The Quills of the Porcupine: Asante Nationalism in an Emergent Ghana

by Jean M. Allman

Book Overview

Bearing the historic symbol of the Asante nation, the porcupine, the National Liberation Movement (NLM) stormed onto the Gold Coast's political stage in 1954, mounting one of the first and most significant campaigns to decentralize political power in decolonizing Africa.
Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast) was the first colony in sub-Saharan Africa to secure political independence from Britain. The struggle for full self-government was led by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299137643
• ISBN13: 9780299137649
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"