Africans in America. Part 1, The terrible transformation. Interview with Akosua Perbi, professor of history, University of Ghana / [produced by WGBH].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bagwell, Orlando, producer.

Bellows, Susan, producer, director.

Perbi, Akosua Adoma, 1952- interviewee.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perbi, Akosua Adoma, 1952---Interviews.

Perbi, Akosua Adoma.

Slavery--Ghana--History--17th century.

Slavery.

Slave trade--Ghana.

Slave trade.

Genre:

Interviews.

Unedited footage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (44 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, [1998]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Akosua Perbi is interviewed about the impact of raids and kidnappings, warfare as a source of enslavement in Ghana, slave markets in Ghana, slaves given as tributes, minor offences leading to enslavement, external enslavement vs internal enslavement, fear, suspicion and insecurity during the time of slavery, the role of guns and gunpowder, kidnappings in Ghana, songs telling the history of slavery, in Ghana no slave owner had the power of life and death over the slave unlike Atlantic slavery, Ghanaians were unaware of the harsh treatment of slaves overseas.

Participant:

Interviewee: Akosua Perbi.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).

Nominated 1999 NAACP Image Award, Outstanding News, Talk or Information Special

Nominated 1999 OFTA Television Award, Best Informational Special

Won 1998 Peabody Award

OCLC:

1009099027