Selling Healing Creative Arts and Health Communication in Ghana
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Biografisk notat
Ama de-Graft Aikins is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Ghana Legon and a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. She was a British Academy Global Professor, based at University College London's Institute of Advanced Studies, between 2019 and 2023.'Too often, global narratives about Africa are flattened into tales of crisis: war, famine, disease. Selling Healing challenges this, offering instead a textured portrait of Ghanaians' knowledge systems, creativity, and health practices. The result is a book that reclaims the continent's voice and presents Ghana and Africa with nuance, beauty and complexity.' Hibbah Osei-Kwasi, Senior Lecturer Nutrition and Public Health, Loughborough University, UK
'A powerful and timely reminder of how deeply Ghana's HIV response has always been shaped by culture, storytelling, and living experience - and why these elements remain essential today.' Lord Dartey, Head of Ethics Office, UNAIDS
'[This book] offers a timely and compelling examination of how Ghana's creative arts and indigenous healing traditions can fundamentally reshape health communication, particularly in responding to complex challenges such as HIV and AIDS.' Richard N. Amenyah, Country Director, UNAIDS