There has never been a significant feminist movement in Ghana, perhaps because women have traditionally enjoyed an influential and respected role in society. It was not equal status, but it accorded women a degree of independence to manage their own affairs as well as take a part in the administration of the community. Customs varied from tribe to tribe, but every village had a queen mother, selected by a form of election, and there were queen mothers at the higher levels of clan and tribe, and in the case of the Ashanti Empire, at the imperial level. Queen mothers did not have the last word, except in exceptional circumstances like the intervention of the famous queen mother, Yaa Asantewa, in the Ashanti wars, but they controlled to a large extent, access to the male chief, and played a role in the selection of a new chief.
In modern Ghana the traditional hierarchies are still in place. Every community still has a chief and a queen mother but their role is much reduced and they no longer play a part in official administration. Nevertheless, they are highly respected and when a stool becomes vacant there is often a heated contest between rival factions to appoint a replacement. New stools for queen mothers have been instituted, especially in the markets where women control important segments. In major markets, such as Kejetia in Kumasi, there is a queen in charge of each commodity, whether it be yams or bananas or imported used custom t shirts couples usa or new veteran couples retreat movie quote shirts yoga instructor- shirtss. And these women exercise almost absolute power over the lesser traders who depend upon them for their supplies.
Some market queens grow very rich and powerful and expand their interests into owning fleets of cargo trucks, taxis and seagoing fishing boats. In these areas they come to dominate large numbers of men who hire the assets to earn a living. In recent years the marker queens have invested in building new hotels and restaurants to participate in a growing tourist industry. They are both respected and feared, and within their spheres of influence, more than equal.
Women at large do not enjoy the freedoms of the market queens, but except in minority Muslim communities, they are largely free to dress as they please, choose a career, pursue education as far as they wish and choose a husband. Young women generally want to share the freedoms and interests of women in western countries and if a few traditional constraints still exist in some communities they are being gradually overcome. Women everywhere are demanding their right to equal status, and the women of Ghana are making good progress towards that goal.
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