Ethnicity and the making of history in northern ghana international. The journey stretches as far afield as australia, new zealand, canada, ghana and the usa and, in so doing, it draws on a range of disciplinary approaches that converge or diverge by degrees. This volume extends many of the distilled insights, but also modifies them in the light of the ghanaian evidence. Forrest ranges across the continent to explore a variety of subnational movements. The current debate on ethnicity in northern ghana provides relatively little insight into the mental maps of the people, largely nonliterate, who inhabited that region in. Ghana amended its nationality law in 2000, to the 2000 ghana citizen act dual citizenship scheme, which came into effect from friday, 1 november 2002, in accordance with the provisions of the citizenship act 2002. Moledagbon, ewe, gadangme, gurma, guang, grusi, and mande are some other ethnic communities living in the country. Perhaps because ethnicity has proved so elusive, less attention has been paid to its study than in many countries. Pdf reading hebrews through akan ethnicity and social identity. Phrase searching you can use double quotes to search for a series of words in a particular order.
Drawing on two decades of research this social and political history of northwestern ghana traces the creation of new ethnic and territorial boundaries, categories and forms of selfunderstanding. The book is, however, more subtle and more comprehensive in its tracing of diverse forms of belonging, the roles of individual. Indigenous religions, while widespread and deeprooted, lack a systematic body of doctrines. Cia world factbook this page was last updated on december 7, 2019.
List of books and articles about ghana history online. Born in ghana, west africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most peoplebut not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. They speak an asanti dialect of twi which is a language spoken by over ten million asanti people as the first language. Ivory coast ghana ethnicity lands of tropical forest and sparse savannah.
More than onehalf of the population is christian, about onefifth is muslim, and a small segment adheres to the traditional indigenous religions. Wildcard searching if you want to search for multiple variations of a word, you can substitute a special symbol called a wildcard for one or more letters. This article is about the demographic features of the population of ghana, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Land and people modern ghana comprises the former british colony of the gold coast and the former mandated territory of british togoland. Books set in ghana 116 books meet your next favorite book. Because of the gold and the presence of lake volta, the ashanti people built an empire in 1670.
Ethnicity and election outcomes in ghana ideasrepec. Drawing on two decades of research this social and political history of northwestern ghana traces the creation of new ethnic and territorial boundaries, categories and forms of selfunderstanding, and represents a major contribution to debates on ethnicity, colonialism and the production of history. Ghana the world factbook central intelligence agency. We investigate this question empirically on the 2004 presidential poll in ghana. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. Ethnicity and the making of history in northern ghana, by carola lentz, african affairs, volume 108, issue 433, october 2009. The demography of ghana describes the condition and overview of ghanas population. Ethnicity in ghana by carola lentz, 9780333733233, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Although the economist intelligence unit democracy index for 2011 rates ghana as a flawed democracy, it is nonetheless only one of two democracies listed in the region. The empire appears to have broken up following the 1076 conquest by the almoravid general abubakr ibnumar. For example, world war ii with quotes will give more precise results than world war ii without quotes. The akan people of ghana have concepts of ethnicity and social identity which are similar to those found in the mediterranean world, which find expression in the issues addressed in the letter to. Ashanti or asanti are the largest subgroup of the akan people.
The book is clearly written, though the reader sometimes gets distracted. Discover more about your ethnicity with ancestrydna. The limits of invention by na, na and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Applicants eligible for dual citizenship are those who hold citizenship of any country in addition to the citizenship of ghana. Ethnicity and the making of history in northern ghana on jstor. We use variables from several data sources matched at the district level, and perform econometric analysis on the turnout rate and party vote shares, and on their evolution between two similar polls. Ghana has a marketbased economy with relatively few policy barriers to trade and investment in comparison with other countries in the region, and ghana is endowed with natural resources. Although later censuses placed less emphasis on the ethnic and cultural composition of the population. The transformation of ethnic identities in ghana cambridge. This examination of the politics of ethnicity and nationbuilding in africa stresses the trend towards subnationalist autonomy and away from a singular, statecentric system based on the western model. In 1957, when the leaders of the former british colony of the gold coast sought an appropriate name for their newly independent statethe first black african nation to gain its independence from colonial rulethey named their new country after ancient ghana. Mar, 2018 ghana is a country with incredible ethnic diversity. Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership. Sebastian elischer analyzes political parties in ghana, kenya and namibia in detail, and provides a preliminary analysis of parties in seven other countries including tanzania, botswana, senegal.
Ethnicity and the making of history in northern ghana. Ghana was a country of immigration in the early years after its 1957 independence, attracting labor migrants largely from nigeria and other neighboring countries to mine minerals and harvest cocoa immigrants composed about 12% of ghanas population in 1960. Chazan an israeli specialist on ghanaian politics studies in her lengthy book. By comparing your genetic signature to the dna of people from the ivory coast ghana region, ancestrydna can give you a clearer picture of your ethnic origins. The ashantiakan is the largest ethnic community in ghana accounting for 47. Carola lentz drawing on two decades of research, this social and political history of northwestern ghana explores the creation and redefinition of ethnic distinctions and commonalities by africans and europeans. Ghana succumbed to attacks by its neighbors in the 11th century, but its name and reputation endured.
Reading hebrews through akan ethnicity and social identity. The republic of ghana is named after the medieval west african ghana empire. Although later censuses placed less emphasis on the ethnic and cultural composition of the. Place each authors major book about race in order of publication from first to last. In these instances, all applicants are required by law. Ethnicity and the making of history in northern ghana, by carola lentz. Ghanas economy was strengthened by a quarter century of relatively sound management, a competitive business environment, and sustained reductions in poverty. Given that a number of researchers on ghana have begun to revisit the study of ethnicity, nationalism and the politics of identity, it seemed appropriate to.
Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. Ethnicity and the making of history in northern ghana, by. The book also serves as a general guide to ethnic scarification in ghana. Ethnicity in ghana the limits of invention na na palgrave. Focusing on urban ghana, this book shows that the growing middle class and high levels of ethnic diversity are not having the anticipated political effects. It is also one of the few matrilineal societies in west africa and africa as a whole. It is of great importance to scholars interested in northern ghana. Ethnicity and political division in ghana geocurrents. This book hopes to make a contribution to finding the connection. This book examines the effects of ethnicity on party politics in subsaharan africa. Though they are based, in general, on belief in the existence of a supreme being, a number of lesser deities associated with. The book discusses the issues of migration, particularly interregional.
Sebastian elischer analyzes political parties in ghana, kenya and namibia in detail, and provides a preliminary analysis of parties in seven other countries including tanzania, botswana, senegal, zambia, malawi, burkina faso and benin. Ethnicity in ghana by carola lentz, 9780312224059, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Fruits of 175 years of the presbyterian church of ghana 18282003 anthony y. The empire became known in europe and arabia as the ghana empire after the title of its emperor, the ghana. Neighboring ghana was known as the gold coast until it won independence from colonial rule in 1957 and renamed itself after a medieval west. This entry provides an ordered listing of ethnic groups starting with the largest and normally includes the percent of total population. Readers will find here a stimulating array of papers that capture varied aspects of the sport, race and ethnicity nexus around the world. Is ethnicity the critical determinant of election results in africa. A reduced kingdom continued to exist after almoravid rule ended, and the kingdom was later. Although african ethnicity has become a highly fertile field of enquiry in recent years, most of the research is concentrated on southern and.
As a boy, emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. Ghana, officially republic of ghana, republic 2015 est. Ethnicity and the making of history in northern ghana international african library s. Ethnicity and the making of history in northern ghana edinburgh.
This country offers heritage tours of forts and issues special visas for certain visitors. This ethnographic study involves the exploration of ghanaian concepts and the cultural. Aug 15, 2009 the title of the book, and the theoretical reflections in the introduction and in the final chapter, appear to locate the work in the tradition of studies debating ethnogenesis and the limits of invention of ethnicity. Chazan naomi an anatomy of ghanaian politics managing political reces sion. This is by far the largest tribe in ghana numbering about seven million in total and nearly half the population of the entire country. Apr 18, 2000 ethnicity in ghana by carola lentz, 9780333733233, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Race and ethnicity are part of our identity as displayed through our presentation of self.
Ghana is often regarded as west africas bestgoverned country, with a relatively wellestablished system of democratic rule. The demography of ghana describes the condition and overview of ghana s population. The collection is multidisciplinary in scope and spans the precolonial, colonial and postcolonial. By comparison with some african countries where ethnicity casts an imposing shadow over public debate it has manifested itself in a variable and episodic manner in ghana. This article is about the demographic features of the population of ghana, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population ghanas population is 31,072,940 january 2020 estimate. The limits of invention carola lentz, paul nugent eds. Mali appears in the same category on the map, but it has recently lost its democratic.
Ethnicity and the making of history in northern ghana book. The beautyful ones are not yet born by ayi kwei armah, ama ata aidoos changes. In 1960 roughly 100 linguistic and cultural groups were recorded in ghana. Dec 07, 2019 facts and statistics about the ethnic groups of ghana. In the presentday transvolta region of ghana and in southwest togo.
Although african ethnicity has become a highly fertile field of enquiry in recent years, most of the research is concentrated on southern and central africa, and has passed ghana by. Electoral politics and africas urban transition by noah l. A love story, and my first coup detat by john dramani mahama. Drawing on two decades of research, this social and political history of northwestern ghana explores the creation and redefinition of ethnic distinctions and commonalities by africans and europeans.
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