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People of the Zongo: The Transformation of Ethnic Identities in Ghana
Contributor(s): Schildkrout, Enid (Author), Enid, Schildkrout (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521040531     ISBN-13: 9780521040532
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2007
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Annotation: Dr Schildkrout probes questions of ethnicity, religion, cultural change and the African national identity in this study of the immigrant community of Kumasi, Ghana's second largest city. She compares first- and second-generation immigrants - those born in their rural homelands, and those born in Ghana - in terms of their orientation to politics, to kinship, and to community participation. The author explores the meaning of ethnic identity for rural- and urban-born immigrants, and establishes certain generalizations about ethnicity based on these comparisons. The book discusses the issues of migration, particularly interregional migration; the position of the ???stranger???; questions of cultural change in modern Africa; the ???generational gap??? in the African context; the questions of citizenship and national identity in Africa today, and the emergence of new identities, regional, national and religious. This book has importance not only as a local case study that gives a full description of West African urban life, but also as a theoretical reconsideration of ethnicity that has application outside the African context.

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BISAC Categories:
- History | Africa - General
- Social Science | Anthropology - General
- Philosophy | Logic
Dewey: 966.7
Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.04 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Maps
 
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Dr Schildkrout probes questions of ethnicity, religion, cultural change and the African national identity in this study of the immigrant community of Kumasi, Ghana's second largest city. She compares first- and second-generation immigrants - those born in their rural homelands, and those born in Ghana - in terms of their orientation to politics, to kinship, and to community participation. The author explores the meaning of ethnic identity for rural- and urban-born immigrants, and establishes certain generalizations about ethnicity based on these comparisons. The book discusses the issues of migration, particularly interregional migration; the position of the 'stranger'; questions of cultural change in modern Africa; the 'generational gap' in the African context; the questions of citizenship and national identity in Africa today, and the emergence of new identities, regional, national and religious. This book has importance not only as a local case study that gives a full description of West African urban life, but also as a theoretical reconsideration of ethnicity that has application outside the African context.
 
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