serieteckningsprojekt om existentiella frågor bland skolbarn i Accra, Ghana." Thesis, University of Gävle, Ämnesavdelningen för religionsvetenskap, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-4156.

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<p>Syften med studien var att:</p><ul><li>Undersöka hur barnen, som kom från olika religiös och etnisk<strong> </strong>bakgrund, förhöll sig till existentiella frågor och hur förhållandena mellan barn och vuxna med olika religiös bakgrund fungerade i skolan.</li><li>Genomföra ett serietecknarprojekt för att ge barnen möjligheter att uttrycka och arbeta med existentiella frågor och till följd av detta hoppades vi att barnen skulle uppleva en ökad känsla av sammanhang och mening. Vi hoppades också att det kunde skapa större förståelse mellan olika religiösa och etniska grupper.</li></ul><p>Fråg

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Clarke, Jemima. "The everyday lived experiences of faith and development : an ethnographic study of the Christian faith community in Ayigya, Ghana." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-everyday-lived-experiences-of-faith-and-development-an-ethnographic-study-of-the-christian-faith-community-in-ayigya-ghana(6fffa0e5-3880-43eb-b99c-9052fd015ff7).html.

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After decades of marginalisation, there is a resounding assertion that 'faith matters' in development. A growing body of evidence suggests that religion promotes developmental values of social justice, equity, and compassion for the poor, it shapes people's identities and is an important source of welfare provision. Nevertheless, studies on faith and development have been restricted to the instrumental approach; a developmentalised version of religion which biases faith based organisations and other formalised organisations that conform to the mainstream development agenda. This thesis departs

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Lidzén, Linda. "A Comparative Study of the Social Welfare Provided by Three Christian Churches in Accra, Ghana." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-466.

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<p>The family is the first and oldest provider of social welfare in the West African country of Ghana. However, colonisation and urbanisation has changed that role and today additional providers of social welfare can be found; the government, religious organisations (churches etc), non-religious organisations and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs).</p><p>This study will confirm the claim that the church takes on a role as a surrogate family and that it steps in where the government is not present, doing social work which is intended for the government. The study will also investigate what k

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Ahuja, Manik, Esther Frimpong, Joy Okoro, Rajvi Wani, and Sarah Armel. "Risk and Protective Factors for Intention of Contraception Use among Women in Ghana." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8846.

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The use of various forms of contraception in Ghana gained prominence after the government resorted to investing more in family planning programs when maternal mortality was declared an emergency in the country. In Ghana, the intention to use and actual usage of contraceptives is influenced by many factors, which may lead to non-usage or discontinuation. This quantitative study was conducted to determine risk and protective factors impacting on the intention and usage of contraceptives. Survey data from the Ghana 2014 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) (n = 9396) was used. A sub-sample of 7661

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Asare, Kofi. "Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity in video films : audience reception and appropriation in Ghana and the UK." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8903.

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Religion has become one of the central themes in the Ghanaian/Nigerian video film industry. The portrayal of religious elements which mirrors the religious dynamics of the audience has been attributed partly to the success and popularity of the films. The video films have also excited religious passions as well as criticisms. The heart of the debate, as the existing studies indicate, is how the various religious traditions (often, Christianity and Indigenous religions) are represented in the video films. Whereas some scholars opine that Christianity, especially Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches

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Awuah-Nyamekye, Samuel. "Managing the environmental crisis in Ghana : the role of African traditional religion and culture : a case study of Berekum traditional area." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/5780/.

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This thesis examines the connection between traditional religio-cultural beliefs and practices and environmental problems in Ghana using Berekum Traditional Society as a case study. Its primary aim is to assess the nature and the level of the environmental crisis in Ghana, and to explore the possibility of combing indigenous and modern methods to address the current environmental problems in Ghana. The methodology of this thesis is located within the framework for conducting empirical studies in Religious Studies. The qualitative methods of collecting and analysing data are utilised, and since

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Damome, Lakétienkoia Étienne. "Radios et religion en Afrique : information, communication et/ou prosélytisme : analyse comparée des cas du Bénin, Burkina-Faso, Ghana et du Togo." Bordeaux 3, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007BOR30060.

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Les nombreux changements intervenus dans le domaine de la radiophonie en Afrique peuvent être analysés de diverses manières. Ce travail prend l’option de les aborder par le biais du rapport avec la religion. Le fait religieux semble en effet constituer un secteur de choix pour les diffuseurs africains. Quels sont les enjeux, les fonctions et les contenus de cette tendance ? Quelle place occupe la religion dans l’être et le devenir des radios africaines ? Comment les médias utilisent-ils le fait religieux et, inversement, quels usages les religieux font-ils des médias ? Telles sont quelques-une

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Isabelle, Bernard. "Récupérer les valeurs du passé pour orienter le futur : Sankɔfa comme principe politique des communautés akans du Ghana contemporain". Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31362.

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Comment récupérer les legs du passé pour construire le présent sur un héritage traditionnel, en s’adaptant aux nouvelles réalités du présent et orientant le futur? Ce travail se penche sur une réponse propre à ce problème, celle des communautés akans du Ghana. Nous tenterons de montrer que c’est par une évaluation normative : « quels sont les bons et les mauvais éléments du passé? » que ces communautés ont entrepris de juger quels étaient les éléments méritant d’être récupérés. Les communautés akans ont conservé cette idée (de juger les évènements du passé selon une évaluation normative) dans

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Pul, Hippolyt Akow Saamwan. "Threads and Stitches of Peace- Understanding What Makes Ghana an Oasis of Peace?" NSUWorks, 2015. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dcar_etd/23.

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Ghana is considered an oasis of peace despite having the same mix of ethno-political competitions for state power and resources; north-south horizontal inequalities; ethno-regional concentrations of Christians and Muslims; highly ethnicised elections; a natural resource dependent economy; and a politically polarized public sphere, among others, that have plunged other countries in Africa into violent and often protracted national conflicts. Use of the conflict paradigm to explain Africa's conflicts glosses over positive deviance cases such as Ghana. This study used the peace paradigm in a mixe

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Bogren, Ella. "“The pain she feels, I don’t feel it, but I feel for her” : A case study of urban teenage schoolboys’ knowledge and attitudes towards menstruation in Ghana." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-394431.

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Menstrual health management can be a difficulty for menstruating women and girls, especially in low- and middle-income countries or other areas of poverty. Menstruation being characterized by stigmatisation, myths and taboo makes it especially troublesome, preventing women and girls to handle their menstruation safely and with dignity. Male attitudes have been argued to play an important role in perpetuating these stigmas and taboos, yet little is known about them. This study sets out to investigate male menstrual knowledge and attitudes, the role of religion in shaping menstrual attitudes and

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Pawlik, Jacek Jan. "La mort : expérience d'un peuple : étude des rites funéraires des Bassar du nord-Togo." Paris 5, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA05H052.

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Partant de la recherche sur le terrain parmi les Bassar du nord-Togo, l'auteur présente les rites funéraires comme une réponse collective au phénomène de la mort. Cette réponse, formulée dans les expressions culturelles : rites, danses, chants, mythes, crée une expérience totale qui permet au peuple d'affronter la mort et de réduire symboliquement sa portée. Sans renoncer à l'analyse des symboles et des structures de pensée, l'ouvrage adopte une vision globalisante en empruntant la conception de l'expérience élaborée par W. Dilthey. L’expérience, se laissant étudier dans ses expressions, déter

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Arhin-Sam, Evelyn E. "Death Rituals in the New Diaspora: Funerals in the Lives of Ghanaians in South Florida." FIU Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1195.

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This thesis addresses the lack of attention to practices that take place in settings not considered primarily religious, such as life-cycle rituals in the growing body of literature on religious practices of recently emerging African diaspora communities in the West. It argues that these practices are not only filters for indigenous African religious beliefs but also furnish for African migrants contexts that perform functions similar to those performed by the formal African diaspora religious institutions. Using ethnography, the study investigated the role of death rituals in the lives of Gha

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Fancello, Sandra. "Une nation missionnaire africaine : Identité, conversion et délivrance." Paris, EHESS, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004EHES0249.

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Cette thèse a pour objet l'étude de la formation historique et de l'évolution comparée d'une Eglise pentecôtiste africaine, fondée au Ghana par un missionnaire écossais au début des années 1950. Par le biais de l'expansion missionnaire de la Church of Pentecost, les leaders ghanéens furent confrontés très tôt aux autres communautés nationales, voire nationalistes, revendiquant le partage du pouvoir. A partir de trois terrains privilégie��s (Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, France), ce travail met en évidence les malentendus de la collaboration missionnaire qui traduisent la posture ambivalente d'u

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Obeng, Pashington. "Asante catholicism : religious and cultural reproduction among the Akan of Ghana /." Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1996. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37511183f.

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Haney, James Ray. "Toward an ethnic theology an interpretive community approach to theological dialogue and decision /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Daswani, Girish. "Social change and religious transformation in a Pentecostal church in Ghana and London." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.443798.

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This dissertationi s an ethnographici nvestigation into Pentecostarl eligious transformation and social change, and the role these factors play in shaping the collective aspirations and individual lives of church members from the Church of Pentecost in southern Ghana and London. I look at `transformation' as a central theme in Pentecostal Christianity. Transformation raises questions of continuity and discontinuity with the past, as expressed in concernso ver `culture' and identity, and the ways in which Pentecostasl ubjectsb ecome active agentsi n the world. The theme of transformation also p

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Badu, Zelma C. M. "Ewe culture as expressed in Ghana West Africa through Adzogbo dance ceremony : a foundation for the development of interactive multimedia educational materials." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=82826.

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This dissertation project is a preparation for development of a method for teaching traditional Ewe culture to people of Western or non-Ewe background, using dance ethnology as an approach to conducting research, and digital video recording as a means for documentation. The study focuses on one of the Ewe's oldest and most powerful religious dance and music ceremonies, Adzogbo, as it is performed by the Mawuli Kpli Mi Adzogbo Group from the village of Aflao in Ghana, West Africa.<br>Adzogbo, originally from Dahomey (now Benin), was brought to Ghana in the late 19th Century, and was form

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Gyanfosu, Samuel. "The development of Christian-related independent religious movements in Ghana, with special reference to the Afrikania movement." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.248247.

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Tweneboah, Seth. "The Sacred Nature of the Akan Chief and its Implications for Tradition, Modernity and Religious Human Rights in Ghana." FIU Digital Commons, 2012. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/590.

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This study explored the interface between the abuses inherent in the sacred nature of the Akan (a Ghanaian ethnic group) Chief and international human rights laws. It argued that the sacred basis of Akan Chieftaincy, which empowers and legitimizes Akan Chiefs, also leads to them imposing restrictions on the rights of their subjects. The study examined the implications of these restrictions in the light of a rapidly modernizing, thoroughly globalizing, and a religiously pluralistic Ghana where the influence of western originated belief in individual rights is growing. The study also explored wh

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Yidana, Adadow Verfasser], Richard [Akademischer Betreuer] Rottenburg, Reinhold [Akademischer Betreuer] [Sackmann, and James M. [Akademischer Betreuer] Thompson. "Socio-religious factors influencing the increasing plausibility of faith healing in Ghana / Adadow Yidana. Betreuer: Richard Rottenburg ; Reinhold Sackmann ; James M. Thompson." Halle, Saale : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1053959354/34.

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Yidana, Adadow Verfasser], Richard [Akademischer Betreuer] [Rottenburg, Reinhold [Akademischer Betreuer] Sackmann, and James M. [Akademischer Betreuer] Thompson. "Socio-religious factors influencing the increasing plausibility of faith healing in Ghana / Adadow Yidana. Betreuer: Richard Rottenburg ; Reinhold Sackmann ; James M. Thompson." Halle, Saale : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:4-12236.

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Asamoa-Afriyie, Collins Kwesi. "Papanicolaou Test Status Among Inner-City Adolescent Girls in Accra, Ghana." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7458.

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Cervical cancer is an emerging public health problem in developing countries. Globally, it is the 3rd most common malignancy in women after breast and colorectal cancers and 4th most frequent cancer in women, with an estimated 570,000 new cases and 311,000 deaths in 2018. Cervical cancer screening in the developed countries is credited with the reductions in cervical cancer morbidity and mortality during the last 50 years. However, nearly 90% of cervical cancer deaths occur in less developed countries. Ghana has a cervical cancer rate of 26.4%. Further, it is the highest cancer incidence faced

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Howell, Allison Mary. "The religious itinerary of a people : the impact of the Christian Gospel (Wε choηa) on the Kasena of Ghana from 1906 to 1992". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/30289.

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The Kasena in northern Ghana first encountered Christian missionaries in 1906 and so began to hear about <I>We choha</I> (God's way). For 50 years, the Roman Catholic Church functioned alone among the Kasena. Over this time most Kasena perceived <I>We choha</I> to be the "white man's religion" and largely irrelevant. Of those who became Christians many appeared to live a dichotomous life. They attended church on Sundays, requesting prayer and Mass be said for their crises and problems, but also sought to resolve issues through divination and traditional means which the church had condemned. Fr

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Macrae, Clare. "Divinities and ancestors in encounter with Christianity in the experience and religious history of the early Irish and the Akan people of Ghana." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/30432.

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An initial interest in understanding the surviving traditions relating to the pan-Celtic divinity Lugh in his Irish guise, and some personal acquaintance with West Africa suggested this comparative study. I soon found that the institution of the Akan traditional chieftancy, still functioning as integral to the socio-religious identity of the modern Akan people of Ghana, provided illuminating insights into the paradigmatic role of Lugh in relation to early Irish sacral kingship. Although early mediaeval Ireland and 19<SUP>th</SUP> and 20<SUP>th</SUP> century Gold Coast, now Ghana, are divided b

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Ghanem, Rosalie. "Histoire et mémoire dans la construction des héroïnes méditerranéennes chez Carmen Boustani et Vénus Khoury-Ghata." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCA051.

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L’objet de notre recherche a été précisément de démontrer que des éléments historiques et mémoriels ont joué un rôle primordial dans la construction des héroïnes méditerranéennes. Notre but était donc de souligner ces éléments, d’étudier leurs manifestations dans les œuvres et d’interroger ces dernières afin de trouver les raisons pour lesquelles les écrivaines ont choisi ces éléments parmi d’autres dans la création de leurs personnages. Nous avons donc démontré que ce sont le patrimoine, la mythologie et les traditions orientaux et méditerranéens qui sont revendiqués par nos écrivaines tout e

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Wiking, Sofia. "From Slave Wife of the Gods to " ke te pam tem eng". Trokosi seen through the Eyes of the Participants." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-28419.

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AbstractThis final essay in religious studies at Malmö Lärarutbildningen (Teacher’s education) is a minor field study (MFS) carried out in Ghana about Trokosi. Trokosi is a tradition, system and practice where young girls are given to village shrine priests as sexual and domestic slaves, or "wives of the gods", in compensation for offenses allegedly committed by a member of the girl's family. My main research question has been: What are the thoughts of the victims as well as the rescuers of Trokosi thoughts about the Trokosi tradition, system and practice? The thesis is based on a minor field

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Acquah, Francis. "The impact of African traditional religious beliefs and cultural values on Christian-Muslim relations in Ghana from the 1920 to the present : a case study of the Nkusukum-Ekumfi-Enyan traditional area of the Central Region." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3473.

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The inception, evangelization and missionary activities of Christianity and Islam in Nkusukum-Ekumfi-Enyan traditional area in the Central Region of Ghana resulted in the conversions of the indigenous people, mainly, from African Traditional Religion (ATR) to the two mission religions. The religious beliefs, practices and the provision of social services of these immigrant religions have impacted on the religious and cultural life of the traditional communities. Yet, the indigenous religious beliefs and cultural values have served not only as the mediation of expressions for both indigenous Ch

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Laryea, Philip Tetteh. "Christianity as vernacular religion : a study in the theological significance of mother tongue apprehension of the Christian faith in West Africa with reference to the works of Ephraim Amu (1899-1995)." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/927.

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Ephraim Amu is a distinguished musician. He is well known for his advocacy on African tradition and culture. Amu's pride in the African personality has earned him a place in Ghana's hall of fame. It was in recognition of these achievements that his portrait was embossed on Ghana's highest currency, the Twenty Thousand Cedi note. But there is more to the Amu story. In this thesis I have drawn substantially on Amu's own works to demonstrate how, in fact, he is an exemplar of mother tongue apprehension of the Christian faith in Africa. Amu showed in his songs, diaries, sermons, letters, addresses

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Opong, Andrew Kwasi. "A comparative study of the concept of the divine in African traditional religions in Ghana and Lesotho." 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15718.

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Goldstone, Brian David. "The Miraculous Life: Scenes from the Charismatic Encounter in Northern Ghana." Diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10161/5530.

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<p>This dissertation examines the recent influx of Pentecostal-charismatic churches into the Northern Region of Ghana, a rural, underdeveloped region whose predominantly Muslim population has increasingly become the target of evangelistic efforts undertaken by Christians from the south. Based on ethnographic and archival research, my study considers the locus of this incursion as a densely layered zone of anxieties and emergences, desires and contestations, in which the elaboration of novel horizons of sensibility and experience is refracted through the vicissitudes of the region's social, ec

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Opong, Andrew Kwasi. "A comparative study of the concept of the devine in African traditional religions in Ghana and Lesotho." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/700.

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This thesis finds out how the concepts of the divine in African Traditional Religions are similar or different, particularly in Ghana and Lesotho and in other parts of Africa in general. In doing so, the researcher combines literature review of eminent scholars who have studied the religious and socio-cultural life of the people of Ghana and Lesotho in particular and Africa in general, with personal field study through dissemination of questionnaires, interviews and personal observations. Through this approach he finds out the various religious phenomena that reveal the concept of the divine

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