Emmanuel Dankwah
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052571 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emmanuel Dankwah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emmanuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Dankwah |
| SIGNATURE | DANKWAH E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9138-5115 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Becoming Bosomfield
This paper reevaluates Kwaw Ansah’s Heritage Africa (1989) as a cinematic work that continues to offer critical insights into African identity politics. Far from serving as a nostalgic relic of Ghana’s post-independence moment, the film dramatises persistent dilemmas of elite mimicry, epistemic rupture, and cultural alienation within postcolonial African societies. The paper addresses bifurcated questions: How does Heritage Africa represent the e…
Documentary as ritual pedagogy
Documentary cinema serves as a medium through which Indigenous cultural practices and knowledge systems are recorded and interpreted. Many representations of African ritual traditions, however, remain detached from the philosophical foundations that sustain those practices. This study examines the documentary film Evé Kornu (Inseparable Spirits), set among the Anlo community in the Volta Region, in which a ritual is performed upon the death of on…
Filmmaker-Subject Relationship Dynamics Hinged on Ethics
Exploring ethics management in documentary filmmaking in Ghana
This paper explores how Ghanaian documentary filmmakers manage ethical issues in their daily practices by identifying the guiding ethical principles that shape their decisions. A qualitative research approach was employed for this study, using thirteen documentary filmmakers from Ghana, chosen using purposive and snowball sampling techniques as the sample size. The gathered data was analysed thematically through the lens of Kohlberg’s CMD theory.…
Casual women, Silent Titans
This paper examines how the Ghanaian documentary Silent Titans, directed by Magdalene Kwashie, highlights the gender dynamics and lived experiences of women within the Ghana Armed Forces, a historically male-dominated institution. Through a qualitative film analysis grounded in decolonial feminist theory, the study explores not only the women’s testimonies but also the film’s elements, including mise-en-scene, performance, cinematography, sound a…
Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of caesarean section delivery in Ghana
This study revealed that first, even though Ghana has achieved an aggregate CS rate consistent with WHO recommendations, it still suffers from inequities in the use of CS. Second, both underuse of CS among poorer women in Ghana and overuse among rich and educated women are public health concerns that need to be addressed. Third, the results show in spite of Ghana's free maternal care services policies, wealth status of women continues to be stron…
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Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of caesarean section delivery in Ghana
This study revealed that first, even though Ghana has achieved an aggregate CS rate consistent with WHO recommendations, it still suffers from inequities in the use of CS. Second, both underuse of CS among poorer women in Ghana and overuse among rich and educated women are public health concerns that need to be addressed. Third, the results show in spite of Ghana's free maternal care services policies, wealth status of women continues to be stron…
Casual women, Silent Titans
This paper examines how the Ghanaian documentary Silent Titans, directed by Magdalene Kwashie, highlights the gender dynamics and lived experiences of women within the Ghana Armed Forces, a historically male-dominated institution. Through a qualitative film analysis grounded in decolonial feminist theory, the study explores not only the women’s testimonies but also the film’s elements, including mise-en-scene, performance, cinematography, sound a…
Becoming Bosomfield
This paper reevaluates Kwaw Ansah’s Heritage Africa (1989) as a cinematic work that continues to offer critical insights into African identity politics. Far from serving as a nostalgic relic of Ghana’s post-independence moment, the film dramatises persistent dilemmas of elite mimicry, epistemic rupture, and cultural alienation within postcolonial African societies. The paper addresses bifurcated questions: How does Heritage Africa represent the e…
Documentary as ritual pedagogy
Documentary cinema serves as a medium through which Indigenous cultural practices and knowledge systems are recorded and interpreted. Many representations of African ritual traditions, however, remain detached from the philosophical foundations that sustain those practices. This study examines the documentary film Evé Kornu (Inseparable Spirits), set among the Anlo community in the Volta Region, in which a ritual is performed upon the death of on…
Filmmaker-Subject Relationship Dynamics Hinged on Ethics
Exploring ethics management in documentary filmmaking in Ghana
This paper explores how Ghanaian documentary filmmakers manage ethical issues in their daily practices by identifying the guiding ethical principles that shape their decisions. A qualitative research approach was employed for this study, using thirteen documentary filmmakers from Ghana, chosen using purposive and snowball sampling techniques as the sample size. The gathered data was analysed thematically through the lens of Kohlberg’s CMD theory.…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Identity (music) (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (1 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (1 works) · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (1 works) · Casual (1 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 works)