Ghana History and Traditions

Articles

The History of West Africa at a Glance by Mia Sogoba (7 September 2018)

http://www.culturesofwestafrica.com/history-of-west-africa/

Child naming ceremony -Ghanaian name

Wikipedia article

Puberty Rites

Dipo or Otofo-dipo for the Krobo
Bragoro for the Ashanti

Article in GhanaWeb

Book Review - DIPO and the Politics of Culture in Ghana by Bridget Sackey (Ghana Social Science Journal, Volumes 5 & 6, Numbers 1 & 2, 2008/2009, pp. 282-287)

http://ss.ug.edu.gh/sites/ss.ug.edu.gh/files/journals/11-Book%20Review%20-%20DIPO%20and%20the%20Politics%20of%20Culture%20in%20Ghana%2C%20Prof%20Sackey.pdf

Funeral Rites - Fantasy coffins

Celebrating death in style: Ghana's fantasy coffins
by Munachim Amah and Ized Uanikhehi, CNN (19 January 19 2018)

https://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/29/africa/ghana-fantasy-coffin/

Queen mothers

Wikipedia article

Folktales -Anansi

Wikipedia article

Movies

Books

Mis en avant
Ghana: The Story So Far
Ghana: The Story So Far

by Abyna-Ansaa Adjei, 2018

ISBN 978 9988 2 7113 8

Details: https://booknook.store/product/ghana-the-story-so-far-hardcover/


Ghana’s Heritage of Culture
Ghana’s Heritage of Culture

by Kofi Antubam (First edition 1963)

Republished in 2018
ISBN 9789988288297

Details: https://booknook.store/product/ghanas-heritage-of-culture-hardcover/

Stones Tell Stories at Osu
Stones Tell Stories at Osu

Memories of a Host Community of the Danish Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
by H. Nii-Adziri Wellington, 2017
ISBN 9781894718141

Details: https://booknook.store/product/stones-tell-stories-at-osu/

Concealed Art The Figurative Palanquins and Coffins of Ghana
Concealed Art The Figurative Palanquins and Coffins of Ghana

by Regula Tschumi (Till Schaap Edition, 2014)
ISBN 9783038280996

Details: https://regulatschumi.ch

Slave Trilogy from Thorkild Hansen (Nordic Council Prize)
Slave Trilogy from Thorkild Hansen (Nordic Council Prize)

by Thorkild Hansen

Originally published in Danish between 1967 and 1970 and translated into English by Kari Dako of the University of Ghana, Legon

Coast of Slaves, 2006 (Slavernes kyst, 1967)
Ships of Slaves, 2002 (Slavernes skibe, 1968)
Islands of Slaves, 2005 (Slavernes øer, 1970)

http://www.africanbookscollective.com/authors-editors/thorkild-hansen

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