Ethnicity in Ghana: The Limits of Invention

Author: Carola Lentz Price: $ 32.18 (new) $ 24.94 (used) Medium: Hardcover (250 pages) Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan 2000-07-07

Editorial Description

These essays address the neglected theme of ethnicity in Ghanaian history, society, and politics. The essays qualify the notion that ethnicity was purely a colonial "invention" by demonstrating the ways in which the boundaries of "we-groups" have mutated from pre-colonial times onwards. The collection also considers the particular manner in which the national question is posed today in terms of language policy and conflicts over land and chieftaincy.