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Ghana: Clean Cookstoves for KITA

Background Information

29 October 2015

Cultural Research

During the internship in Ghana, we will be working closely together with Ganaian students. Also, we will have to communicate with the inhabitants of the Ejisu-Juaben district. In order to prepare ourselves for another culture, we did some cultural research.

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Cultural Differences

During our internship we will probably encounter some cultural differences. This might lead to some funny or awkward situations. We already…
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British influences

During the colonisation, Ghana was a colony of Great Britain. Nowadays, a lot of British influences can be seen in the culture.
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Gender division

In Ghana, there is another gender division than in the Netherlands. It is important to take this into account when communicating with…
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Medical systeem

Ghana has a modern medical system funded and administered by the government with some participation by church groups, international agencies, and NGOs. Facilities are rare and are predominantly located in the cities and large towns. Some dispensaries staffed by nurses or pharmacists have been established in rural areas and have been effective in treating common diseases such as malaria (Advameg
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The legal system

The Ghanaian legal system is a mixture of British law, applicable to criminal cases, and indigenous custom for civil cases.
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Music and dance

The music of Ghana is diverse and varies between different ethnic groups and regions.

Ghanaian music incorporates several distinct types of musical instruments such as the talking drum ensembles, Akan Drum, goje fiddle and koloko lute, court music, including the Akan Seperewa, the Akan atumpan, the Ga kpanlogo styles, and log xylophones used in asonko music. The most well known genres to have come from Ghana are African jazz which was created by Ghanaian artist Kofi Ghanaba…
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Food and Drinks

Ghanaian cuisine and gastronomy is diverse, and includes an assortment of soups and stews with varied seafoods and most Ghanaian soups are prepared with vegetables, meat, poultry or fish. Fish is important in the Ghanaian diet with tilapia, roasted and fried whitebait, smoked fish and crayfish all being common components of Ghanaian dishes. Banku is a common Ghanaian starchy food made from ground…