Suicide and Mortuary Beliefs and Practices of the Akan of Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628795 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mensah Adinkrah (0000-0003-1689-7329, Central Michigan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 138-163 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0030222815598427 |
| OpenAlex | W2261214133 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 34 |
Akan society has traditionally held a negative and condemnatory view of suicide. Evidence of this is reflected in the lack of public mourning, brevity of the grieving period, and denial of proper burial rites and funeral obsequies for the suicide. Furthermore, because suicide is regarded as an abomination against the living, the departed ancestors, as well as the gods of the land, the political authorities of the land must be notified immediately of suicide deaths so that proper placatory and propitiation rituals can be undertaken to forestall any catastrophic diseases, accidents, and natural disasters. Given the current paucity of scholarship on the issue, it is the purpose of this article to explore in depth traditional Akan mortuary beliefs and practices governing suicidal death
Criminology · Denial · Geography · Medical emergency · Natural disaster · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Scholarship · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Psychology
Suicide in an Akan Language Novel
Beliefs about ghosts among the Akan of Ghana
Anti-suicide themes in popular Ghanaian music
Reincarnation Beliefs and Suicidality
We are Sending the Funeral Home’
If you die a bad death, we give you a bad burial
Gendered mourning
Shock, anger and bad deaths in Lihir
We Will All Go, But What We All Seek Is Good Death”
Characteristics of Elderly Suicides in Ghana
Guest editor’s introduction
Covid-19 private burial with 25 persons in the lens of the mortuary rites culture in Ghana
African Religions and Philosophy
Funerals in Africa
Mortuary Practices
Patterns of Female Suicidal Behavior in Ghana
A Qualitative Study of Attitudes toward Suicide and Suicide Prevention among Psychology Students in Ghana
Socio-Economic Transformation of Akan Funeral Rites in Ghana
Suicide and culture
Witchcraft Accusations and Female Homicide Victimization in Contemporary Ghana
Intimate Partner Femicide–Suicides in Ghana
Witchcraft Themes in Popular Ghanaian Music
The Position of the Chief in the Modern Political System of Ashanti
Cultural Variations in Hopelessness, Optimism, and Suicidal Ideation
Role of Gender and Rumination in Suicide Ideation
"A Coffin for "The Loved One
Death and theAsantehene
Ashanti Law and Constitution
Social Change at Larteh, Ghana
Better dead than dishonored
Women's Roles in the Mourning Rituals of the Akan of Ghana
Between Death and Funeral
Drumming in Akan Communities of Ghana
Money and Death
The economic implications of transformations in Akan funeral rites
The sudden death of a millionaire
Distancing
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |