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Mensah Adinkrah

What is the Adinkra Cloth in Ghana? History and Social Significance

Mensah Adinkrah06 mins

Introduction Adinkra cloth is one of the most important traditional textiles of Ghana and a significant cultural expression among the Akan people, particularly the Asante. Unlike Kente cloth, which is woven, Adinkra cloth is made by stamping symbolic designs onto fabric using special dyes. The cloth is famous for the numerous Adinkra symbols printed on…

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Posthumous Treatment of Accused Witches in Ghana

Mensah Adinkrah05 mins

In many Ghanaian communities, accusations of witchcraft generate intense moral outrage and social hostility. Persons believed to be malevolent witches are frequently subjected to verbal abuse, physical assault, forced displacement, and, in extreme cases, extrajudicial killing (Adinkrah, 2004, 2015). Crucially, however, the sanctioning of alleged witches does not necessarily terminate at biological death. Rather, death…

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