Sakawa rituals and cyberfraud in Ghanaian popular video movies

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dc.contributor.authorOduro-Frimpong, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-12T14:07:41Z
dc.date.available2017-09-12T14:07:41Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionJoseph Oduro-Frimpong is a faculty of Ashesi University Collegeen_US
dc.description.abstractSakawa indexes a cyberfraud practice in Ghana allegedly linked with occult rituals. This article examines the phenomenon as an analytically relevant example of a material understanding of religion. It then offers a critical reading of a popular sakawa video series and contrasts its thematic perspectives with the reactions of some Ghanaian political leaders to the possible motivations for the practice. This critical approach is conceived as a response to the persistent myopic view of such popular genres as irrelevant to key debates around problematic Ghanaian issues and also to calls in global media studies to de-Westernize the field.en_US
dc.description.uriAbstract only due to copyright restriction. Full-text is available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/african-studies-review/article/sakawa-rituals-and-cyberfraud-in-ghanaian-popular-video-movies/063807DDAF1C7785834F32AEDD0BC491#
dc.identifier.citationOduro-Frimpong, J. (2014). Sakawa Rituals and Cyberfraud in Ghanaian Popular Video Movies. African Studies Review, 57(2), 131-147. doi:10.1017/asr.2014.51en_US
dc.identifier.issnISSN: 0002-0206 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1555-2462 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11988/270
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectGhanaian moviesen_US
dc.subjectsakawaen_US
dc.subjectcyberfrauden_US
dc.titleSakawa rituals and cyberfraud in Ghanaian popular video moviesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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