{"product_id":"the-ghana-reader-history-culture-politics-paperback","title":"The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKwasi Konadu\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering 500 years of Ghana's history, \u003ci\u003eThe Ghana Reader\u003c\/i\u003e provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation. Whether discussing the Asante kingdom and the Gold Coast's importance to European commerce and transatlantic slaving, Ghana's brief period under British colonial rule, or the emergence of its modern democracy, the volume's eighty selections emphasize Ghana's enormous symbolic and pragmatic value to global relations. They also demonstrate that the path to fully understanding Ghana requires acknowledging its ethnic and cultural diversity and listening to its population's varied voices. Readers will encounter selections written by everyone from farmers, traders, and the clergy to intellectuals, politicians, musicians, and foreign travelers. With sources including historical documents, poems, treaties, articles, and fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Ghana Reader\u003c\/i\u003e conveys the multiple and intersecting histories of Ghana's development as a nation, its key contribution to the formation of the African diaspora, and its increasingly important role in the economy and politics of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKwasi Konadu is Professor of History at the City University of New York and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Akan Diaspora in the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Africa: 1440-1888\u003c\/i\u003e. Clifford C. Campbell received his Ph.D. from the University of Ghana, Legon, and writes about African and African diaspora history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450105315506,"sku":"9780822359920","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/6ca73552eaa4ad5ed37018928793e9f0.webp?v=1778780306","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-ghana-reader-history-culture-politics-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}