Remembering the Germans in Ghana

ISBN-13: 9780820486215 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 180 str.

Dennis Laumann

Opis

Remembering the Germans in Ghana examines the oral history of the Volta Region of Ghana, scrutinizes its sources and presentation, contextualizes it historically, and uses it to make larger arguments about memory and identity in Ghana.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations - List of Tables - Acknowledgments - Preface - Theoretical and Methodological Contexts - Cultural and Historical Contexts - A Written History of the "Model Colony" - An Oral History of "Gruner's Time" - Nostalgia, Neglect, and Nationalism under the British - German Scholars, Performance, and Sites of Memory - Conclusion - Index.

O autorze

Dennis Laumann is Professor of African History and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of History at The University of Memphis. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles and he is the recipient of numerous teaching awards. Laumann is also author of Colonial Africa, 1884-1994 (2013).