Joseph Oduro-Frimpong
Biographic Data
| ID | 144310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Oduro-Frimpong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Oduro-Frimpong |
| SIGNATURE | ODURO-FRIMPONG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ashesi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0260-6706 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Lifeworlds of Ghanaian Film Posters
Note on the Cover
ObinimStickerChallenge
This chapter focuses on satirical prosumer ‘testimony’ responses to purported miraculous stickers in Ghana associated with Angel Daniel Obinim, a charismatic religious specialist. In doing so, the chapter draws attention, first, to the generation of a new formula for endless competitive parodic inventiveness. Through this discussion, I highlight how the belief in the miraculous nature of the stickers contributes to an understanding of current mat…
Dis No Be Art ”
Accra, Ghana’s capital, now boasts a significant number of art galleries and other art viewing spaces. These specific infrastructures showcase diverse works of established Ghanaian artists including Larry Otoo and Kofi Agosor and emerging artists such as Bright Ackwerh, Serge Clottey, Amoako Boafo, Kwesi Botchway, Otis Quaicoe, and Yaw Owusu. In these spaces, there is a near absence of popular visual media works. Within this context, and my activ…
"On Collaboration and Communication "In the Now
On Collaboration and Communication "In the Now" Jennifer Hart, Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye, and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong We are three scholars, situated in different disciplines, institutions, and geographies, who have built relationships with one another through our research in Accra, Ghana. In this editorial, we reflect on our ways of relating, supporting, and learning from one another as a starting point to consider the journal's new section, "In t…
The Fake is News
Three key questions guide this investigation into specific accusations of fakery related to some Christian religious leaders' acts in contemporary Ghana. The first question is: what do moving images and other popular visual forms (such as cartoons) contribute to assessments and accusations of fakery? The second question is: what can we learn from a close examination of religious leaders and their actions that citizens consider fake? The last ques…
We Dey Beg
In 2017, then Ambassador to Ghana, Sun Baohong, attended a Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology end-of-year exhibition, titled Cornfields in Accra (Asiedu 2017). During her exhibition
SakawaRituals and Cyberfraud in Ghanaian Popular Video Movies
Sakawaindexes a cyberfraud practice in Ghana allegedly linked with occult rituals. This article examines the phenomenon as an analytically relevant example of a material understanding of religion. It then offers a critical reading of a popularsakawavideo series and contrasts its thematic perspectives with the reactions of some Ghanaian political leaders to the possible motivations for the practice. This critical approach is conceived as a respons…
Popular media, democracy and development in Africa
Herman Wasserman, ed. London: Routledge. 2011. pp. 288 ISBN 978-0-415-57794-6 (paperback)
Semiotic silence in intimate relationships
Semiotic silence
Communication scholars' early interest in the function of silence in human interactions produces different theorizations about the phenomenon. Contemporary interest is evidenced in a plethora of research exploring different domains of how silence is utilized in human interaction. Despite the sustained interest in the function of silence in human communication, there is a paucity of research examining how intimate partners use silence as a conflic…
SakawaRituals and Cyberfraud in Ghanaian Popular Video Movies
Sakawaindexes a cyberfraud practice in Ghana allegedly linked with occult rituals. This article examines the phenomenon as an analytically relevant example of a material understanding of religion. It then offers a critical reading of a popularsakawavideo series and contrasts its thematic perspectives with the reactions of some Ghanaian political leaders to the possible motivations for the practice. This critical approach is conceived as a respons…
The Fake is News
Three key questions guide this investigation into specific accusations of fakery related to some Christian religious leaders' acts in contemporary Ghana. The first question is: what do moving images and other popular visual forms (such as cartoons) contribute to assessments and accusations of fakery? The second question is: what can we learn from a close examination of religious leaders and their actions that citizens consider fake? The last ques…
Semiotic silence in intimate relationships
Dis No Be Art ”
Accra, Ghana’s capital, now boasts a significant number of art galleries and other art viewing spaces. These specific infrastructures showcase diverse works of established Ghanaian artists including Larry Otoo and Kofi Agosor and emerging artists such as Bright Ackwerh, Serge Clottey, Amoako Boafo, Kwesi Botchway, Otis Quaicoe, and Yaw Owusu. In these spaces, there is a near absence of popular visual media works. Within this context, and my activ…
We Dey Beg
In 2017, then Ambassador to Ghana, Sun Baohong, attended a Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology end-of-year exhibition, titled Cornfields in Accra (Asiedu 2017). During her exhibition
Semiotic silence
Communication scholars' early interest in the function of silence in human interactions produces different theorizations about the phenomenon. Contemporary interest is evidenced in a plethora of research exploring different domains of how silence is utilized in human interaction. Despite the sustained interest in the function of silence in human communication, there is a paucity of research examining how intimate partners use silence as a conflic…
Semiotic silence
Communication scholars' early interest in the function of silence in human interactions produces different theorizations about the phenomenon. Contemporary interest is evidenced in a plethora of research exploring different domains of how silence is utilized in human interaction. Despite the sustained interest in the function of silence in human communication, there is a paucity of research examining how intimate partners use silence as a conflic…
Popular media, democracy and development in Africa
Herman Wasserman, ed. London: Routledge. 2011. pp. 288 ISBN 978-0-415-57794-6 (paperback)
Semiotic silence in intimate relationships
SakawaRituals and Cyberfraud in Ghanaian Popular Video Movies
Sakawaindexes a cyberfraud practice in Ghana allegedly linked with occult rituals. This article examines the phenomenon as an analytically relevant example of a material understanding of religion. It then offers a critical reading of a popularsakawavideo series and contrasts its thematic perspectives with the reactions of some Ghanaian political leaders to the possible motivations for the practice. This critical approach is conceived as a respons…
"On Collaboration and Communication "In the Now
On Collaboration and Communication "In the Now" Jennifer Hart, Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye, and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong We are three scholars, situated in different disciplines, institutions, and geographies, who have built relationships with one another through our research in Accra, Ghana. In this editorial, we reflect on our ways of relating, supporting, and learning from one another as a starting point to consider the journal's new section, "In t…
The Fake is News
Three key questions guide this investigation into specific accusations of fakery related to some Christian religious leaders' acts in contemporary Ghana. The first question is: what do moving images and other popular visual forms (such as cartoons) contribute to assessments and accusations of fakery? The second question is: what can we learn from a close examination of religious leaders and their actions that citizens consider fake? The last ques…
We Dey Beg
In 2017, then Ambassador to Ghana, Sun Baohong, attended a Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology end-of-year exhibition, titled Cornfields in Accra (Asiedu 2017). During her exhibition
ObinimStickerChallenge
This chapter focuses on satirical prosumer ‘testimony’ responses to purported miraculous stickers in Ghana associated with Angel Daniel Obinim, a charismatic religious specialist. In doing so, the chapter draws attention, first, to the generation of a new formula for endless competitive parodic inventiveness. Through this discussion, I highlight how the belief in the miraculous nature of the stickers contributes to an understanding of current mat…
Dis No Be Art ”
Accra, Ghana’s capital, now boasts a significant number of art galleries and other art viewing spaces. These specific infrastructures showcase diverse works of established Ghanaian artists including Larry Otoo and Kofi Agosor and emerging artists such as Bright Ackwerh, Serge Clottey, Amoako Boafo, Kwesi Botchway, Otis Quaicoe, and Yaw Owusu. In these spaces, there is a near absence of popular visual media works. Within this context, and my activ…
The Lifeworlds of Ghanaian Film Posters
Note on the Cover
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Art (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)