Cyrelene Amoah‐Boampong
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5637664 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Cyrelene Amoah‐Boampong |
| PRENOMES | Cyrelene |
| SOBRENOME | Amoah‐Boampong |
| ASSINATURA | BOAMPONG C A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1480-4793 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Institutionalising African Gender Studies and the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy at the University of Ghana
The 21st century solidified the quintessential role of gender in the political and academic spheres. The contestations over the idea of gender as a valid analytical concept and the viability of feminist methodologies, approaches and analyses as legitimate scientific inquiry have essentially become a moot point. The discipline of gender studies in sub‐Saharan Africa has evolved with active contestations around power, representation, sexuality, mas…
Gender and the Silences in the Tabon Narrative
The Tabon, an Afro-Brazilian returnee community in southern Ghana with slave ancestry are a well-known narrative in Ghanaian historiography. However, amidst the narrative of Bahian roots, their relocation and settlements in Accra and their integration into Gã culture, silences surround the agency and voice of Tabon women. This study reflects on the houses built by people of Tabon descent, referred to as “Brazil houses,” not as an intersection of …
Antiwitchcraft Movements in Colonial Asante
Silences exist in the British colonial archives and the secondary literature on Asante's resistance to colonial rule. The Yaa Asantewaa War (1900–1) is cited as the main instance of resistance. This study challenges these assumptions by arguing that Asante resistance was apparent in the arena of Asante religious belief and practice, and particularly rooted in antiwitchcraft movements. These movements materialized not in periods of extreme violenc…
Women in Pre-colonial Africa
Women in Pre-colonial Africa
Transforming Female Identities
Book Review| May 01 2004 Transforming Female Identities: Women's Organizational Forms in West Africa Eva E. Rosander. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1997. Pp. 229. Cyrelene Amoah-Boampong Cyrelene Amoah-Boampong Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2004) 24 (1): 280–281. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-24-1-280 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permis…
Transforming Female Identities
Book Review| May 01 2004 Transforming Female Identities: Women's Organizational Forms in West Africa Eva E. Rosander. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1997. Pp. 229. Cyrelene Amoah-Boampong Cyrelene Amoah-Boampong Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2004) 24 (1): 280–281. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-24-1-280 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permis…
Transforming Female Identities
Book Review| May 01 2004 Transforming Female Identities: Women's Organizational Forms in West Africa Eva E. Rosander. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1997. Pp. 229. Cyrelene Amoah-Boampong Cyrelene Amoah-Boampong Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2004) 24 (1): 280–281. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-24-1-280 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permis…
Women in Pre-colonial Africa
Women in Pre-colonial Africa
Antiwitchcraft Movements in Colonial Asante
Silences exist in the British colonial archives and the secondary literature on Asante's resistance to colonial rule. The Yaa Asantewaa War (1900–1) is cited as the main instance of resistance. This study challenges these assumptions by arguing that Asante resistance was apparent in the arena of Asante religious belief and practice, and particularly rooted in antiwitchcraft movements. These movements materialized not in periods of extreme violenc…
Gender and the Silences in the Tabon Narrative
The Tabon, an Afro-Brazilian returnee community in southern Ghana with slave ancestry are a well-known narrative in Ghanaian historiography. However, amidst the narrative of Bahian roots, their relocation and settlements in Accra and their integration into Gã culture, silences surround the agency and voice of Tabon women. This study reflects on the houses built by people of Tabon descent, referred to as “Brazil houses,” not as an intersection of …
Institutionalising African Gender Studies and the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy at the University of Ghana
The 21st century solidified the quintessential role of gender in the political and academic spheres. The contestations over the idea of gender as a valid analytical concept and the viability of feminist methodologies, approaches and analyses as legitimate scientific inquiry have essentially become a moot point. The discipline of gender studies in sub‐Saharan Africa has evolved with active contestations around power, representation, sexuality, mas…
African history and culture studies (4 obras) · Archaeology (4 obras) · Gender Studies (4 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Art (3 obras) · Colonialism (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 obras) · Ecology (2 obras)