Tenkamenin Boateng
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From Nana Gyekeye’s Book “Tradition and Modernity”
There is, to my knowledge, no word in the Akan language that directly translates economy or economics, itself drive from the Greek white oikonomia, meaning household management. The Akan word “asetena,” however, may adequately do the job. According to a well-known dictionary of the Akan… Read more
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I feel asetena encompasses the basic principles and concepts of economics.- View 1 reply
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You cannot colonize people who think they are better than you.
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I’ve been watching these videos and it’s a great course.
As Okunini explained our key African concepts, it made me realize how much English/Western languages have dumbed down our concepts. For instance, I looked up the etymology for libation, and this is what I found,
“late 14c., “pouring out of wine in honor of a god,” from Latin… Read more
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