Marriage is like a groundnut, you must crack it to see what is inside: Examining romantic relationship rules in Akan proverbs
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Dzokoto, Vivian Afi Abui
Schug, Joanna
Adonu, Joseph
Nguyen, Cindy
Abstract / Description
Proverbs are a valuable part of African culture. They transmit messages of shared, communal values about different facets of life inter-generationally. In an exploration of one West-African ethnic group, the Akan, the present study investigates messages that proverbs communicate about interpersonal relationships. A total of 79 Akan proverbs that addressed romantic relationships were examined using thematic analysis. The main components of advocated values as captured in the proverbs were identified. The thematic analysis determined that Akan romantic relationships tend to lean towards a “work-it-out” approach as opposed to the “soul mate” approach typical of Western romantic relationship norms. Overall, this study demonstrates that analyzing cultural artifacts such as proverbs can teach us about cultural rules that define relationships.
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marriage Akan proverbs cultural beliefs relationship successPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-07-06
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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12
Issue
1
Page numbers
1–22
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Dzokoto, V. A. A., Schug, J., Adonu, J., & Nguyen, C. (2018). Marriage is like a groundnut, you must crack it to see what is inside: Examining romantic relationship rules in Akan proverbs. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 12(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v12i1.260
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Dzokoto, Vivian Afi Abui
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Schug, Joanna
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Adonu, Joseph
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Nguyen, Cindy
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Date of first publication2018-07-06
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Abstract / DescriptionProverbs are a valuable part of African culture. They transmit messages of shared, communal values about different facets of life inter-generationally. In an exploration of one West-African ethnic group, the Akan, the present study investigates messages that proverbs communicate about interpersonal relationships. A total of 79 Akan proverbs that addressed romantic relationships were examined using thematic analysis. The main components of advocated values as captured in the proverbs were identified. The thematic analysis determined that Akan romantic relationships tend to lean towards a “work-it-out” approach as opposed to the “soul mate” approach typical of Western romantic relationship norms. Overall, this study demonstrates that analyzing cultural artifacts such as proverbs can teach us about cultural rules that define relationships.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationDzokoto, V. A. A., Schug, J., Adonu, J., & Nguyen, C. (2018). Marriage is like a groundnut, you must crack it to see what is inside: Examining romantic relationship rules in Akan proverbs. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 12(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v12i1.260en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1776
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2142
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v12i1.260
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Keyword(s)marriageen_US
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Keyword(s)Akan proverbsen_US
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Keyword(s)cultural beliefsen_US
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Keyword(s)relationship successen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleMarriage is like a groundnut, you must crack it to see what is inside: Examining romantic relationship rules in Akan proverbsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers1–22
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Volume12
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