Shadows of Empire in West Africa
Victoria Ellen Smith (Hrsg.), John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu (Hrsg.)
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Springer International Publishing
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Regional- und Ländergeschichte
Beschreibung
These essays reexamine European forts in West Africa as hubs where different peoples interacted, negotiated and transformed each other socially, politically, culturally, and economically. This collection brings together scholars of history, archaeology, cultural studies, and others to present a nuanced image of fortifications, showing that over time the functions and impacts of the buildings changed as the motives, missions, allegiances, and power dynamics in the region also changed. Focusing on the fortifications of Ghana, the authors discuss how these structures may be interpreted as connecting Ghanaian and West African histories to a multitude of global histories. They also enable greater understanding of the fortifications’ contemporary use as heritage sites, where the Afro-European experience is narrated through guided tours and museums.
Kundenbewertungen
African museum studies, African diaspora roots tourism, colonial fortresses on Ghana coast, European architecture in Africa, history of women Gold Coast, Forts and Castles in West Africa, heritage tourism in Africa, West African History, Cape Coast Castle, Obama visit to Cape Coast Castle, Jean Barbot, Description of the Coasts of North and South Guinea, Colonial Society in Africa, William Smith, Thirty different drafts of Guinea, history of Gold Coast trade, heritage policies in twentieth-century Ghana