Gold Coast Diasporas: Identity, Culture, and Power

by Walter C. Rucker

Book Overview

Although they came from distinct polities and peoples who spoke different languages, slaves from the African Gold Coast were collectively identified by Europeans as "Coromantee" or "Mina." Why these ethnic labels were embraced and how they were utilized by enslaved Africans to develop new group identities is the subject of Walter C. Rucker's absorbing study. Rucker examines the social and political factors that contributed to the creation of New...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253016940
• ISBN13: 9780253016942
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher