A Saint Among the DevilsJanus Publishing Company, 2001 - 56 pages |
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... Akan , Lady Betty was married to Mr Bio but she was not obliged to bear his name . In Ghana neither a wife nor a child is subjected to this foreign tradition . This custom was laid down by our ancestors long before the Bible and ...
... Akan , Lady Betty was married to Mr Bio but she was not obliged to bear his name . In Ghana neither a wife nor a child is subjected to this foreign tradition . This custom was laid down by our ancestors long before the Bible and ...
Page 24
... Akan society and uncircumcised men are refused by women . Circumcision in Akan society dates right from the begin- ning of our existence . Firstly it is an order from God Himself ; so we are told by our ancestors who had no writ- ten ...
... Akan society and uncircumcised men are refused by women . Circumcision in Akan society dates right from the begin- ning of our existence . Firstly it is an order from God Himself ; so we are told by our ancestors who had no writ- ten ...
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... Akan - speaking peo- ple , ' Good times help to erase times of misery in the past , but one must always be watchful , for they can hit back unex- pectedly ' . Lady Betty and her husband were a very caring couple throughout their whole ...
... Akan - speaking peo- ple , ' Good times help to erase times of misery in the past , but one must always be watchful , for they can hit back unex- pectedly ' . Lady Betty and her husband were a very caring couple throughout their whole ...
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