Hi Alex, hegemonic masculinity uses culture, religious interpretation, laws, political structure, education as well as historical background to ensure a systemic preservation of masculine superiority. We call it "structural power''' (Barnett & Duvall 2005).
Ennin, T. (2014). The Making of Akan Men: Confronting Hegemonic Masculinities in Ayi Kwei Armah's The Healers and Ama Ata Aidoo's Anowa. Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men, 2(2), 41-62.
Adjei, S. B. (2015). Masculinity and spousal violence: Discursive accounts of husbands who abuse their wives in Ghana. Journal of Family Violence, 1-12.
Raji, W. (2011). “Not a girl to meet every day” Feminist Identity Transformation in Ama Ata Aidoo's Anowa. Matatu-Journal for African Culture and Society, 39(1), 503-529.
Diabah, G., & Amfo, N. A. A. (2014). Caring supporters or daring usurpers? Representation of women in Akan proverbs. Discourse & Society, 0957926514541343.
http://das.sagepub.com/content/26/1/3
These are academic papers available online:
Oduro, C. F. (2011). Ama Ata Aidoo's Anowa: The Irony of a Scapegoat (Doctoral dissertation, Miami University).