A historical exploration of women’s production of Fante Kenkey at Yamoransa in Ghana’s central region
Women’s contributions to development through their activities in the informal sector have been extensively examined in a plethora of literature. There is, however, a lacuna with respect to a focus on women’s specific informal sector economic activities and their impact on local communities. Dwelling...
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| description | Women’s contributions to development through their activities in the informal sector have been extensively examined in a plethora of literature. There is, however, a lacuna with respect to a focus on women’s specific informal sector economic activities and their impact on local communities. Dwelling on a variety of sources of information, this study fills that gap through a historical exploration of women’s production and sale of Fante kenkey and its impact on the people of Yamoransa from the pre-colonial period up to 2016. The study establishes that the production and sale of Fante kenkey underwent significant transformations and the women (Akutiabↄfo) who engaged in it contributed immensely to social and economic development in Yamoransa, the Central Region and Ghana as a whole. The major challenge of the (Akutiabↄfo), which was lack of a safe market place for sellers of Yamoransa Fante Kenkey, however remained unresolved. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8558a42f098148edaeb0e47b197d21eb2025-08-20T02:39:32ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Arts & Humanities2331-19832024-12-0111110.1080/23311983.2024.2335795A historical exploration of women’s production of Fante Kenkey at Yamoransa in Ghana’s central regionMartha Alibah0Emmanuel Ababio Ofosu-Mensah1Department of History Faculty of Arts College of Humanities and Legal Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, GhanaDepartment of History School of Arts College of Humanities, University of Ghana, Accra, GhanaWomen’s contributions to development through their activities in the informal sector have been extensively examined in a plethora of literature. There is, however, a lacuna with respect to a focus on women’s specific informal sector economic activities and their impact on local communities. Dwelling on a variety of sources of information, this study fills that gap through a historical exploration of women’s production and sale of Fante kenkey and its impact on the people of Yamoransa from the pre-colonial period up to 2016. The study establishes that the production and sale of Fante kenkey underwent significant transformations and the women (Akutiabↄfo) who engaged in it contributed immensely to social and economic development in Yamoransa, the Central Region and Ghana as a whole. The major challenge of the (Akutiabↄfo), which was lack of a safe market place for sellers of Yamoransa Fante Kenkey, however remained unresolved.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2024.2335795YamoransaFante Kenkey productioncentral regionGhanaSamuel Adu-Gyamfi, History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Arts and Social Science, Kumasi, GhanaRural Development |
| spellingShingle | Martha Alibah Emmanuel Ababio Ofosu-Mensah A historical exploration of women’s production of Fante Kenkey at Yamoransa in Ghana’s central region Cogent Arts & Humanities Yamoransa Fante Kenkey production central region Ghana Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Arts and Social Science, Kumasi, Ghana Rural Development |
| title | A historical exploration of women’s production of Fante Kenkey at Yamoransa in Ghana’s central region |
| title_full | A historical exploration of women’s production of Fante Kenkey at Yamoransa in Ghana’s central region |
| title_fullStr | A historical exploration of women’s production of Fante Kenkey at Yamoransa in Ghana’s central region |
| title_full_unstemmed | A historical exploration of women’s production of Fante Kenkey at Yamoransa in Ghana’s central region |
| title_short | A historical exploration of women’s production of Fante Kenkey at Yamoransa in Ghana’s central region |
| title_sort | historical exploration of women s production of fante kenkey at yamoransa in ghana s central region |
| topic | Yamoransa Fante Kenkey production central region Ghana Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Arts and Social Science, Kumasi, Ghana Rural Development |
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