John Aning
Department of EnglishSocial Sciences

John Aning

5 Publications5 Research Themes4 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's work is unified under themes of African cultural identity, mechanics of existence, language evolution, literary theory, and cultural Hermeneutics. By examining existing narratives and dominant voices across disciplines like linguistics, literary studies, and anthropology, the researcher bridges social sciences with humanities to uncover shared mechanisms underlying cultural expression and literary interpretation. This integrated approach aims to map the structural and interpretive dimensions of African mythologies, linguistic systems, and cultural practices, offering a comprehensive view of how existences are constructed through discourse and imagination.

Key Research Themes (5)
Social Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

Social Sciences

Linguistics and language evolution

Social Sciences

Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics

Social Sciences

Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Publications (5)

The Mythopoetics of Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah

Open Access
2018Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsDOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijclts.v.6n.1p.36

Dominant Voices and Sounds of Akan Proverbs and Riddles

Open Access
2016Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

Political Myth and Achebe’s <em>Arrow of God</em>

Open Access
2012Humanities and Social SciencesDOI: 10.4314/just.v32i2.9

The Art, the Craft and The Changing Fortunes of The Praise Singer Among The Akans of Ghana

2011Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Armah’s Linguistic Mythopoeisis

Open Access
2010Linguistics and language evolutionDOI: 10.4314/just.v30i2.60537
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of English
Total Publications5
Research Themes5
Open Access Papers4

Department of English

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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