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Browsing RP-Department of Literature by Author "Duhoe, Alberta Aseye Ama"

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    Changing Trends in Bedtime Story Reading Habits of Children: A Comparative Study of African and European Children’s Literature
    (Royallite Global, 2020) Duhoe, Alberta Aseye Ama; Adansi, Joana Emefa
    Children are often inspired by tales, rhymes and songs of various kinds globally. Mostly, children in developed countries are exposed to cartoons online and puzzles that tell stories. Before the emergence of modern technology in Africa, parents and teachers spent time with children under ten years telling them stories that were so inspiring and motivating. Children used those moments to build on their vocabularies and also learn great deal of lessons from such stories. Today, technological advancement has influenced the moments that children share with their teachers and parents in listening to stories. Hard copies of bedtime stories with attractive pictorial presentations on some events in the content and on the cover gradually replaced the traditional way of sending these stories across to children. The study adopted a desktop literature review method (desk study). This study further used a humanistic approach to textual analysis while researching and writing this essay, compared to a behavioral approach, which would involve evaluating the bedtime story reading habits of children with the influence of changing trends in technology. The drawing and interpretation of observations and sense which is not a quantitative impact evaluation, was important in this context.
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    COVID-19: A Blessing or Curse on Affected Countries and its Citizens
    (Royallite Global, 2020) Duhoe, Alberta Aseye Ama; Toffa, Bernard Akuetey
    The emergence of COVID-19, the deadly global virus brought in its wake, both positive and negative results on the general lives of citizens in the affected countries. While many countries, families and global health organizationsstrive in their quest daily to completely remove this pandemic, others on the other hand, though scared of the deadly virus, see it as an avenue to make gains. This paper seeks to examine the fortunes and misfortunes of COVID-19 in the general life of citizens in affected countries around the world and the impact of this supposed blessing or curse on the economy.Currently, implementation of policies and frameworks that tackle digital production and dissemination of misinformation about disease outbreaks is imperative. Governments that participate in truth-telling are moving faster off hazards than those that distort or hesitate the communication of the message of the disease.Corona virus has differed widely in the capital, capacities, and management / mitigation strategies needed. Good preparedness and responsiveness are also important prerequisites. The most risk-effective strategies for raising pandemic readiness, particularly in resource-constrained environments, comprise of investment in strengthening core global health systems, especially water and sewage systems; growing awareness; and immediately extinguishing pandemic-causing sparks.
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    The irony in funeral of two religious sects in Ghana: A comparative study in Islam and Christianity
    (Royallite Global, 2020) Toffa, Akuetey Bernard; Mawuli, Adzei; Duhoe, Alberta Aseye Ama
    This study examines the irony in the two religions, Christian and Islamic with respect to the organization and patronage of funerals in Ghana. Data was collected in four communities across Ghana comprising two Christian and two Moslem communities. This study adopted a collection of both primary and secondary data sources. The primary data was analyzed qualitatively in order to obtain the information on the funeral services conducted in the religions of Islam and Christianity. The study relied on appropriate primary sources. Such primary data was collected at a realistic level through informal conversational interviews, organized individual interviews and focus group interviews (FGIs). Islamic rules prescribe certain guidelines of how Muslims plan for a burial. Most of the particulars of Muslim funeral rites are taken from Prophet Muhammad’s terms. Christian funeral procedures on the other hand are diversified across sects, regions, and cultural heritage. The Christians advocates for the dead to be buried with respect, but does not propose the particulars of funeral services. The study gives the information on the different practices adopted by the Islamic and Christian religions and therefore contributes to the knowledge of research.
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    Portrayal and Effects of Disobedience through Drama in Works of Aidoo and Fiawoo: A Comparative Study
    (Royallite Global, 2020) Duhoe, Alberta Aseye Ama; Kyei-Poku, Emmanuel
    Culture as a collective norm behooves members of a community whose identity is related to adherence to a specific culture, thus guaranteeing a cultural preservation and protection. In other words, there is a marked-off conservatism in any community where identity is related to culture which acts as a blockade that prohibits the intrusion of aspects that are considered anti-cultural. Culture can then be described as a structure that developed out of the collective consciousness of a society whose members wanted to' invent' and identify with all aspects of a culture. Anowa is the story about a young woman who wants to marry a man she loves, ignoring her parents ' wishes. The couple gathers fortune after several trials and tribulations-but Anowa knows something is wrong somewhere. In essence, Anowa is an analysis of the contradictions between western cultural individualism and Africa's social traditions. Implications linked to not fulfilling a divine calling are central to this research. Anowa rejects her spiritual calling to become a dancer-priestess, mainly because of the influence of her mother Badua. This paper, however, examined the portrayal and effects of disobedience of Ghanaian youths by juxtaposing both Akan and Ewe cultures as part of literature.
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    Towards widowhood rites: A comparative study of the Dagaaba and the Ewe people of Ghana
    (Royallite Global, 2020) Tengepare, Marcelline; Duhoe, Alberta Aseye Ama
    This study examined the practices of widowhood rites in Dagaaba and Ewe communities. It applied an approach to intersectionality and resilience to explore the idea of selfhood and personality, and uses case studies to explain the difficulties that arise in using a human rights approach to tackle the widows' plight in the two communities. The study adopted qualitative analysis techniques. In Dagaaba and Ewe, the predicament of widows has shown that much remains to be done to meet the concerns of several categories of African women. Seminars, workshops symposia and the media can be used as a genuine tool for educating the entire civil society and the masses about widowhood rites and projecting widows' rights to all facets of society. The study concluded that the morals for addressing widowhood in an African society should concentrate on addressing the "human aspect"–the limitations (e.g., legal, religious, cultural, and socio-economic) embedded in the social relations that restrict both the widow and community.