Kwesi Yankah
- Sociology and Political Science
- Literature and Literary Theory top 5%
- Anthropology top 5%
- Language and Linguistics top 5%
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Co-authors
- Philip M. PeekPaulo Fernando de Moraes FariasJohn JohnsonJeff OplandGraham FurnissLiz GunnerIsabel HofmeyrA. Gadzekpo
- Topics
- African history and culture studies (5 papers)Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers)Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- GhanaUnited KingdomMexico
In The Last Decade
Kwesi Yankah
28 papers receiving 215 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 63
- Sociology and Political Science 98
- Literature and Literary Theory 88
- Anthropology 74
- Language and Linguistics 68
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 52
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kwesi Yankah
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All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Displaced Academies and the Quest for a New World Academic Order | 2 |
| 2 | 28 | |
| 3 | 1 | |
| 4 | 10 | |
| 5 | Governance, Democracy and Development in Africa: Developing a Cultural Approach | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | |
| 7 | 3 | |
| 8 | Free Speech in Traditional Society: The Cultural Foundations of Communication in Contemporary Ghana | 16 |
| 9 | The communication factor in the pan-African heritage | 1 |
| 10 | 2 | |
| 11 | 64 | |
| 12 | Traditional lore in population communication: the case of the Akan in Ghana. | 3 |
| 13 | 1 | |
| 14 | Proverbs: the aesthetics of traditional communication | 31 |
| 15 | The proverb in the context of Akan rhetoric : a theory of proverb praxis | 41 |
| 16 | 12 | |
| 17 | The Making and Breaking of Kwame Nkrumah: The Role of Oral Poetry | 1 |
| 18 | The Akan highlife song: a medium of cultural reflection or deflection | 15 |
| 19 | 8 | |
| 20 | To praise or not to praise the king: the Akan apae in the context of referential poetry | 7 |
About Kwesi Yankah
Kwesi Yankah is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Literature and Literary Theory and Language and Linguistics, having authored 31 papers that have together received 321 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include African history and culture studies (5 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers) and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (42 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (88 citations) and Anthropology (74 citations). Kwesi Yankah has collaborated with scholars based in Ghana, United Kingdom and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include Philip M. Peek, Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, John Johnson, Jeff Opland, Graham Furniss, Liz Gunner, Isabel Hofmeyr, A. Gadzekpo and E. Gyimah‐Boadi. Their work appears in journals such as Discourse & Society, Journal of American Folklore and Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.
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