The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland: Literacy, Politics and Nationalism, 1914-2014

ISBN-13: 9781107427051 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 319 str.

Kate Skinner

Opis

The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland examines the history and politics behind the failed project of Togoland unification.

Recenzje

'For this illuminating and cogent book, Skinner conducted research at archives and libraries in Ghana and Britain, complemented by an impressive collection of oral interviews in those countries as well as in Togo. The fruit of her labor is a model political history that reaches beyond the nation-state to include political activists, teachers, and missionaries on the margins of Ghana's political scene to define liberation, independence, and sovereignty.' Benjamin Talton, African Studies Review

Spis treści

1. Ablɔɖe: African political history, from below and from within; 2. Godly teachers and clever rascals: Southern British Togoland's intelligentsia; 3. Education, citizenship and the 'sacred trust'; 4. Revealing stepfather's secrets: making and losing the case for Togoland reunification; 5. Activists in exile: political possibility in the postcolony; 6. 'No one will hear your name again': the terms of the union; 7. Of elephants and umbrellas: Ablɔɖe in Ghana's political traditions.