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Elmina, 'The Little Europe' European Impact and Cultural Resilience
Author
Title
Elmina, 'The Little Europe' [electronic resource] : European Impact and Cultural Resilience / Joseph K. Adjaye.
ISBN
9789988882976
9988882971
9789988550967
Published
Accra, Ghana : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2018. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (vii, 158 pages) :) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This is a brief introduction to the history of Elmina, its castle, the people, and their traditions. It outlines the town's 500-year relations with Europeans, highlighting the transformations that have developed out of these interactions. Written by one of the top historians of Ghana and a leading scholar of the African diaspora, the book is based on original archival information and orally-derived sources. It is also richly informed by the writer's own personal knowledge as a Nyampa Safohen and citizen of Elmina. Despite the tremendous changes engendered by the European contact, Elmina's historical development demonstrates an amazing degree of cultural continuity and resilience in its political institutions, social organization, economic systems and worldview.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2018 Complete.
Project MUSE - 2018 African Studies.
Project MUSE - 2018 History.
Other formats
Print version:
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 12, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and index
Contents
Introduction
Elmina and Europeans through the ages
Elmina Castle : from slavery to tourism
Origins and organization of the slave trade
Slavery in Akan societies and the Americas
Impact of the slave trade
Kingship in Elmina
Social organization
Inter-racial marriages and the rise of Euro-Africans in Elmina
Bakatue Festival
Economic organization
Conclusion.
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Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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Project Muse, distributor.
Project Muse.
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