Akan Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Christian Faith in Ghana: A Review of the Major Works of Robert Rattray
Issue: Vol.7 No.8 August 2021 Issue Article 1 pp.107-119
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2021781 | Published online 17th August 2021.
© 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Robert Sutherland Rattray, Indigenous Knowledge System, Christian Faith, Asante, Cultural Values.
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APPENDIX
Interview with Nana Addo Dankwa III November 22, 2004 Akropong Akuapem.
Interview with Kwabena Nketia May 19, 2004 Madina Accra.
Interview with Okyeame Ampratwum June 1, 2004 Asante Mampong.
Interview with Rev Dr Sam Prempeh September 1, 2004 Osu Accra.
Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong (PhD), Lecturer in African Christianity, Department of Religious Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi – Ghana.
Opuni-Frimpong, K. “Akan Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Christian Faith in Ghana: A Review of the Major Works of Robert Rattray” E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 7 no.8 (2021): 107-119 https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2021781
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