Abstract:
This study examined the pre-college and college experiences of female Muslim students of
Evangelical Presbyterian College of Education, Bimbilla. The study adopted the qualitative
approach where 20 respondents were sampled using the purposive sampling technique. The
method of data collection was interviews and focus group discussions. Gender and identity
negotiation theories were used as the theoretical framework for this study. The study
showed that female Muslim students of the college do not aspire to leadership positions
due to several factors that militate against them. The study also revealed that Muslim
women at the College constructed their identities around Islamic culture including veiling
and handshaking prescriptions. The study further found that Muslim women experience
cultural difference, non-Islamic socialization engagements and liberation. The study
concludes that female Muslim students pre-college and college phenomenological
experiences led to feelings of inclusion and exclusions at different levels, cultural
difference, and partial religious liberation.
Description:
A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA
STUDIES, FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES EDUCATION AND
COMMUNICATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE
STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA, IN PARTIAL
FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF THE MASTER
OF PHILOSOPHY (COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES) DEGREE
JULY, 2017