Folktales for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion

This collection brings together Ghanaian folktales that engage with gender, marriage, family life and wider social relations, drawn from research on African oral traditions, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, popular culture, gender equality and sustainable development.
It began with 65 Kusaal folktales documented in the Kusaug traditional area of the Upper East Region under the University of Ghana's BANGA-Africa Project III Seed Research Grant, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and was later expanded through the SEECAP Project. It has since been enriched by Kusaal narratives from the Africa-UniNet S-GEDSI project; stories addressing gender relations, marriage, family life, care and inclusion are presented here, while others are placed under Education or Environment.
The folktales offer insight into gender roles, marriage, parenthood, leadership and domestic responsibility. Some reproduce established expectations of women and men; others invite critical reflection on gender stereotypes, inequality, women's agency and changing social values. They are presented not as descriptions of contemporary gender relations but as cultural texts that preserve, reproduce or question social values, offering resources for gender studies, African folklore and community education.