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“They are mad and must be hidden or locked away”: A qualitative study of community members’ perception about dementia from African countries participating in the READD‐ADSP Project

open access: yesAlzheimer's &Dementia: Behavior &Socioeconomics of Aging, Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2026.
Abstract INTRODUCTION Cultural narratives significantly shape dementia perception. This study explored knowledge and beliefs regarding dementia among Community Advisory Board (CAB) members in Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon. METHODS Ten focus group discussions were conducted with 83 CAB members after a training program within the Recruitment and Retention
Eniola Cadmus   +74 more
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Spirituality and Knowledge Dynamics [PDF]

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Spirituality and Knowledge Dynamics is a seminal book bringing together research illuminating how spirituality, wisdom traditions, faith at work, and contemplative practices can positively influence organizational outcomes through knowledge dynamics.

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Climate Change and Women's Mental Wellbeing in Ghana: Gendered Experiences of Displacement, Heat, Care, and Coping

open access: yesMental Health Science, Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Climate change increasingly threatens mental wellbeing, yet its gendered psychological consequences remain insufficiently understood in Ghana. This qualitative multiple‐case study examined how place‐specific climate hazards shape women's distress, trauma, resilience, and coping in Salakope, a coastal community affected by sea encroachment and ...
Jacob Kwakye
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Yoruba Histories of Marriage and Belonging: Gender, Power and Innovation in Eighteenth‐Century West Africa

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 497-514, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
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A Phenomenological Analysis of Knowledge, Impact and Coping Strategies to Climate Change: Experiences of Persons With Albinism

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
Persons with albinism in this study have inadequate knowledge regarding climate change, self‐reported eye and skin conditions, and utilize insufficient protection strategies. Although they adopt various strategies to cope with climate change effects, these are insufficient for their full protection.
Botha Nkosi Nkosi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Matthew's version of the Lord's Prayer in Ewe-Ghanaian context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Thesis (PhD)-University of Pretoria, 2018.Abstract The Lord’s Prayer has throughout the epochs of Christian history gone through layers of interpretations and translations.

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Can a lizard ride on a housefly?: Navigating uncertainty and moral life in an Accra Zongo, Ghana

open access: yesEthos, Volume 54, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract How can uncertainty become a resource for ethical life rather than a threat to it? Focusing on a Zongo community in Accra, Ghana—also known as a “traveler's camp” or “stranger's quarters”—this article examines how people use a creative form of communication called the practice of folding to sustain relationships shaped by conditions of ...
Emily A. Williamson
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Death, Time and Synthetic Materials in a Ghanaian Ewe Community [PDF]

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The publication of this work was supported by the Open Access Publication Fund of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.In Peki, an Ewe town in the Ghanaian Volta Region, death is a matter of public concern.
Bredenbröker, Isabel
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Local valuation of ecosystem services from protected areas along a forest–savanna gradient in West Africa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1419-1436, May 2026.
Abstract Understanding how local communities perceive and prioritise ecosystem services (ES) across diverse ecological contexts is essential for improving protected area (PA) management. However, most studies focus on single ecosystems and lack cross‐ecological comparisons. This study aimed to explore how communities living in and around PAs in Ghana's
Jerry Owusu Afriyie, Pavla Hejcmanová
wiley   +1 more source

The Semantics of "Spirituality" and Related Self-identifications: A Comparative Study in Germany and the USA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Keller B, Klein C, Swhajor A, Silver CF, Hood RW, Streib H. The Semantics of "Spirituality" and Related Self-identifications: A Comparative Study in Germany and the USA. Archive for the Psychology of Religion.
Silver, Christopher F.   +5 more
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