Historical Dictionary of Ghana

Informationen zum Autor David Owusu-Ansah is professor of African history at James Madison University, where he has been teaching for more than two decades. His book publications include the Islamic Talismanic Tradition in Nineteenth Century Asante (1991), and Islamic Learning, the State and the Challenges of Education in Ghana (2013, with Abdulai Iddrisu and Mark Sey). He has contributed many secularly articles and chapters on Islam and the political history of Ghana. He authored the second and third editions of the Historical Dictionary of Ghana . Klappentext This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Ghana covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. Zusammenfassung This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Ghana covers its history through a chronology! an introductory essay! appendixes! and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities! politics! economy! foreign relations! religion! and culture.

Product details

• Authors: David Owusu-Ansah, Owusu-Ansah David
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2014
• EAN: 9780810872424
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-7242-4
• No. of pages: 514
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa; Historical Dictionaries of Afr; Historical Dictionaries of Africa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ghana, HISTORY / Africa / West, HISTORY / Reference, Reference works, African History