Ethnicity and the Making of History in Northern Ghana
In: International African Library
In: IAL
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of maps and plates -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The North-West in the Nineteenth Century -- 2. The Introduction of Chieftaincy -- 3. The Discursive Creation of Ethnicity -- 4. The Lawra Confederacy Native Authority -- 5. Labour Migration, Home-ties and Ethnicity -- 6. 'Light over the Volta': the Mission of the White Fathers -- 7. Decolonisation and Local Government Reform -- 8. 'The Time When Politics Came': Party Politics and Local Conflict -- 9. Ethnic Movements and Special-interest Politics -- 10. The Cultural Work of Ethnicity -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Divisional (Paramount) Chiefs of Lawra District -- References -- Index