08 September 2012, 05:30 am
Focus Ghana
Programme Type
Seminars

10:00-12:00
The Concept of the Human Person in Ghanaian and Indian World Views and the Ethical Formulations that Go With It
Speakers: Dr Joseph Apea Assamoah, Dept. of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana; and Prof. Vrinda Dalmiya, Fellow, IIAS, Shimla 
Chair: Dr Veena Sharma

13:00-16:00
Textiles of Ghana and of India
Speakers: Mr Wizdom Kudowor, University of Ghana; and Dr. Lotika Varadarajan

16:30-18:30
Ghanaian Music: A Dialogue
Mr Osei Korankye, Mr Aaron Sukura and Prof Ralf Koehler in conversation with Dr. Rahul Ram, singer and songwriter with the Indian Ocean band

19:00
Screening of The Witches of Gambaga
(55 min; 2010; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Yaba Badoe

Recipient of the Best Documentary Award, Black International Film Festival 2010; and Second Prize for Best Documentary, Fesbaco 2011

The story of women condemned to live as witches in Northern Ghana, told largely by the women themselves