Ethnicity in Ghana - The Limits of Invention

This collection, which arises out of a conference at the Centre for African Studies, Edinburgh University in May 1995, addresses the theme of ethnicity in Ghanaian history, society and politics.

List of contents

List of Tables List of Maps and Illustrations Foreword Notes on the Contributors Ethnicity in Ghana: A Comparative Perspective; C.Lentz & P.Nugent In the Mix: Women and Ethnicity Among the Anlo-Ewe; S.Greene 'We Stay, Others Come and Go': Identity Among the Mamprusi in Northern Ghana; M.Schlottner Asante Nationhood and Colonial Administrators, 1896-1935; I.Wilks Be(com)ing Asante, Be(com)ing Akan: Thoughts on Gender, Identity and the Colonial Encounter; J.Allman Imagined Martial Communities: Recruiting for the Military and Police in Colonial Ghana, 1860-1960; D.Killingray Contested Identities: The History of Ethnicity in Northwestern Ghana; C.Lentz 'A Few Lesser Peoples': The Central Togo Minorities and Their Ewe Neighbours; P.Nugent The 1994 Civil War in Northern Ghana: The Genesis and Escalation of a 'Tribal' Conflict; A.Bogner Promotion of Ghanaian Languages and its Impact on National Unity: The Dagara Language Case; S.Bemile Index

Product details

• Authors: Lentz, Carola Nugent Lentz
• Assisted by: Lentz (Editor), C. Lentz (Editor), Carola Lentz (Editor), Nugent (Editor), P. Nugent (Editor), Paul Nugent (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.04.2000
• EAN: 9780333733233
• ISBN: 978-0-333-73323-3
• No. of pages: 247
• Subjects: Guides; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous