Samuel Asiedu-Amoako’s research while affiliated with Ghana Christian University College and other places

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Publications (2)


Environmental Ethics in Akyem Abuakwa: Developing the Ecological Zone through the African Worldview
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September 2020

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E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences

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Samuel Asiedu-Amoako

Akyem Abuakwa's geographical location puts her in a different environmental condition.Both natural and human factors have combined in causing massive environmental degradation and ecological crisis. The environmental degradation and ecological crisis call for exploration of indigenous knowledge to construct indigenous ecological orientations and environmental concerns that could be relevant to recent times. Using qualitative design, the study found out that the traditional belief among the people of Abuakwa has created the awareness that human beings are answerable to the line of ancestors for their stewardship over the non-human parts of creation-land, flora and fauna; all these belong to the ancestors. The study proposes that environmental ethics through the African worldview and bioethical African worldview would dictate a fresh environmental concern and ecological orientation for the world today. The study is relevant as it contributes to traditional environmental conservation ethics.

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Indigenous Knowledge and Ecological Orientation for Teacher Training Institutions in Ghana: An Appraisal

September 2020

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A non-ecological form of living that does not take the rest of creation seriously in any positive manner does not just destroy nature but precisely destroys nature by gradually eliminating human existence from the planet earth. In Ghana, such elimination has been so rapid that if corrective measures are not taken, there may soon be only a few Ghanaians left in Ghana. This paper attempts to provide an ecological pedagogy for teacher training institutions to create and nurture both environmental concerns and ecological orientation in students. Using a qualitative approach, the study realises that the current educational system seems not to be ecologically inclined. The study seeks to propose that indigenous education should focus on teaching indigenous knowledge, models, methods, and content within formal or non-formal education systems and should be incorporated into current teacher training institutions with the ecological framework. This paper is a contribution to the development of a viable ecological framework using indigenous knowledge values.

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... Others have even suspected that previous chiefs and elders of the village had died because they were summoned by ancestors and the river spirits to account for their role in destroying the village's treasure. Ntiamoah (2020), in an interview with a sub-chief of Asiakwa, a neighbouring town of Adukrom, revealed that chiefs in mining towns within the area that have allowed indigenous customs and rules to be subverted had died under mysterious circumstances. Hence in Adukrom, when Subri revealed himself through one of the villagers, the authorities realised they needed to act: ...

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Should indigenous knowledge in development be redefined? Lessons from the artisanal mining sector in Ghana
Environmental Ethics in Akyem Abuakwa: Developing the Ecological Zone through the African Worldview

E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences