Ghana
From AASL
| Name of the country/area | Ghana |
|---|---|
| Formal name of the country/area | Republic of Ghana |
| Country/area information | The World Factbook (CIA) |
| Wikipedia (English) |
Indigenous signs for "Ghana"
Illustrations in the literature
"Ghana" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 93.)
Spoken languages
English
Sign languages
Related sign languages:
Population of Deaf/deaf people
Ghana National Association of the Deaf's official or approximate number of Deaf people: 6,000 plus.; Sign language users : 6,000 plus. (WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.)
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
Ghana National Association of the Deaf (WFD member)
Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies
Education for the deaf
Deaf communities and cultures
Religious activities by the Deaf
Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages
Sign language dictionaries
Okyere, Alexander Daniel and Francis K. Boison et al eds. Ghanaian Sign Language". Ghana National Association of the Deaf. Accra-North, Ghana.
Bibliography
World Federation of the Deaf and Swedish National Association of the Deaf. 2008. Global Survey Report. WFD Regional Secretariat for Western and Central Africa Region (WFD WCAR). Global Education Pre-Planning Project on the Human Rights of Deaf People. World Federation of the Deaf. Finland.
Nyst, Victoria Anna Sophie. 2007. A Descriptive Analysis of Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana). LOT(Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap) : Netherland.
Nyst,Victoria. 2007. Simultaneous constructions in Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana). In : Vermeerbergen, Myriam, Lorraine Leeson and Onno Alex Crasborn eds. Simultaneity in signed languages: form and function. John Benjamins Publishing Co. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 127-145.
Kamei, Nobutaka. 2007. Around the world: Visit to the signing communities in Africa (2) A Deaf village, Ghana. In: Teaching English Now (Sanseido) 9 (Summer 2007): 0 (inside cover).
Kamei, Nobutaka. 2006. History of Deaf people and sign languages in Africa: Fieldwork in the "kingdom" derived from Andrew J. Foster. Tokyo: Akashi Shoten. [2007 JASID Award for Excellent Work by Young Researchers, Japan Society for International Development, November 2007].
Kamei, Nobutaka. 2004. The Deaf in Africa (5) Deaf views of America In:Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 51(2004.03):55-62.
Nakayama, Sinichiro. 2004. Make a Comparison of Word Order betweem Sign Language and Language for writing : From study about sign language used in Asia and Africa. In:Sign Language Communication Studies(Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 52(2004.06):22-26.[Including information of [ Ghana, Zambia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand ]
Nyst, Victoria． 2004. Verbs of motion in Adamorobe Sign Language. Poster. In: TISLR 8(International Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research; 8) Barcelona, September 30-October 2. Programme and Abstracts. 127-129. / also presented at Colloquium on African Languages & Linguistics 34, Leiden, August 2004(unpublished).
Nyst, Victoria and Pamela Perniss. 2004 Classifiers or generic directionals : Motion in Adamorobe SL and German SL. Paper presented at the European Science Foundation workshop ‘Modality effects on the theory of grammar: A cross-linguistic view from sign languages of Europe’, Barcelona, November 2004
GNAD. 2003. Ghanaian Sign Language. Acca: Ghana National Association of the Deaf.
Nyst, Victoria and Anne Baker. 2000. The Phonology of Name Signs: a Comparison between the Sign Languages of Uganda, Mali, Adamorobe and The Netherlands. In : Baker, Anne, Beppie van den Bogaerde and Onno Crasborn eds. Cross-linguistic perspectives in sign language research. Selected papers from TISLR 2000. 2003. Hamburg: Signum Verlag. 71-80.
Amedofu , Geoffrey K., George Brobby and Grace Ocansey. 1999. In : Journal of the Ghana Science Association (Online). Congenital Non-Syndromal Deafness at Adamarobe, an Isolated Ghanaian Village (Part I). 1:22. 63-69.
Okyere, Alexander D., and Mary J. Addo. 1999. Historical development of education of the deaf in Ghana. In : H. William Brelje ed. Global perspectives on the education of the deaf in selected countries. Hillsboro, Ore. : Butte Publications. 141-155.
Oteng Florence. 1997. Deaf Adwoa Benewaa. Kumasi Catholic Press.
Seth, Ocloo. 1996. Sign language and the Deaf in Ghana. In : Akach, Philemon and Trier, Marianne eds. Seminars on Deaf Education (2-7 September 1996) and Sign Language (9-12 September 1996): Ghana - (mission) UNESCO document. 1997.
Okyere, Alexander Daniel and Mary Joycelyn Addo. 1994. Deaf culture in Ghana. In: Erting, Carol J., Robert C. Johnson, Dorothy L. Smith, and Bruce D. Snider eds. The Deaf Way: Perspectives from the international conference on Deaf culture. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 97-101.
Amedofu, Geoffrey Kwabla. 1993. News from Ghana. In : Signpostspring 1993. 19-21.
Oteng, Florence Serwaa. 1988. Give Them A Name. Kumasi Catholic Press.
Frishberg, Nancy. 1987. Sign languages : Ghanian. In : Van Cleve, John V. (editor in chief), Gallaudet College eds. Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness. New York: McGraw-Hill. vol.3. 78-79.
Fishberg, Nancy. 1987. Ghanaian sign language. In: Van Cleve, John V. ed. Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness. New York: McGraw Hill. 778-779.
John B., David, 1972. Deafness in Ghana - a personal record. In: Seminar on Deafness, Accra, Ghana, September 4th-8th, 1972. London: Commonwealth Society for the Deaf.
Jhon. B., David, Ben B. Edoo, J.F.O. Mustaffah and Ronald Hinchcliffe eds. 1971. Adamarobe: a 'deaf' village. In: Sound v.5:70-72.
Osei-Sekyereh, P. 1971. Adamorobe Research Report. In: Scientific and Educational Conference, June 3-5, 1971, held at Mampong-Akwapim, Ghana. Mampong-Akwapim: Ghana Association of Audiology, Rehabilitation and Education of the Deaf.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Ghana
Summary of linguistic thesis Adamorobe Sign Language (AdaSL) by Victoria Nyst on Youtube, in Sign Language of the Netherlands.
Notes
| Africa (general) | Africa (general) |
|---|---|
| North Africa | Algeria | Egypt | Libya | Morocco | Tunisia |
| West Africa | Benin | Burkina Faso | Cote d'Ivoire | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Liberia | Mali | Mauritania | Niger | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Togo |
| Island states in the Atlantic Ocean | Cape Verde | Sao Tome and Principe |
| Central Africa | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | Republic of the Congo | Rwanda |
| East Africa | Djibouti | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Kenya | Somalia | South Sudan | Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda |
| Southern Africa | Angola | Botswana | Lesotho | Malawi | Mozambique | Namibia | South Africa | Swaziland | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
| Island states in the Indian Ocean | Comoros | Madagascar | Mauritius | Seychelles |
| Areas and others | Western Sahara |
