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Title
Kakaamotobe: Fancy Dress Carnival in Ghana
Creator
Emmanuel Kumah
Description
A gender difference in referencing was striking for a modern reader. After the first introduction of a person, women are called by their first names throughout the narrative. Male colleagues are designated by their last names. This may reflect the bias at the time and in academic circles specifically. Letters is written with British dating (26 January) and vocabulary. Some words and phrases may take some pleasant puzzling out for American readers. For example, proctoring an exam is invigilating and being very pleased is being chuffed. Letters from Khartoum DR Ewen is recommended for those who want to understand the process of culture shock. At first, Ewen was fascinated:“Nothing could detract from the romance of Ewen’s first night in Khartoum dining al fresco on their veranda under a desert moon and attended by turbaned suffragis flitting silently about in the candlelight”(p. 37). Later, he “lost interest in the place …
Publisher
African Studies Quarterly
Date
2023
Source
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=5gEXTVUAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=5gEXTVUAAAAJ:k_IJM867U9cC
Language
English