02938nam 2200673Ia 450 991045734310332120200520144314.00-7486-5296-51-280-95320-997866109532020-7486-2684-0(CKB)1000000000351121(EBL)313191(OCoLC)476101779(SSID)ssj0000150112(PQKBManifestationID)11162979(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150112(PQKBWorkID)10239700(PQKB)10559481(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055729(MiAaPQ)EBC313191(Au-PeEL)EBL313191(CaPaEBR)ebr10188984(CaONFJC)MIL95320(OCoLC)173283546(EXLCZ)99100000000035112120060810d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEthnicity and the making of history in northern Ghana[electronic resource] /Carola LentzEdinburgh Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institutec20061 online resource (359 p.)International African library ;33Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-2401-5 Includes bibliography (p. [326]-336) and index.Contents; List of Maps and Plates; Preface; Map 1; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Epilogue; Notes; Abbreviations; Glossary; District (Paramount) Chiefs of Lawra District; References; Index; Drawing on two decades of research this social and political history of North-Western Ghana traces the creation of new ethnic and territorial boundaries, categories and forms of self-understanding, and represents a major contribution to debates on ethnicity, colonialism and the 'production of history'. It explores the creation and redefinition of ethnic distinctions and commonalities by African and European actors, showing that ethnicity's power derives from a contradiction: while ethnic identities purport to be non-negotiable, creating permanent bonds, stability and security, the boundaries oInternational African library ;33.EthnicityGhanaGhanaEthnic relationsGhanaHistoryGhanaPolitics and governmentGhanaSocial conditionsElectronic books.Ethnicity305.8009667Lentz Carola858319International African Institute.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457343103321Ethnicity and the making of history in northern Ghana1916333UNINA