African women's history is a vast topic that embraces a wide variety of societies in over 50
countries with different geographies, social customs, religions, and historical situations …

The first genocide of the twentieth century, though not well known, was committed by
Germans between 1904–1907 in the country we know today as Namibia, where they …

In the course of her writing career, Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo has explored the
challenges, hopes and dreams of African women as intricately connected to Africa's recent …

Purpose This chapter examines the current incarnation of African literature as written by a
younger generation, less concerned with writing back to the colonial empire, and more with …

Akan customary law prohibits mention of slave ancestry and it is publicly claimed that
indigenous slavery has been forgotten. In practice, customary law enables inheritance to be …

This paper examines the historiographical drama of Anowa, with a focus on the cultural,
socio-economic, and spiritual specificities of the world that the characters inhabit and …

CONTRIBUTORS eLeftheria akrivopouLou studied Archaeology & Museology at University
of Athens. She is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of History, Archaeology & Social …

EN Abstract. Published in 1970, the stories that give shape to No Sweetness Here
encompass the historical period that goes from Ghana's independence under the leadership …

The sometimes complex relationship between history and memory is inevitable in literature
because writers frequently evoke history in their quest to seek and reconstruct the past …

EN Abstract. This article explores the possibility of considering Ama Ata Aidoo's main
character in her short story “The Girl Who Can”, the representation of a historical figure …