The Ghana Reader
History, Culture, Politics
Duke University Press · Print & ebook · February 3, 2016
Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation.
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- Who it’s for
- Eighty selections trace Ghana’s histories through documents, poems, treaties, articles, and fiction.
- Genres
- West African History, African Politics, African Studies
- Published
- Duke University Press, February 3, 2016
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Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation. Whether discussing the Asante kingdom and the Gold Coast's importance to European commerce and transatlantic slaving, Ghana's brief period under British colonial rule, or the emergence of its modern democracy, the volume's eighty selections emphasize Ghana's enormous symbolic and pragmatic value to global relations.
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They also demonstrate that the path to fully understanding Ghana requires acknowledging its ethnic and cultural diversity and listening to its population's varied voices. Readers will encounter selections written by everyone from farmers, traders, and the clergy to intellectuals, politicians, musicians, and foreign travelers. With sources including historical documents, poems, treaties, articles, and fiction, The Ghana Reader conveys the multiple and intersecting histories of Ghana's development as a nation, its key contribution to the formation of the African diaspora, and its increasingly important role in the economy and politics of the twenty-first century.
Ghana’s Many Voices
Eighty selections trace Ghana’s histories through documents, poems, treaties, articles, and fiction.
Come here for
- Perspectives on the Asante kingdom, British rule, and modern democracy
- Voices from farmers, traders, clergy, musicians, and others
Expect
- Historical, political, and cultural perspectives across 500 years
- Attention to Ghana’s diverse voices and its place in global relations
Where it sits
| West African History | 99% |
|---|---|
| African Studies | 41% |
| African Politics | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- West African History
- West Africa Travel
- Authors
- Kwasi Konadu, Clifford C. Campbell
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- February 3, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- West African History