Legacy of Ghanaian Folklore

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  • Beginning
  • with
  • folklore
  • and
  • oral
  • storytelling
  • and
  • working
  • through
  • current
  • written
  • works,
  • this
  • book
  • followed
  • the
  • development
  • of
  • Ghanaian
  • literature.
  • Here
  • the
  • emphasis
  • is
  • on
  • analyzing
  • the
  • vibrant
  • and
  • productive
  • legacy
  • of
  • Ghanaian
  • authors.
  • The
  • manner
  • in
  • which
  • myths,
  • proverbs,
  • and
  • folktales—including
  • the
  • stories
  • of
  • Anansi
  • the
  • Spider—add
  • to
  • the
  • intellectual
  • and
  • ethical
  • underpinnings
  • of
  • Ghanaian
  • society
  • are
  • investigated
  • in
  • this
  • book.
  • This
  • book
  • also
  • examines
  • in
  • great
  • detail
  • the
  • literary
  • impulses
  • of
  • the
  • colonial
  • period
  • and
  • the
  • post-independence
  • age.
  • Renowned
  • writers
  • such
  • Kofi
  • Awoonor,
  • Ayi
  • Kwei
  • Armah,
  • and
  • Ama
  • Ata
  • Aidoo
  • are
  • members
  • of
  • these
  • movements
  • and
  • have
  • made
  • major
  • contributions.
  • Though
  • its
  • great
  • links
  • to
  • Ghanaian
  • identity,
  • culture,
  • and
  • history
  • have
  • been
  • maintained
  • as
  • evidenced
  • in
  • Legacy
  • of
  • Ghanaian
  • Folklore,
  • Ghanaian
  • literature
  • has
  • evolved
  • throughout
  • the
  • years.
  • It
  • therefore
  • offers
  • a
  • thorough
  • study
  • of
  • literary
  • works
  • in
  • all genres.
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