Ethnicity and the Making of History in Northern Ghana (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
384
Utgivningsdatum
2006-07-01
Förlag
Edinburgh University Press
Illustratör/Fotograf
ports maps
Illustrationer
maps, ports.
Dimensioner
237 x 164 x 26 mm
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681 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780748624010
Ethnicity and the Making of History in Northern Ghana (inbunden)

Ethnicity and the Making of History in Northern Ghana

av Carola Lentz
Inbunden, Engelska, 2006-07-01
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Drawing on two decades of research this social and political history of North-Western Ghana traces the creation of new ethnic and territorial boundaries, categories and forms of self-understanding, and represents a major contribution to debates on ethnicity, colonialism and the 'production of history'. It explores the creation and redefinition of ethnic distinctions and commonalities by African and European actors, showing that ethnicity's power derives from a contradiction: while ethnic identities purport to be non-negotiable, creating permanent bonds, stability and security, the boundaries of the communities created and the associated traits and practices are malleable and adaptable to specific interests and contexts.
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This is a detailed and comprehensive historical study of local politics in north-west Ghana during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on Nandom... it is a very thorough and convincing case study [which] is of great importance to scholars interested in northern Ghana. -- African Affairs An important addition to the history of northern Ghana. -- Susan Drucker-Brown Africa This is a detailed and comprehensive historical study of local politics in north-west Ghana during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on Nandom... it is a very thorough and convincing case study [which] is of great importance to scholars interested in northern Ghana. An important addition to the history of northern Ghana.

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Carola Lentz is Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology and African Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany).

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List of maps and plates; Preface; Introduction; 1. The North-West in the nineteenth century; 2. The introduction of chieftaincy; 3. The discursive creation of ethnicity; 4. The Lawra Confederacy Native Authority; 5. Labour migration, home-ties and ethnicity; 6. 'Light over the Volta': the mission of the White Fathers; 7. Decolonisation and local government reform; 8. 'The time when politics came': party politics and local conflict; 9. Ethnic movements and special-interest politics; 10. The cultural work of ethnicity; Epilogue; List of abbreviations; Glossary; List of Divisional Chiefs of Lawra District; References; Index.

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