%0 Journal Article
%T Literature and the African Culture: A Study of The Dilemma of a Ghost and The Marriage of Anansewa
%A Cynthia Elisabeth Osei
%A Cecilia Addei
%J Current Research Journal of Social Science
%D 2012
%I Maxwell Science Publication
%X This study is a study in Literature and Culture. Its primary objective is to throw light on and to contribute to the already existing school of thought as to exactly what the culture of a people is and to see how the elements of culture are successfully portrayed in literary works. To do these two Ghanaian playwrights namely: Efua Sutherland and Ama Ata Aidoo have been selected. A critical look has been taken at a play each of these selected playwrights. The study looks at Sutherland¡¯s The Marriage of Anansewa and Aidoo¡¯s The Dilemma of a Ghost.
%K Culture
%K marriage
%K polygamy
%K pride price
%K puberty rites
%K superstition
%U http://www.maxwellsci.com/jp/abstract.php?jid=CRJSS&no=171&abs=06