Naming is a central rite of passage across African societies, but its meanings are most fully grasped through lived participation and experience. Among the Kassena of Burkina Faso and Ghana, the naming of a child is not merely a social convention but a metaphysical act that affirms spiritual li... Read More

The Akan, considered by many as the indigenous of Ghana, constitute about 45% of the country’s population. Despite colonization, Christianity and Western influence, they have protected and maintained their culture, which is transmitted to the youth through songs and drums, expressions of though... Read More

This article refutes the 'Eurasian'-centric assertion of a universal scarcity of women’s statuary across time and geography (Baugher & Jameson, 2025). Anchored in the “Restoration of Maat” conceptual framework—rooted in the declaration from the Prophecy of ‘imAxw Neferti’ that 'Maat will come ... Read More

Ghana’s 2020 cannabis law reform marked a departure from absolute prohibition but fell short of full decriminalization as it was limited to a legalizationist framework. This paper uses an abolitionist framework to examine legalization’s socio-political and economic implications. Drawing on comp... Read More

Across many palm-growing communities, empty palm bunches are either discarded or burned without further use, despite their longstanding recognition in indigenous farming as ash with healing and nutritive qualities. This study revisits this ancestral knowledge by preparing an edible-grade ash fr... Read More