Maritime Culture and Everyday Life in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Coastal Ghana

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Maritime Culture and Everyday Life in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Coastal Ghana

A Social History of Cape Coast

Nti, Kwaku

Indiana University Press

01/2024

356

Mole

Inglês

9780253067920

15 a 20 dias

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Acknowledgments
Note on Orthography
Introduction
1. Settlement and Nascent Society: From Earliest Times to the Nineteenth Century
2. Ebusua and Asafo Systems: Gender, Complementarity, and Conflict among the Fanti
3. Coastal Communities, Inter-Group Wrangling, and Aspects of the Colonial Experience: Historical Undercurrents
4. Art, Symbol, and the Written Word: The Audacity, Dignity, and Sovereignty of Private Property Ownership
5. "Hn-ara Hn A-saa-se Nyi": Land in Everyday Life, Colonial Policy, and Indigenous Resistance
6. The Politics of Modernization and Clash of Official and Indigenous Interests: Judiciary, Military, and Urbanization
7. "We Won't Cooperate": Legislative Council Elections, 1932 Conflict, and Frustration of Colonial Authority
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Asafo; Ebusua; Fanti; Africa; fishing communities; indigenous social institutions; identity; belongingess; land ownership; property; Akan; chiefs; colonialism; courts; urbanization; infrastructure; conflict