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Fante Asafo Flags of Abandze and Kormantse , By: Labi, Kwame A., African Arts, Winter2002, Vol. 35, Issue 4.Provides information on the asafo flags of Akan people in southern Ghana. Description of the flags; History and use of the flag; Interpretation of flag imagery; Discourse between Abandze and Kormatse groups involving flag designs and traditions.
Built Environment
LINEAGE ORGANISATION OF THE TALLENSI COMPOUND: THE SOCIAL LOGIC OF DOMESTIC SPACE IN Abstract: Houses frequently embody culturally specific principles of social organisation. In this article Tallensi compounds in the Upper East Region of Ghana are examined in terms of compound layout and the kinship relations of their occupants. By comparing the patrilineal descent patterns of occupants with the topological organisation of multi-courtyard compounds, it is proposed that there is a correlation between these two variables. Further multidimensional scaling analysis shows that proximity in kinship space is reflected in proximate living arrangements. For students of material culture, this investigation demonstrates that lineage solidarity and politics can be played out in architectural form on the micro-scale of the domestic scene.
Plant and Herbal Medicine
Extract of Ocimum canum lowers blood glucose and facilitates insulin release by isolated pancreatic By: Nyarko A. K.; Asare-Anane H.; Ofosuhene M.; Addy M. E. Phytomedicine, Volume 9, Number 4, 30 July 2002, pp. 346-351(6).
Abstract: Aqueous extract of Ocimum canum Sim, (Lamiaceae) is used by some Ghanaians to manage diabetes mellitus. In vivo modulation of levels of fasting blood glucose by O. canum extract was evaluated in type-II diabetes mellitus using the C57BL/KsJ db/db genetically diabetic animal model, and its effects on glucose-stimulated insulin release in vitro were monitored using isolated rat pancreatic