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Bradt Guide Ghana

Bradt Guide Ghana

by Philip Briggs | Hilary Bradt | Annabel Milne

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Complete with maps and town plans, this guide to Ghana features practical information on the country's history, culture and attractions. (WAF27, $26.99)

Kwame Nkrumah, The Father of African Nationalism

Kwame Nkrumah, The Father of African Nationalism

by David Birmingham

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 142 PAGES

The tale of the remarkable life of Kwame Nkrumah, the African statesman who championed for independence, won Africans the right to vote, and became the president of Ghana in 1960. (WAF34, $14.95)

No Sweetness Here and Other Stories

No Sweetness Here and Other Stories

by Ama Ata Aidoo

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

A collection of eleven short stories about the lives of women and men in postcolonial Ghana and the tensions between traditional village and urban life; Aidoo's stories emphasize Ghana's prominent oral culture. (WAF23, $14.95)

Born on a Monday, A Photo Documentary of Ghana

Born on a Monday, A Photo Documentary of Ghana

by Carrie Brown

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES

Carrie Brown documents the people, culture and daily activities of the village of Woe in Ghana in this striking collection of color photographs. With accompanying essays by Brown and Cross-Cultural Solutions' Ghanaian staff. (WAF79, $24.95)

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes

by Maya Angelou

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A candid memoir of Angelou's experiences in Ghana in the 1960s, just five years after the country's independence from Britain. (WAF24, $14.00)

 
Ghana Map

Ghana Map


by ITMB

  • 2011
  • MAP

A colorful, folded map of Ghana at a detailed scale of 1:500,000. (WAF37, $12.95)

Survival Kit for Overseas Living

Survival Kit for Overseas Living


by L. Robert Kohls

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 165 PAGES

With chapters on cultural baggage, stereotypes and common complaints of American expats, this intercultural classic is perfect for study abroad. (GEN137, $19.95)

Captive Passage, The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas

Captive Passage, The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas


by The Mariners' Museum | Smithsonian Inst.

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

A companion volume to the exhibition drawn largely from the collections of The Mariners' Museum. (ATL14, $21.95)

Forests of Gold, Essays on the Akan and the Kingdom of Asante


by Ivor Wilks

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 405 PAGES

A collection of essays that explores the Akan peoples of Ghana and examines the Asante kingdom. (WAF33, $25.00)

Onions are My Husband, Survival and Accumulation by West African Market Women

Onions are My Husband, Survival and Accumulation by West African Market Women


by Gracia Clark

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 488 PAGES

A vivid ethnographic portrait of the women of the enormous open-air Kumasi Central Market in Ghana based on interviews and fieldwork by University of Indiana anthropologist Gracia Clark. (WAF28, $42.50)

The Art of Crossing Cultures

The Art of Crossing Cultures


by Craig Storti

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 153 PAGES

Tips for travelers adjusting to a new culture. (GEN136, $24.95)

West Africa Before the Colonial Era, A History to 1850

West Africa Before the Colonial Era, A History to 1850


by Basil Davidson

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 257 PAGES

Davidson puts the stories of peoples and empires into context in this lively, scholarly history. With maps, illustrations and a timeline. (WAF07, $60.00)

Somebody's Heart Is Burning, A Woman Wanderer in Africa

Somebody's Heart Is Burning, A Woman Wanderer in Africa


by Tanya Shaffer

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Shaffer's vivid account of a year on the road in Africa, much of it in Ghana, where she worked on building schools and other volunteer projects. (WAF80, $13.95)

Changes, A Love Story

Changes, A Love Story


by Ama Ata Aidoo

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 196 PAGES

A novel from the multitalented author and playwright, in which the independent Esi Sekyi confronts traditional values in marriage, love, career and family in contemporary Ghana. (WAF35, $15.95)

The Narrow Path


by Francis Selormey

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

The tale of coming of age in Ghana during British colonial rule in the 1920s. Selormey though his main character Kofi, remembers his family and childhood in Ghana in a fishing village on the Gold Coast. (WAF81, $11.95)

The River Where Blood Is Born

The River Where Blood Is Born


by Sandra Jackson-Opoku

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A complex, layered novel following the fate of several generations of women from 18th-century Africa to modern America and Barbados. (WAF41, $23.00)

The Seasons of Beento Blackbird

The Seasons of Beento Blackbird


by Akosua Busia

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 367 PAGES

A provocative novel dissecting the issues of marriage and African identity by the daughter of a former Ghanaian prime minister. (WAF42, $24.95)

West African Folktales

West African Folktales


by Jack Berry | Richard Spears

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 229 PAGES

These 123 unembellished tales reflect the rich oral tradition of cultures throughout West Africa, particularly Ghana and Nigeria, where the pioneering Berry did much of his field work. (WAF13, $21.00)

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