Louise Müller

Biographic Data

ID6411734
NAMELouise Müller
GIVEN NAMESLouise
FAMILY NAMEMüller
SIGNATUREMULLER L
AFFILIATIONSLeiden University
ORCID0000-0003-3261-2653
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Sophie Olúwolé of Nigeria 1935–2018

    Open AccessLouise MüllerCHAPTERWomen Philosophers from…2023

  • On the Demonization and Discrimination of Akan and Yoruba Women in Ghanaian and Nigerian Video Movies

    Muller Muller, Louise MüllerARTICLEResearch in African Literatures2014Cited by: 1References: 16

    Louise Müller, On the Demonization and Discrimination of Akan and Yoruba Women in Ghanaian and Nigerian Video Movies, Research in African Literatures, Vol. 45, No. 4, On Simon Gikandi's Slavery and the Culture of Taste (Winter 2014), pp. 104-120

  • Ghanaian Films and Chiefs as Indicators of Religious Change among the Akan in Kumasi and Its Migrants in Southeast Amsterdam

    Louise MüllerCHAPTERReligions in Movement2013

    The argument of this chapter is that the migration of the Akan people from Ghana (Kumasi) to the Netherlands (the Bijlmer district, a neighbourhood of Amsterdam that is geographically distinct from the rest of the Dutch capital) has caused a transformation in their religious identity.1 Ghanaian films and the mediatory role of Akan chiefs are used as indicators of their religious change. This is a phenomenon, which can be explained by focusing on …

  • Dancing Golden Stools: Indigenous Religion as a strategy for identity construction in Ghana

    Louise MüllerARTICLEFieldwork in Religion2010Cited by: 1

    In this article the author concentrates on the use of Indigenous Religion among the Akuapem in Ghana for the construction of their group identity. She discusses the way in which the Akuapem make use of the celebration of an annual indigenous religious festival (Odwira) to strengthen their group identity by self-identification, differentiation and the perception of other cultural groups. Her specific focus is on the common Asante-Akuapem history, …

  • Spirits of migration’ meet the ‘migration of spirits’ among the Akan Diaspora in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Louise MüllerARTICLEAfrican and Black Diaspora An…2010Cited by: 1References: 29

    The aim of this research was to find out what the most popular films among the Akan in southeast Amsterdam (The Netherlands) are and how these films are used by this West African diaspora in the formation of a new religious identity after their migration to Europe. The outcome of this research is that the most popular films among the Akan are those with Pentecostal-Charismatic proselytizing messages. The Akan use these films to create an ‘imagine…