Let's Speak Twi

Let's Speak Twi

Author: Adams Bodomo

Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781575866048

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Let's Speak Twi is an introductory textbook for those seeking proficiency in Akan/Twi, the most widely used and understood native language of Ghana. This book is a systematic introduction to Akan and Ghanaian culture through the language learning process. Included are exercises and activities that require active participation on the part of the learner. The book also serves as a useful companion for academics and others embarking on field-trips to Ghana and neighboring countries where Twi is spoken.


Modern Akan

Modern Akan

Author: Esi Cleland

Publisher: kasahorow Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9988037678

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Learn simple Akan for getting around Ghana and making friends. Modern Akan is a concise, portable and easy-to-grasp reference to the Akan language. This kasahorow language guide includes - a basic grammar for Akan readers and writers - useful phrases for warming up a new relationship Written in Modern Akan. Modern Akan is a simplified spelling system used to write all the varieties of spoken Akan. Includes a pronunciation guide for reading Modern Akan in Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi and Fanti. Learn Akan: Learn Twi, learn Fanti, learn Akuapem.


102 Akan Verbs

102 Akan Verbs

Author: Paa Kwesi Imbeah

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9781470027759

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A long awaited companion to the "Modern Akan" grammar book! With an introduction to forming sentences in the Akan language. Master the common tenses of the Akuapem, Fanti and Twi language. Each verb is conjugated in the present, past and future tenses. An example sentence is also included for each verb. Every verb and example is translated into English for easy side-by-side comparison. The Modern Akan spelling conventions are used throughout and so make it suitable for learning any Akan language.


African Personality and Spirituality

African Personality and Spirituality

Author: Anthony Ephirim-Donkor

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2015-12-17

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1498521231

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There is a divine pronouncement among the Akan that all human beings are children of God (Nana Nyame), none a child of the earth (mother); meaning that human beings are spiritual in origin, descending directly from God via the Abosom (gods and goddesses). Every person then has a deity as father (Ᾱgya-bosom), recognition of which existentially enables a person to fulfil one’s career or professional blueprint (Nkrabea). Intrinsically, therefore, human beings embody the very essence of the Abosom, which manifests itself behaviorally and psychologically in a manner identical to those of the gods and goddesses. African Personality and Spirituality: The Role of Abosom and Human Essence therefore addresses ultimate existential concerns of the Akan, revealing the essence of the primeval gods and goddesses and how they transform themselves into human beings, as well as the psychology of personality characteristic attributes, the phenomenon of spirit alightment, and other manifestations of the gods and goddesses, and the imperative of ethical existence and generativity (Ↄbra bᴐ) as basis of eternal life.


The Languages of Ghana

The Languages of Ghana

Author: Mary E. Kropp Dakubu

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-03

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1317406036

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First published in 1988, this book provides an easily accessible handbook of knowledge about the languages of Ghana; their geographical distribution, their relationships with each other, the social patterns of their use, and their structures. Besides the general introduction, it contains chapters on each of the individually recognised families of languages spoken in Ghana: Gur, Volta-Comoé, Gbe, Ga-Dangme, Central-Tongo and Mande. An additional chapter outlines the use of non-indigenous languages in the country.