Cape Coast Journal of Humanities

Abstract

This volume of the Cape Coast Journal of Humanities contains a variety of well-researched papers. The papers selected for this volume cut across the sub-discipline of History, Literature and Diplomacy. The first essay by De-Valera Botchway and Nyarkoah Gyamera discusses the gradual erosion of the dual-sex political leadership among the Akan-speaking Breman Asikuma people of Ghana. In his paper, David Aworawo examines how European activities impacted on two West African settlements i.e. the Benin and the Warri Kingdoms between 1500 and 1750. In their submission, Sola Akinrinade and Olukoya Ogen traces the history of Indo-Nigerian economic relations emphasising on its implication for south –south cooperation. Michael Ogbeidi in his paper discusses the vexed issue of the role of government in business, while Irene Osemeka’s paper addresses the use of multi-track diplomacy in the management of conflicts in West Africa. Zhe Zhang and Omon Osiki in their article examines the strategic thinking pattern of three great leaders in Asia and Africa. The last paper in the volume written by Felicia Ohwovoriole discusses the oral and literary strategies in Hope Eghagha’s poetry. On the whole, all the papers makes an insightful and interesting reading.