The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics

Book Overview

Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation. Whether discussing the Asante kingdom and the Gold Coast's importance to European commerce and transatlantic slaving, Ghana's brief period under British colonial rule, or the emergence of its modern democracy, the volume's eighty selections emphasize Ghana's enormous symbolic and pragmatic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822359928
• ISBN13: 9780822359920
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"