Browsing by Author "Akyeampong, Emmanuel"
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Africa, the Arabian Gulf and Asia: Changing Dynamics in Contemporary West Africa's Political Economy
Akyeampong, Emmanuel K. (African Finance and Economic Association, 2011)The last two to three decades have witnessed significant transformation in West Africa’s relations to the Arabian Gulf and Asia. While ties to countries such as Saudi Arabia are historic, economic liberalization since the ... -
"And still the Youth are coming": Youth and popular politics in Ghana, c. 1900-1979
Asiedu-Acquah, Emmanuel (2015-05-16)This dissertation explores the significance of the youth in the popular politics of 20th-century Ghana. Based on two and half years of archival and field research in Ghana and Britain, the dissertation investigates the ... -
China in West Africa’s regional development and security plans
Akyeampong, Emmanuel K. (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2015)This article argues that we are presently in another global economic transition. The old centres of growth have witnessed serious economic reverses with several countries going into ‘receivership’ in the West – Greece, ... -
The Contribution of African Women to Economic Growth and Development: Historical Perspectives and Policy Implications Part I: The Pre-Colonial and Colonial Periods
Akyeampong, Emmanuel K.; Fofack, Hippolyte (The World Bank, 2012)Bringing together history and economics, this paper presents a historical and processual understanding of women’s economic marginalization in Sub-Saharan Africa from the pre-colonial period to the end of colonial rule. It ... -
“Diasporas,” mobility and the social imaginary: Getting ahead in West Africa
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"Diasporas,” Mobility and the Social Imaginary: Getting Ahead in West Africa
Akyeampong, Emmanuel K. (Association of Third World Studies, 2010)The article presents the lecture "'Diasporas,' Mobility and the Social Imaginary: Getting Ahead in West Africa," by Emmanuel Akyeampong, that was delivered as the keynote lecture at the 27th Annual Conference of the Third ... -
For Prayer and Profit: West Africa's Religious and Economic Ties to the Gulf 1960s to the Present
Akyeampong, Emmanuel K. (African Finance and Economic Association, 2010)West Africa’s historic ties of trade and Islam with the Arabian Peninsula date back to the 7th and 8th Centuries CE. On independence from colonial rule several African countries turned to the Arab world for official ... -
The Future of Rwanda’s Past: Transitional Justice, Archival Practice, and the Remaking of History After Genocide
Mosely, Erin (2016-09-14)“The Future of Rwanda’s Past” examines the politics of historical revisionism in contemporary Rwanda, arguing that the global fight against genocide has had a profound impact on historical research and production, and on ... -
Race, Identity and Citizenship in Black Africa: The Case of the Lebanese in Ghana
Akyeampong, Emmanuel (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2006-08)As we approach the post-colonial half century, transnationalism has become a major reality in Africa and the wider world with the proliferation of immigrants, refugees and displaced persons. But transnationalism is not a ... -
Rum, Gin and Maize: Deities and Ritual Change in the Gold Coast during the Atlantic Era (16th century to 1850)
Akyeampong, Emmanuel K.; Ntewusu, Samuel A. (OpenEdition, 2015)This paper examines the incorporation of rum and gin as powerful spiritual drinks in pre-colonial Gold Coast, particularly in the context of state formation and warfare, and the growing importance of maize, side by side ... -
The Texture of Change: Cloth, Commerce and History in Western Africa 1700-1850
Benjamin, Jody A. (2016-05-18)This study re-examines historical change in western Africa during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the lens of cotton textiles; that is by focusing on the production, exchange and consumption of cotton cloth, ... -
Threats to Empire: Illicit Distillation, Venereal Diseases and Colonial Disorder inBritish West Africa, 1930-1948.
Akyeampong, Emmanuel K.Between 1930 and 1948 colonial governments in British West Africa found themselves fighting an unusual battle against ordinary Africans on two fronts: illicit distillation from 1930, which undermined colonial revenue, ... -
Ties that Bound: Slave Concubines/Wives and the End of Slavery in the Gold Coast, c.1874-1900
Akyeampong, Emmanuel K. (2012)