Christian ethics and traditional Akan ethics: A comparative study

Abstract

Some people are of the view that the advent of Christianity has taught Africans what is morally right and/or wrong. Using the Akan of Ghana, the authors endeavor to compare Christian ethical values with those of the Akan, identifying some similarities and dissimilarities with the objective of contributing towards the effort to rectify the aforementioned wrong impression and further affirm that the traditional Akan culture has its own precious ethical values