HASTAC Commons | Samuel Adu-Gyamfi | Activity https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/samuel123/activity/ Activity feed for Samuel Adu-Gyamfi. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:25:33 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 d6a39b9df350226910975368dbccdf17 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Cerebrospinal meningitis in the Colonial History of the Asante of Ghana in the group Science and Technology Studies (STS) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1862105/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 03:01:06 +0000 The incidence of diseases in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) shaped encounters between colonial officials and indigenous people, yet this subject has merited minimum attention in the Ghanaian historiography. This paper examines the colonial healthcare interventions to combat the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in Asante and
how the presence…[Read more]

]]> 0 6c81399cea59bb0d4469d4a97af60a5e Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Cerebrospinal meningitis in the Colonial History of the Asante of Ghana in the group Public Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1862104/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 03:01:01 +0000 The incidence of diseases in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) shaped encounters between colonial officials and indigenous people, yet this subject has merited minimum attention in the Ghanaian historiography. This paper examines the colonial healthcare interventions to combat the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in Asante and
how the presence…[Read more]

]]> 0 4e81caecef5015ff7e8318750af6bc91 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Cerebrospinal meningitis in the Colonial History of the Asante of Ghana in the group Cultural Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1862103/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 03:00:47 +0000 The incidence of diseases in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) shaped encounters between colonial officials and indigenous people, yet this subject has merited minimum attention in the Ghanaian historiography. This paper examines the colonial healthcare interventions to combat the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in Asante and
how the presence…[Read more]

]]> 0 74d7b719f7e052b11468c3868db42f23 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited A Discourse on Individuals Value for Herbal Medicine in Asante since the Pre-Colonial Era in the group Public Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1862102/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 03:00:40 +0000 This study highlights the transitions that indigenous medicine and indigenous medical practices have undergone in Asante. It uses a qualitative approach anchored on both primary and secondary sources. The primary data sources include interviews and documentary data derived from reports in historical archives. Anchored on rational choice contingent…[Read more]

]]> 0 113d14e9149197aa2b99f691d3961d9f Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited A Discourse on Individuals Value for Herbal Medicine in Asante since the Pre-Colonial Era in the group Digital Humanists https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1862101/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 03:00:14 +0000 This study highlights the transitions that indigenous medicine and indigenous medical practices have undergone in Asante. It uses a qualitative approach anchored on both primary and secondary sources. The primary data sources include interviews and documentary data derived from reports in historical archives. Anchored on rational choice contingent…[Read more]

]]> 0 bd7de3c8a4c0f95424b90116712341f8 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Cerebrospinal meningitis in the Colonial History of the Asante of Ghana https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1862073/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:30:58 +0000 The incidence of diseases in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) shaped encounters between colonial officials and indigenous people, yet this subject has merited minimum attention in the Ghanaian historiography. This paper examines the colonial healthcare interventions to combat the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in Asante and
how the presence…[Read more]

]]> 0 6d0eafe035a574d042399f607a531cb1 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited A Discourse on Individuals Value for Herbal Medicine in Asante since the Pre-Colonial Era https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1862056/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:06:43 +0000 This study highlights the transitions that indigenous medicine and indigenous medical practices have undergone in Asante. It uses a qualitative approach anchored on both primary and secondary sources. The primary data sources include interviews and documentary data derived from reports in historical archives. Anchored on rational choice contingent…[Read more]

]]> 0 bf213ee4f115dae1146b899e0cbdbaad Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Indigenous systems of forest conservation: a tool for traditional medical practices in Akyem Abuakwa traditional area of Ghana in the group Science and Technology Studies (STS) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850105/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 02:25:15 +0000 Forest conservation is a very important concept across the world. It is not only crucial for climate change but also very critical for the survival of humanity. In Africa, forests have always been an important aspect of nature that is regarded with uttermost reverence and
care. Importantly, discussions on health, healthcare, culture, economics…[Read more]

]]> 0 af7a83ca8cd71d557ec682ea0944c52a Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Indigenous systems of forest conservation: a tool for traditional medical practices in Akyem Abuakwa traditional area of Ghana in the group Public Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850104/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 02:25:10 +0000 Forest conservation is a very important concept across the world. It is not only crucial for climate change but also very critical for the survival of humanity. In Africa, forests have always been an important aspect of nature that is regarded with uttermost reverence and
care. Importantly, discussions on health, healthcare, culture, economics…[Read more]

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care. Importantly, discussions on health, healthcare, culture, economics…[Read more]

]]> 0 d7e747df9939b79887b9166894cfebf3 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Indigenous systems of forest conservation: a tool for traditional medical practices in Akyem Abuakwa traditional area of Ghana in the group Anthropology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850102/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 02:24:27 +0000 Forest conservation is a very important concept across the world. It is not only crucial for climate change but also very critical for the survival of humanity. In Africa, forests have always been an important aspect of nature that is regarded with uttermost reverence and
care. Importantly, discussions on health, healthcare, culture, economics…[Read more]

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care. Importantly, discussions on health, healthcare, culture, economics…[Read more]

]]> 0 2e713f186a3c965c936a1073acfb1d72 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Unrestricted Analysis of the COVID Narrative in Africa: Emphasis on the Ghanaian Medical Context in the group Science and Technology Studies (STS) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1842643/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 02:25:12 +0000 The COVID-19 pandemic with its concomitant lockdown policies exacerbated the worst living conditions in different regions of the world, Africa and Ghana in particular. The major discursive issues concerning the pandemic has glaringly or cunningly ignored the lack of emphasis on local dynamics concerning what ought to be or could have been done…[Read more]

]]> 0 b57dbe13d9d816fa93a0a6ae446f8919 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Unrestricted Analysis of the COVID Narrative in Africa: Emphasis on the Ghanaian Medical Context in the group Public Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1842642/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 02:25:04 +0000 The COVID-19 pandemic with its concomitant lockdown policies exacerbated the worst living conditions in different regions of the world, Africa and Ghana in particular. The major discursive issues concerning the pandemic has glaringly or cunningly ignored the lack of emphasis on local dynamics concerning what ought to be or could have been done…[Read more]

]]> 0 16abd6d7bb81ab10abac44dc6e725ed4 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Unrestricted Analysis of the COVID Narrative in Africa: Emphasis on the Ghanaian Medical Context in the group Digital Humanists https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1842641/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 02:24:26 +0000 The COVID-19 pandemic with its concomitant lockdown policies exacerbated the worst living conditions in different regions of the world, Africa and Ghana in particular. The major discursive issues concerning the pandemic has glaringly or cunningly ignored the lack of emphasis on local dynamics concerning what ought to be or could have been done…[Read more]

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]]> 0 6ab0e44fd2a9df90769d938b14549811 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Contemporary History of the Increasing Use of Traditional Medicine among the Asante of Ghana: A Focus on Afigya Kwabre South District in the group Public Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1839465/ Sun, 02 Apr 2023 02:24:50 +0000 Using a qualitative method of research, the study investigated the increasing use of traditional medicine in Ghana, focusing on Afigya Kwabre South District. Traditional medicine has gone through various stages since time immemorial, especially with regard to how its patronage has evolved over time. The period ranges from the pre-colonial era,…[Read more]

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]]> 0 a37deea24bbe61fadd3c4c0d783dd39b Samuel Adu-Gyamfi's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1836783/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 21:36:20 +0000 0 047db44e7b59dbe1f1a6b8a5ca1066cc Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited COVID-19 In Africa: An Economic and Social Interpretation (2019-2022) in the group Science and Technology Studies (STS) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1821143/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 02:24:37 +0000 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of challenges to the globalized world. Globally, it has decimated over six million lives. Since 2019, it has shook the world in many respects, especially, it disrupted economies and societies and halted the majority of human endeavor. Commentaries and reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the…[Read more]

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]]> 0 921ba557b41684a15a56c9bfb10b95e8 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Medical Tourism in Ghana: A History in the group Science and Technology Studies (STS) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1819337/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 02:24:28 +0000 Medical tourism can be defined as the process of travelling outside of an individual’s country to another to seek medical care. The current research studies medical tourism in Ghana historically, focusing on Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumase. Using a qualitative research approach, the study p…[Read more]

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]]> 0 c738bcd8dde352a55e2d26b0a2784fd7 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited WOMEN AND BIOMEDICAL HEALTHCARE IN A COMMUNITY IN GHANA in the group Science and Technology Studies (STS) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1722622/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 02:24:25 +0000 The contribution of women to the development of societies and medicine around the world cannot be overstated. Their contribution to medicine is great; this is seen, in particular, in their role among other physicians, obstetricians, nurses, herbalists, and assistant physicians. Despite the significant contribution of women to medicine and health…[Read more]

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]]> 0 6861962e8c43902e5618024dcb6f82e0 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited WOMEN AND BIOMEDICAL HEALTHCARE IN A COMMUNITY IN GHANA in the group Cultural Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1722620/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 02:24:07 +0000 The contribution of women to the development of societies and medicine around the world cannot be overstated. Their contribution to medicine is great; this is seen, in particular, in their role among other physicians, obstetricians, nurses, herbalists, and assistant physicians. Despite the significant contribution of women to medicine and health…[Read more]

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]]> 0 d93dcff954d7e5cc716eec2ab067b5a9 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited WOMEN AND BIOMEDICAL HEALTHCARE IN A COMMUNITY IN GHANA https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1722564/ Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:11:39 +0000 The contribution of women to the development of societies and medicine around the world cannot be overstated. Their contribution to medicine is great; this is seen, in particular, in their role among other physicians, obstetricians, nurses, herbalists, and assistant physicians. Despite the significant contribution of women to medicine and health…[Read more]

]]> 0 d328d8328782f7c196e488310d5348ea Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited ILLICIT DRUG USE AND TRADE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF KUMASE (2000–2018) in the group Public Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1717813/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 02:31:06 +0000 The illegal drug trade is a world phenomenon, which has had some adverse
impact on societies. Significantly, the impact is damning in developing economies in
Africa and Ghana in particular. This paper therefore seeks to address the causes and
effects of the use and peddle of these illegal drugs in three communities in the capital
city of the…[Read more]

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impact on societies. Significantly, the impact is damning in developing economies in
Africa and Ghana in particular. This paper therefore seeks to address the causes and
effects of the use and peddle of these illegal drugs in three communities in the capital
city of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 7e3b3f79a23826162c0746a7c678bfaf Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited FUNERALS AMONG THE AKAN PEOPLE: SOME PERSPECTIVES ON ASANTE in the group Cultural Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1709089/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 02:23:44 +0000 This work discusses the processes of celebrating funerals among the Akan people, some Akan belief systems and modern trends that have evolved in funeral ceremonies. It also demonstrates the complexities involved in organizing the funeral from the day of death culminating into the celebration of the final funeral rite. The actual purpose of funeral…[Read more]

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]]> 0 5ff2c3945008ab1fd1d81c06f84f05e0 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited A Historical narrative of the British Colonial Administration's Clamp down on Witch finding Shrines amongst the Asante People of the Gold Coast in the group Public Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1700854/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 02:24:22 +0000 The paper focuses on the issue of witchcraft at the Gold Coast and Asante in particular. Information from archival sources and secondary sources has been gleaned to form a historical narrative covering the period 1907 to 1940. The dilemma of the indigenous people concerning witchcraft, the attempts of Indigenous Priest Healers (IPH) to cure and…[Read more]

]]> 0 af1b4403a795bed574b2a66b1aa0ba7d Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited A Historical narrative of the British Colonial Administration's Clamp down on Witch finding Shrines amongst the Asante People of the Gold Coast in the group Cultural Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1700853/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 02:24:10 +0000 The paper focuses on the issue of witchcraft at the Gold Coast and Asante in particular. Information from archival sources and secondary sources has been gleaned to form a historical narrative covering the period 1907 to 1940. The dilemma of the indigenous people concerning witchcraft, the attempts of Indigenous Priest Healers (IPH) to cure and…[Read more]

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]]> 0 98cc6770f1fdb53233bb924ec58ae0f6 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited National Health Insurance and Free Maternal Healthcare in Ghana: Responses from Women and Health Workers in Akropong in the group Science and Technology Studies (STS) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1699962/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 02:25:23 +0000 The government of Ghana from the 1990s has tried a lot of policies to finance healthcare in Ghana. Different policies were introduced by different governments until 2003 when President John Agyekum Kuffour introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The study was carried out to find out the impact of NHIS on maternal healthcare at the…[Read more]

]]> 0 bd029b602db10f13d810c95fd5efc86d Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited National Health Insurance and Free Maternal Healthcare in Ghana: Responses from Women and Health Workers in Akropong in the group Public Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1699961/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 02:25:19 +0000 The government of Ghana from the 1990s has tried a lot of policies to finance healthcare in Ghana. Different policies were introduced by different governments until 2003 when President John Agyekum Kuffour introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The study was carried out to find out the impact of NHIS on maternal healthcare at the…[Read more]

]]> 0 225ee76c28ebcc109d438f6f32b09af1 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited History’s Role in Policy Making: Proffering Solutions and Questions for Humanity and the Ghanaian Context in the group Public Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1699957/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 02:24:42 +0000 Concerning history, several people across the globe perceive or think that it is mostly about past events and also about dead people. Some
trained historians, whether in ancient histories or contemporary histories, have sometimes vehemently concluded that the historian or the writer of history cannot draw conclusions but he can only make…[Read more]

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]]> 0 d044f1d9b9fbf0abd88aeaf8141b3057 Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited National Health Insurance and Free Maternal Healthcare in Ghana: Responses from Women and Health Workers in Akropong https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1699905/ Sun, 19 Jul 2020 23:46:40 +0000 The government of Ghana from the 1990s has tried a lot of policies to finance healthcare in Ghana. Different policies were introduced by different governments until 2003 when President John Agyekum Kuffour introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The study was carried out to find out the impact of NHIS on maternal healthcare at the…[Read more]

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