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Samuel Adu-gyamfi, Samuel
Department of history and political studies, kwame nkrumah university of science and technology (knust)
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MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SECTION OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY REPORT OF GHANA, 2008: A COMMENTARY Adu-gyamfi, Samuel; Brenya, Edward; Adjei, Gifty Nuako
Journal of Humanity Vol 4, No 1 (2016): February 2016
Publisher : Journal of Humanity

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14724/jh.v4i1.55

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This article is basically a commentary on some sections on infant and maternalhealthcare of the 2008 demographic and health survey of Ghana. The attention of bothpolicy makers and academics are drawn to the need to ensure the expansion of thematernal and infant healthcare in Ghana. In same commentary, attention of readershave been drawn to the proclivity of the free maternal health policy to positively shapematernal and infant care in Ghana.
THE MEDIA AND SOCIO-POLITICAL CHANGE: A SNAPSHOT OF NORTH AFRICA AND GHANA’S CASE Adu-Gyamfi, Samuel; Amakye-Boateng, Kwasi; Oware, Richard
Paramita: Historical Studies Journal Vol 29, No 1 (2019): PARAMITA
Publisher : History Department, Semarang State University and Historian Society of Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/paramita.v29i1.15604

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The mass media is a very useful tool to educate, to inform and to entertain. However, recent studies have shown that the media in whatever form has contributed immensely to bring about both social and political change in respective communities across the globe and Africa in particular. The case of Ghana has been presented from the different tangents by different authors. Significantly, this contribution pays attention to the role of the press (media) as well as the digital media in ensuring effective social and political change. In the first instance, this looks at the role of the media from the past to present and juxtaposes that with recent developments in Ghana and other African Countries. Attention is also paid to the role of the media in the respective elections in Ghana.Keywords: Press, Mass Media, Politics, Democracy, Transitions, Political Development, Social Development Media massa adalah alat yang sangat berguna untuk mendidik, menginformasikan, dan menghibur. Namun, penelitian terbaru menunjukkan bahwa media dalam bentuk apa pun telah berkontribusi besar untuk membawa perubahan sosial dan politik di komunitas masing-masing di seluruh dunia dan Afrika pada khususnya. Kasus Ghana telah disajikan dari berbagai garis singgung oleh penulis yang berbeda. Secara signifikan, kontribusi ini memperhatikan peran pers (media) serta media digital dalam memastikan perubahan sosial dan politik yang efektif. Dalam contoh pertama, ini terlihat pada peran media dari masa lalu hingga sekarang dan menyandingkan bahwa dengan perkembangan terakhir di Ghana dan negara-negara Afrika lainnya. Perhatian juga diberikan pada peran media dalam pemilihan masing-masing di Ghana.Kata kunci: Pers, Media Massa, Politik,   Demokrasi, Transisi, Perkembangan Politik, Pembangunan Sosial 
Witchcraft Narratives among the Tallensi of Ghana Adu-Gyamfi, Samuel; Tibil Bersong, Dennis; Yakubu Nyaaba, Ali
Unisia Vol. 42 No. 1 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/unisia.vol42.iss1.art15

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Witchcraft and related issues have been part of African metaphysics. It remains one of the most important human predicaments and dynamics that most scholars find difficult to comprehend. Witchcraft accusations have reached alarming rates in the Tallensi District and the five regions of northern Ghana as a whole. Among the Tallensi, accused witches or wizards were sometimes murdered by their people on the advice of a diviner from another community. Sometimes, too, when the diviner confirmed an individual or group of people as witches, they were permanently cast out or expelled from the Tallensi community. There are several academic scholarly works on witchcraft worldwide. They have been closely examined, based on anti-witchcraft shrines, children's witchcraft, ‘witch camps’ accusations, alleged witches, and ethnically related witches and affiliates. However, the current research investigates the concept of witchcraft in a global society and how people understand and relate to it in their respective communities, particularly Tallensi. It also focuses on how one could be identified as a witch or wizard in his/her community, as well as the treatment that was meted out to him/her. Finally, this study sheds more light on the role of traditional indigenous shrines in the discussion of witchcraft among the Tallensi. To achieve this, the research relied on historical sources to re-evaluate the monograph of Meyer Fortes, who argued that witchcraft and its related activities are strange to Tallensi. The current contribution also discusses the increasing role of Christian interpretation of scripture concerning witchcraft and how the same has aggravated the witchcraft quandary in Tallensi. A qualitative research approach based on both primary and secondary data sources was employed in this study. The analysis revealed that, even though people believed in the existence of witchcraft, none could provide empirical evidence to prosecute a witch or wizard. Overall, the study also established that accused witches live a life of misery in their respective communities, even if they are not murdered or banished. Ironically successive governments in Ghana have done little to ameliorate the plight of these people, but they always solicit their vote during periods of elections in the country.
Co-Authors Amakye-Boateng, Kwasi Edward Brenya, Edward Gifty Nuako Adjei, Gifty Nuako Oware, Richard Tibil Bersong, Dennis Yakubu Nyaaba, Ali