Between the Sea and the Lagoon

An Eco-social History of the Anlo of Southeastern Ghana C. 1850 to Recent Times

AvEmmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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This study offers a "social interpretation of environmental process" for the coastal lowlands of southeastern Ghana. The Anlo-Ewe, sometimes hailed as the quintessential sea fishermen of the West African coast, are a previously non-maritime people who developed a maritime tradition. As a fishing community the Anlo have a strong attachment to their land. In the twentieth century coastal erosion has brought about a collapse of the balance between nature and culture. The Anlo have sought spiritual explanations but at the same time have responded politically by developing broader ties with Ewe-speaking peoples along the coast.

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Utgivningsdatum:2002-03-31
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Western African Studies
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Ohio University Press
ISBN:9780821414095

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Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong is a professor of history at Harvard University and the Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Harvard University Center for African Studies. He is the author of Between the Sea and the Lagoon: An Eco-social History of the Anlo of Southeastern Ghana c. 1850 to Recent Times.

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1. Migration, Topography & Early Settlements in the Keta Lagoon Basin2. Abolition, British Influence & Smuggling in the Anlo Lowlands up to c. 1890 3. Commercial Prosperity, Urbanization & Social Life in Early Colonial Keta4. Unstable Ecology Belief, Knowledge & the Enigma of Sea Erosion in Colonial Keta, 1907-325. The Search for Space land Reclamation, Migrant Fishing, Shallot Cultivation & Illicit Liquor Distillation in Anlo, c. 1930-576. Harbours & Dams Economic Development &i Environmental Change in the Lower Volta Basin, 1957 to the Present7. Coastal Erosion, Political Ecology & the Discourse of Environmental Citizenship in Twentieth century Anlo8. Living with the Sea Society & Culture in Contemporary AnloBibliographyIndexMaps, Figures & Photographs