The Akan (/ ˈ æ k æ n /) people are a Kwa group living primarily in present-day Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa. The Akan speak languages within the Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano subfamily of the Niger–Congo family. [2]

By throwing a critical lens on the male protagonists in the texts as gendered subjects and examining the influences that contribute to their subjectivity, this paper highlights the various...

2024年12月17日 · Hailing from the central forest regions of contemporary Ghana and Ivory Coast, the Akan are renowned for their matrilineal lineage system, which offers a profound basis for examining the influence of matriarchal structures on economic, political, and social domains.

2014年3月22日 · By throwing a critical lens on the male protagonists in the texts as gendered subjects and examining the influences that contribute to their subjectivity, this paper highlights the various constructions and manifestations of masculinities in the texts; critiquing the social institutions that make these constructions possible, showcasing the ofte...

The Healers by Ayi Kwei Armah and Ama Ata Aidoo’s Anowa are two texts that focus on issues of manhood and masculinity in traditional Ghana. These writers subvert the normalization of hegemonic mas-culinity vaunted by society and to which many of the men in society ascribe.

By throwing a critical lens on the male protagonists in the texts as gendered subjects and examining the influences that contribute to their subjectivity, this paper highlights the various constructions and manifestations of masculinities in the texts; critiquing the social institutions that make these constructions possible, showcasing the ofte...

2006年12月27日 · This overview presents the Akan conception of persons as seen by two major contemporary Akan philosophers, Kwasi Wiredu and Kwame Gyekye. These scholars present two very different accounts of the concept, particularly with respect to the relationship between social recognition and innate characteristics to personhood.

2015年5月20日 · Using evidence from Akan constructions of masculinity, the paper supports the conventional view that gender is primarily biological and that people perform their social roles based on their ...

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The Making of Akan Men: Confronting Hegemonic Masculinities in Ayi Kwei Armah's The Healers and Ama Ata Aidoo's Anowa. Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men, 2(2), 41-62.