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A9433604 - Ghana, West Africa - for ease of loading the entry.

This is brilliant, Wilmaand so are you for reducing those footnotes without a protest or a whimper

Why thank you, ma'am!

*doff cap*

There are still a couple of footnotes there that I can't see how to eliminate but the others were really not necessary and EMR was absolutely right in calling me up on them.



W

Good stuff - just one point:

"began a series of 'house cleaning' operations that resulted in the sentencing and execution of several senior officers and former heads of state" - is that bit meant to be entirely in italics, and if so what is the source?

Alex

Hi Alex
The source is in the link for 'house cleaning'. I wasn't sure where to put the link. Suggestions? please?

W

OK, I have done a bit of switching. I was not happy with the headers/subheaders the way they were so I have moved things around and fleshed it out a bit so hopefully it flows better.

I have decided against expanding on various items in here as I think they need to be explored separately to do them justice. Adinkra and kente, juju and the various cities and nature reserves for a start... Then you have the different tribes, their development and impact on the world. Of particular interest to me here is the Ashanti story and the Legend of the Golden Stool. I have left all these out in the hope that this spins off at some point.

I hope that is acceptable.

W

I'm not sure where the link should go though

How's about we leave it be while I muster the energy (and time) to do a rewrite...

W

Hi Wilma, just read this again, and was again fascinated from start to end. Just a question ( no need to elaborate in the entry) - except for juju - what religion is predominant ? And what about female genital cutting -is it common there, or done at all ? Just curious

Hi B!

Juju is sort of in the background, if you see what I mean. It is not openly practised, so you don't have 'juju' temples and the such like but it permeates every level of culture and everyday life. You see juju talismans everywhere.

Ghanaians are predominantly Christian and no, they do not practise female circumcision (thank God ). There is a sub saharan tradition of tribal face marking but it is more common in Nigeria than Ghana.

The Ghanaians are pretty cool as far as being pro-female, actually. The Akan are matriarchial - ie, inheritance comes through the mother, not the father. The logic behind it is that you always know who your mother is



W

Wilma

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That's how it is in Judaism, too. If you're mother's Jewish, you're Jewish.

I haven't anything to add to the entry - it looks good to me right now!

Don't know how I missed your comment, emr - I am sorry about that.

On your comment - I remember being invited to a Chanukkah dinner by my friend's parents when I was 17, my first exposure to a Jewish family at a religious meal. I felt the women were pretty much in control of the whole event - which made me feel very comfortable.

I come from a Christian Arab family full of men which treasures its daughters - I have 9 nephews and 3 nieces, which seems to be the ratio throughout our family. We are also 3rd generation expats to Ghana (my father was born there). The more I live, the more I realise how little separates us all if we look for the links and the glue.


W

You're getting too good at this entry-writing stuff, Wilma - an absolute cracker

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Fantastic Wilma, brilliant work, as always

Another one bites the dust...

Coolness

*Wilma emerges slightly dishevelled from under the BT cables that disconnected her phone line for a week*

Thanks everyone!

W