In the patriarchal world,courage, vigor and strength are qualities often ascribed to men. In her two novels,Coming to Birthand Victoria and Murder in Majengo, Marjorie Oludhe MacGoye seeks to demystify this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Myths of origin display certain salient features that set them apart from other genres of oral literature. This paper, however, lays emphasis on the major tenets of myths of origins from the Tigania community. Sigmund Freud ...

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 ...

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 ...

Launched around the time Kenya was marking fifty years of independence, Yvonne Owuor’s Dust has been described as a ‘cultural inheritance.’ It portrays a collection of colourful characters who laugh at themselves in ...

Existing models in writing reviews underscore the form and content of works of art with scarce attention to the philosophical maxims upon which the works are based. Most adopt journalistic models that are more or less ...

This article is a critique of the idea of subalternity1 as it is used in the Kenyan political autobiographies of leaders who have reigned but never ruled.2 The study is largely located within postcolonial theory, with ...