Gender, Sexuality and Decolonization in Postcolonial Ghana

Gender, Sexuality and Decolonization in Postcolonial Ghana
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Publisher : African Books Collective
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 9789956553730
ISBN-13 : 9956553735
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Book Synopsis Gender, Sexuality and Decolonization in Postcolonial Ghana by : Charles Prempeh

Download or read book Gender, Sexuality and Decolonization in Postcolonial Ghana written by Charles Prempeh and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2023-01-19 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the turn of the millennium, in Ghana and in other African countries, there has been a vociferous debate over the history and present condition of the family. The debate has largely fragmented the Ghanaian constituency into two nearly intransigent camps: those who think the indigenous family system should experience cultural osmosis to accommodate the seismic Western cultural revolutions and the overwhelming religious constituency who advocate the retention of conservative family system. This book is a contribution to the debate. Written by an African Studies academic, it seeks to use the resources of both the social sciences and religion to assess the merits of the various parties to the debate. The author believes in the legitimacy of the traditional family system as conditio sine qua non for preserving human civilization. Nevertheless, the goal of this book is not to further polarize the Ghanaian front, but build bridges, by inviting the various parties to the debate to walk the complex pathways of exercising compassion without compromising the values that support human flourishing. Charles Prempeh is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Cultural and African Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana.


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