Maritime Culture and Everyday Life in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Coastal Ghana: A Social History of Cape Coast

by Kwaku Nti

The communities along the coastline of Ghana boast a long and vibrant maritime culture. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the region experienced creeping British imperialism and incorporation into the British Gold Coast colony. Drawing on a wealth of Ghanian archival sources, historian Kwaku Nti shows how many aspects of traditional maritime daily life--customary ritual performances, fishing, and concepts of ownership, and land--served...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025306791X
• ISBN13: 9780253067913
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher