Benjamin Amakye-Boateng
Biographic Data
| ID | 891881 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Amakye-Boateng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Amakye-Boateng |
| SIGNATURE | AMAKYE-BOATENG B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-8252-3488 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Em torno do funeral de uma sacerdotisa ganesa
Diante da intensificação de diversas formas de repressão na primeira metade do século XIX, que se dirigia acima de tudo contra africanos/as libertos/as, centenas de ex-escravizados resolveram "retornar" à África e se fixaram majoritariamente nos países atuais da Nigéria, no Benim e, em menor número, também em Gana. Partindo dos acontecimentos em torno do funeral de uma importante sacerdotisa dos descendentes daqueles ex-escravizados que se radica…
Domestic Animal Metaphor in Akan
The article examines the animal metaphor (henceforth AM) in Akan by using the conceptual metaphor propounded by Lakoff and Johnson. The article discusses how the Akan use animal behaviour, structure, and movements to represent human behaviour metaphorically. The areas to be covered where animals are used to represent humans based on Akan sociocultural and socio-cognitive perspectives are folktales, proverbs, panegyric poetry, folksongs, and drum …
Music of the Tabom
This paper discusses how music functions as an emblem of identity for the Afro-Brazilian community in Accra, Ghana, known as the Tabom. The paper provides a contextual and analytical study of the complete musical enactment as practiced by this community, and argues, that the Tabom musical genre, known as Agbe, serves the purpose of creating and negotiating identity as found in their use of music within Tabom socio-cultural, religious, and politic…
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Music of the Tabom
This paper discusses how music functions as an emblem of identity for the Afro-Brazilian community in Accra, Ghana, known as the Tabom. The paper provides a contextual and analytical study of the complete musical enactment as practiced by this community, and argues, that the Tabom musical genre, known as Agbe, serves the purpose of creating and negotiating identity as found in their use of music within Tabom socio-cultural, religious, and politic…
Domestic Animal Metaphor in Akan
The article examines the animal metaphor (henceforth AM) in Akan by using the conceptual metaphor propounded by Lakoff and Johnson. The article discusses how the Akan use animal behaviour, structure, and movements to represent human behaviour metaphorically. The areas to be covered where animals are used to represent humans based on Akan sociocultural and socio-cognitive perspectives are folktales, proverbs, panegyric poetry, folksongs, and drum …
Em torno do funeral de uma sacerdotisa ganesa
Diante da intensificação de diversas formas de repressão na primeira metade do século XIX, que se dirigia acima de tudo contra africanos/as libertos/as, centenas de ex-escravizados resolveram "retornar" à África e se fixaram majoritariamente nos países atuais da Nigéria, no Benim e, em menor número, também em Gana. Partindo dos acontecimentos em torno do funeral de uma importante sacerdotisa dos descendentes daqueles ex-escravizados que se radica…
Acoustics (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 work) · African history and culture analysis (1 work) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Cultural identity (1 work) · Emblem (1 work)