28 Days of Homowo

28 Days of Homowo

Author: Flora Trebi-Ollennu

Publisher: amerley treb books

Published: 2020-12-28

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 1894718267

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This book is written in a very simple way but with a profound message for both adults and children. It introduces new perspectives on the essential themes of Homowo, a Thanksgiving and New Year’s celebration of the Gã of Ghana: gratitude, family, prayer, mindfulness, community and friendship. Discover the healing balm of family activity: reading, coloring, doodling, patterning and self-expression all in a relaxed atmosphere. Each day’s illustration has enough detail and humor perfect for decorating with markers, colored pencils, water color and even crayons and embellishing with gel or glitter pens. Those familiarizing themselves with the Gã language will get used to the structure, different and repetitive words to help them improve their vocabulary. Questions, charts, and recipes will enforce lessons learned. This book is perfect for bilingual and multilingual families. As a social studies workbook, both teachers and students as well as homeschooling families will discover all there is to love and learn about Homowo. It provides a comprehensive introduction to Gã culture, customs and traditions, helping students to build a better understanding of the cultural world they live in. Interactive questions and activities encourage participation and opportunities to reflect on knowledge acquired. HϽMϽWϽ GBII 28: Blↄfo-Ga Wolo Wolo nɛɛ ekanemↄ jraa kwraa, shi moŋ nilee ni yↄↄ mli lɛ ji nikasemↄ agbo kɛhã onukpai kɛ gbekɛbii fɛɛ twɛm. Wolo nɛɛ tsɔ̃ↄ otii ni yↄↄ Hↄmↄwↄyeli mli kɛ naatsɔ̃ↄmↄi hee srↄtoi: shidaa, weku, sↄlemↄ, mↄhejwɛŋmↄ, maŋnↄyaa, kɛ naanyobↄↄ. Tsakpãa ni yↄↄ fↄlↄi, bii, kɛ amɛwekumɛi ateŋ lɛ tamↄ tsamↄtsofa kɛji amɛkɛ amɛhe bↄ ojogbaŋŋ. Wolo nɛɛ mli adesa kɛ nitsumↄi ni yↄↄ mli lɛ baawa awaje tsakpãa nɛɛ mli kpɛŋŋ: kɛji mↄfɛɛmↄ wa kɛ ekanemↄ, ekadimↄ, eshↄↄmↄ, ekwaomↄ, aloo nitɛŋmↄi kɛsaa mfonirii ni yↄↄ wolo nɛɛ mli yɛ hejↄlɛ mli. Bↄni atɛŋ gbi fɛɛ gbi nibii lɛ, obaana hɛgbɛ babao ni bodiɛŋtsɛ ojie owaonaa kɛsaasaa amɛ kɛ nishↄↄmↄ, kɛ kwaomↄ kɛ emli kɛtsɛi kɛ suitɛŋmↄ tsei srↄtoi. Mɛi hu nimiitao ni amɛkase Gã lɛ, amɛbaana akɛ wiemↄi lɛ tsramↄ kɛ ŋmaa lɛ baawa amɛ diɛŋtsɛ. Sanebimↄi kɛ nitsumↄi bibii komɛi ni yↄↄ wolo lɛ mli hu baawa ni shishinumↄ lɛ amↄ shi ojogbaŋŋ. Wolo nɛɛ hi ha shĩaiaŋ ni awieↄ wiemↄi babaoo. Skulbii, tsɔ̃ↄlↄi, kɛ shĩaiaŋ ni feↄ amɛdiɛŋtsɛ amɛskul baanya wolo nɛɛ he kɛji amɛkɛfata amɛ social studies nikasemↄ lɛ he, ejaakɛ etsɔ̃ↄ Hↄmↄwↄyeli kɛ Gã kusum lɛŋ agugu lɛ. Nilee ni anaa kɛjɛↄ nikanemↄ nɛɛ mli lɛ he baaba sɛɛnamↄ aha, ni ebaawa mɛi ni boteↄ mli lɛ ni amɛnyɛ amɛkɛ mↄfɛɛmↄ ni yↄↄ jeŋ kojii ejwɛ lɛ fɛɛ ahi shi yɛ toiŋjↄlɛ mli. Enɛ baaba mli kɛji amɛtse amɛhiɛ kɛkane niŋmaa lɛ ojogbaŋŋ: shigbɛlɛmↄ sanebimↄi, nihoomↄi, kɛ nikasemↄ kɛ eshishinumↄ he nitsumↄi ni yↄↄ wolo nɛɛ mli lɛ.


Christmas Arrives At LajwaHé

Christmas Arrives At LajwaHé

Author: Flora Trebi-Ollennu

Publisher: amerley treb books

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 1894718291

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Christmas arrives, but Lajwahé is not quite ready. How would the canna lily gardens respond? What would seamstresses do, tailors too. What are the goldsmiths up to, photo studios too? Are you ready to join the masquerades on their comical adventures? And more, awaken handyman skills in children as they build Christmas decorations unique to Ghana. And really what is Christmas all about. Let’s find out! Blonyabe yɛ Lajwahe Asako he ni Blonya ba pue yε Lajwahe. Ani canna lily fͻfͻi tromii baateshi aŋa lε lo? Mεni yei-anikpεlͻi baafee, hii-anikpεlͻi hu. Shikaserelͻi eka amεtoi, mfonirishãlͻi hu. Obaafata Kakamotobi shwεlͻi asãsãasͻfeemͻ lε he lo? Hã gbékɛ̃bii ajie amεwabiiaŋ kε Blonya saamͻ nibii klamͻi, Ghanabii anͻ srͻtoi komεi. Agbεnε hu, mεni hewͻ ni ayeͻ Blonya. Ba ni wͻya gblεshi kε taoͻ fɛ̃ε naa.


Dancing with the Gods

Dancing with the Gods

Author: Marion Kilson

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0761859977

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Dancing with the Gods: Essays in Ga Ritual explores cosmological concepts and ritual actions of the Ga people of southeastern Ghana through case studies of calendrical agricultural rites, social status transition rites, and redressive rites. Based on fieldwork in the 1960s, the essays present descriptive analyses of verbal and non-verbal ritual action. While verbal ritual actions specify ideas pertinent to a particular rite, non-verbal ritual actions express more general concepts. Kilson's analyses show how the same motifs of non-verbal ritual action recur in sacred and secular Ga rites. Whenever and wherever such motifs occur, they convey the same basic underlying Ga concepts, thereby creating a unified conceptual network of belief that is the foundation of the Ga ritual system. The essays in this collection previously appeared in Anthropos, Journal of African Studies, Journal of Religion in Africa, Parabola, and Sextant.


Kings, Priests, and Kinsmen: Essays on Ga Culture and Society

Kings, Priests, and Kinsmen: Essays on Ga Culture and Society

Author: Kilson, Marion

Publisher: Sub-Saharan Publishers

Published: 2016-06-13

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 9988860307

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This collection of E. A. Ammah's ethnographic writing includes essays, some poetry, and other documents. Created over four decades, these pieces cover a wide range of topics including Ga culture in comparative perspective, Ga social organization, Ga political structure and history, Ga life transition ceremonies, and Ga religion. The collection provides a unique cultural insider's twentieth century perspective on Ga society and history.


Adaku at the Homowo Festival

Adaku at the Homowo Festival

Author: Amy Owusua Asiedu

Publisher:

Published: 2018-12-28

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9789964705817

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Twelve year old Adaku lives in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Her father is always telling his children stories about their tribe, the Gas. He believes that a person must know his roots. Join Adaku as she learns about the history of her people and the Homowo festival.


The Palgrave Handbook of African Oral Traditions and Folklore

The Palgrave Handbook of African Oral Traditions and Folklore

Author: Akintunde Akinyemi

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-03-05

Total Pages: 1041

ISBN-13: 3030555178

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This handbook offers the most comprehensive, analytic, and multidisciplinary study of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the African Diaspora to date. Preeminent scholars Akintunde Akinyemi and Toyin Falola assemble a team of leading and rising stars across African Studies research to retrieve and renew the scholarship of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the Diaspora just as critical concerns about their survival are pushed to the forefront of the field. With five sections on the central themes within orality and folklore – including engagement ranging from popular culture to technology, methods to pedagogy – this handbook is an indispensable resource to scholars, students, and practitioners of oral traditions and folklore preservation alike. This definitive reference is the first to provide detailed, systematic discussion, and up-to-date analysis of African oral traditions and folklore.


Indigenous People and Nature

Indigenous People and Nature

Author: Uday Chatterjee

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2022-04-08

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 032391604X

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Indigenous People and Nature: Insights for Social, Ecological, and Technological Sustainability examines today's environmental challenges in light of traditional knowledge, linking insights from geography, population, and environment from a wide range of regions around the globe. Organized in four parts, the book describes the foundations of human geography and its current research challenges, the intersections between environment and cultural diversity, addressing various type of ecosystem services and their interaction with the environment, the impacts of sustainability practices used by indigenous culture on the ecosystem, and conservation ecology and environment management. Using theoretical and applied insights from local communities around the world, this book helps geographers, demographers, environmentalists, economists, sociologists and urban planners tackle today's environmental problems from new perspectives. - Includes in-depth case studies across different geographic spaces - Contains contributions from a range of young to eminent scholars, researchers and policymakers - Highlights new insights from social science, environmental science and sustainable development - Synthesizes research on society, ecology and technology with sustainability, all in a single resource