Linguistic landscape in the Ashanti Region. The case of Kejetia lorry terminals

Linguistic landscape in the Ashanti Region. The case of Kejetia lorry terminals
Author: Solomon Owusu Amoh
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2019-12-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 3346076385

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject African Studies - Linguistics, grade: B, University of Education (University of education, Winneba), course: sociolinguistics, language: English, abstract: In this study, the linguistic landscape of Kejetia, an indigenous lorry terminal and market place in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. Multifarious media of communication ongoing on the principal streets of Ghana are inscriptions on vehicles; where owners and drivers of, mostly commercial vehicles express their beliefs and experiences on their vehicles. The information is also free of charge; what is required is for one to be well-educated in the language in which the inscription is carried. The paper does not consider everything under the linguistic landscape of area. It only looks at the signage seen on vehicles in the various commercial lorry stations in lorry terminal of Kejetia. All of the text found on the vehicles were snapped and considered. The results showed that the Twi was very frequent used on the vehicles, followed by the English language, and few others appeared infrequently. It also appeared that, the use of paints for signaging has faded out as no vehicle was capture with that.

The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself and Other Writings

The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself and Other Writings
Author: Prempeh I (King of Ashanti)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780197262610

This is a key text for understanding the history of the great West African kingdom of Asante (now in Ghana). It is perhaps the earliest example of history writing in English by an African ruler. The result is an indispensably detailed account of the Asante monarchy from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Context is provided by the inclusion of other writings by or about Agyeman Prempeh, together with four introductory essays by the world's leading scholars of Asante history.

Encyclopedia of Africa

Encyclopedia of Africa
Author: Anthony Appiah
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1372
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195337700

The Encyclopedia of Africa presents the most up-to-date and thorough reference on this region of ever-growing importance in world history, politics, and culture. Its core is comprised of the entries focusing on African history and culture from 2005's acclaimed five-volume Africana - nearly two-thirds of these 1,300 entries have been updated, revised, and expanded to reflect the most recent scholarship. Organized in an A-Z format, the articles cover prominent individuals, events, trends, places, political movements, art forms, business and trade, religions, ethnic groups, organizations, and countries throughout Africa. There are articles on contemporary nations of sub-Saharan Africa, ethnic groups from various regions of Africa, and European colonial powers. Other examples include Congo River, Ivory trade, Mau Mau rebellion, and Pastoralism. The Encyclopedia of Africa is sure to become the essential resource in the field.