ABSTRACT
The philosopher and lecturer at New York University, Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah, explains how when he grew up in Ghana during the 1970s, homosexuality was not part of the local discourse. While Mathias Sogaard interviewed persons from the general population in Accra aged 16 to 28, Gyasi-Gyamerah’s informants were all undergraduate students of the University of Ghana aged 18 to 24. In 2012, Ghana was rated first among the top ten religious populations of the world, with 96% of Ghanaians stating that they are religious. Beyond the newspaper, Ghanaian chief psychiatrist has likened homosexuality to a “disorder” such as being mentally unstable. Regardless how many Western series the youth watch, when they turn their TVs or laptops off, they are still Ghanaians who want to become respected in the society. If scholars blindly label Ghanaians as homosexuals without including their voices, a lot of the finer details of their experiences end up missing.
