In traditional society, women had considerable economic and political powers which derived in part from their ability to control their own income and property without male oversight. Among the matrilineal Akan they also regularly assumed high statuses within the lineage and the kingdom, even though ...
“I find women to be really powerful, especially in a local context, because they keep us together and are really nurturing and strong at the same time. I feel like we don’t really appreciate and talk about them a lot, because it’s still a really male-dominated community and culture....
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Clothes and Shoes Of course, you will need to pack clothes for your trip. How many and what kind will depend on where you’re going and what you’ll be doing. If you’re going to a warm climate, you’ll need shorts, t-shirts, and light dresses or skirts. For a cold climate, pa...
Many Ghanaians wear Western dress. And many more combine Western and traditional, for instance an African shirt over shorts or a waist wrap over a long Western skirt. It is odd that people seem to wear their Western dress with little sense of style. Yet, when you see women in their colo...
identified by the participants were the traditional sources being used by most people in Ghana – prayer camps, traditionalist priests, and hospitals. According to the participants, deaf people with mental health conditions who were treated received their treatment from some of these traditional ...
As already mentioned, these cloths were ttrraditionally linked wwith the oopulent Akan funerals. Nowadays, ceremonial clothes for men, female dresses, and akatasoɔ (pieces of cloth used by women as a ...
Women who return to the community with sewing machines, cooking utensils (often referred to as "silver"), wax prints, a toned skin, skinny jeans and dresses and fanciful hairdos appear modern and enviable. They are accorded the social prestige that is associated with a "successful" returnee....