Making the town; state and society in pre-colonial Accra; defending the town - warfare, wealth and civic virtue, 1866-74; law, slavery and colonial rule, 1874-1880; law, slavery and colonial rule, 1874-1880; God's palaver - religion and politics, 18602-1920s; remaking the town - struggles for the colonial city.
... an outstanding piece of scholarship, constructed with the art
of a storyteller, its complex and many-layered text weaving
together changing Ga values, institutions and perception within the
context of the colonial city of Accra... . Scholars of early
colonial Africa and the period of transition to colonial rule, as
well as those interested in the processes of urbanisation and
cultural innovation, will find this a worthy addition to the
library, as will any historian or social scientist who likes a well
crafted and erudite text. The complexities of Ga socio-polity are
intimidating, but Parker does fashion his tale into a good read. I
warmly recommend it.
*ARAS*
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