Funerals among the Akan of Ghana are distinct from all other social events. They are not only the most elaborate of the ceremonial occasions of the Akan in terms of attendance, time taken, or emotion generated but also crucial means of reaffirming and negotiating social relations, political...

Tom Pynn, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Coordinator of the Peace Studies Program, discusses "From Tradition to Modernity: An Introduction to the Thought of Kwame Gyeke and Kwame Anthony Appiah".

Highlife music has, and continues to model its lyrical structure along the lines of Ghanaian indigenous music. As in Ghanaian indigenous music, highlife lyrics serve as commentary on life; expressing the world-view, social sanctions, sentiments, and archive of the social memory of the people.