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Kwesi Yankah
Minister of Tertiary Education
PresidentNana Akuffo-Addo
Personal details
BornGhana
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
RelationsKojo Yankah (brother)
Children3
Alma materIndiana University
ProfessionAcademic

Kwesi Yankah is a Ghanaian academic, author, and university administrator. He is a professor of linguistics and oral literature specializing in the ethnography of communications. He has served as the Pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana and the president of the Central University. The author of several books, he was inducted as a fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999. He is currently the Ghanaian Minister of State in charge of tertiary education.

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Kwesi Yankah

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Kwesi Yankah is a Ghanaian academic, author, and university administrator. He is a professor of linguistics and oral literature specializing in the ethnography...

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Kwesi

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Kwesi Slay (born 1990), Ghanaian hip hop artist Kwesi Wilson (died 2019), Ghanaian musician Kwesi Yankah, Ghanaian academic, author and university administrator...

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Religion in Africa

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believed by some to explain religious tolerance between different groups. Kwesi Yankah and John Mbiti argue that many African peoples today have a 'mixed' religious...

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Cakewalk

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spectacles, which drew in more potential customers. Philip M. Peek, Kwesi Yankah, African Folklore: An Encyclopedia, 2003, p. 33. ISBN 0-203-49314-1....

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Kojo Yankah

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brother of Kwesi Yankah, who is the Minister of Tertiary Education in Government of Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Yankah, Kojo (1982)...

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Ama Ata Aidoo

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Vincent O. Odamtten, Jane Bryce, Esi Sutherland-Addy, Femi Osofisan, Kwesi Yankah, Abena Busia, Yaba Badoe, Ivor Agyeman-Duah, Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi...

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Tongue twister

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Africa". Encyclopedia of African Folklore edited by Philip Peek and Kwesi Yankah, pp. 947-949. New York and London: Routledge. Hanson, Vicki (1991). "Tongue-Twister...

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Igbo people

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Publication Society. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8276-0831-3. Peek, Philip M.; Kwesi Yankah (2004). African Folklore: An Encyclopedia (illustrated ed.). Taylor &...

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Proverb

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cognitive-discursive study of "The Full Monty". Proverbium 29:67–93. p. 95 ff. Kwesi Yankah. 1989. The Proverb in the Context of Akan Rhetoric. Bern: Peter Lang...

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Human uses of mammals

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14. Translated by F.C. Conybeare. the Loeb Classical Library (1912) Kwesi Yankah (1983). "The Akan Trickster Cycle: Myth or Folktale?" (PDF). Trinidad...

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Zaghawa people

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University Press. pp. 288–290. ISBN 978-0-521-20981-6. Philip M. Peek; Kwesi Yankah (2004). African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 59–61. ISBN 978-1-135-94873-3...

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Anthropomorphism

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14. Translated by F.C. Conybeare. the Loeb Classical Library (1912) Kwesi Yankah (1983). "The Akan Trickster Cycle: Myth or Folktale?" (PDF). Trinidad...

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Robert Sutherland Rattray

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Ghana, 1985, p. 153. Yankah, Kwesi. 2004. "RATTRAY, R.S. (1881–1938)." African Folklore: An Encyclopedia, Philip M. Peek and Kwesi Yankah, editors, 779-780...

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Victor Gadzekpo

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Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. "Prof. Yankah Heads Central University". ghanaweb.com. "Kwesi Yankah nominated Minister of State in charge of Tertiary...

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Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Akyinbah Quakyi Fred T. Sai Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu William Bedford Van Lare Kwesi Yankah Fred Binka Official site "The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences" Archived...

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Mashriq

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Al-Shushtarī. Paulist Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-8091-0582-3. Peek, Philip M.; Yankah, Kwesi (2003-12-12). African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 442....

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Caste systems in Africa

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Collection. ABC-CLIO. pp. 737–738. ISBN 978-1-61069-364-6. Philip M. Peek; Kwesi Yankah (2004). African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 59–61. ISBN 978-1-135-94873-3...

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Ceremonial use of lights

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Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 11–13. ISBN 0-313-30814-4. Peek, Philip M.; Kwesi Yankah (2004). African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 201–203...

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Karisi

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among a religious rite linked to the Pygmy peoples. Peek, Philip M.; Yankah, Kwesi, eds. (2004). African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 207–8...

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Rumba

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 217–218. Peek, Philip M.; Yankah, Kwesi (2004). African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Routledge....

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Water drum

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Africa reserved for women hunters". 29 April 2019. Peek, Philip M.; Yankah, Kwesi, eds. (2004). African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 9781135948726...

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Fante people

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may therefore share similar family names. Typical family names include Yankah, Osam, Aidoo, etc. There have also been innovations as a result of westernization...

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Mancala

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Mary - Arts & Sciences: 8–12. Retrieved 3 May 2023. Peek, Philip M.; Yankah, Kwesi (March 7, 2004). African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 9781135948733...

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