Children's Literature in Ghana: A Survey

This article situates Ghana’s popular market fiction for children in relation to British colonial and official Ghanaian children’s literature and, following Rancière’s model of the ‘ignorant schoolmaster’, presses for an expectation of intelligence from the rowdy genre, toward ‘radical equality’. Joshua Kojo Sey’s Wonders Shall Never End (c. 2017) serves as a central case of how a text that may seem to lack control over its own abundance of ideas offers up vital imaginary constructs.

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Using children’s literature to promote gender equality in education: The case of the fairy tale of Ndabaga in Rwanda

Ruterana¹

2017

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Abstract:The purpose of this study is to investigate how educational use of Rwandan children's literature, mainly fairy tales, can challenge traditional gender roles in Rwandan education. Indeed, researchers in and authors of children's literature argue that the manner in which gender is represented in children's literature impacts children's attitudes and perceptions of gender appropriate behaviour in society. In this respect, contents with gender stereotypes can offer children a privileged opportunity to re-examine their gender belief and assumptions, leading them to adopt more egalitarian attitudes. Children's reflections on gender equality in a fairy tale of Ndabaga, a female protagonist portrayed in non-traditional gender roles are analysed. The findings show that children of both sexes reacted positively to the female character, portrayed in male roles, which has been traditionally unacceptable. All children expressed positive attitudes toward a change of traditional gender roles as the latter obstructs full realisation of females' rights.

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Children's Literature in Ghana: A Survey

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The scholarship of African Children's literature: issues of representation of critical voices in the conversation

The scholarship of African Children's literature: issues of representation of critical voices in the conversation

Radical Equality in Ghanaian Market Fiction for Children

Using children’s literature to promote gender equality in education: The case of the fairy tale of Ndabaga in Rwanda

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