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Ethnicity and the making of history in northern Ghana / Carola Lentz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lentz, Carola.
- Series:
- International African library ; 33.
- International African library ; 33
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnicity--Ghana.
- Ethnicity.
- Ghana--Ethnic relations.
- Ghana.
- Ghana--History.
- Ghana--Politics and government.
- Ghana--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (359 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing on two decades of research this social and political history of North-Western Ghana traces the creation of new ethnic and territorial boundaries, categories and forms of self-understanding, and represents a major contribution to debates on ethnicity, colonialism and the 'production of history'. It explores the creation and redefinition of ethnic distinctions and commonalities by African and European actors, showing that ethnicity's power derives from a contradiction: while ethnic identities purport to be non-negotiable, creating permanent bonds, stability and security, the boundaries o
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Maps and Plates; Preface; Map 1; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Epilogue; Notes; Abbreviations; Glossary; District (Paramount) Chiefs of Lawra District; References; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliography (p. [326]-336) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-5296-5
- 1-280-95320-9
- 9786610953202
- 0-7486-2684-0
- OCLC:
- 476101779
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