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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]
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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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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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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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
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Matthew's version of the Lord's Prayer in Ewe-Ghanaian context [PDF]
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
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]
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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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
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The Semantics of "Spirituality" and Related Self-identifications: A Comparative Study in Germany and the USA [PDF]
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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