Nima-Maamobi in Ghana's postcolonial development :
[Book]
migration, Islam and social transformation /
Charles Prempeh.
Mankon, Bamenda, North West Region, Cameroon :
Langaa RPCIG,
[2022]
1 online resource
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for This Book -- Contents -- List of pictures -- List of maps -- List of abbreviations -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Agnes Amoah: Her background -- Reasons for this research -- Methodological, study rationale and theoretical approach -- Gender Studies: A brief review -- Organisation of the book -- Chapter 2 -- The Socio-Historical Evolution of Maamobi-Nima -- Name and history of Maamobi -- Islam in Nima and Maamobi Community -- Islamic identity in the communities
Chapter 3 -- Agnes Amoah and Leadership Challenges -- The toilet conflicts -- Chapter 4 -- Agnes Amoah and the Family in Nima-Maamobi -- Religious Morality and Childcare -- Agnes Amoah and the Family -- Concluding Thoughts: Agnes Amoah and Ghana as a social construct -- Chapter 5 -- Agnes Amoah and Social Services in Nima and Maamobi -- Introduction -- Education in Islam -- Agnes Amoah and the Nima-Maamobi Gale Community Library -- The library and culture -- Social media and youth culture -- The building of the Nima Government Clinic -- The construction of the Kanda-Nima Highway
Chapter 6 -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Certificate of Service -- Appendix B: Certificate of Attendance -- Appendix C: Congratulations on Agnes Amoah's re-election -- Appendix D: Request to organise a meeting and explain all the proceeds of the public toilets in Nima East -- Back cover
Environmental conditions and social services in Nima and Maamobi -- The language factor in the development of the Zongos -- The Hausa: A consequence for Zongo development -- Standardisation of Hausa and other constraints -- Social challenges in Nima-Maamobi: The marijuana debacle -- The background of the smoking of marijuana in Maamobi community -- Communities and Marijuana culture -- Imam Iddrisu Yussif Yahaya (Chief Imam of Maamobi) -- Nima market: The pivot of socio-economic life -- Menstruation and womanhood in Maamobi-Nima communities -- Political organisation of Nima and Maamobi