Writing And Colonialism In Northern Ghana
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Author | : Sean Hawkins |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2002-12-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1442658452 |
This book presents a new perspective on colonialism in Africa. Drawing on work from a variety of subjects and disciplines – from the ancient Mediterranean to colonial Spain, and from anthropology to psychology – the author argues that colonialism in Africa needs to be understood through the medium of writing and the particular world it belonged to. Focusing on the LoDagaa of northern Ghana and their relationship with British colonialism, Hawkins describes colonialism as an encounter between a world of experience – a world of knowledge, practice, and speech – and "the world on paper" – a world of writing, rules, and a linear concept of history. The various ways in which "the world on paper" affected the LoDagaa are examined thematically. The first four chapters explore how writing imposed a form of historical consciousness on different aspects of LoDagaa culture – identity, politics, and religion – that was alien to them. The second half of the book examines how both the British colonial state and its postcolonial successor, the Ghanian state, attempted to regulate indigenous forms of knowledge, gender relations, and social reckoning through courts. This ambitious and richly detailed book will appeal to scholars and general readers interested in African history, British colonialism, and cultural and postcolonial studies.
Author | : Sean Hawkins |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780802048721 |
Drawing on the work of a variety of other fields and disciplines - from the ancient Mediterranean to colonial Spain, and from anthropology to psychology - the author argues that colonialism in Africa needs to be understood through the medium of writing.
Author | : Carola Lentz |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2006-07-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0748626840 |
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 of the communities created and the associated traits and practices are malleable and adaptable to specific interests and contexts.
Author | : Ibrahim Mahama |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Ghana |
ISBN | : 9789964924553 |
Author | : Nii-K Plange |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 674 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Ghana |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Tait |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2018-09-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0429942389 |
Originally published in 1964 this book made available for the first time David Tait's writings on the Konkomba with whom he lived and worked for 5 years. Including some previously unpublished material, this volume discusses the political system of the Konkomba but includes aspects of social and religious life.
Author | : Nii-K Plange |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 674 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Ghana |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Stephanie Newell |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780719062742 |
Considering the literary habits - production, reception, selection - in a colonial Ghana, this study provides empirical and statistical data of how colonial literature is absorbed - and coins the new term paracolonial to better describe the ebb and flow of influence and creativity. It shows how colonial West Africa (the Gold Coast) adapted to an imposed education system and developed its own indigenous cultural representation, far beyond the previously conceived limited vocabularly of simple mimicry.
Author | : Jessica Cammaert |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2016-07-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0803286805 |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Queen's University, 2014.
Author | : B. Talton |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2010-01-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230102336 |
With Ghana's colonial and postcolonial politics as a backdrop, this book explores the ways in which historically marginalized communities have defined and redefined themselves to protect their interests and compete politically and economically with neighbouring ethnic groups.