Politics of social change in Ghana: the Konkomba struggle for political equality

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. INDICE: - Introduction: Power and Social Change in Africa - 'Their Power Will Be Uniformly Supported' - The Politics of Historical Memory in Northern Ghana - 'This Wild but Interesting Tribe' - Konkomba Feuds and Obstacles to British Rule - 'A Festering Sore on an Otherwise Healthy Administrative Body' - Konkomba Political Agency and British Authority - 'Down with Black Imperialism in the North!' - Education, Local Politics and Self-Help Initiatives - 'That All Konkombas Should Henceforth Unite' - Ethnic Politics and the Use of Violencein Northern Ghana - 'We Even Dance Together' - Social Relations in Post-Conflict Northern Ghana - Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-230-62278-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 10/02/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés