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Polar interrogatives in Lɛtɛ Discourse L / t /语篇中的极性疑问句

Legon Journal of the Humanities Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.4314/ljh.v32i2.2

M. A. Ansah

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Why African (Akan) thought has no concept of race: An anti-essentialist cultural meaning of personhood 为什么非洲(阿坎)思想没有种族的概念:人格的反本质主义文化意义

Legon Journal of the Humanities Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.4314/ljh.v32i2.4

L. Amoah

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Does personality predict a likelihood display of organisational citizenship behaviours among university students? Empirical evidence from Ghana 人格是否能预测大学生组织公民行为的可能性表现?来自加纳的经验证据

Legon Journal of the Humanities Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.4314/ljh.v32i2.5

Sheila Luguyare, E. Kekesi, C. B. Agyemang

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African postcolonial fiction and the poetics of eco-cultural decadence: Re-reading Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born and Sembène Ousmane’s Xala 非洲后殖民小说与生态文化颓废的诗学:重读阿依·奎·阿玛的《美丽的人尚未出生》和塞姆布恩·奥斯曼的《Xala》

Legon Journal of the Humanities Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.4314/ljh.v32i2.3

Moussa Traoré, Ruth Bernice Akyen

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The spirit of empowerment: A study of Acts 3:1-10 授权的精神:使徒行传3:1-10的研究

Legon Journal of the Humanities Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.4314/ljh.v32i1.4

Alexander G. K. Salakpi

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The “Galamsey” Menace: Implications on the Archaeological Record at Awudua Dada, Western Region, Ghana “加拉姆西”威胁:加纳西部地区阿乌杜阿达达考古记录的启示

Legon Journal of the Humanities Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.4314/ljh.v32i1.5

F. Biveridge

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Exhuming and highlighting the nearly forgotten Gold Coast intelligentsia: The life and times of Prince Kwamin Atta Amonoo V 发掘和突出几乎被遗忘的黄金海岸知识分子:夸明·阿塔·阿莫努五世王子的生活和时代

Legon Journal of the Humanities Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.4314/ljh.v32i1.1

J. Gibbs

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Maat vs. The statue of Égalité: A critical analysis of Ataa Ayi Kwei Armah’s Wat Nt Shemsw: The way of companions Maat vs. Égalité雕像:Ataa Ayi Kwei Armah的《Wat Nt Shemsw:同伴之路》的批判性分析

Legon Journal of the Humanities Pub Date : 2021-01-28 DOI: 10.4314/LJH.V31I2.2

O. Kambon, Lwanga Songsore, Yaw Mankatah Asare

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Palatalization in Central Bùlì 中央区舌化Bùlì

Legon Journal of the Humanities Pub Date : 2021-01-28 DOI: 10.4314/LJH.V31I2.3

G. Akanlig-Pare

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Queering the Nigerian Cinema and Politics of Gay Culture 同性恋:尼日利亚电影与同性恋文化政治

Legon Journal of the Humanities Pub Date : 2021-01-28 DOI: 10.4314/LJH.V31I2.4

Stephen Ogheneruro Okpadah

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