This study examines the economic aspects of death and funeral celebration in the Akan town of Ayirebi, near Akyem Oda, in southeastem Ghana. It illustrates the extent of social responsibility that exists in a contemporary stratified society that has a mixed form of property holding. It shows how a traditional institution functions as an effective response to socioeconomic stress, alleviating the hardships of the poorer segments of the population while allowing local capitalists to assert status and prestige. The examination of the processes involved in the preparation of the corpse, burial and observance of the final funeral rites, as well as what happens to productive resources after the owner’s death, shows an elaborate division of labour...
The study is about the Encounters between Christianity and the African Traditional Religions in Fant...
Der Stamm der Dagara im Nordwesten Ghanas ist durch einen starken Glauben an ein Leben nach dem Tod ...
Numerous studies on death in African societies with no doubt have been successfully conducted though...
What connects people of all cultures, regardless of how or where people are born, is the reality tha...
Until recently, little attention has been paid to the history of death practices in relation to thei...
This paper is based on conversations and observations made during anthropological fieldwork conducte...
The purpose of this article is to analyze the effect of culture in small business enterprise innovat...
Poorer societies have been ignored in scholarly dialogue on consumer behavior and consumption. The g...
This volume discusses the history of funerals, a 'total social phenomenon' in southern Ghana. Today,...
In Orthodox Christian communities in Ethiopia, the loss of a person entails a considerable economic ...
This paper compares indigenous conceptualisations, as expressed in ledgers recording the collection ...
The Ashantis are well known for their strict observance and co-operation during funeral rites. I att...
M. Jackson — L'identité des morts: aspects des rites mortuaires dans une société d'Afrique occidenta...
This study sought to examine widowhood in Talensi and Nabdam and inheritance practises in the Upper ...
This study situates current kinship and inheritance practices among the matrilineal Asante within an...
The study is about the Encounters between Christianity and the African Traditional Religions in Fant...
Der Stamm der Dagara im Nordwesten Ghanas ist durch einen starken Glauben an ein Leben nach dem Tod ...
Numerous studies on death in African societies with no doubt have been successfully conducted though...
What connects people of all cultures, regardless of how or where people are born, is the reality tha...
Until recently, little attention has been paid to the history of death practices in relation to thei...
This paper is based on conversations and observations made during anthropological fieldwork conducte...
The purpose of this article is to analyze the effect of culture in small business enterprise innovat...
Poorer societies have been ignored in scholarly dialogue on consumer behavior and consumption. The g...
This volume discusses the history of funerals, a 'total social phenomenon' in southern Ghana. Today,...
In Orthodox Christian communities in Ethiopia, the loss of a person entails a considerable economic ...
This paper compares indigenous conceptualisations, as expressed in ledgers recording the collection ...
The Ashantis are well known for their strict observance and co-operation during funeral rites. I att...
M. Jackson — L'identité des morts: aspects des rites mortuaires dans une société d'Afrique occidenta...
This study sought to examine widowhood in Talensi and Nabdam and inheritance practises in the Upper ...
This study situates current kinship and inheritance practices among the matrilineal Asante within an...
The study is about the Encounters between Christianity and the African Traditional Religions in Fant...
Der Stamm der Dagara im Nordwesten Ghanas ist durch einen starken Glauben an ein Leben nach dem Tod ...
Numerous studies on death in African societies with no doubt have been successfully conducted though...