Among the Akan, funeral presents the opportunity for all the good things the deceased did while he was alive to be recounted. Through the weeping and other forms of expressing sadness, the good ...

A separation ritual was performed to part to distance Sandra from the C Confion's spirit. In Akan funeral culture, the rite is enacted to absolve the living from the dead's influence as it is ...

Gender activist and feminist Felicity Nelson has stated that the funeral of President Jerry John Rawlings should not have been dominated by Akan culture given that he was an Ewe. She is insisting ...

In Akan culture, the lineage head must be informed ... particularly ensuring that the deceased has a funeral that befits his or her status attained in life and is compatible with the social ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. J. H. Kwabena Nketiah’s Funeral Dirges of the Akan People (1955) is undoubtedly one of the classics among studies devoted to African oral ...

His final funeral rites was held from November 16 to ... Otumfuo succeeded his father in line with the Akan culture, automatically making him his father and assuming all roles and responsibilities ...