Kofi Poku Quan-Baffour
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kofi Poku Quan-Baffour |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kofi Poku |
| FAMILY NAME | Quan-Baffour |
| SIGNATURE | QUAN-BAFFOUR K P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7290-8590 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cultural tourism and socio-economic regeneration of rural communities
Tourism has been part of humankind since time immemorial. People visit destinations for educational, religious, medical or entertainment purposes. Tourism includes short-term travel of people to destinations outside their communities. It is an important income generation and source of employment in many countries. In many former European colonies, some historical sites and events still attract thousands of visitors who like to get the first-hand …
Afrophobia, “black on black” violence and the new racism in South Africa
Black South Africans have been widely described in the popular media as having anti-foreigner sentiments, particularly towards African migrants in the country. Anchored on labels such as “makwerekwere” (a derogatory word used to describe African migrants in the country) and “foreigner”, such sentiments have unfortunately resulted in waves of violent attacks on African migrants leading to loss of lives and properties. These actions have been descr…
School governing body for parents' productive involvement in South Africa
Purpose The democratic constitution that came into effect in 1994 and ushered in the new South Africa recognises parents' role in education hence the established of an innovative school governance structure of which parents are in the majority. Before then, there existed parents–teachers association in schools. Its members were handpicked and therefore undemocratic and ineffective. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the innovation in…
The Socio-religious Significance of Songs Performed during Apo Festival at Bono Takyiman, Ghana
The identity of any ethnic group is portrayed through cultural practices and traditions. The Bono of Takyiman in Ghana celebrate their annual Apo festival in April. The week-long festival celebration reaches its climax on the 8th day, which is a Friday. The festival was constituted by King Amoyaw Akumfi I, one of the founders of the Bono State around the 15th century AD. The king’s advisors revealed to him a planned revolt against the monarchy be…
Training School Governing Body Members in Three Rural Schools in Taung
The advent of democracy in 1994 brought democratic institutions and practices to all spheres of the South African society. Education in particular has since then experienced tremendous transformation. The South African Schools’ Act of 1996 for example makes provision for the establishment of democratic School Governing Bodies for all public schools in the country. Prior to 1994, principals and chiefs of rural communities handpicked school council…
Unity in Diversity
Millions of adults in South Africa are illiterate because they did not attend school during childhood. To equip them with literacy skills to enable them contribute to the development of the country the government of 1994 made basic education available. The adults who attend basic education classes come from diverse backgrounds with wealth of experiences. Such experiences could enhance learning during classroom interactions. The present study is b…
Education Programmes for Prison Inmates
In Nigeria, in spite of the undeniable and impressive changes in educational attainment, large proportions of females continue to marry in adolescence.For example, in the year 2005, about half of all the women aged 15-19 were married by age 18 in the country.Despite this situation, research studies in Nigeria tend to focus disproportionately on the unmarried and on premarital sexual activities.Indeed, married adolescents and young women have rece…
Education Programmes for Prison Inmates
Education is a means to emancipate people from abuse, unemployment and poverty, which is why democratic countries provide basic education for all their citizens, even ‘law breakers’. Education for prisoners is gaining currency in many countries. In South Africa, it is both a constitutional right and a foundation stone for rehabilitation. The objective of this paper was to investigate the value of prison education at two correctional service facil…
Sankofa
Ghana attained political independence in 1957. Before colonial rule young people were taught indigenous skills like food preservation, weaving of clothes and brewing of gin for livelihood. Unemployment was unknown as no one idled about. Formal school was introduced to educate young people for colonial civil service as clerks, interpreters and preachers. To protect European interests, indigenous economic activities were banned. This did not only s…
The Liberative Power of Education
Taung is one of the remote rural areas in the Northwest province of South Africa. The socio-economic and political climate such as cultural norms and practices, geographical location and insecurity under the old political dispensation both oppressed and denied most rural African girl children the opportunity for formal education. Without any form of formal education these rural folks who are now adults could be perpetually cut- off from socio-eco…
Oral performance and voice of wisdom
The Batswana form one of the largest ethnic groups in Southern Africa. They are found in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia and their language, Setswana, is the most widely spoken in the Southern African region. Batswana like singing and oral performance. They sing on various occasions and compose songs on all social aspects of human life – health [illness], love, marriage, divorce, birth and death. The oral performances of Batswana contain words…
Singing to farmers
Agriculture is the main occupation of the people of Ghana. More than half of the country's population of about 20 million people depend on farming for their livelihoods. They are either engaged in commercial or in small-scale farming activities for socioeconomic purposes. In the rural areas in particular, almost every community member is a farmer. They are engaged in crop production or animal rearing as a source of livelihood. The two categories …
In praise of mothers
Mothers in Ghana play a unique and important role in the life of their children. Many of them lay down their lives for their children in times of danger, and may, be prepared to die to save them. Motherhood carries lots of responsibilities, costs and risks. From conception to birth and from birth to maturity mothers carry, nurse, cuddle, clean, wash, nurture, care, support, protect, guide and bring up sons and daughters. These huge responsibiliti…
Ritual songs for girls’ nubility rites at Bono Takyiman, Ghana
Among the Bonos, particularly those within the municipal area of Takyiman, nubility rites are an important aspect of social life. The weeklong rite of passage forms a transition from girlhood to womanhood. It is a cultural norm among the Bonos of Takyiman for girls to remain virgins until their initiation. Nubility rites (bra goro) are performed to give permission or the right to marriage and for that matter sex life and child bearing. The initia…
Transformation and acculturation in Ghanaian Christian songs
The rhythms of African songs and drums are the means of expressing people's thoughts, feelings and beliefs in Ghanaians’ everyday life. Since time immemorial, simple instruments, such as the flute, animal horns and drums, have been used to compose songs that express grief and happiness, or for worship and festivals by Ghanaians of various ethnic backgrounds. The inception of colonialism in the 1400s brought Christianity in its wake and the singin…
The power of Akan folk music in teaching adults 1 about HIV/Aids in Ghana
The power of music in communicating important messages and disseminating information cannot be underestimated. Since time immemorial the rhythms of African music and drums not only entertained the masses of the people but also provided them with food for thought regarding social issues in their communities. This article examines Akan folk music popularly dubbed Hi-life in Ghana and how it has been used and continue to be used in collaboration wit…
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The power of Akan folk music in teaching adults 1 about HIV/Aids in Ghana
The power of music in communicating important messages and disseminating information cannot be underestimated. Since time immemorial the rhythms of African music and drums not only entertained the masses of the people but also provided them with food for thought regarding social issues in their communities. This article examines Akan folk music popularly dubbed Hi-life in Ghana and how it has been used and continue to be used in collaboration wit…
Transformation and acculturation in Ghanaian Christian songs
The rhythms of African songs and drums are the means of expressing people's thoughts, feelings and beliefs in Ghanaians’ everyday life. Since time immemorial, simple instruments, such as the flute, animal horns and drums, have been used to compose songs that express grief and happiness, or for worship and festivals by Ghanaians of various ethnic backgrounds. The inception of colonialism in the 1400s brought Christianity in its wake and the singin…
In praise of mothers
Mothers in Ghana play a unique and important role in the life of their children. Many of them lay down their lives for their children in times of danger, and may, be prepared to die to save them. Motherhood carries lots of responsibilities, costs and risks. From conception to birth and from birth to maturity mothers carry, nurse, cuddle, clean, wash, nurture, care, support, protect, guide and bring up sons and daughters. These huge responsibiliti…
Ritual songs for girls’ nubility rites at Bono Takyiman, Ghana
Among the Bonos, particularly those within the municipal area of Takyiman, nubility rites are an important aspect of social life. The weeklong rite of passage forms a transition from girlhood to womanhood. It is a cultural norm among the Bonos of Takyiman for girls to remain virgins until their initiation. Nubility rites (bra goro) are performed to give permission or the right to marriage and for that matter sex life and child bearing. The initia…
Oral performance and voice of wisdom
The Batswana form one of the largest ethnic groups in Southern Africa. They are found in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia and their language, Setswana, is the most widely spoken in the Southern African region. Batswana like singing and oral performance. They sing on various occasions and compose songs on all social aspects of human life – health [illness], love, marriage, divorce, birth and death. The oral performances of Batswana contain words…
Singing to farmers
Agriculture is the main occupation of the people of Ghana. More than half of the country's population of about 20 million people depend on farming for their livelihoods. They are either engaged in commercial or in small-scale farming activities for socioeconomic purposes. In the rural areas in particular, almost every community member is a farmer. They are engaged in crop production or animal rearing as a source of livelihood. The two categories …
Education Programmes for Prison Inmates
In Nigeria, in spite of the undeniable and impressive changes in educational attainment, large proportions of females continue to marry in adolescence.For example, in the year 2005, about half of all the women aged 15-19 were married by age 18 in the country.Despite this situation, research studies in Nigeria tend to focus disproportionately on the unmarried and on premarital sexual activities.Indeed, married adolescents and young women have rece…
Education Programmes for Prison Inmates
Education is a means to emancipate people from abuse, unemployment and poverty, which is why democratic countries provide basic education for all their citizens, even ‘law breakers’. Education for prisoners is gaining currency in many countries. In South Africa, it is both a constitutional right and a foundation stone for rehabilitation. The objective of this paper was to investigate the value of prison education at two correctional service facil…
Sankofa
Ghana attained political independence in 1957. Before colonial rule young people were taught indigenous skills like food preservation, weaving of clothes and brewing of gin for livelihood. Unemployment was unknown as no one idled about. Formal school was introduced to educate young people for colonial civil service as clerks, interpreters and preachers. To protect European interests, indigenous economic activities were banned. This did not only s…
The Liberative Power of Education
Taung is one of the remote rural areas in the Northwest province of South Africa. The socio-economic and political climate such as cultural norms and practices, geographical location and insecurity under the old political dispensation both oppressed and denied most rural African girl children the opportunity for formal education. Without any form of formal education these rural folks who are now adults could be perpetually cut- off from socio-eco…
Training School Governing Body Members in Three Rural Schools in Taung
The advent of democracy in 1994 brought democratic institutions and practices to all spheres of the South African society. Education in particular has since then experienced tremendous transformation. The South African Schools’ Act of 1996 for example makes provision for the establishment of democratic School Governing Bodies for all public schools in the country. Prior to 1994, principals and chiefs of rural communities handpicked school council…
Unity in Diversity
Millions of adults in South Africa are illiterate because they did not attend school during childhood. To equip them with literacy skills to enable them contribute to the development of the country the government of 1994 made basic education available. The adults who attend basic education classes come from diverse backgrounds with wealth of experiences. Such experiences could enhance learning during classroom interactions. The present study is b…
The Socio-religious Significance of Songs Performed during Apo Festival at Bono Takyiman, Ghana
The identity of any ethnic group is portrayed through cultural practices and traditions. The Bono of Takyiman in Ghana celebrate their annual Apo festival in April. The week-long festival celebration reaches its climax on the 8th day, which is a Friday. The festival was constituted by King Amoyaw Akumfi I, one of the founders of the Bono State around the 15th century AD. The king’s advisors revealed to him a planned revolt against the monarchy be…
School governing body for parents' productive involvement in South Africa
Purpose The democratic constitution that came into effect in 1994 and ushered in the new South Africa recognises parents' role in education hence the established of an innovative school governance structure of which parents are in the majority. Before then, there existed parents–teachers association in schools. Its members were handpicked and therefore undemocratic and ineffective. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the innovation in…
Afrophobia, “black on black” violence and the new racism in South Africa
Black South Africans have been widely described in the popular media as having anti-foreigner sentiments, particularly towards African migrants in the country. Anchored on labels such as “makwerekwere” (a derogatory word used to describe African migrants in the country) and “foreigner”, such sentiments have unfortunately resulted in waves of violent attacks on African migrants leading to loss of lives and properties. These actions have been descr…
Cultural tourism and socio-economic regeneration of rural communities
Tourism has been part of humankind since time immemorial. People visit destinations for educational, religious, medical or entertainment purposes. Tourism includes short-term travel of people to destinations outside their communities. It is an important income generation and source of employment in many countries. In many former European colonies, some historical sites and events still attract thousands of visitors who like to get the first-hand …
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