By considering how Ghanaian activists and artists engage with different forms of cynicism in their attempts to fight corruption, this article reflects on two kinds of activist orientations: one located in future-oriented projects of political change, and another embracing contradiction by poking fun at the duplicity of politics. I argue that while the cynicism of other middle-class Ghanaians served as an important catalyst for activist action, it is important to look at cynicism and its politics from the perspective of Ghanaians who become disappointed and skeptical about change and artists who are concerned with embracing contradictions and making fun of the present through satire. By attending to the social actions and experiences that characterize these two groups, I ask what it means to take cynicism, and activism against and despite cynicism, as one’s ethnographic object. Abstract Dis paper na about de two different way aluta and jolly-jolly people for Ghana dey show say dem “disappoint and lose hope” when dem dey fight magomago: one way na to struggle and believe say tomorrow go betta, and de oder way na to join yabis, abuse and comedy to fight wayo politics. My own argument here be say, even when e be true say many ordinary people for Ghana join aluta because dem don disappoint and lose hope for how magomago don spoil tings, e make big sense also to put eye for how aluta people for Ghana wey disappoint for sake of magomago come lose hope so tey dem no believe tings fit change for betta again and dose jolly-jolly people wey join yabis togeda with abuse now to fight magomago. When I put eye for dis two different way people dey behave when dem dey fight magomago, my plan na to show wetin dey happen when person wey don lose hope and disappoint come join aluta struggle with am to show how people dey behave.

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犬儒主义：加纳对腐败的活动家和艺术对策

通过考虑加纳的激进主义者和艺术家如何与不同形式的犬儒主义进行斗争以打击腐败，本文反思了两种激进主义者的取向：一种处于面向未来的政治变革项目中，另一种则通过取笑于拥抱矛盾。政治双重性。我认为，虽然其他中产阶级加纳人的犬儒主义是行动主义者行动的重要催化剂，但重要的是，从对变革感到失望和怀疑的加纳人以及关心拥抱的艺术家的角度来看犬儒主义及其政治。矛盾和通过讽刺取笑当下。通过关注这两个群体的社会行为和经历，我问起玩世不恭，反对和尽管玩世不恭的行动主义意味着什么，作为一个人种学对象。摘要关于加纳dey表演的aluta和jolly-jolly人有两种不同的表达方式，当dem dey对抗magomago时，dem让人感到“失望和失去希望”：一种挣扎和相信的方式，说明天去betta，de oder方式去加入亚比斯，虐待和喜剧片来对抗怀奥政治。在这里我要说的是，即使是真的，说很多加纳的普通百姓加入阿鲁塔，因为戴姆·唐不让人失望，并且对玛格玛戈·唐的宠坏失去了希望，也要留意阿鲁塔人如何为加纳感到失望出于magomago的到来，失去了希望，所以tey dem不相信叮当声会再次适合betta，并且让快活的人wey加入yabis togeda来与magomago作斗争。当我着眼于Dis的两种不同方式时，人们与Dem对抗magomago时，他们的行为举止，