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Ethnicity and the making of history in northern Ghana / Carola Lentz.
LIBRA GN655.G45 L46 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lentz, Carola.
- Series:
- International African library ; 33.
- International African library ; 33
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnicity--Ghana.
- Ethnicity.
- Ethnic relations.
- Ghana--Ethnic relations.
- Ghana.
- Ghana--History.
- History.
- Ghana--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Ghana--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 346 pages : maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, [2006]
- Summary:
- Drawing on two decades of research, this social and political history of North-Western Ghana explores the creation and redefinition of ethnic distinctions and commonalities by Africans and Europeans. It shows how ethnicity's power ultimately derives from a contradiction: while ethnic identities purport to be non-negotiable, and security, the boundaries of the communities created and the associated traits and practices are malleable and adaptable to specific interests and contexts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography (pages [326]-336) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780748624010
- 0748624015
- OCLC:
- 63399196
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