Research Profile

Research

Research themes spanning storytelling traditions, children's literature, African speculative fiction, supernatural studies, migration literature, food literature, theatre, teaching literature, African womanism, and world literature.

Faith Ben-Daniels’ scholarship moves across African and world literary studies, with particular attention to storytelling, genre, culture, imagination, pedagogy, and cross-cultural interpretation.

Her work includes traditional storytelling practices from across the world, children’s literature, African speculative fiction, supernatural discussions in literature, migration literature, food literature, theatre development in Africa, emerging discussions on African womanism, teaching literature, world literature, and comparative studies of African and European literature.

Research Areas

Areas of scholarly interest

These themes describe Prof. Ben-Daniels' broad areas of inquiry. Verified publications and citation links are listed separately through Google Scholar.

Oral Storytelling Traditions

Research in this area focuses on traditional storytelling practices from across the world, with attention to narrative form, performance, memory, cultural transmission, and the movement of stories across communities.

World Literature and Comparative Studies

This area includes world literature, comparative studies of African and European literature, and multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural research that connects literary study with psychology, sociology, culture, and society.

African Speculative Fiction and the Supernatural

This theme explores African speculative fiction and comparative studies of the supernatural in literature, including how imaginative worlds, belief systems, and unseen forces shape literary meaning.

Teaching Literature

Research and teaching practice in this area focus on how literature is taught, how students encounter texts, and how literary study builds interpretation, cultural understanding, and humanistic inquiry.

Children's Literature

This research interest examines children’s literature, illustrated stories, young readers, and the role of narrative in childhood, learning, imagination, identity, and cultural formation.

Theatre Development in Africa

This theme considers theatre development in Africa, including performance traditions, dramatic expression, community engagement, and the relationship between theatre, education, and cultural practice.

African Womanism

This area follows emerging discussions on African womanism, gender, women’s experiences, social structures, and literary representations of power, agency, and identity.

Migration Literature

This research interest explores migration literature and how literary texts and popular culture represent movement, aspiration, displacement, belonging, borders, memory, family, and changing identities.

Food Literature

Food literature is approached as a way of reading culture, memory, family, community, identity, and the social meanings carried by eating, cooking, sharing, and scarcity.

Contemporary Music and Film

This theme considers the aesthetics of contemporary music and film and their relationship to literary studies, culture, performance, and popular imagination.

Verified Scholarship

Research papers and citations

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Journal Article 2026

Cohesion, Style, and Ecological Consciousness in Bassey's Return to Being: A Discourse-Stylistic Approach

Latif Razak, Jonathan Essuman, Faith Ben-Daniels, Rita Ndonibi

Humanities & Language: International Journal of Linguistics, Humanities, and Education

Vol. 3 , Issue 2

EcocriticismStylistics

Research

Areas of scholarly interest

Oral Storytelling Traditions

World Literature and Comparative Studies

African Speculative Fiction and the Supernatural

Teaching Literature

Children's Literature

Theatre Development in Africa

African Womanism

Migration Literature

Food Literature

Contemporary Music and Film

Research papers and citations

Cohesion, Style, and Ecological Consciousness in Bassey's Return to Being: A Discourse-Stylistic Approach

Capitalism and the Marxist Ideals: A Discussion of E. T. Sutherland's The Marriage of Anansewa

Gendered Class Struggles and Marxist Feminist Interventions: An Analytical Discussion

The Enduring Power of Reggae Lyrics: Utilizing Peter Tosh's Legalise It and Joseph Hill's Legalisation for Marijuana Legalization Advocacy

Reclaiming Ananse: Discussing the Trickster's Relevance in Contemporary Ghanaian Society

The Other Trauma: A Discussion of Khaled Hosseini's And the Mountains Echoed (2013)

Exploring Female Friendship in African Literature: From Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter (2008) to Binwell Sinyangwe's A Cowrie of Hope (2000)

Studying Mark Twain's The Diaries of Adam and Eve from a Ghanaian Context

Discovering the Self in Ukamaka Olisakwe's Ogadinma (2020)

Discussing the Subject Matter of the Supernatural in African Literature: Old and New

Discussing the Migrant Experience: From Dakolo and Darey's Songs to Chika Unigwe and Abi Dare's Novels

Satire in Post-Independence African Plays: A Study of Efo Kodjo Mawugbe's Prison Graduates (2015)

Who Is a Father? Deconstructing the Machismo of Fatherhood in Chigozie Obioma's The Fishermen (2015)

African Masculinities: Discussing the Men in Shoneyin's The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (2013) and Adebayo's Stay with Me (2017)

Defining the African Writer's Duty: Efo Kodjo Mawugbe's Grave Yard People

Renegotiating the Terms of African Womanism: Binwell Sinyangwe's A Cowrie of Hope and Neshani Andreas' The Purple Violet of Oshaantu

Trends in Ghanaian Children's Literature

Mawugbe's Ananse-Kwaku-Ananse

The Global Stage for Humanity and the African Disposition: A Case Study of Efo Kodjo Mawugbe's Upstairs and Downstairs

A Study of Some Major Influences in Efo Kodjo Mawugbe's Plays