The Okule Cult Education and Practice in Ghana
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https://doi.org/10.32674/jise.v9iSI.1899Keywords:
Ghana, Togo, Guan, Nawuri, Okule cultAbstract
Using oral interviews, archival sources, observation, and published materials, we discuss the recruitment and training processes of the Okule Cult, an all-female cult. We analyze information obtained from the Nawuris of Northern Ghana to give insights into the relevance of Okule education practices to communities in Ghana. Knowledge about how members of the Okule cult educate new inductees and younger members advances our understanding of the continued importance of African Traditional Education. It would aid efforts to decolonize education on the African continent. The findings of our study can help educational authorities provide a balanced and holistic educational experience to learners.
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Author (2014), ‘A study of the Okule Cult of Nawuris of Northern Ghana, Mphil Thesis, University of Ghana.
Dadson Awunyo-Vitor(2015) Informal Financial Market in Ghana: Factors influencing participation by maize farmers. Savings and Development , Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 37-58
Dove, Nah (2010). ‘A Return to Traditional Health Care Practices: A Ghanaian Study’. Journal of Black Studies, Vol.40. No. 5, pp. 823-834.
Gloria Boutte, George Johnson, and Asangha Muki, (2019), Revitalization of Indigenous African Knowledges among People in the African Diaspora, in, Lamar, L. Johnson, Gloria Boutte, Gwenda Greene, and Dywanna Smith (eds). African Diaspora Literacy. The heart of transformation in K-12 schools and teacher education. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Henryk Zimoń (1989) ‘Guinea Corn Harvest Rituals among the Konkomba of Northern Ghana’ Anthropos, Bd. 84, H. 4./6. , pp. 447-458
Kropp-Dakubu, M.E. (2013) ‘Research on Vanishing Languages and Practices in the Northern Guang Area in Ghana: a preliminary report’. Ghana Journal of Linguistics Vo. 2 No. 1 pp 79-86
Meyer, B. and Houtman, D. 2012. ‘Introduction: Material Religion - How Things Matter’, in Houtman, D. and Meyer, B. (eds.) Things: Religion and the Question of Materiality. New York: Fordham University Press, pp. 1-23.
Margaret Peil (Aug., 1971), ‘The Expulsion of West African Aliens’ The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2 pp. 205-229.
Mariama Ross (Winter, 2004), ‘Art at the Crossroads: The Contested Position of Indigenous Arts in Ghana's Post-Colonial Education Systems’ Studies in Art Education, Vol. 45, No. 2 pp. 117-134.
Michael, Jordan (2004), Dictionary of God and Goddesses New York: Facts on File
Mohr, Adam (2009). ‘Missionary Medicine and Akan Therapeutics: Illness, Health and Healing in Southern Ghana's Basel Mission, 1828-1918’. Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 39, Fasc. 4, pp. 429-461.
Author (2012), Settling in and Holding on, a socio-historical study of Northern Traders and Transporters in Accra’s Tudu: 1908-2008,: Leiden: African Studies Centre ISSN: 1876-018X; ISBN. 978-90-5448-112-6
Author (2013 a ), ‘Kete Krachi under German Rule: 1894-1920’, In; Wazi Apoh, Bea Lundt (Eds), Germany and Its West African Colonies, ‘Excavations’ of German Colonialism in Post-Colonial Times, Berlin: LIT.
Authors (2014 a), ‘‘Rum, Gin and Maize: Deities and Ritual Change in the Gold Coast during the Atlantic Era (16th century to 1850)” Afriques (05) (December 15). doi:10.4000/afriques.1651.
Author ( 2016 b) ‘Appealing for Grace: The Guinea Corn Festival of the Nawuri People of Northern Ghana’. In, Chris Newbold and Jennie Jordan, (eds), Focus on World Festivals: contemporary case studies and perspectives. Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-910158-55-5 HBK; 978-1-910158-56-2 PBK; 978-1-910158-57-9.
Author, (2016 d) Gyama Bugibugi (German gunpowder) : a history of German presence in Nawuriland, Ghana. Leiden: ASC Working Paper 133.
Twumasi, Patrick (2005). Medical Systems in Ghana: A Study in Medical Sociology. Tema: Ghana Publishing Corporation
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2020-07-16
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The Okule Cult Education and Practice in Ghana. (2020). Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 9(SI), 114-133. https://doi.org/10.32674/jise.v9iSI.1899
