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considerable debate in Ghana).
[FN85]. See Kuenyehia & Ofei-Aboagye, supra note 40, at 35 (noting that “this absolute position
has ... been modified somewhat in recent times, especially where there is clear evidence of
financial contribution to the acquisition of the property by the customary law wife”).
[FN86]. See id. at 43 (noting that “it is almost impossible for a wife who is unable to prove some
kind of contribution which is capable of monetary computation to claim successfully a share in
the property which they acquire during the subsistence of the marriage”).
[FN87]. Oppong, supra note 54, at 31 (claiming that women can acquire property separate from
their husbands); Kuenyehia & Ofei-Aboagye, supra note 40, at 35 (noting that women can
acquire property apart from their husbands and that women's property is kept separate from their
husbands).
[FN88]. Kotey & Tsikata, supra note 1, at 217.
[FN89]. Id.
[FN90]. Manuh, supra note 41, at 80.
[FN91]. See Kotey & Tsikata, supra note 1, at 217; see also Okali, supra note 47, at 14 (noting
that man's property is generally inherited by other men in family while woman's property is
inherited by other women). But see Mikell, supra note 56, at 16 (claiming that gender lines
dividing male and female property sometimes become blurred with men inheriting valuables that
women previously controlled).
[FN92]. Kotey & Tsikata, supra note 1, at 217.
[FN93]. Dowuona-Hammond, supra note 35, at 132 (“With the unduly great burden borne by
women in the household and gender divided patterns of allocation and control of income
generating resources, the acquisition of substantial assets during one's lifetime remains the
exclusive privilege of men.”).
[FN94]. Kotey & Tsikata, supra note 1, at 219.
[FN95]. See supra note 84 and accompanying text (discussing Quartey v. Martey).
[FN96]. Kotey & Tsikata, supra note 1, at 221.
[FN97]. See Ghana: A Country Study, supra note 47, at 100 (recognizing that while women are
able to engage in economic activity, their profits usually are invested back into the household
while husband's profits are often invested back into enterprise, giving husband more opportunity
to acquire larger assets).
[FN98]. Id.