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Author : H. Nii-Adziri Wellington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781894718141
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Stones Tell Stories at Osu written by H. Nii-Adziri Wellington and published by . This book was released on 2017-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Noel Smith
Publisher : Sub-Saharan Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Stones Tell Stories at Osu written by Noel Smith and published by Sub-Saharan Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this historical novel of 19th century Gold Coast, two young Ashanti boys are introduced to the unfamiliar but fascinating world of the white man. Kwame and Kwabena Boaten are eager to learn the ways of their mentors, Tedlie and Bowdich, to become doctor and administrator respectively so they can come back and help their own people. Despite the curtailment of their government sponsorship in London, they get benefactors to help them continue their education. They however have to contend with racism and bullying from Hardwick as well as inordinate hatred from Dupuis, Under-Secretary and later His majesty's Envoy to the Guinea Coast (whose machinations dog them all their lives). How do they survive? Kwabena reminds Kwame, 'If they attack us - we can bear rough handling. [But] they cannot break our spirit; we are Ashanti remember; and afterwards we shall carefully plan our revenge.' Do they succeed in the face of all the odds? Noel Smith effortlessly weaves a brilliant tale of sheer determination, ambition, intrigue, love and altruism, through the treacherous terrain of the slave trade, missionary activities and disease ridden expeditions, and historical insight.
Author : Holger Weiss
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004302794
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Ports of Globalisation, Places of Creolisation written by Holger Weiss and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology analyses the transformation of interconnected spaces and spatial entanglements in the Danish-Norwegian and Swedish possessions in the Atlantic world during the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Author : John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319392824
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)
Download or read book Shadows of Empire in West Africa written by John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays reexamine European forts in West Africa as hubs where different peoples interacted, negotiated and transformed each other socially, politically, culturally, and economically. This collection brings together scholars of history, archaeology, cultural studies, and others to present a nuanced image of fortifications, showing that over time the functions and impacts of the buildings changed as the motives, missions, allegiances, and power dynamics in the region also changed. Focusing on the fortifications of Ghana, the authors discuss how these structures may be interpreted as connecting Ghanaian and West African histories to a multitude of global histories. They also enable greater understanding of the fortifications’ contemporary use as heritage sites, where the Afro-European experience is narrated through guided tours and museums.
Author : Ato Quayson
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822376296
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Oxford Street, Accra written by Ato Quayson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Oxford Street, Accra, Ato Quayson analyzes the dynamics of Ghana's capital city through a focus on Oxford Street, part of Accra's most vibrant and globalized commercial district. He traces the city's evolution from its settlement in the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. He combines his impressions of the sights, sounds, interactions, and distribution of space with broader dynamics, including the histories of colonial and postcolonial town planning and the marks of transnationalism evident in Accra's salsa scene, gym culture, and commercial billboards. Quayson finds that the various planning systems that have shaped the city—and had their stratifying effects intensified by the IMF-mandated structural adjustment programs of the late 1980s—prepared the way for the early-1990s transformation of a largely residential neighborhood into a kinetic shopping district. With an intense commercialism overlying, or coexisting with, stark economic inequalities, Oxford Street is a microcosm of historical and urban processes that have made Accra the variegated and contradictory metropolis that it is today.
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004380175
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Forts, Castles and Society in West Africa written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of multiple original comprehensive scholarship about and approaches to the history of the fortresses of Ghana and Benin. It suggests an alternative approach and view on them.
Author : Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532618638
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)
Download or read book Biblical, Traditional, and Theological Framework for Understanding Christian Prophetism in Ghana Today written by Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis for this project is to verify and determine the extent to which contemporary prophetic ministry in Ghana appropriates prophetism in the early church, Corpus Paulinum, and traditional prophetism in Ghana. The spirit of prophecy which was believed to have ceased in Judaism and during the intertestamental period has now been restored at the inauguration of Christianity. Notwithstanding, Paul gave stipulations for prophets and prophecy in the church in 1 Corinthians 14. This confirms that prophecy was a common phenomenon in the early church and Pauline communities. Contemporary prophetic ministry in Ghana claimed to have conformed to Pauline stipulations concerning prophets and prophecy in the church, but what is their level of conformity? Contemporary prophetic ministry is becoming popular due to its appeal and compatibility with religious worldviews and its pragmatic outlook that resonates with the Ghanaian phenomenon of religion. As an adherent of the Akan traditional religion would go to a religious intermediary for ebisa (literally to “inquire” or “ask”) into present or future happenings, contemporary prophets have positioned themselves to be agents of ebisa in Ghanaian Christianity. This book explores biblical and traditional understandings of prophetism that have influenced contemporary Christian understanding of prophets and prophecy in the church.
Author : Wazi Apoh
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643903030
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)
Download or read book Germany and Its West African Colonies written by Wazi Apoh and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2013 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West African history is usually seen as mainly influenced by English or French colonialism. There is a new interest in German colonialism, but most research is done in European archives and with a European point-of-view. This book explores German colonial exploits and their consequences in Ghana, Togo, and Cameroon, mostly from an African point-of-view. By means of research on sites of the colonial hinterland and the agency of entangled people, the book reveals the simmering impact of the past encounters on indigenous religious, cultural, political, and socio-economic developments in West Africa. (Series: African Studies / Afrikanische Studien - Vol. 49)
Author : Akwasi Kwarteng Amoako-Gyampah
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956553166
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Education in Ghana written by Akwasi Kwarteng Amoako-Gyampah and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2023-03-29 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume arises from a cooperation between Ghanaian and German academics. It answers the need to have a more comprehensive and up to date volume which addresses key topics, areas and problems of the Ghanaian education system with a focus on history, policy, and curriculum-related issues. For many years now there have not been new comprehensive publications in this field, and it is necessary to introduce a lot of recent changes in Ghanas education system and reflect about their challenges. The information and positions collected in this volume will be of interest to Policy Makers, Educators, Lecturers, Scholars, Students, Teachers, Parents and other interested people of Ghana and other (West)-African countries. The book will also be of great interest to international scholars who want to understand the Ghanaian education system or are involved in academic projects such as internship, exchange programmes and joint research activities with Ghanaian academics and educational institutions. Akwasi Kwarteng Amoako-Gyampah (PhD) is a senior lecturer in the Department of History Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana and a senior research associate in the Department of History, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Bea Lundt is Prof. (emer.) of History and still teaches at the Europe University Flensburg (Germany). She is also Guest-Professor at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Ghana.
Author : Kojo Svedstrup Jantuah
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1504336704
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Odyssey to Elsinore written by Kojo Svedstrup Jantuah and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extraordinary true story, Kojo Svedstrup Jantuah recounts his epic quest for identity and reconciliation with the past, following a hunch concerning his Scandinavian ancestors through six generations. The serendipitous journey leads him across continents and through the unforgiving central Sahara Desert on barefoot, and from Ghana to discover in Denmark that our real identity equals oneness. This memoir stands with Alex Haleys Roots, Paolo Coelhos The Alchemist, and Hermann Hesses Siddhartha.
Author : Jeff Cody
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606065939
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Historic Cities written by Jeff Cody and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume in the GCI's Readings in Conservation series brings together a selection of seminal writings on the conservation of historic cities. This book, the eighth in the Getty Conservation Institute’s Readings in Conservation series, fills a significant gap in the published literature on urban conservation. This topic is distinct from both heritage conservation and urban planning despite the recent growth of urbanism worldwide, no single volume has presented a comprehensive selection of these important writings until now. This anthology, profusely illustrated throughout, is organized into eight parts, covering such subjects as geographic diversity, reactions to the transformation of traditional cities, reading the historic city, the search for contextual continuities, the search for values, and the challenges of sustainability. With more than sixty-five texts, ranging from early polemics by Victor Hugo and John Ruskin to a generous selection of recent scholarship, this book thoroughly addresses regions around the globe. Each reading is introduced by short prefatory remarks explaining the rationale for its selection and the principal matters covered. The book will serve as an easy reference for administrators, professionals, teachers, and students faced with the day-to-day challenges confronting the historic city under siege by rampant development.
Author : Felicity Rash
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429821026
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book The Discourse of British and German Colonialism written by Felicity Rash and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume compares and contrasts British and German colonialist discourses from a variety of angles: philosophical, political, social, economic, legal, and discourse-linguistic. British and German cooperation and competition are presented as complementary forces in the European colonial project from as early as the sixteenth century but especially after the foundation of the German Second Empire in 1871 – the era of the so-called 'Scramble for Africa'. The authors present the points of view not only of the colonizing nations, but also of former colonies, including Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Namibia, Tanzania, India, China, and the Pacific Islands. The title will prove invaluable for students and researchers working on British colonial history, German colonial history and post-colonial studies.
Author : Derek R. Peterson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316241173
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book The Politics of Heritage in Africa written by Derek R. Peterson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heritage work has had a uniquely wide currency in Africa's politics. Secure within the pages of books, encoded in legal statutes, encased in glass display cases and enacted in the panoply of court ritual, the artefacts produced by the heritage domain have become a resource for government administration, a library for traditionalists and a marketable source of value for cultural entrepreneurs. The Politics of Heritage in Africa draws together disparate fields of study - history, archaeology, linguistics, the performing arts and cinema - to show how the lifeways of the past were made into capital, a store of authentic knowledge that political and cultural entrepreneurs could draw from. This book shows African heritage to be a mode of political organisation, a means by which the relics of the past are shored up, reconstructed and revalued as commodities, as tradition, as morality or as patrimony.
Author : Ernest H. C. Tetteh
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365069524
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (65 download)
Download or read book THE OUTDOORING, DEDICATION AND NAMING OF AN AFRICAN CHILD VOLUME 1 written by Ernest H. C. Tetteh and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Outdooring, Dedication and Naming of an African Child, Ganyobi Kpojiemo: History and Origin of the GaDangme people of Ghana.
Author : Henry Kam Kah
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643911424
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)
Download or read book Polygamous Ways of Life Past and Present in Africa and Europe. Polygame Lebensweisen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart in Afrika und Europa written by Henry Kam Kah and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2020-06-17 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polygamy is a very complex phenomenon with a long tradition in Africa, but also in Europe. The anthology will contribute to the objectification of the discussion by portraying the variety of polygamous lifestyles showing the interconnections of family structure, social and economic conditions, cultural representations (especially in fictive writing and oral tradition), spiritual meaning and religious legitimation of this way of life between traditional belief, Christianity and Islam. Case studies from different countries in Africa south of the Sahara will be added by historic examples since antiquity in Europe up to the discussion in present times.
Author : Kwame Essien
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 1628952776
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Brazilian-African Diaspora in Ghana written by Kwame Essien and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazilian-African Diaspora in Ghana is a fresh approach, challenging both pre-existing and established notions of the African Diaspora by engaging new regions, conceptualizations, and articulations that move the field forward. This book examines the untold story of freed slaves from Brazil who thrived socially, culturally, and economically despite the challenges they encountered after they settled in Ghana. Kwame Essien goes beyond the one-dimensional approach that only focuses on British abolitionists’ funding of freed slaves’ resettlements in Africa. The new interpretation of reverse migrations examines the paradox of freedom in discussing how emancipated Brazilian-Africans came under threat from British colonial officials who introduced stringent land ordinances that deprived the freed Brazilian- Africans from owning land, particularly “Brazilian land.” Essien considers anew contention between the returnees and other entities that were simultaneously vying for control over social, political, commercial, and religious spaces in Accra and tackles the fluidity of memory and how it continues to shape Ghana’s history. The ongoing search for lost connections with the support of the Brazilian government—inspiring multiple generations of Tabom (offspring of the returnees) to travel across the Atlantic and back, especially in the last decade—illustrates the unending nature of the transatlantic diaspora journey and its impacts.
Author : Eric Ziolkowski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110476827
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Bible in Folklore Worldwide written by Eric Ziolkowski and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-12-31 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: the Handbooks of the Bible and Its Reception (HBR) provide comprehensive introductions to individual topics in biblical reception history. They address a wide range of academic fields and interdisciplinary matters, including reception of the Bible in various contexts and historical periods; in diverse geographic areas; in particular cultural, social, and political contexts; and in relation to important biblical themes, topics, and figures.
