The research looked at the illuminatingly obscure nature of the proverb related to the people of AnhwiaNsensanso in the Kwabere East District of Asante. A descriptive survey of ten selected Asante proverbs was used. The purpose of the study was to use AhwiaNsensanso as a case study to examine how the proverb is humorously illuminating, yet insulting. A qualitative approach was employed to access and describe the related views concerning the use of Asante proverbs. It was informed by the theories of Humour, Pragmatics and Feminism. The main finding of the study indicated that Asante proverbs capitalize on culture and tradition to humorously tease and denigrate women sexually. It was observed that this is done without regard to gender constructions that seek to remedy the imbalances created in our contemporary African society. It is recommended by this study that for the contemporary African society to succeed in the application of prescribed gender constructions put in place by the feminist function, a serious survey must be done to address rules that support those utterances in Asante proverbs that are shockingly vulgar. This is because they serve to put women back into a position fought already by gender activists.

The paper reviews Ayesha Harruna Atta's The Hundred Wells of Salaga. It uses a qualitative approach by revealing the significance of telling the African history from the African perspective of the indigenous African. The sample is purposefully chosen because the text is relatively new and demands an exposure into how Africans contributed immensely to the Atlantic slave trade. It portrays the kind of patriarchal society and trade routes under a careful eye for historical detail. The paper again provides the heterogeneity of slavery that captures the different shades of slavery in relation to what African history is. A major weakness the paper reveals is that the book produces evidence to explain Africa's contribution to the slave trade and tries so hard to conclude that Africans should not blame the Europeans for subjugating them. However, the text fails to provide the dark and rotten side of the European tyranny as some researchers have done to construct the depth of exploitation in relation to Africa's way of dealing with slavery.