Akwaaba (Fertility) Doll from Ghana kinara cultural oppression

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Akwaaba (Fertility) Doll from Ghana kinara cultural oppressionAn Akwaaba doll is a carved figure used by the Ashanti people of Ghana Ivory Coast as a talisman to promote fertility and and to protect pregnant women. A woman who hopes to become pregnant will keep such a blessed doll on her person, and will dress and care for it as one would a real child.