New Published and Unpublished Studies on Bulsa Culture

Franz Kröger

New Published and Unpublished Studies on Bulsa Culture

Joseph Aduedem from Sandema-Bilinsa-Pungsa: After completing his philosophical studies in 2018, he is now studying theology at St. Victor’s Major Seminary in Tamale.
In his paper “Builsa Funeral Rites: Are Builsa Christians (Catholics) Supposed to Perform?” (2019) he comes to the conclusion that Bulsa funerals contain elements that are inimical to the Catholic faith.
In 2018 he wrote a paper titled:
“The Bulsa Ghost. A Real Creature or a Mythical Creature?” Tamale 2018
He also edited two Bulsa stories and added his own interpretations:
“Abiak the Gbanzaba” (2019)
“Achichiruk and the Pregnant Woman” (2019)

Very Rev. Francis A. Aboanchab Azognab is a native of Sandema Abiliyeri. He is the Supt. Minister of the Yendi Circuit of the Methodist Church Ghana. He received his DipEd in theology, University of Ghana, Legon and BTh at Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon. He just completed his MPhil, Religious Studies, KNUST on the topic of “Christian Assessment of Funeral Rites and Rituals among the Bulsa”.
He has written a number of unpublished papers on the Bulsa. One of them is titled “The Feok Festival as a Method of Education”.

Rev. Stephen Azundem from Sandema studied at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

He worked for the Presbyterian Church in Montreal, the Methodist Church of Ghana and the PCGHS (the Presbyterian Church of Ghana). He is now living in Montreal as a pastor of the Ghanaian Presbyterian Church Montreal.

His work African Traditional Religion as the Substructure for the Growth of African Christianity and Islam among the Bulsa People of Northern Ghana comprises subjects like “The Beginning and Growth of Christianity in Buluk”, “History of Islam in Bulsaland”, “The Impact of Christianity and Islam on Indigenous Life” and “The Indigenous Impact on Christian-Muslim Relations”.

Dr. Emmanuel Saboro is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for African and International Studies at the University of Cape Coast (Ghana). He obtained both his BA (English and Religious Studies) and his MPhil English (African Literature) at the University of Cape Coast and his doctor of philosophy (PhD) at the University of Hull (Britain).
In 2016 and 2017 E. Saboro published:
‘The Burden of Memory: Oral and Material Evidence of Human Kidnapping for Enslavement and Resistance Strategies among the Bulsa and Kasena of Ghana’. Africology: Journal of Pan-African Studies 9 (5), 111-130 (2016).
‘The Wound and the Voice: Verbal Articulations of Enslavement among the Bulsa and Kasena of Ghana’. Nordic Journal of African Studies 26 (1): 34-61 (2017).
‘Songs of Sorrow, Songs of Triumph: Memories of the Slave Trade among the Bulsa of Ghana’, In: Bellangamba, A., Greene, S. and Klein, M. (eds.). Bitter Legacy: African Slavery Past and Present (pp. 133-147). Princeton, N.J.: Marcus Weiner.
Presently he is preparing the following book for publication:
Saboro, E.: A Burdensome Legacy: Indigenous Perspectives of the Slave Experience in Ghanaian Folklore [Under consideration by Global Slavery Series, Brill Publishers].