voices from the humanities Lauer, Helen. Amfo, Nana Aba Appiah. Anderson, Jemima Asabea. text bibliography gh Accra, Ghana Sub-Saharan Publishers c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xiv, 297 p.: ill. (some col.), maps.; 24 cm. Contents: Introduction -- The Humanities and the idea of national identity -- Empiricalism: The Empirical character of an African philosophy -- Metaphors of death in akan -- Political nicknaming in Ghana: social representations of democracy achieved through conceptual blending -- "Do not rob us of ourselves": language and nationalism in colonial Ghana -- Language use in education in minority language areas: the case of Logba -- The Dilemma of identity for African American English: a case of African language influence? -- Constructing a national language as a vehicle for national identity -- Material culture and ethnic identity: the case of the Krobo, Ghana -- Negotiating pre- colonial history and future democracy: Kwasi Wiredu and his critics -- Identity crises: constructions of national identity in the poetry of equatorial Guinea -- 'No sweetness here' for 'our sister', La Noire? Gender empowerment in the short stories of sembene Ousmane and Ama Ata Aidoo -- Constructing national consciousness in Russian literature: some lessons for the African milieu -- Africa's renaissance and the challenge of culture: the failures of NEPAD -- The music of Ephraim Amu and Isaac Daniel Riverson: 'the known ' and 'the not known' Ghanaian composers -- The Performing arts: identity and the new social paradigm. edited by Helen Lauer, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Jemima Asabea Anderson. Includes bibliographical references. National characteristics Humanities CB197 .I34 9789988647964 9988647964 2011342830 DLC 110614 20210414114237.0 8928790