Ethnicity in Ghana: The Limits of Invention

by Carola Lentz

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312224052
• ISBN13: 9780312224059
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"