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Proceedings of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (Volume III, 1965)
Proceedings, 1965. This issue contains the first series of the J.B. Danquah Memorial Lectures delivered by Justice W.B. van Lare in February 1968.
Contents
Address by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah at the Academy of Arts and Sciences Dinner on Saturday, 30th November 1963
Science in the Service of Agriculture – Sir William Slater
New Frontiers in Geography – Professor E.A. Boateng
Science and Social Progress – Professor A.N. May
The Importance of Environmental Sanitation in the Development of Low-Cost Housing Schemes – Mr. E. Lartey
Inermicapsifer Guineensis Graham (1968), A Review and Redescription – Dr. Leticia E. Obeng
Aspects of the Biosynthesis of Phenolic and Related Compounds – Professor F.G. Torto
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Proceedings of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences & The J.B. Danquah Memorial Lecture, Series 1 (Volume VI, 1968)
Proceedings, 1968. This issue contains the first series of the J.B. Danquah Memorial Lectures delivered by Justice W.B. van Lare in February 1968.
Contents
Presidential Address – Justice N.A. Ollenu
Medical Educatioin – Dr. John R. Ellis
Space Research and Its Relevance to Developing Countries – Rev. Professor John R. Koster
The Relationship between Overweening Pride and Retribution – Professor L.H. Ofosu-Appiah
Sudden, Unexpected and Unexplained Deaths in Accra, Ghana – Dr. William Neizer Laing
The Law, Human Rights and the Judiciary (The 1st J.B. Danquah Memorial Lectures) – Justice William Bedford van Lare (The J.B. Danquah Memorial Lecture, Series 1)
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We the People and the Politics of Inclusion (Annual Lecture in the Humanities)
Lecture delivered by Professor Kwame Gyekye, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Ghana and Scholar-in-Residence, Ashesi University (2010/2011). Delivered on 24 September 2013.
“The words of the preamble of constitutions are emphatic on the centrality of the status of the people in the political order that was expected to be established by these constitutions. The self-referential phrase – We the People – mandates, without a shadow of doubt, a political system that is to be an inclusive system. For, without the politics of inclusion, that self-referential phrase becomes drained of real significance. It is the politics of inclusion, as interpreted in this lecture, that will, beyond representation, give adequate effect to and practical translation of the notion of the constitutional phrase: We the People.”
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Religion, Culture and Language: An Appreciation of the Intellectual Legacy of Dr. J.B. Danquah (The J.B. Danquah Memorial Lecture, Series 37; 2004)
Lectures delivered by Professor Kwame Bediako, former Rector of the Akrofi-Christaller Institute for Theology, Mission, and Culture. Delivered in February, 2004.
Lecture 1: Danquah’s Insight Regarding the Centrality of Transcendence in Human Thought
Lecture 2: Danquah’s Conception of Culture and Its Place in the Renewal and Enhancement of Society
Lecture 3: Danquah’s Use of Mother Tongue in Intellectual Discourse and Its Relevance in Our Time
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Race, Political Identity and Citizenship in Ghana: The Example of the Lebanese
Inaugural lecture by Professor Emmanuel K. Akyeampong, Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Delivered on April 12, 2006.
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The Poetry of Ephraim Amu (Ephraim Amu Memorial Lecture, #6)
Lecture delivered by Professor L.A. Boadi in May, 2004.
Dr Amu has been known for his musical compositions and experimentations in musical styles, and a lot has been written about this aspect of his work. But, apart from cursory references made by Professor Nketia and Professor Agawu about him as a poet, there hasn’t been much discussion on his Akan lyrics from the point of view of literature. Professor Boadi examines three of Amu’s poems (in Twi) in detail in this paper.
The analysis of the form and depth of meaning in each of the lines and the words used make for very interesting reading.
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Blood Invasion
Cudjo completes his nursing training and internship in a city hospital and is delighted to be posted to his hometown to serve his people. But, after only a few years of dedicated service, he is confronted by a devastating disease that stigmatises and destroys without mercy.
He weeps in silence for his friend Babio and lives in perpetual shock over Adam and Akuvi, two companions who forgot one basic principle of staying alive in risky times.
So daring is the invading virus that not even Cudjo himself, the passionate campaigner, is spared. Now what will happen to him and Arabe, his fiancée, when no cure has been found for this bloody ailment?
Blood Invasion is an unforgettable tale, the disturbing saga of a deadly disease that puts family, friendship, and love on trial…a powerful reminder that living must be done more carefully.
₵50.00Blood Invasion
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Long Vacation Encounters (Senior High School Days #4)
When the long vacation is over and Kukua and Samira return to school, guess what they encounter on the Headmaster’s Honours’ List?
Yet Kukua is careful in taking delight in this academic achievement. After all, “academic success is not an end in itself but a means to an end,” she recalls Grandma writing in one of her letters.
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Asempa Hymns (Words)
Asempa is the Twi word meaning “Good News”. Here is an English language hymn book with a difference. It not only includes 200 of the most popular British, German and American hymns, but it also brings together a similar number of compositions from Africa, Asia, and the rest of the world.
Produced in Ghana, Asempa Hymns contains some 90 items from that country including 28 “Ghana spirituals” traditionally sung by the Pentecostals but now gaining popularity in all churches. In many of these, there is a distinctive Ghanaian flavour, which this book and the companion music collection Ghana Praise make available for the first time to Christians in other lands.
The Western tradition of hymnody has served Africa well for many years, but the rich traditions of other countries have failed to spread, held up by barriers of language, denomination and communication. The appearance of Asempa Hymns, with its wide choice of hymns, from nearly all the continents, will help brothers and sisters in Christ in many lands to realise a new fellowship in song and will shorten the distances that divide us.
₵55.00Asempa Hymns (Words)
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Growing Up
Many years ago, there were rites of passage in the African communities. These were important initiations that consciously prepared young people in their transitions through life. These days, however, young people are left to figure out their maturity by themselves. This situation has plunged many young people into frustration and despair because they made mistakes on the journey. Some others have handled it quite well and are reaping the benefits.
This book contains real life experiences of young people who are growing up. With the youngest contributor being 21 and the oldest being 40, everyone can relate to the contents of the book. The lessons in the books are captured through the fear, disappointment, failures, successes and accomplishments of the contributors. It also speaks to diverse sub-topics that influence a growing young person such as parenting, broken homes, death, faith, and education.
Our hope is that reading the stories in the book will give you an awakening to the fact that you need to set your own growing path and walk through it. Definitely, you too can share your story about Growing Up with us and others. You will be helping them just as this book is helping you.
₵25.00Growing Up
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Mfantse Kasa Nsuaa Bukuu 6 (Fanti)
Suitable for children from 6 years and above, learning the Mfantse (Fanti) language.
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Mfantse Kasa Nsuaa Bukuu 5 (Fanti)
Suitable for children from 6 years and above, learning the Mfantse (Fanti) language.
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A Sense of Savannah: Tales of a Friendly Walk through Northern Ghana
Caution: For fear of emitting loud, embarrassing laughs, do not read this book in public.
When Kofi Akpabli was posted to the northern border town of Paga to do his national service, he thought it was just going to be another ‘national suffering’. But when he encountered love at first sight with the landscape and the people, he was soon to realise that something close to destiny tied him to the place.
The author was welcomed to a world refreshingly different from the back streets of Accra and Cape Coast. He discovered the smell of dawadawa, the taste of pito and the mystery of border towns. Over a period of seven years, Kofi criss-crossed the Upper East, Upper West and the Northern Regions.
His real life adventures have been published in a cross-section of Ghanaian newspapers. By popular request, here comes A Sense of Savannah, a witty collection of travel tales that best express the character of Ghana’s savannah setting. While the entertaining narratives are guaranteed to interest a wide range of readers, what makes A Sense of Savannah worth reading is how the author generously dishes out well-researched facts and humour in equal measure.
As story after story shows, Kofi is always on the road:
– In Wa, he is ‘arrested’ and forced to drink beer without end on a Sunday morning
– In Bolgatanga, his well-shirted body gets sprayed with goat urine from the top of a bus
– In Tamale, during curfew hours and against the background of Wangara music, he spends the night on hard, cold asphalt
– And on a busy market day in Navrongo, he is told, ‘you have no conscience!’
Relax, grab a seat and let A Sense of Savannah drive you through the rather interesting northern half of Ghana.
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Nuggets for Victorious Living
“In however manner the reader intends using this book — whether as a quickie devotional, supplementary devotional, last word before falling asleep or a quick reference inspirational source at odd times of the day — one is assured of an educative and uplifting wealth of insight into the contemplation on and application of the Word of God. I trust that these nuggets will aid in enlightening one’s path on this lifelong journey of the Christian Pilgrim, and Victorious Living.” — Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo
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Pearls of Wisdom
This book takes us on a walk through some fundamental principles or ‘pearls’ which will set the reader on the path to becoming wiser and becoming fulfilled and contented.
It is a process starting with knowing what is inside the mind of a winner, through the need to take deliberate steps to keeping your perspectives right and watching your choices.
₵25.00Pearls of Wisdom
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