An
Archaeology of Elmina: Africans and Europeans on the Gold Coast, 1400-1900
by Christopher R. Decorse
Hardcover: 286 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.86 x
10.30 x 7.34
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press; ;
ISBN: 1560989718
Ancient
West African Kingdoms (History Opens Windows)
by Jane Shuter
(Library Binding)
Ancient
West African Kingdoms: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai (Understanding People in
the Past)
by Mary Quigley
(Paperback)
Chiefs
Know Their Boundaries: Essays on Property, Power, and the Past in Asante,
1896-1996
by Sara S. Berry
Hardcover: 226 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x
9.52 x 6.34
Publisher: Heinemann; ; (November )
ISBN: 0325070032
Colors
of Ghana (Colors of the World)
by Holly Littlefield, Barbara Knutson (Illustrator)
Cultures
and Customs in Ghana
by Richard Rathbone
Book Description The decades of independence in Ghana have strengthened
the idea of a national Ghanaian culture. The culture and customs of Ghana
today are a product of diversity in traditional forms, influenced by a
long history of Islamic and European contact. Culture and Customs of Ghana
is the first book to concisely provide an up-to-date narrative on the most
significant elements of the established cultural life and institutions
as well as the most recent changes in the cultural landscape. Written expressly
for students and the general reader, it belongs in every library supporting
multicultural and African studies curricula.
Drink,
Power, and Cultural Change: A Social History of Alcohol in Ghana, c. 1800
to Recent Times (Social History of Africa Series)
by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
(Paperback)
Ethnicity
in Ghana : The Limits of Invention
by Carola Lentz (Editor), Paul Nugent (Editor)
These essays address the neglected theme of ethnicity in Ghanaian history,
society, and politics. The essays qualify the notion that ethnicity was
purely a colonial "invention" by demonstrating the ways in which the boundaries
of "we-groups" have mutated from pre-colonial times onwards. The collection
also considers the particular manner in which the national question is
posed today in terms of language policy and conflicts over land and chieftaincy.
Hardcover: 250 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (July 7, )
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312224052
El
Dorado in West Africa
by Raymond E. Dumett
Paperback: 235 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.09 x
9.01 x 6.00
Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr (Txt); ; (December )
ISBN: 0821411985
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Forests
of Gold
by Ivor Wilks
Paperback: 405 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x
9.25 x 6.25
Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr (Txt); ;
ISBN: 0821411357
Ghanaian
Pidgin English in Its West African Context: A Sociohistorical and Structural
Analysis (Varieties of English Around the World. General Series, V. 24)
by Magnus Huber
(Hardcover)
Historical
Dictionary of Ghana
by David Owusu-Ansah and Daniel Miles McFarland
Book Description Events affecting the shape of modern Ghana
can be dated back to the 14th and 15th centuries, when the "Guinea Coast"
came into contact with various merchantile companies. By the mid-nineteenth
century, the British had emerged as the dominant European power, creating
the Gold Coast Colony in 1874. It took over forty years, however, to round
out the modern boundaries of their colony. Thirty-seven years later Governor
Charles Arden-Clarke turned over the reins of power to Kwame Nkrumah, whose...
Kwame
Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism
by David Birmingham
Paperback: 150 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.25 x
8.00 x 5.25
Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr (Txt); ; Revised edition (December
)
ISBN: 0821412426
"The
History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself" and Other Writings
by Agyeman Prempeh I
Book Description This is a key text for understanding the history
of the great West African kingdom of Asante (now in Ghana). It is perhaps
the earliest example of history writing in English by an African ruler.
The result is an indispensably detailed account of the Asante monarchy
from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Context is provided by
the inclusion of other writings by or about Agyeman Prempeh, together with
four introductory essays by the world's leading scholars of Asante history.
The
Making of an African King
by Anthony Ephirim-Donkor
From the Back Cover In the West, the primacy of patrilineal succession
is so deeply entrenched that the thought of supplanting that with matrilineal
succession would bc unthinkable. But that is exactly the situation among
the Guan community of Winneba, Ghana called the Effutu. Their ancient patrilineal
system of succession is in contention with the matrilineal succession practiced
by their populous Akan neighbors. In a larger context chieftaincy disputes,
or better yet, kingship rivalry is endemic in Ghana, particularly among
the Akan. Each year the government commits considerable resources to combat
these rivalries that sometimes result in conflicts and inter-ethnic warfare.
These conflicts may be caused by rivalry among the members of the same
family vying for the kingship. Affluent non-royals or those with remote
ties to royalty may buy their way to power. A tributary king, or the descendants
of a family that was given a sanctuary by the king whose land their ancestors
occupied may then contest the kingship. What this book does is examine
the two competing systems and their political ramifications, and, ultimately,
establish the rightful heirs to the stool of the lion (Gyata). While the
book focuses on the Effutu, it is a classic example of Ghanaian royal politicking.
It takes an in-depth religio-historical and political approach in examining
the settlement of Winneba, and the establishment of the institutional frameworks
for nation building. Infused with supernatural capabilities of the early
settlers, the book brings to life the personal as well as the collective
stories of the pioneers. Internal and external written sources are examined
in relation to the factors that precipitated the polarization and strife
among the Effutu. Finally, the book deals with the socio-political structure,
religion and their cosmic significance, and occupational and economic practices
of the Effutu.
Economic
Reforms in Ghana : The Miracle and the Mirage
by Ernest Aryeetey (Editor), Jane Harrigan (Editor), Machiko Nissanke
(Editor)
Ghana's
Concert Party Theatre
by Catherine M. Cole
Kwame
Nkrumah and the Church in Ghana : 1949-1966
by John S. Pobee
Ghana
(Major World Nations)
Ghana
(Cultures of the World)
by Patricia M. Levy
(Library Binding)
Ghana
(Major World Nations)
by Jeanie M. Barnett
(Library Binding)
Our
Days Dwindle: Memories of My Childhood Days in Asante
by T. E. Kyei, Jean Marie Allman
(Paperback)
I
Will Not Eat Stone: A Women's History of Colonial Asante (Social History
of Africa)
by Jean Marie Allman, Victoria B. Tashjian
(Hardcover)
Authentic
African Cuisine from Ghana
Let
Your Voice Be Heard! Songs from Ghana and Zimbabwe
by Abraham, K Adzenyah, Dumisani Maraire, Judith, Cook Tucker
The
Making of an African King : Patrilineal & Matrilineal Struggle Among
the Effutu of Ghana
by Anthony Ephirim-Donkor
The
New Ghana : The Birth of a Nation
by Joseph
G Amamoo
Book Description: Here is Ghana. Past, present—and
future. The author himself was an eye-witness to the stirring events of
Independence Day which he so vividly recounts. This is the exciting account
of the birth of Ghana, newest member of the British Commonwealth of Nations.
It is the story of a bid for freedom crowned with success. It is the story
too of Ghana's dynamic leader, Kwame Nkrumah—the greatest
living African.
Paperback from Author's Choice Press
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The
Ghanaian Revolution
by Joseph
G Amamoo
Book Description: When in March, 1957, Ghana became the first
African country in colonial Africa to achieve Independence, the event was
enthusiastically welcomed by millions of Africans and liberal non-Africans.
Many African people looked up to Ghana with hope, confidence and pride.
These people hoped that the torch of freedom would be held aloft in their
own countries also. That Ghana had among the highest per capita income
in Africa and the best developed educational and health facilities were
but some of the factors establishing Ghana's position of stature in Africa.
The question then is, how it comes about that beginning with such historic
political and economic achievements, the country deteriorated through a
series of military coups that eventually led to the bloody revolution of
June, 1979. Could the revolution have been avoided? What are the lessons
that Ghana itself, and other African countries, can learn? The Ghanaian
Revolution attempts, clearly and dispassionately, to answer these questions.
Paperback from Author's Choice Press
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Master
Weaver from Ghana
by Gilbert Ahiagble, Louise Meyer, Nestor Hernandez (Photographer)
Nkrumah
& the Chiefs: The Politics of Chieftaincy in Ghana, 1951-1960
by Steven J. Salm and Toyin Falola
Paperback: 200 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.62 x
9.13 x 6.00
Publisher: Ohio Univ Ctr for Intl Studies; ;
ISBN: 0821413066
The
Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhay : Life in Medieval Africa
by Pat McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Translating
the Devil : Religion and Modernity Among the Ewe in Ghana
by Birgit Meyer
Speaking
for the Chief: Okyeame and the Politics of Akan Royal Oratory
by Kwesi Yankah
Paperback: 194 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.64 x
9.22 x 6.14
Publisher: Indiana University Press; ;
ISBN: 0253209463
State
and Society in Pre-Colonial Asante
by T. C. McCaskie
Hardcover: ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.30 x 9.28 x 6.28
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; ;
ISBN: 0521410096
Useful
Plants of Ghana : West African Uses of Wild and Cultivated Plants
by Daniel K. Abbiw
West
African Religious Traditions : Focus on the Akan of Ghana (Faith Meets
Faith Series)
by Robert B. Fisher
West Africa : Ghana (Ancient and Living Cultures)
by Myra Herr, Christopher Ronan, Mira Bartok, Christine Ronan, Esther
Grisham
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Wrapped
in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity (UCLA Fowler Museum
of Cultural History Textile Series, No. 2)
by Doran H. Ross, et al
(Hardcover)
Understanding the Traditional Art of Ghana
by Emmanuel V Asihene
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A History of the Gold Coast
by W. E. F. Ward
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An African Eldorado: Ghana From Gold Coast to Independence
by John Carmichael
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Fall of the Asante Empire
by Robert B. Edgerton
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