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CULTURE, SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

Opoku-Agyemang, Prof. K. (University of Cape Coast, 2011-04)

This study carried out an analysis of the rural poverty in Osun State, Nigeria. Descriptive statistics, headcount index and the Tobit regression model were the main tools of analysis used for this study. Data used for ...
The “Craft of Bruising” and the Life of Azumah “Professor of the Ring” Nelson – A Social History of Ghanaian Boxing (Volume One)

Botchway, De-Valera Nana Yaw Mpere (University of Cape Coast, 2011-06)

This thesis explores how boxing emerged in Ghana from both indigenous and foreign (British) inventiveness, how it has shaped aspects of Ghana’s popular culture, and also examines boxing’s social meaning and impact in the ...
Agblehawo (farmers’ music): their status and impact on farming communities of Kpandu, volta region, Ghana.

Amlor, Martin Quephie (university of cape coast, 2013-05)

An important musical type that supports farmers’ activities at Kpandu and its environs, to ensure their welfare and survival through subsistence farming is agblehawo, a term which literally means “farmers’ music”. This ...
Islam and the Dagaaba of the Upper West Region of Ghana, C. E. 1400 - 2008

Nuolabong, Aloysius (University of Cape Coast, 2013-05)

Dagaaba converted to Christianity in great numbers but resisted Islam when it came. The study seeks to investigate the factors that accounted for Dagaaba acceptance of and resistance to Islam. It also intends to collect ...
Music and emotion: A study of the relationship between musical preference and emotional intelligence

Otchere, Eric Debrah (University of Cape Coast, 2014-01)

The concept of emotion is one that is deeply connected to both Musical Preferences (MP) and Emotional Intelligence (EI) inter alia. In fact, many people identify different emotions in their day-to-day engagements with ...
Grammatical cohesion in teacher trainees’ argument essay: A Linguistics analysis of argument essay of a Private College of Education in Ghana

Daniels, Josephine Brew; Kwabena, Anto, Sylvester (University of Cape Coast, 2016)

This study examines grammatical cohesion in teacher trainees’ argument essay. Twenty scripts of teacher trainees’ argument essay were purposely selected from a total of hundred essays which were assessed by two inter-raters ...
Trope, text and context in Nyadodo of the Ewe of Ghana.

Akyea, Gladys Mansa Feddy (University of Cape Coast, 2016-11)

The study on nyadodo has been motivated by the conviction that apart from the well known oral artistic genres of the Ewe, nyadodo texts also provide a lens into the oral literature and values of the people. Looking closely ...
Islam and Gender in Dagbon

Abdul-Hamid, Mustapha (University Of Cape Coast, 2017)

Gender has become a central issue in world discourse. It is more so in Islam because there is a general perception that the theology of Islam is built on gender injustice. The Dagomba people of Ghana converted to Islam ...
A reading of Galatians 5 and its impact on Christians in the Anlo traditional area.

Godwin Kofi Deffor, Cool (University of Cape Coast, 2017-02)

The study concerns a reading of Galatians 5 and practices and its appropriation for Christians in the Anlo Traditional Area. The chosen text deals with a situation of intra-religious debate between two religious beliefs ...
A reading of Galatians 5 and its impact on Christians in the Anlo traditional area

Deffor, Cool Godwin Kofi (University of Cape Coast, 2017-02)

The study concerns a reading of Galatians 5 and practices and its appropriation for Christians in the Anlo Traditional Area. The chosen text deals with a situation of intra-religious debate between two religious beliefs ...
A history of Wa, 1500 – 1900.

Mahama, Iddrisu (University of Cape Coast, 2017-03)

Motivated by the works of scholars on the histories of ethnic groups like the Dagomba, Mamprusi, and Asante, the aim of this study is to delineate the origins of the Waala from the earliest period to the eve of British ...
Impact of Ghanaian basic school band directors‘ rehearsal strategies on students‘ performance

Dordzro, John-Doe, Y. (University of Cape Coast, 2017-03)

There has been a concern about the quality and depth of the musical leanings accruing from school musical performances. The concern in Ghana is the level of technical ability students are able to achieve and how instructors ...
A History of Politics in Education in Ghana: 1852-2008

Boakye, Peter (University of Cape Coast, 2017-03)

This thesis interrogates the politics of governments that shaped and directed the formulation and implementation of educational policies and reforms in Ghana from 1852 to 2008. Using various sources such as archival ...
Readability and academic communication: The case of the humanities research articles in University of Cape Coast

Gyasi, William Kodom (University of Cape Coast, 2017-04)

Research articles (RA) constitute the most important means of communicating research findings in the academic community. Despite the crucial role played by RAs within the academic community, numerous studies across ...
Reading Galatians 4:21-31 as a covenantal discourse with Ricoeur’s eyes: implication for the Ghanaian context

Nsiah, Alice Matilda (University of Cape Coast, 2017-07)

The study examined Galatians 4:21-31 as a covenantal discourse. The research used the Hermeneutical theory of Ricoeur, which is a double dialectic movement from understanding to explanation to comprehension and then ...
Performance aesthetics of the Klama dance of Gbugbla (Prampram), Ghana

Hargoe, Aristedes Narh (University of Cape Coast, 2017-07)

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the performance aesthetics of Klama as a movement system of the Dangme people of Gbugbla (Prampram). I observe that Klama as a movement system, integrates the core manifestations ...
Negotiating religious identity through dance in the Presbyterian church of Ghana: a case study of Immanuel congregation, Madina.

Darko, Jennies Deide (University of Cape Coast, 2017-07)

Dance as a complex cultural phenomenon contains elements that define people as belonging to a particular cultural group. As a form of self-expression and communication, dance has the power to bring people together in ...
A literary analysis of imprecations within the psalter

Bakapenaneso, Andor Josiah (2017-07)

Studies in the psalter have generally been done using form-critical and historical-critical methodologies. In studying imprecations within the psalms, most scholars have focused on addressing the issues from Christian ...
The role of indigenous Assin religion in the practices of inheritance and succession of the Assin

Assanful, Vincent (University of Cape Coast, 2017-08)

This thesis examined the influence of the Indigenous Assin Religion (IAR) on the inheritance and succession practices of the Assin. The purpose was to establish the link between the IAR and the inheritance and succession ...
A Corpus-Based Study of Personal Pronouns in University Lectures Across Disciplines

Akoto, Osei Yaw (University of Cape Coast, 2018-03)

The present study investigated variation in the distribution, discourse references and functions of /, we and you (tri-PP) in classroom lectures across three broad knowledge domains -Humanities (HS), Social Sciences (SS) ...

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