Why We Studied Proverbs to Understand Emotion Among Ghana’s Akan People

Why We Studied Proverbs to Understand Emotion Among Ghana’s Akan People
Highly prizing gold, the Akan people use artistic gold weights to serve a number of roles in their cultural life, from the practical use as counterbalances on scales to measure gold, to visual representations of proverbs. Roger Culos/CC BY-SA 4.0
The Conversation
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Culture plays a big role in what we feel, how we identify these feelings, and what we do to deal with our emotions. So, those raised in more “macho” cultures may be more likely to suppress emotions like sadness or fear.
Cultural products are often useful in explaining human behavior within a cultural context. These “products” include stories, proverbs, novels, and images.