Ghanaian Trickster Performance in a Web of Neoliberalism
by
David Afriyie Donkor
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
The Ghanaian trickster-spider, Ananse, is a deceptive figure full of comic delight who blurs the lines of class, politics, and morality. David Afriyie Donkor identifies social performance as a way to understand trickster behavior within the shifting process of political legitimization in Ghana, revealing...