Yebisa Wo Fie: Growing old and building a house in the Akan Culture of Ghana
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
- Vol. 13 (4) , 333-359
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006563032706
Abstract
'House' (ofie) in the Akan culture of Ghana is the most common metonym for people living together. Mefie (my house) means 'my family'. A house is someone's identity, it is a sign of security and...Keywords
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