Rose Mary Amenga-Etego
Biographic Data
| ID | 6692741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rose Mary Amenga-Etego |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rose Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Amenga-Etego |
| SIGNATURE | AMENGA-ETEGO R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7871-9312 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Bargaining with the Spirits
Defined by formality, repetitiveness and rigidity, rituals in the indigenous religions of Africa are not exempt from these notions. Yet, the oral nature of Africa’s indigenous religions suggests otherwise. Not only are the times and contexts different in each ritual situation, but they are also imbued with nuanced transformations. In Ghana, rituals have undergone significant changes, and fieldwork on any indigenous religio-cultural phenomenon rev…
We are Sending the Funeral Home’
Funeral rites do not only serve as occasions for the living to find closure, bid farewell to the deceased, and usher them into the ancestral realm, but also, opportunities for the dispersed contemporary family to reconnect with the extended family and home community. In this study, the phrase ‘we are sending the funeral home’ is limited to post-burial rites, especially where the deceased is buried outside the home community. In these contexts, so…
Akan Traditional Religion and Economic Ethics
Has the proverb, ‘A good name is better than riches’, been replaced by ‘Money is blood’ in contemporary Ghanaian society? Acknowledged as an integral part of the sacred text of Africa, proverbs serve as the repository of wisdom, religious beliefs, philosophy, and cultural norms, as well as the ethical and legal frameworks of Indigenous communities. Proverbs provide an avenue for the understanding of Indigenous communities and their religio-cultur…
Taboos, Rituals, and Women's Spirituality in an African Society
Indigenous taboos and rituals have acquired a double-edged status with respect to women’s lived experiences in contemporary African societies. Although intricately different, African women’s spirituality is within the same general frame of African indigenous spirituality, which is intertwined with the people’s environment and culture. Thus, within this intertwined matrix, we discover how taboos and rituals underpin Nankani women’s spirituality. T…
Language, Literature, Prayer, and Music Repertoires as Sources of African Christian Spirituality and Values
Every interreligious encounter produces a cross-fertilization of ideas and values. To what extent is the Christian-African indigenous religious encounter mutually impacting? And what aspects of the African worldview make it receptive to Christianity? This article addresses these questions by engaging the underexplored phenomena of African literature, music, and prayer as sources of African values and spirituality, as well as of Christian theology…
Akuapem in Retrospect
The intermittent conflicts within the Akuapem State are a legacy of the Akwamu wars with the people of the Hill Territory (Akuapem Ridge) in the 17th and 18th centuries. As the catalyst for the Guan-Akyem alliance and the subsequent formation of the ‘Akuapem State,’ this study examines the intricate role of the African indigenous religions in conflicts and state formation in indigenous Africa. With focus on the indigenous equivalent of the Abotak…
Nankani Women’s Spirituality and Ecology
Nankani women are not only thought to believe they are spiritual beings; they are also made to understand that they are structurally interwoven with their ecosystem. From the mythical and proverbial saying, ‘he who wilfully kills a woman has invoked upon himself a curse that he can never fully rectify,’ to the religio-cultural symbolic representations of the woman as a calabash (vegetation) and/or and earthen pot (sand/clay), Nankani women are so…
Gender and Christian Spirituality in Africa
Questions surrounding gender and Christian spirituality in Ghana generally produce answers that seek to suggest that there are no gender-based differences or problems on the issue. Yet, unlike that which can be deciphered from existing literature, other sources such as in-depth interviews on real life circumstances and a critical examination of the responses given, seem to present a different picture of the situation on the ground. This continues…
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Gender and Christian Spirituality in Africa
Questions surrounding gender and Christian spirituality in Ghana generally produce answers that seek to suggest that there are no gender-based differences or problems on the issue. Yet, unlike that which can be deciphered from existing literature, other sources such as in-depth interviews on real life circumstances and a critical examination of the responses given, seem to present a different picture of the situation on the ground. This continues…
Nankani Women’s Spirituality and Ecology
Nankani women are not only thought to believe they are spiritual beings; they are also made to understand that they are structurally interwoven with their ecosystem. From the mythical and proverbial saying, ‘he who wilfully kills a woman has invoked upon himself a curse that he can never fully rectify,’ to the religio-cultural symbolic representations of the woman as a calabash (vegetation) and/or and earthen pot (sand/clay), Nankani women are so…
Akuapem in Retrospect
The intermittent conflicts within the Akuapem State are a legacy of the Akwamu wars with the people of the Hill Territory (Akuapem Ridge) in the 17th and 18th centuries. As the catalyst for the Guan-Akyem alliance and the subsequent formation of the ‘Akuapem State,’ this study examines the intricate role of the African indigenous religions in conflicts and state formation in indigenous Africa. With focus on the indigenous equivalent of the Abotak…
Language, Literature, Prayer, and Music Repertoires as Sources of African Christian Spirituality and Values
Every interreligious encounter produces a cross-fertilization of ideas and values. To what extent is the Christian-African indigenous religious encounter mutually impacting? And what aspects of the African worldview make it receptive to Christianity? This article addresses these questions by engaging the underexplored phenomena of African literature, music, and prayer as sources of African values and spirituality, as well as of Christian theology…
Akan Traditional Religion and Economic Ethics
Has the proverb, ‘A good name is better than riches’, been replaced by ‘Money is blood’ in contemporary Ghanaian society? Acknowledged as an integral part of the sacred text of Africa, proverbs serve as the repository of wisdom, religious beliefs, philosophy, and cultural norms, as well as the ethical and legal frameworks of Indigenous communities. Proverbs provide an avenue for the understanding of Indigenous communities and their religio-cultur…
Taboos, Rituals, and Women's Spirituality in an African Society
Indigenous taboos and rituals have acquired a double-edged status with respect to women’s lived experiences in contemporary African societies. Although intricately different, African women’s spirituality is within the same general frame of African indigenous spirituality, which is intertwined with the people’s environment and culture. Thus, within this intertwined matrix, we discover how taboos and rituals underpin Nankani women’s spirituality. T…
We are Sending the Funeral Home’
Funeral rites do not only serve as occasions for the living to find closure, bid farewell to the deceased, and usher them into the ancestral realm, but also, opportunities for the dispersed contemporary family to reconnect with the extended family and home community. In this study, the phrase ‘we are sending the funeral home’ is limited to post-burial rites, especially where the deceased is buried outside the home community. In these contexts, so…
Bargaining with the Spirits
Defined by formality, repetitiveness and rigidity, rituals in the indigenous religions of Africa are not exempt from these notions. Yet, the oral nature of Africa’s indigenous religions suggests otherwise. Not only are the times and contexts different in each ritual situation, but they are also imbued with nuanced transformations. In Ghana, rituals have undergone significant changes, and fieldwork on any indigenous religio-cultural phenomenon rev…
Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Indigenous (5 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · Spirituality (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Art (3 works)